How And Why To Use The Effects Loop In Guitar Amps
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Finally! A no nonsense straight forward, easy to understand explanation of Fx Loop. Thank you sir. Easy.
yes finally i get it. its fuckin logic man :D
If you had been my instructor, i'm convinced college algebra would have been a completely different experience. Keep up the good work Matt!
Gotta say, NEVER considered a volume pedal in my loops to allow for pull amp distortion without destroying the house. Need to try this when I get home.
apg1 R U home yet ?
I think he might arrive any minute now
I think he stopped at McDonalds but he probably just got his food.
Desterosso
They probably got his order wrong
McD's probably got his order wrong
(reposting cuz it didn't seem to post the first time dammit)
Send to the pedals then return to the amp. that's how I remember it :)
It only took me 2 seconds to read and understand. Thanks bro!
Your comment is, word for word, all the guy in the video needed to say. nice one!
@@pulpapple that's not what the guy in the vid said. He explained it really well. And made it understandable with pre tical examples,
@@jiggersotoole7823 I'm sorry, I think you got the wrong end of the stick. What was the point of your comment? I didn't say that was what the video said. Are you trying to sound clever? There was no need for you to comment at all. It's not rocket science mate, well done.
This is easier..thanks
I've been watching several videos from different channels trying to figure out what the efx loop really does in a chain. Finally got it from this video. It all makes sense to me now.
50 videos later and your explanation was the most straight forward. You're a Golden god!
Thank you, Philip. The volume pedal in the loop as a manual noise gate is a genius idea, and the answer to my conundrum, I'll wager.
APPARENTLY I HAVE AN EFFECTS LOOP, THANKS FOR THE DIFFERENT NAMES FENDER
See this is why I don't REALLY like fender amps. They got a few nice modeling amps though side note.
V10 FSI V10 FSI, Audi?
the fender names make much more sense and are less confusing. Everyone else should start using fender's naming convention. more logical.
yes like a tremolo bar and vibrato channels-lol
Thanks for this. You seriously deserve a million plus subs.
Thank you for making this simple. I was way overthinking things. Easy to understand when explained the correct way and I didn’t know the trick of using a volume pedal to get that tone at low volumes, that’s cool!
oh finally, I always wondered. thanks for the easy to understand breakdown + useful tips for volume control. love your channel man1
GREAT EXPLANATION!! Thank you for not only being very informative, but quick. Your explanation was great and to the point without dragging it out. Just about ready to buy an amp and now I know that I want this feature. Keep up the great work!!
Thank you! Picked the guitar back up a few months ago after having not played for 25+ years (teenager then) and all I had was a small practice amp with an overdrive pedal. When I got back into researching amps I just ended up buying a Line 6 so I could play around with different sounds and effects and figure out what I really wanted long-term before dumping tons of money into gear that I really didn't need.
I've watched tons of videos on amps and effects and such, and you're the first person to explain it in true laymans terms where it's understandable to a noob how the pedals and amp work together. Thank You! Subscribed...
Love it when a video answers the exact question I was just asking myself. :)
Hey Phill, your videos are truly informative. Thanks for doing these over the years. I've learned a lot from your sessions. Best regards.
for those that didn't understand his explanation think of your amps front panel as a sentence. So you start reading at one end and finish at the other. If your input is at the left you start there and if your input is at the right you start there. I have a Marshall TSL Combo so my input is at the left. Then everything is in line after that. They don't all go to an output at the same time. So you start at the left. (I Will leave out a few buttons to make it less confusing). - input - gain - volume - Bright button - treble - mid - bass. Then it goes into the crunch or lead distortion channels which take over from clean when selected and it goes the same - lead - v0lume treble - mid - bass - Then it goes to the effects like reverb - Presence - effect - reverb. Then out to the speaker ...or simplified down. input/volume/EQ/Distortion/EFX and loop/ Reverb/ out. So your loop is any effect you put in it and will be after the distortion and before the reverb. pretty much all amps are set up this way.
*Stares down at mustang amp, sees the exact path (only small differences) described.* Mind Blown
Great explanation
Brilliant! Again, Phil, thank you! After all these years, I didn't even put it together to use a volume pedal in the effects loop to throttle the volume of a fully cranked tube amp. You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
Alastair Tilley well let's have tea then. Pip pip !
Roger oeae 🤣
great info, no frills, no noodling on your guitar showing off...love it. thank you!
never even heard of this channel or Philip McKnight until like 10mins and through Flipbook. so much useful info! the answers to questions nobody seems of want to answer! friggin love it, I'm gonna stick around for sure!
Finally someone who gets straight to the point! plus no unnecessary and annoying jump cuts!👍
All clearer now. Excellent video, thanks for sharing.
Appreciate the clarity and simplicity of the explanation; thanks!
