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Pedal Signal Chain Order
How the order of the pedals on your board changes your tone, from tuner and wah through compression, drive, modulation and time effects, with makers' own placement advice…
The Four-Cable Method
The four-cable method (4CM) splits your pedalboard or multi-effects unit so drive pedals hit your amp's preamp while delay and reverb sit in its effects loop. Here is how…
True Bypass and Buffers
What true bypass and buffered bypass actually do to your guitar signal, when a buffer helps with long cables and big pedalboards, which pedals let you switch between the…
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