Pedal Order and Chain Help - Slight Twist

[IndyWS6]

Greetings
I plan on installing the pedals listed below on a shelf in my rack and connecting them to a GCX Switcher. Although I don't know what brand or model, I will also be installing some sort of "Boost" pedal to use as a clean volume boost for leads. I need some help deciding what order they should be in and whether they should be in front of the amp or in the loop.

What makes this a little tricky is that the "amp" is an Eleven Rack (with its output going to a Mesa 2:90), but at times I will also be using a traditional tube amp. I will either be switching between the Eleven Rack and tube amp electrically, or by swapping the input/output and loop send/loop return cable pairs. I would like for the pedal configuration to accommodate either setup in a best-fit sort of way.

DOD FX80B Compressor
Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive
Ibanez TS-9 Overdrive
MXR EVH Flanger
Midiverb III - this will be used for chorus, delay and reverb patches
<TBD> Boost Pedal

Thanks

 

[IndyWS6]

Anyone? I need some suggestions for what order to put the effects in, which should be in front of the amp and which should be in the loop.

Thanks

 

[jlbaxe]

Some like the flanger and delay in the loop.
Did you get the MXR EVH Flanger?

I usually go
FB2 Boost-OD808-Suhr Riot-EVH Phase90-EVH Flanger-BK Tube Driver-GE7 EQ- amp TC Nova Reverb in loop (if I have a loop)

I am adding a Rat reissue pedal, MXR Dyna comp, MK 2.43 30db Boost

So it will be : Comp-MK 2.43 boost-OD808-Suhr Riot-EVH Phase 90-BK Tube Driver-Rat -EVH Flanger-GE7 EQ- JMP100 no effects loop

 

[IndyWS6]

Some like the flanger and delay in the loop.
Did you get the MXR EVH Flanger?

I usually go
FB2 Boost-OD808-Suhr Riot-EVH Phase90-EVH Flanger-BK Tube Driver-GE7 EQ- amp TC Nova Reverb in loop (if I have a loop)

I am adding a Rat reissue pedal, MXR Dyna comp, MK 2.43 30db Boost

So it will be : Comp-MK 2.43 boost-OD808-Suhr Riot-EVH Phase 90-BK Tube Driver-Rat -EVH Flanger-GE7 EQ- JMP100 no effects loop

Thanks
I had already ordered the EVH Flanger when I saw your thread - guess I should have used the search function . On the plus side, I had a special discount offer from Musician's Friend that my sales rep at Sweetwater matched and there were no shipping charges, so I got a really good deal. Would have bought yours if I had seen it first, though...

Anyone else have suggestions for the effects pedal order and whether to place them in front of the amp or in the loop?

My thoughts were: Guitar --> Compressor --> OD #1 --> OD #2 --> Flanger --> Amp with the Chorus, Reverb and Delay in the loop (put the Midiverb III in the loop since all of these effects are within that piece of gear). Make sense?

 

[jlbaxe]

Some like the flanger and delay in the loop.
Did you get the MXR EVH Flanger?

I usually go
FB2 Boost-OD808-Suhr Riot-EVH Phase90-EVH Flanger-BK Tube Driver-GE7 EQ- amp TC Nova Reverb in loop (if I have a loop)

I am adding a Rat reissue pedal, MXR Dyna comp, MK 2.43 30db Boost

So it will be : Comp-MK 2.43 boost-OD808-Suhr Riot-EVH Phase 90-BK Tube Driver-Rat -EVH Flanger-GE7 EQ- JMP100 no effects loop

Thanks
I had already ordered the EVH Flanger when I saw your thread - guess I should have used the search function . On the plus side, I had a special discount offer from Musician's Friend that my sales rep at Sweetwater matched and there were no shipping charges, so I got a really good deal. Would have bought yours if I had seen it first, though…

Thats ok I yanked all my pedals off the Classified and started building a pedal board

The order sound good. Might want to check out an OD after the Flanger just to see how it sounds. Sometimes the Flanger in front of Od sounds cool. Comp-OD-Flan-OD

 

[IndyWS6]

Cool - thanks
I'm going to need to play with things a little to see how it sounds before settling on an order, but I was hoping I'd get more suggestions. I've never used a lot of pedals (mostly multi-effect units...), so chaining them together is new to me. I'll swap the overdrives around a little and see what happens.

 

[jlbaxe]

If you dont like the order of your pedals just change the wiring into the GCX. No need to move pedals around.

 

[IndyWS6]

If you dont like the order of your pedals just change the wiring into the GCX. No need to move pedals around.

Thanks
I realize that, but I'll be building custom-length cables from the pedals to the GCX and then bundling and routing them within the rack. Just want to make sure I have everything the way I want it before cutting and soldering to minimize the amount of work for changes. I just ordered a bunch of Switchcraft plugs and Mogami cable to get things moving in the right direction

 

[glassjaw7]

Not much to contribute, but just wanted to throw out that I like phaser/flanger before any od or distortion.

 

[IndyWS6]

Not much to contribute, but just wanted to throw out that I like phaser/flanger before any od or distortion.

Thanks
I'm open to all suggestions...