Great idea with the volume pedal. I'm using a helix into my evh5150 using the four cable method and I found I can achieve the same result with the helix volume control. Got the amp cranked and sounding awesome but without deafening myself.
Liked and favorite. This was EXTREMELY informative and very well explained. The volume pedal trick was genius. Thank you A LOT.
Very informative. Thank you! I've never fully understood it's purpose....until now.
Great explanation! Now, I have a different idea on how to use the effects loop on my amp. I just usually use time based pedals such as reverbs and delays in the effects loop, but now I have a clear understanding how the effects loop works.
A diagram would work wonders to explain something like this, but I think you got the point across! The volume pedal thing blew my mind! Thanks!!
Thanks bro! Much better than any other video I watched explaining this!
love this video. it's one of the questions I've always wanted explained. but didn't want to look dumb. Good job!
You explained this very nicely and easily understood. Thanks Phil!
I’m so glad I found your site, for a week I’ve been trying to run my BIAS FX2 thru my badcat Cougar 5 amp which has an FX loop. Positive Grid, the maker of BIAS FX2 had me going round in circles. You would think they would know dut they didn’t. Thanks again Merrill
why has it taken so long for someone to use plain language and explain this thoroughly? You have a gift Phil thanks for it
Awesome tip. Great to hear someone explain and provide an example about using the effects loop ESP with pedals and a volume pedal.
This is brilliant! I never thought of using my volume pedal this way.
Dude, excellent video!! I've been trying to figure out the FX Loop thing for quite awhile now. Thank you so much for the instructional info...now I got my rig set up for the home recording that I want to do!!!! THANK YOU!!!
This was actually extremely informative. Thank you.
Why did it take me until now to stumble across this video??!! Fantastic, thank you!
God bless you dude, finally someone breaks this down!!!
awesome videos. love the way you explain things.
Bloody great explanation man! Thanks so much!
Excellent video, buddy! I already use the effects loop, but the trick with the volume pedal for practicing was great! Thanks!
So many dislikes?
You are so knowledgeable.
Great no nonsense instructions and information.
Great tone and great video!
Thanks.
Is there any point in using send and return for modulation effects, if you rely overdrive/distortion pedals in your FX loop and not the amp's overdrive?
That volume pedal hack is superb! Especially as I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I HAD AN FX LOOP!!! Pre-amp out, good lord!
That amp isn't cranked, only the preamp valves are, the heavenly juice is on the power tubes. Otherwise you could just run a overdrive pedal with a 12ax7 and you'd be good
Thanks for showing this with the amps and pedals, makes it easy to understand. Cheers
Great and easy to understand explanation!
awesome info man, cheers
Wow this is a great video. I was just wondering how to use the effects loop on my amp. Keep up the great work. Your videos are top notch.
Excellent, very informative. You helped me a lot
This is gold, wow great info
Very well done, sir!
Great video. I really appreciate it. Thanks
Thanks! Now I can overdrive my Mark V without blowing out the windows. Yours is the first discussion I’ve seen of volume pedals in the effects loop.
Thanks Phillip! This makes more sense than anything I have seen!!!
Great video. keep up the good work!
Perfect man! Thanks for that!
One of many questions, demystified!!! My list of questions are getting smaller! Again, Thank you Phil!!!
Rich Nakatsu it's nice whittlin' down the pile of the age old questions that musicians have wanted/needed to kno' !
Hi.
Ich have a hundred Watts Head ( H & kettner trilogy )
and I wann to thank you for showing me a different way to crank the Master lead and master Chanel UP instead of buying an expensive Power attenuator. Ich was trying a ibanez sh7 tubesceamer and I recognized its Not the best Solution so i am gonna trying IT with an eq-pedal next Time
Or is a Volumen pedal better than a eq pedal?
greez from austria.
Thanks for the video. It was really helpful.
Very nice! Thank you
What's your favorite speaker and cab for your mark 5 head? I just got one and am actually playing it through a Marshall DSL 40c combo with a cream back right now. I bought a 1/4 inch female coupler and had a short 3 foot 1/4 inch speaker cable to extend the DSL speaker cable so to reach the mark 5 head. I plug it in to the 8 ohm input on the mark 5, though the DSL says its 16 ohms? It's working though so I guess that's ok. Anyway I'm going to want a nice 1x12 or 2x12 for my mark 5. What do you think would be best for recording but still loud enough to play live band? Thanks, I aprreciate your videos and tips.
Thx Phil, never thought about running volume pedal through the loop. I have the Mark V:35 with a vertical 2x12 Recto cab. To get it sounding nice even in 10W setting it is too loud for home. What's the best way to get that cranked tone at a lower volume? Volume pedal or attenuation?
Luv the vids n hacks!! Keep up the good work!!
