{"id":5917,"date":"2024-07-03T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T08:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/?post_type=news&p=5917"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:44:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:44:50","slug":"blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog of Tone\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE 4 CABLE METHOD<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Effect pedals, FX loops and everything in between<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Almost every guitarist we know \u2013 and we know a few! \u2013 loves playing with FX pedals. And most of us love buying up as many as we can, with the goal of building the pedal board of dreams. Hey, it\u2019ll make us sound better, right? But when it comes to ordering these precious stompboxes, and choosing whether to put them in the front of the amp, or in the FX loop, we\u2019re no longer all in such a state of agreement\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Diligent scholars who study this sort of thing say that the first standalone FX pedal was an Inspector Gadget-type motorized contraption that creates an aqueous tremolo effect by waggling a vial of Windex-like \u2018hydro-fluid\u2019.<\/p>

This ingenious little mechanical maraca put the shimmy in Bo Diddley\u2019s trademark sound, and helped begin\u00a0the glorious era of stompboxes.<\/p>

Not long after, guitarists were hooked, and these days we have so many means, motives and opportunities to commit crimes against sonic purity that we must ask ourselves this: where should they all go? Is it best to keep it simple by lining them all up like musical minions and plugging the whole daisy-chain of fuzz, wah-wah, echo and chorus boxes into the amp\u2019s front end?<\/p>

Or is it better to insert all or at least some of these effects into the pair of jacks on the back of the amp revealingly labeled FX Loop?<\/p>

Fun, but not fast<\/strong><\/p>

Before we start on the dark art that is FX routing though, let\u2019s clear one thing up first.<\/p>

There are no rules.<\/p>

That\u2019s right, we said it. It is 100% your choice what order you line your pedals up in front of your amp.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n
\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\"FXBoards-1-von-1-13-848x372\"\t\t\t\t
<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

You\u2019re the boss! Guitar tone is totally and utterly personal, and so is the way you set up your beloved pedal collection. There are definitely things you can do to, say, minimize unwanted noise from certain pedals by the way you plug them in and\/or order them, but you\u2019re the boss. So get stomping, and have it your way!<\/em><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Sure, there might be accepted ways of doing certain things. Principles of good FX routing, let\u2019s call them.<\/p>

But we always recommend you to try things out for yourself. Audition different FX in different places to hear how changing the sequence colors your tone in different ways.<\/p>

Sometimes weird is wonderful \u2013 perhaps you will discover something so refreshingly different that it will become your trademark tone!<\/p>

Know this though: this trial-and-error method is neither fast nor efficient.<\/p>

Overdrive, distortion, boost, fuzz, compressor, wah\u2026<\/strong><\/p>

Why\u2019s that, you ask?<\/p>

To answer this, we must first distinguish between a few fundamentally different types of guitar effects.<\/p>

For one, we have FX that mess with the signal\u2019s dynamics or amplitude, if you will.<\/p>

This includes all things that make your get guitar louder, softer, more distorted, or make it quack like an angry duck.<\/p>

We are, of course, talking about boost, overdrive, distortion, and fuzz boxes, compressors, outboard preamps, equalizers, wah-wah pedals, and the like.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n
\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\"Pedalboard_995939579-848x565\"\t\t\t\t
<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

A few racket-making classics on this board: the Rat and the Big Muff, to name but two\u2026 (Photo by Michael Morel, used according to the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Original image here: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Pedalboard_(995939579).jpg)<\/em><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Most do more than merely affect the signal\u2019s dynamics. They also reshape the tone; some transfigure it.<\/p>

Conventional wisdom says these effects go BETWEEN the guitar and amplifier.<\/p>

Of course, each works in its own special way in an amp\u2019s FX Loop, and there are plenty of guitarists who experiment with such sounds.<\/p>

But for practical purposes, the gigging guitarist is better off making a habit of plugging these effects into the amp\u2019s front end for the simple reason that that\u2019s exactly what where they were designed to go.<\/p>

Reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, tremolo<\/strong><\/p>

For the sake of this blog, let\u2019s oversimplify a bit: we\u2019ll say the second FX category includes everything that affects the signal\u2019s phase and\/or pitch.<\/p>

A combination of shifts in pitch and time is responsible for the magic of FX such as chorus, flanger and tremolo.<\/p>

The source signal is delayed by just a few milliseconds and modulated with a very slight change in pitch to create chorus and flanger effects, so time is not instantly recognizable as a sound-shaping factor. And it is not a factor at all in phase-shifting.<\/p>

It is, however, immediately apparent in time-altering effects such as reverb, delays and echo.<\/p>

