Chorus out front or in the loop?

[ledvedder]

Which do you guys prefer? I like the differences you get from each spot. I'm running it with both clean and distorted tones.

[sleewell]

phaser is the only mod pedal i put in front. chorus is def in the loop for me, but i never really used it that much. and im also not running any effects right now so take that opinion with a grain of salt.

[guitarbilly74]

I use it out front.

["sasquatch"]

in a box, unopened.

[sleewell]

in a box, unopened.

 

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

Loop.

[Neilrocks25]

I prefer my Micro chorus in front of gain.

 

There is no rule try both and go with what you like.

[ENdtime]

In front. In the loop it seems to get to hi fI for my tastes. Especially with gain. But I hardly use it, anyway.

 

So the option of in its box, or my pedal bin, also fits my method.

[benjamin801]

In front of the amp is definitely a more subtle effect, but as I run dry 90% of the time and use chorus (as well as phase and flange, when I do) as more of a pronounced outer-space type sound effect, loop works best for me.

 

If I was the type of guy who played clean most of the time with a subtle chorus, I would shoot myself in the head run it in front of the amp.

 

ETA: endtime put it very well. It's more of a hi-fi feel in the loop. Only that's a good thing for my needs.

[the_gunslinger]

Most of the time it's in the loop for me.

[isvoid]

in a box, unopened.

 

I lol'd IRL.

[nightflameauto]

That depends. Would you like it to sound like {censored}, or would you like it to sound like mushy {censored}?

[Harvester1199]

for me its better up front

[DoubleBarrel]

up front but after distortion.

 

I use pedals for distortion, so it's after it distortion in the chain, but not in the loop.

[RiffDaemon]

In the loop. I find I get the most flexibility there.

[Norton666]

In my opinion , the only things that belong in a loop are reverb and delay. Everything else up front.

[satannica]

Try both. Different amps yield different results.

[DoubleBarrel]

 

In my opinion , the only things that belong in a loop are an EQ pedal , reverb and delay. Everything else up front.

 

 

Fixed :poke:

[sleewell]

 

Fixed :poke:

 

 

this for sure, an eq in the loop is pure winsauce

[RiffDaemon]

 

this for sure, an eq in the loop is pure winsauce

 

 

Can't live without it

[sirkickass]

I generally like modulation in the loop, eg, delay, chorus etc.

[draelyc]

Which do you guys prefer? I like the differences you get from each spot. I'm running it with both clean and distorted tones.

 

These days, for me chorus can go either place. For a long time, I felt that my chorus pedals HAD to go in the loop, since I get my overdrive from my amps' preamp sections. But eventually, I learned how to tweak the pedal to sound good even in front of a high gain/distorting amp. It's a bit smoother in the loop, a bit richer (for want of a better term ... maybe "more syrupy"?) up front. At present, I've gone back to putting it in the loop, for the smoothness. Fwiw & ymmv, o' course.

[themadscientist]

I have a Corona Chorus always on, as it acts to thicken my sound, not as the traditional shimmery chorus '80s thing. I put it in the loop.

 

 

for more outrageous sounds though, you can put in in front...depends on what you're using it for

[sleewell]

 

Can't live without it

 

 

i am learning this.

 

tried the mak4 with an eq before the 50/50 for the first time yesterday and was amazed. it sounded great before but holy freaking cow - it literally dropped my jaw. didnt even do much to the eq either, boosted 80-100 and cut some of the highs at the very end.

[guitarbilly74]

Fixed :poke:

 

I agree although I rarely use an external EQ, but if I wanted to use one, it would certainly go through the loop