Guitar effects boards and loopers explained 

Thanks for actually informing us about the looper instead of displaying your guitar talents like so many youtubers insist on doing.

Hey everyone, he starts talking about the switcher at 6:30

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO FREAKING EXPLAINS THE WAYS YOU CAN HOOK UP TO A SWITCHER. THANK YOU.

Been playing for almost 8 years and spent ages looking for a video like this , thank you !

Very practical and down-to-earth. Enjoyed it. Nice to see a load of users eploting PARALLEL signal paths, as I started doing over 40 years ago.Good upload, H6UK

I admit that not the best cables are used and shown here but they helped with two things. 1) Easy to identify the different loops in the video. . 2) At the time of construction they were the only ones I could source with a straight plug on one end (for looper box) and right angles on the other end (for the FX pedals themselves) Currently working through replacing with my own hand made custom cables. Yep soldering iron all warmed up. Rock on!

Well done Craig. One of the best instructional videos I have ever seen on RU-vid. Straight ahead, very informative, well explained. Thank you sir.

hey man! i really appreciate the time you took to explain everything... i am learning about loopers and you helped me narrow in on what i need. thanks!

A really thorough and well done video. Thanks!

possibly the most informative looper video out there

thank you for NOT wasting my time. great video! hope all is well!

Thanks! Been playing for years but never used a pedal. They seemed really complicated but u made it very clear

fantastic tone all around , Marshall and the Orange ,plus the boss pedals and classic cry baby

Thanks Craig! You've cleared a few things up for me.

Thanks Craig. An excellent explanation. Helpful demo begins at 14:00. I like that these Swift ‘Switchers’ do not have banks and multi programmable features like the Boss and JoYo PXL series. The simpler the better in my view. The website recommendations say that the standout feature of this unit is the robust construction and complete absence of switch noise or signal loss. Another ✅ to Swift.

Done really well. Thank you for sharing all that you have. Very good way of getting a well organized system. I have that little terror and love it. You can't beat it for the money. As you stated, in a critical situation, it's a God send. Again, Thank you...

"I can guarantee you now that you WILL buy more pedals." The sad truth about being a guitarist. :P

Thanks for uploading man! Thinking about buying a few pedals, been playing for about 7 years but been very pedal phobic until now haha but this video really helped!

Very good explanation of a looper's function sir. Thank you very much!

Thank you Craig, this was very helpful for me and where I am as a guitarist.

Great video. Good presentation and clear instructions.

Excellent demo, very helpful! Thanks!

Great stuff, been playing guitar just almost a year now, and electric for a month, and i set out to learn as much as possible, and i really took away and good understanding of the effect pedal aspect

Cool, nice setup! Thanks Craig!

That was a great video,and that Micro terror amp sounded awesome.

great demo. went into this video thinking/hoping "looper" meant effects loop, since I have a hard time finding people who utilitize a preamp chain and effects loop chain like I do. But it turned out to be a great video, with a great looper pedal. Honestly contemplating purchasing one now haha. thanks!

Thanks - now I understand. T'was getting confused with 'loopers'. Nice explanation.

Nice man,thanks for sharing your pedal board and idea^^

Thnaks Zac, hope you found it useful. The Loop switch is from Swift pedals - link is at top I think .They have used this video on theri homepage :-)

Glad you found it helpful. Thanks

Thankyou! Video helped me alot!

Thanks man ..this was so helpful and well explained..... appreciate !!

Great explained basics. Gave great ideas.

That was good. I'm just getting back into guitar after 30 years off. I got a little 25 watt tube amp (Peavey Bravo) and got a wah (had to learn about buffered and true bypass) then a delay and will get more. I like the idea of having 1 button to push to go back to straight guitar amp.

Thanks for the vid!! Great info!!

Great walk through. I've been running my pedals in series for 30 years - mostly because I've been a minimalist. But I'm up to a similar six pedal setup now, and I'm looking at building something like what you've got here. Five of the same pedals. Keep on Rockin' mate! Looking at one of those little Orange's too for same reason!

I know that Multi FX processors are out there but personally I prefer the flexibility of individual pedals as I can use best of breed for each effect. I have used multi FX processors but I prefer my own custom set up. No right or wrong - just personal preference.

