PEDAL ORDER
There are no hard and fast rules for signal order, only rough rules of thumb. However, you’ll notice that many players set up their ’boards in roughly similar ways, breaking the standard signal order only to achieve specific results.
The clipping, or drive block should come first. Then the delay and reverb block, then the modulation block (though many players prefer modulation in front of reverb and delay). Utility pedals have varied positions depending on their function. For example, wahs, volume pedals, EQs and noise gates generally come first, before the clipping block, as do compressors. Pitch shifters are typically seen either right at the start of a chain, or just after the clipping block.
A common subversion of these rules is to place a reverb in front of the
