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  • July 28, 2009 at 12:33 am #78667
    *99*
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    Just curious what everyone thinks. FX loop or in line?

    July 28, 2009 at 3:52 am #100039
    justubert
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    In line.

    July 28, 2009 at 4:26 am #100040
    julian
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    in line

    But then again, I’ve got a high wattage amp and depend on my pedals for dirt.

    I just got a sweet low wattage amp yesterday though, and I don’t mind running effects in-line. Yeah, the can sound dirty, but that’s part of the charm of the amp in the first place. It’s unforgiving and rock and roll.

    July 28, 2009 at 7:17 am #100050
    electro-melx
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    in line as a rule….although I put my graphic eq in my loop sometimes….but I guess that’s not really an effect.

    July 28, 2009 at 2:47 pm #100056
    *99*
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    How do you get around the pedals effecting the tone when bypassed? Has anyone used a buffer? I’m thinking of picking one up to see how it works, but would appreciate any suggestions.

    July 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm #100057
    nightraven
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    don’t have an effects loop on my amp. it’s set totally clean anyway so i’m not missing it.

    July 28, 2009 at 4:38 pm #100062
    julian
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    How do you get around the pedals effecting the tone when bypassed? Has anyone used a buffer? I’m thinking of picking one up to see how it works, but would appreciate any suggestions.

    Well I’ve got a mix of true bypass and buffered bypass pedals that have pretty good buffers.

    July 28, 2009 at 5:42 pm #100067
    electro-melx
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    How do you get around the pedals effecting the tone when bypassed? Has anyone used a buffer? I’m thinking of picking one up to see how it works, but would appreciate any suggestions.

    I don’t worry about it…. if I was that botherd I’d just put the whole lot in a bypass loop for a clean straight to amp tone when I wanted it.

    August 4, 2009 at 2:46 pm #100269
    erratom
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    fx pedals sound cleaner (specially with drive ) in fx loop, so I put them in fx loop.
    in line, pedals sound more vintage, but ehx pedals are already vintage!

    only my Mini Q tron is in line because it’s a filter effect

    August 4, 2009 at 6:43 pm #100279
    BlueSteel
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    i put mine in line.

    August 5, 2009 at 6:50 am #100305
    Brianzero
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    Well, I had mine in line for years but now its in the loop and i think sounds so much better. Lets just say the pedals now sit in the sound, does that make sense? As I don’t use any overdrive of fuzz pedals but rely on the amps overdrive most of my gear is modulation, echoes, wah etc. Having the small stone in the loop, the sound is just peachy also the wiggler and SMMWH. The best way is just to experiment and see what sounds good to your ears. Good luck.

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