Better Guitar Tone Guides
Practical, real-world guides on guitar tone. Amps, pedals, pickups, setups, gain structure, comparisons, and the details that actually matter when you plug in and play.
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There is no single "correct" pedal order. There is a suggested starting order that tends to behave predictably, and then there are reasons to move things around based on what you want each pedal to actually do. This is a breakdown of the most common pedal types, where they usually go in ...
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This is not a “which is better” argument. It’s a “which set of tradeoffs do you want to live with” argument. A Telecaster rewards simple, stable, show-up-and-play behavior. A Strat rewards expression, those in-between pickup sounds, and the whole whammy bar thing when you actually know how ...