The \u2018best\u2019 place for these stompboxes is in the amp\u2019s FX loop. They often produce interesting results when sandwiched between the guitar and amp, but tone-wise, the FX loop is more likely to hit the sweet spot \u2013 or, for flangers and phasers, the sweep spot.<\/p>

Octave, pitch shifter, harmonizer<\/strong><\/p>

Pitch-altering and augmenting effects like pitch shifters, octavers and harmonizers are an interesting tonal subfamily.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n
\n\t
\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\"Musikmesse-2016-0916-848x636\"\t\t\t\t
<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

It doesn\u2019t get much better than a tidy pedal board setup like this one\u2026 except maybe if you\u2019re plugging it all into a TubeMeister!<\/em><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Very generally speaking, we\u2019d say they respond better to a drier or cleaner signal.<\/p>

Then again, wet-and-messy can be a lot more memorable. Only Odin and Jimmy Page know how he got that splatty octave effect on his Fool In The Rain solo to ooze with such attitude.<\/p>

Filthy fuzz, dodgy tracking and cheesy envelope shifting all come together to create a sound best described as flatulent dinosaurs on a chili-eating binge. Forty years later, guitarists the world over are still trying to emulate that stink. In a good way.<\/p>

The four cable method and multi FX units<\/strong><\/p>

Anyway, back to FX routing.<\/p>

Some players like to work with multi FX units that shoehorn all the aforementioned sounds into one box.<\/p>

If you\u2019re interested in exploring that kind of thing, you\u2019ll find that many of these Swiss-army-knife signal processors let you combine the different effect types into blocks and access those blocks separately.<\/p>

This is where the four-cable method can be your friend. It\u2019s an effective and practical way of integrating these effects into your setup.<\/p>

Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done:<\/p>

This goes here, that goes there<\/strong><\/p>

  1. Cable 1 runs from the guitar to the multi FX device\u2019s input.<\/li>
  2. Cable 2 connects its FX Out to the amp\u2019s FX Return.<\/li>
  3. Cable 3 connects the amp\u2019s FX Send to the multi-FX device\u2019s Loop Return.<\/li>
  4. Cable 4 routes the signal back from the processor\u2019s Loop Send to the amp\u2019s Input jack.<\/li><\/ol>

    To help you visualize it, it all looks a bit like this:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t
    \n
    \n\t
    \n\t\t\n\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\"4-Cable-Method-848x477\"\t\t\t\t
    <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t
    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    Here you go: a handy visual way of showing you how to get that four-cable method down pat. That\u2019s the Multi-FX unit in the top right corner, by the way!<\/em><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    Or have a watch of this explanation using the\u00a0TriAmp Mark 3<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t
    <\/div>
    <\/div>

    Sie sehen gerade einen Platzhalterinhalt von YouTube<\/strong>. Um auf den eigentlichen Inhalt zuzugreifen, klicken Sie auf die Schaltfl\u00e4che unten. Bitte beachten Sie, dass dabei Daten an Drittanbieter weitergegeben werden.<\/p> Mehr Informationen<\/a> <\/div>

    Inhalt entsperren<\/a> Erforderlichen Service akzeptieren und Inhalte entsperren<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    Then you can assign and manage dynamic effects in the first section of the multi-effects unit, which now sits between the guitar and amp.<\/p>

    Phase-shifting effects are assigned to the device\u2019s internal loop, which serves as your FX loop in this setup.<\/p>

    And this is where the fun starts. Most modern multi FX boxes let you change the order of effects in the respective blocks at the touch of a button.<\/p>

    How many possibilities and options does that leave you with? Too many to count, is the answer.<\/p>

    Useful or just interesting?<\/strong><\/p>

    If it can be done, you can bet that someone somewhere will try to find some way of doing something interesting with it.<\/p>

    In the gigging guitarist\u2019s world, though, there just aren\u2019t that many applications where doing things like running a distortion effect in a parallel loop is worth the effort.<\/p>

    Most of us can live without the clean dry signal when we\u2019re going for an overdriven sound.<\/p>

    But the opposite is true for delay and reverb effects. The usefulness of an echo or reflection without an audible source signal is limited to interesting violin, reverse and ambient effects.<\/p>

    It\u2019s all about the blend, baby<\/strong><\/p>

    To dial in a powerful, assertive sound, you have to get the blend between the dry source signal and the wet effects signal just right. What, exactly, right or wrong means to you will depend on your style of music, the sound of your electric guitar and your sensibilities, but for most players, these effects are icing on the cake.<\/p>

