Before in a pedal chain

Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
edited February 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
When people say place the pedal, ex.(phase) before the (chorus) do they mean before as in closer to the amp or closer to the guitar? What is before and what is after?
Ex. Amp Phase Chorus Guitar
or
Amp Chorus Phase Guitar
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  • Jam10 wrote:
    When people say place the pedal, ex.(phase) before the (chorus) do they mean before as in closer to the amp or closer to the guitar? What is before and what is after?
    Ex. Amp Phase Chorus Guitar
    or
    Amp Chorus Phase Guitar

    Before means closer to the guitar. Signal flows from the guitar, through the chain, and to the amp. So the signal gets to the phaser BEFORE the chorus. You can think of it that way.

    Guitar>Phase>Chorus>Amp
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Jam10 wrote:
    When people say place the pedal, ex.(phase) before the (chorus) do they mean before as in closer to the amp or closer to the guitar? What is before and what is after?
    Ex. Amp Phase Chorus Guitar
    or
    Amp Chorus Phase Guitar

    Guitar
    phase
    chorus
    amp

    EDIT: sorry GTC we posted at the same time.
  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    Before means closer to the guitar. Signal flows from the guitar, through the chain, and to the amp. So the signal gets to the phaser BEFORE the chorus. You can think of it that way.

    Guitar>Phase>Chorus>Amp
    YUP +1
    Your signal runs from guitar to amp, so before is before.
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  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    Thanks again guys!
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    In case it helps, the chorus is the last pedal in my chain before the delay pedals and my holy grail reverb.
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