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- What is a guitar pedal switcher?
- Do I need a pedal switcher?
- How do guitar pedal switches work?
- What order should I put my guitar pedals in?
What is a guitar pedal switcher?
No more tap dancing!
A switcher allows you to activate and deactivate several pedals with a single click! No more tap-dancing from a modulated clear sound to your distortion with delay, no more hesitation on dark stages and unintentional activation of other effects.
Do I need a pedal switcher?
Apart from letting you manage your pedals more easily, a switcher will also improve your tone and give you far more clarity. If you're playing through several pedals, all connected by multiple cables in one long chain, you're inevitably going to lose some high-end and overall fidelity.
How do guitar pedal switches work?
You put a pedal into each loop and the looper's switch brings it in and out of the signal path. When you're not using the pedal, it's gone from the chain completely; signal only routes through it when you're using it.
What order should I put my guitar pedals in?
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- Dynamics (compressors), filters (wah), pitch shifters, and Volume pedals typically go at the beginning of the signal chain.
- Gain based effects such as and overdrive/distortion pedals come next.
- Modulation effects such as chorus, flangers, phasers typically come next in the chain.