    If the mix is right, it\u2019s tasty!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t
    \n
    \n\t
    \n\t\t\n\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\"spice-1641131_960_720-848x567\"\t\t\t\t
    <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t
    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    Yep, spicy! Imagine plucking the finest of these spices together to make the tastiest dish possible\u2026 the same principle is true for FX pedals and guitar sounds. Find the best ingredients that work for you, add to taste, and enjoy! (Photo by Nasalune, used according to the CC0 Creative Commons license. Original image here: https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/spice-morocco-market-oriental-pots-1641131\/)<\/em><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    Adjusting the levels<\/strong><\/p>

    There are various ways to adjust the relative levels. If the amp has a Dry\/Wet Mix knob for the FX loop, you can control the balance for all effects in the loop collectively.<\/p>

    If you want fine-tune a composite of several effects, you\u2019ll have to adjust the level of each individually.<\/p>

    Convenient yet evocative of the classics<\/strong><\/p>

    The\u00a0GrandMeister Deluxe 40<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a good example of an amp with built-in effects and boosters designed with these principles in mind.<\/p>

    Its Boost circuit is tailored to each of the amp\u2019s four fundamental sounds, ranging from a simple boost in the Clean Channel to some pretty ferocious distortion for the Ultra Channel.<\/p>

    The Boost circuit sits right behind the input jack and BEFORE the preamp, just like those workhorse stompboxes we have come to know and love.<\/p>

    Its location in the signal chain is important because this gives players that familiar touch and feel of an outboard pedal.<\/p>

    The GrandMeister Deluxe 40\u2019s internal delay, reverb and modulation effects are also placed where they work best, in a serial circuit slotted in between the preamp and power amp sections.<\/p>

    These effects can be added to each sound using the programmable Intensity or Delay Level knobs.<\/p>

    Good advice, best ignored<\/strong><\/p>

    And now that we\u2019ve extolled the virtues of routing FX signals in conventional ways, bear in mind that many an unforgettable sound has been created by defying conventions.<\/p>

    Let the principles outlined here guide you when you\u2019re in a hurry to hack your way through the thicket of the FX jungle.<\/p>

    But when you have time and the mood to experiment, forget everything we just told you and go wherever your muse takes you.<\/p>

    Happy trails!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

    \n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t

    WHO ROCKS WITH OUR GEAR!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArtists presets<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArtists presets<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t

    MORE OF OUR UNIVERSE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t

    SOME OTHER ARTICLES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t

    OUR COMPANY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t

    Get to know more about us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOUR COMPANY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t

    THE WORLD OF \nHUGHES & KETTNER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t

    Learn more about our products<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPRODUCTS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":5918,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[]},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5917","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlog of Tone\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD - Hughes & Kettner<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blog of Tone\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD - Hughes & Kettner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE 4 CABLE METHOD Effect pedals, FX loops and everything in between Almost every guitarist we know \u2013 and we know a few! \u2013 loves playing with FX pedals. And most of us love buying up as many as we can, with the goal of building the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hughes & Kettner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-03T09:44:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2016\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1074\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"10\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog of Tone\\\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD - Hughes & Kettner\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-03T08:59:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-03T09:44:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg\",\"width\":2016,\"height\":1074},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/news\\\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog of Tone\\\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hughes & Kettner\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hughes & Kettner\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/hughesandkettner-logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/hughesandkettner-logo.webp\",\"width\":191,\"height\":60,\"caption\":\"Hughes & Kettner\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hughes-and-kettner.com\\\/de\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blog of Tone\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD - Hughes & Kettner","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blog of Tone\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD - Hughes & Kettner","og_description":"EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE 4 CABLE METHOD Effect pedals, FX loops and everything in between Almost every guitarist we know \u2013 and we know a few! \u2013 loves playing with FX pedals. And most of us love buying up as many as we can, with the goal of building the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/","og_site_name":"Hughes & Kettner","article_modified_time":"2024-07-03T09:44:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2016,"height":1074,"url":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"10\u00a0Minuten"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/","url":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/","name":"Blog of Tone\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD - Hughes & Kettner","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-03T08:59:48+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-03T09:44:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/07\/449449784_766967185422563_7547549931204328832_n.jpg","width":2016,"height":1074},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/news\/blog-of-tone-effects-pedal-order-the-fx-loop-explained-and-the-four-cable-method\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blog of Tone\/EFFECTS PEDAL ORDER, THE FX LOOP EXPLAINED, AND THE FOUR CABLE METHOD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/","name":"Hughes & Kettner","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/#organization","name":"Hughes & Kettner","url":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/hughesandkettner-logo.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/hughesandkettner-logo.webp","width":191,"height":60,"caption":"Hughes & Kettner"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/5917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/5917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5947,"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/5917\/revisions\/5947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughes-and-kettner.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}