Rackmount Compressor~Distortion~Overdrive~Delay Question?

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Hi. I'm putting together a rackmount set of effects for Classic Rock, Blues
& Rockabilly. The Maxon Delay and BK Butler Blue Tube II have not arrived.

* Rackmount Rocktron 320 Compressor Limiter HUSH
* Rackmount BK Butler Tube Works Blue Tube II RT924 2x12AX7 Overdrive
* Rackmount Peavey Rockmaster 4x12AX7 Distortion
* Rackmount Maxon DM2000 Digital Delay

Question: Besides going with what sounds good, which
signal chain order do you prefer for your setups and why? . . . . .

1) Compressor~Distortion~Overdrive~Delay, or
2) Compressor~Overdrive~Distortion~Delay

Basically, Distortion before or after Overdrive?
Thanks.
 
If I understand correctly you are building a rack with a Preamp (Rockmaster), FX and a (???) Poweramp.

IMO with a Rockmaster Preamp there's no need for an additional overdrive or compressor. I'd add another preamp for (better) clean sounds like a used Mesa Studio Preamp.
 
Interesting.
I have the rackmount effects going into my new vintage rackmount 1U
Lee Jackson SP1000, then out to 4x10 and 1x15 speakers.

My thinking is for the compressor to be on all the time, closest to the
guitar signal, set to low settings to shape the guitar before the effects.

90% of my readings state the delay echo reverb chorus are at the chain's end as both
my Ibanez DM2000 and Ibanez DM1100 Rackmount Digital Delays have all these
features (and more). I'm sure other placements within signal chains are workable

The area that's new to my playing are overdrive and distortion. Hopefully,
I can turn-off or easily by-pass the OD and Distortion off when playing
clean Rockabilly through the Ibanez digital delay.

But, when using distortion, I'm thinking (and studying as two of my rackmount
units have not arrived) to get the distortion tone from the Rockmaster as desired,
then use the BK Butler Blue Tube II to overdrive or boost the distortion.
And keeping the Blue Tube II more as a clean 2x12AX7 tube boost
leaving the Rockmaster as the main distortion output.

Thanks for your suggestion. I've been eyeing Mesa rackmount amps for
some time. Maybe next round will look into them. I really want to buy
Mesa's triple rectifier amplifier. That is a goal.
 
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