QUOTE(supercolossal @ Jun 25 2009, 01:53 PM)
Hi guys,
Just need some advice on effects placement.
Does the phaser go before or after distortion?
I tried both and prefer it before distortion, what about you guys?
Added on June 25, 2009, 2:01 pmFrom what I understand, buffers in the pedals are quite important if you are driving a long signal path. So if you are having a long signal path and having ALL your pedals true bypass would load your guitar signal and cause it to degrade too.
In any case for a long signal path, you would still need a buffer to drive the signal on the longest portion of the signal so that it doesn't degrade. The problem is that not all buffers are created equal (some are good some are bad). That's why the tone suckage observation.
So though true bypass pedals are good, but buffers are there for a reason

I eventually put my Phaser right in front. Phaser -> Dist/OD.
There is really no fix rule of where to put the phaser but mostly people will put the phaser after the OD/Dist. I tried it and it does sound nice but for the time being, I have the Phaser put in front to have the strong feel of it... maybe thats just me...Someday i will put it at the end depends on what I want.
Most important is ur ear to hear which sound nice to you.
Supercolossal is right, buffers are important to run long cable signal and Boss mainly use buffers and not true-bypass.
IMHO, True bypass is good but it is not everything to tone. I would personally prefer to have a few boss pedals to help run the buffer in front and of cos is to have a good buffer in front.
What is important is try out different pedals together and experiment, you will then find out that not all brand pedals are friendly with each other.
Cheers and Rock On~