Pedal Chain question

[tylernolan]

What would you put first in this pedal chain? 2nd? Boss Overdrive, Danelectro Pastrami Overdrive, Danelectro Reverse Delay, Boss Digital Delay, Electro Harmonix Octave pedal, Digitech Stereo Flanger.

[GrizzlyAtom]

Personally, I would run it like so:

Boss OD
EH Octave
Flanger
Reverse Delay
Boss Delay
Pastrami

but thats just me, I'm sure theres probably a better combination

[Catoogie]

Not to be a dick but........USE YOUR EARS!!! How can you ask someone else in what order you should place your effects? You have no idea if they have tin ears and wouldn't know good tine if it bit them on the ass. That's like asking where should I set the gain on my overdrive pedal (which by the way is 10 o'clock). You gotta do the work.

[kayagum]

Generally, wave and gain effects front, time based effects back.

I.e. compressors, overdrive, distortion, tremelos front; reverb, delay, flanger chorus back.

But, yeah, what Catoogie said... this is definitely not set in stone.

One of my favorite counter-examples is Bob Mould using dbx compressors at the end of the signal chain, which allows for some of his massive tones, particularly with feedback.

[AASteveo]

If you use a lot of pedals, you need this adapter. It's the best product. You can plug in 5 different pedals with the same adapter. Plus, the cord is longer than usualy so you don't need extension cords. It fits all Boss pedals and most other brands, too. It's like 25 bucks and it's worth every penny.

[SKEETER]

This is my general rule about pedals. Always put compressors at the begining, because comps will always boost the noise of other devices. I always put time devices such as chorus and delays at the end of the signal chain, so that any distortion devices that generate noise do not increase the WOOSH they make. Sometimes you can put chorus and delay before the stomp boxes and get less woosh, depending on which device has more inherent noise. If you are using the distortion mostly to boost the signal instead of distortion, put it before the chorus, if for the distortion alone with no boost, it could work either side of the chorus/delay/flange/ whatever.
Other than that experiment.