Hooking up multiple Boss Pedals

[worldinmyeyes]

I finally bought the connections to hook up all of my boss pedals, I was even told by the sales guy which order they should go in...only it doesn't work. I can get them all powered up but reeive go guitar signal once they're all connected. I have a boss tuner, a phase shifter , a digital delay(dd6) , a metal zone, and a blues driver. How might I hook this up? Any help is much appreciated.

[sile2001]

Try hooking them up this way:

1. Guitar to Tuner Input
2. Tuner Output (not bypass) to Input of Phase Shifter
3. Output of Phase Shifter to Input of Blues Driver
4. Output of Blues Driver to Input of Metal Zone
5. Output of Metal Zone to Input A of DD6 (Make sure it is Input A, not B)
6. Output A (NOT B) to amp.

Also, you may not be getting a signal because the tuner can mute the output allowing you to tune without it going through the amp. If you hook it all up like this and still have no signal, try stepping on the tuner pedal to turn the mute off.

[worldinmyeyes]

when i purchased the connections to set everything up the sales rep told me i should put the delay at the end. I'm at work right now so i can't try your setup just yet. Do they usually have to go in a certain order in order for them to work?

[glimmer_doll]

they don't necessarily need to be put in that specific order to work, but if you put an effect like chorus or delay before your distortion the effect will not have the clarity it would if you put it after the distortion.

what sile2001 gave you would be the most common order to put them in, but you should feel free to put them in whatever order you find useful or you think sounds good. you won't break them and they won't stop working if you switch the order around

[sile2001]

I really think it is either the mute on the tuner, or you aren't using Input A and Output A on the delay.

[ecktronic]

Yeah. By putting delays, wahs, phasers etc before the distortion gives you a better sound usually. Cause you are getting the natural harmonics from the clean channel into the phaser, wah etc. The harmonics with distortion arent as distinct so you get less of a sound from your other effects.
But nonetheless, putting a reverse delay or whatever after the distortion might give a really different weird original sound. There aint no rules.

Does your tuner power the pedals it is connected to? cause if you are using a power supply and the tuner also powers the pedals then they might not work. Just a guess.

[sile2001]

Originally Posted by ecktronic

Yeah. By putting delays, wahs, phasers etc before the distortion gives you a better sound usually. Cause you are getting the natural harmonics from the clean channel into the phaser, wah etc. The harmonics with distortion arent as distinct so you get less of a sound from your other effects.
But nonetheless, putting a reverse delay or whatever after the distortion might give a really different weird original sound. There aint no rules.

Does your tuner power the pedals it is connected to? cause if you are using a power supply and the tuner also powers the pedals then they might not work. Just a guess.

Umm...we were suggesting that the delay be put AFTER the distortion, not before. But of course he can do whatever he wants.

He already told us that all of the pedals are getting power, so that's not an issue.