Just curious. I've never owned an amp with an effects loop. What sort of applications does it have? Why would it be beneficial to put something in the loop rather than in front of the amp?
Just curious. I've never owned an amp with an effects loop. What sort of applications does it have? Why would it be beneficial to put something in the loop rather than in front of the amp?
s'all goof.
Curtis, if you like to get a sound from your amp that involves pushing the preamp tubes, having time/pitch based effects before that makes them preamp distortion/crunch sound pretty bad, especially delay and reverb.
Effects loops are for just those sort of things--place those effects after the crunchy sounding preamp but before the still-clean power tubes. Also, this is a wonderful place for a volume pedal because you can retain the tone of whatever you're doing to the preamp section but control the overall volume of that sound.
For folks who drive low-wattage amps' power tubes into overdrive sounds, it really doesn't matter. Likewise, if you rely on pedals to do 85% or more of the work for overdrive tones (like me, for instance), it really doesn't matter.
They're in those boogie things.Originally Posted by fezz parka
What's an effects loop?
Like PC said, useful, if you like having a high gain sound with clean chorus or delay after it. Not my thing, but it works for lots of people.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
Another use for effects loops....... If you have level controls on the send and return of the effects loop, you can add gain and/or volume by using a patch cord across the jacks.
A good, screaming Strat just might be the greatest guitar sound of all..... -Slash
I see them a lot on amps with a master knob, boost switches and channel switching.What's an effects loop?
I'm not sure what those do either.
I agree with what PC said. Kap'n made me laugh, nothing new there. I used to have a couple Boogies and ran volume pedals, boosts, delays and phase shifters through the loops. Makes for less noise when everything is on and the distortion is up too. In all fairness, I used the loop in my old red-knobbed twin as well. :-)
Channels?
Sure...
Normal and Vibrato
Mic and Accordion
High Treble and "Dull."
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
Oh right. Bright and normal? Ah, ok. What's all this about switches then?
I always thought I NEEDED channel switching. It's nice to have the option, but I haven't even unpacked the footswitch in months. Set the amp up right and control your tone using picking dynamics and the guitar's controls -- just like a single channel amp. In the process of actually learning how to work the guitar's controls, I've found all those tones that I used to dream about.
A good, screaming Strat just might be the greatest guitar sound of all..... -Slash
Well, there's the footswitch to turn the vibrato and reverb on and off. Plus, if you want to get really fancy, you can get an A/B switch and change from the normal to the vibrato channel.
Channel switching...
Too much trouble for this luddite. Give me a good overdrive or two, and perhaps a bit of slapback, and I can get through a gig. I have to try to remember the lyrics; the last thing I want to do is to have to diagram out my signal flow just to hook up my guitar rig...
"I'm gonna find myself a girl
that can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams..."
I can't see myself using an amp WITHOUT an effects loop...
Why, franchelB? What makes it so critical?
s'all goof.
It's where I stick my Volume pedal and Delay (or other time-based effects). The effects loop is buffered, therefore the effects will have little or no noise. A "noise reduction" if you will...without having to buy an actual pedal.
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