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Post by mototech on Sept 26, 2016 11:57:18 GMT
Ok folks, time to show my ignorance. My Laney LC15R has an effects loop, what is the advantage of this over running the effects between guitar & amp?
Brian.
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Post by salteedog on Sept 26, 2016 12:26:04 GMT
Depending on the effect it may not make much different or may make a whole lot of difference. You have to try it to find out. Basically it's the difference betweem allowing the amps pre-amp to colour the output of the effect or to colour the input of the effect.
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Post by mototech on Sept 26, 2016 12:37:39 GMT
Thanks salteedog, but what is the reason the effects loop is there? is it what you say, or is there another technical reason for it's existance?
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Post by DefJef on Sept 26, 2016 15:46:58 GMT
You can think of it in the same way as you might a pedal chain mototech. Most of us prefer to put some effects before overdrive and some after. For instance overdrive into chorus USUALLY sounds better to most ears than the other way around. Same with overdrive into delay or the other way round. Personally I would prefer to put delay after overdrive. A wah though you might prefer before overdrive. Now, if you think of your actual amp as your overdrive pedal because you like its pushed, breaking up sound, then you are unlikely to want your delay before your overdriven amp, so a delay pedal straight into your amp's front won't sound right because your signal is being delayed before being overdriven. If you are more of a clean player then this will be less of an issue because overdrive isn't an effect you want. Think of your amp as an ovedrive pedal and then you will know which pedals to put before the amp and which ones to put into the effects loop after the overdriven amp.
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Post by mototech on Sept 26, 2016 15:52:40 GMT
Thanks defjef, put so simply even I get that!
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