How you use your EQ?

[VonBonfire]

I have a Griffin Analog Pultec EQ that should be coming in the not too distant future Stoked about it. I've never had an EQ in my chain, heck I don't even really have a chain 'cept for the dog. Do you like to run it before or after your boots pedal? Seems like officially it should come after but then I listened to some demos where it sounded more awesome placed before the boots. Any tips, tricks, or advice? It's just guitar-boots pedal-Twin right now.

 

[RaceU4her]

i would probably put that in the loop if you have one. boost 100hz and add some sweet mids in the 3-4-5K

 

[TheGreatGreen]

If you’re not using the EQ itself as your boost pedal but want to put it before the amp, I’d put it before the boost so you can shape the tone of the guitar directly. Imo boost pedals sound best directly hitting the amp, otherwise you risk clipping whatever pedals come after the boost, or best case scenario you raise the noise floor of any post-boost pedals.

If you use a compressor, I’d put the EQ after the comp so you can shape the sound of the compressed guitar signal, and also so your EQ settings don’t mess with your compressor threshold settings.

If you put an EQ in the loop, I’d make it the first thing in the loop so you can directly adjust the core sound of the preamp without the EQ messing with your time based effects.

 

[VonBonfire]

If you’re not using the EQ itself as your boost pedal but want to put it before the amp, I’d put it before the boost so you can shape the tone of the guitar directly. Imo boost pedals sound best directly hitting the amp, otherwise you risk clipping whatever pedals come after the boost, or best case scenario you raise the noise floor of any post-boost pedals.

Thanks for this. I don't have a loop, it's just a Twin Reverb. Are you suggesting that any time based pedals like delay or reverb go before or after the boost or EQ then? I was thinking about playing with some of that next, looking to build the fattest/biggest sounding OD tone I can but I haven't really used more than a boots since the 90's so I'm in the dark on that sort of thing.

 

[Metlupass2]

Loop

 

[rsm]

My preference is to go straight into a tube amp. Most of my tube amps have two or more channels, so I don't use an EQ pedal or boost.

I use my EQ pedals in front of single channel tube amps, usually the only pedal; to get a different tone and/or lead boost.

In my modelers, I may use a pre and/or post EQ, but it's rare. I try to keep my modeler signal chains simple, like a real rig. My ISP Thetas have a pre and post EQ, like my old ADA rig had (MP-1 + MQ-1; or MP-2).

It really depends on what you want from the EQ pedal.

 

[Greazygeo]

Best place for my eq is sitting on the shelf.

 

[jb44]

Guide To Effects Pedals 10th Ed

 

[stephen sawall]

I like EQ after overdrive / distortion. Could be pedals or the preamp.

 

[Techdeth]

If you’re not using the EQ itself as your boost pedal but want to put it before the amp, I’d put it before the boost so you can shape the tone of the guitar directly. Imo boost pedals sound best directly hitting the amp, otherwise you risk clipping whatever pedals come after the boost, or best case scenario you raise the noise floor of any post-boost pedals.

If you use a compressor, I’d put the EQ after the comp so you can shape the sound of the compressed guitar signal, and also so your EQ settings don’t mess with your compressor threshold settings.

If you put an EQ in the loop, I’d make it the first thing in the loop so you can directly adjust the core sound of the preamp without the EQ messing with your time based effects.

I use mine first mostly as well . It just works better for me that way .