Hi Phillip, I have a question, can I connect fx loop in my amp to audio interface and use digital effect plugins on my computer?
Thank you I have a Marshall amp and I bought 3 wash pedals and I couldn’t connect the I see this in the back of my amp so do you need 1 more cable from out put to your guitar?
Thx very much for that explanation, it helped clarify something for me....much appreciated.
Hey Phillip I have a evh lbx amp and is to loud for practice at home so if I plug a volume pedal in the loop I can still crank my amp and lower the volume with the pedal to keep my tone and also can u still run delay in the loop along with the volume pedal thanks for any info
Awesome info... I'm definitely trying that out, volume pedal in the loop, excellent
Great video! Thanks!
Great Video Phillip. QUESTION. Would it make any sense to run a volume pedal through the effects loop and the rest of my pedals through the front of the amp like normal or just string them through the effects loop?
Thank you for the time and knowledge ...
i learned so much thank you
Hey nice video. Is that a mesa boogie mini rectifier? I do have the same amp and it’s freaking loud so I am using an Ibanez ts-9 tube screamer but It ain’t that aggressive in the lower volumes and wattages. So I am buying a boss mt-2 pedal for more aggressive tight distortion and the thing is I play in lower wattages and lower volumes as low as possible. If I connect the metal zone pedal to the fx loop, do I need to connect a volume pedal too from boss or only mt-2 can serve my purpose ? Do answer
Hey any thoughts about connecting a multi effects pedal board to the FX loop, would it be better to connect it to the input or to the FX loop pedal?
A simple analogy is so useful…got it. Thanks man!
Great explanation. Thanks.
Great vid, thanks!
Thanks for this! I Finally understand!
The volume pedal trick in the effects loop is something I've never thought of. Clever boy Phil. I approve wholeheartedly.
Great video, really informative!
Great Video - Thanks !
hey phillip on my crate vc 50, there is only a send... there is no return. how would i use my effects loop if its just 1 input?
Would you connect a boost pedal (like mini katana) for increasing your gain on your "dirty" channel in front of the amp or through the fx loop?
VERY helpful thanks!
I have a Blackstar ID Core, Can I run a noise gate pedal after the amp's send in the effects loop to gate the amp distortion? I just started to use my boss me 80 thru the effects loop and only use the mods, reverb and delays with that unit
Thank you!..simple,complete..
Love your video's Thanks
Thank you so much for the info! I wish I knew that fx loop + volume pedal trick back when I was gigging!
Right on Phillip. Thanks for this. I never truly understood this.
Hey Phil, thanks by the way... have you ever tried a tc electronic spark booster on the fx loop? I'm having some issues with my setup (guitar>fulltone OCD>tc electronic sparkbooster>Orange OR15).
My solo set gets muddy...
Hi, I use a Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 head and 1960A cabinet only the lead channel and i want to use the fx loop but when I connect this I lost gain and my heavy sound because if i want a good delay I have to up the FX MIX and I lost "my sound" . How can I use the fx loop without lossing gain? .
Thanks for the excellent explanation, Thank you very much :D.
I still do have a question, if I've got a phaser and a EQ in my effects loop (and a tuner, wah, booster and distortion in chain), I would think the EQ comes last, is this correct via the guidelines of setting up effects?
Thanks again for the great video ;)
Thank you, does it matter if it's series or parallel ? I have a JSX Peavey and I don't what it is?
You can also use the FX send on an amp to send it to a power amp of your choice, effectively using the 1st Amp as a Pre AMp only. I got a great result doing this to a little Orange Micro Dark where all the goodness is in the Valve Preamp section but not in it`s cheap solid state Power amp, sending out from the loop bypasses the 1st Amps power amp ( and you don`t need a dummy load on the Micro Dark cos the power amp isn`t valve ) I sent it to a Marshall 120/120 Power amp and the result was reallly good !
Is it ok to use the loop for modulation and a distortion or overdrive in front of the amp? I think they would both go before the pedals, right?
What about a pedalboard looper? Say I have a couple of delays, a reverb pedal and flanger running through a Boss Es-5. Do I run the unit through the FX loop and then the Big Muff into the front?
so can I use the level nob on my Eq pedal as an atuneunatnor if I run it directly to my amps input?
My Orange Roland Cube 60 guitar amp. has a Pre-Out and Main In connection at the back. As it is more than 30 plus years old with no Manual, I don't know what they are for? Please advise.
Thank you sir I'll give this a try I just got a rc3 loop station wasn't sure how to hook it up I have a digetec element effects pedal not sure the order two inputs on the front of my ac20 amp and effects inputs in the back tried it the other day had it playing on a clean channel record my loop then switched over to add effect and it had changed the presets am I doing some thing wrong could anyone help please
great vid bro thankx