Hi Patrick, All the effects on the board feed (via the loop switch) into the Guitar input. The only thing in the amp FX loop is the bluesbreaker 2 set in boost mode. This is because I have the pre-amp (gain) on full so boosting it does nothing due to the pre-amp valves being flat out. The only way I can boost is between the pre-amp and power amp ie the FX loop.

bahaha!!! was NOT expecting that little orange head to sound like that! very nice!

Dude is giving me Neville Longbottom vibes ♥♥ Awesome video, thanks for the explanation!

thank you for the lesson on pedals

Clear, concise, useful info

Awesome info, ty Craig, very helpful indeed, keep it up, Cheers mate

great video.

Very great and helpful tips. thanks. well explained

Perfect. Couldn't have said it, or done it any better!

Great info thanks!😎👍

very informative, great stuff

That was very informative and useful. I'm just starting out with all this and it's a bit of a minefield for the beginner.

I also have a Phaser 90 - it's fantastic !

Great video. Thanks.

appreciate your downtoearth lesson, thanks for the time, learnt a lot

That was a good watch, mate!! Learned a couple things i was always curious about...you should do more of these.. (..and judging by all the comments, the good people at 'Orange" and "Swift" should be sending you a royalty cheque!!..lol)

Great info, thanks! I'd suggest to not only put the blues breaker into the post-preamp FX-loop but also chorus, delay and stuff. Finally you'll end up using two circuits: one pre-preamp the other one post-preamp.

Very nice video, Thanks!!!! Great tips! Thanks again!!

I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE LOOPER!!! That'd literally cancel out most of my noise problems! =)

great video thanks! !

Great video. I've been contemplating on getting a looper to simplify the pedal tap dance. I think this is the best route for 5 or 6 pedals or more. Seems all you need for your rig is an eq pedal to give you that solo boost. Cheers mate.

Thanks great Demo..

Wise video.. Thanks

very good.Great info.Thanks.

great video

That little Orange amp was sounding pretty sweet.

Very useful information, thank you!!!!

Overall, a very informative piece!

That was very cool. Thanks.

great explanation on how you should properly use pedals these days, my preference is a midi solution with the pedals on a tray going through a switcher system , its not dissimilar to what your describing here, except I have zero cable coming from the amp to the floor , I just have a midi cable to my voodoo lab midi pedal, and I can switch my amp channels from it too. Great video with some very sound advice

thank you, very helpful

A good point and I am actually half way through replacing the patch cables with better ones. :-)

very informative ..... thanks

Hey man your video is very informative!! Make more videos like this subscribed

Wow, that Orange Micro Terror, 100 quid in the UK - Is amazing. Gonna be hitting that up for my HD500 ;-)

I think I finally have to buy one. I have 10 pedals per board. I want to put 20 on a build next but with mini pedals and I guess I will have to buy 2 power supplies to mount under. This will be my 4th pedalboard made from wood and I've learned some tricks. I almost made a shelf style to use with my hands but backed out. I just need to save floor space and only play sitting in my house.

Thanks for the info about the switcher I'm still tap dancing on pedals. I thought the orange sounded better than the Marshall LOL

Enjoyed this video very much. It was informative as well as precise. My one question to you is: What brand and model is your looper switch? I would really like to add that to my rig. Thanks for the informative video.

This guy's all smiles!

Thank you Sir.

The orange amp rocks !!!!!

Thanks Craig great demo and very informative- that little Orange unit is a gas- if only all heads were that easy to carry. There'd be a lot of roadies at the Jobcentre! I guess you can choose the order the pedals come into the loop in case you want say chorus before or after flanger or wah etc?

Thank you!

nice video ! ...

Very well explained. May I recommend the Boss Feedback/Booster FB-2 for you to Boost your solos.

great thanks , enjoyed

Is there a difference in the sound between stinging effects together vs using a looper? And how would you add a Loop Recording Effects Pedal if you were a soloist?

Hi, My JCM800 is a recent (3 years old) reissue which includes the send/return as standard. I also have a JCM800 Combo from 1983 which doesn't have the effects loop. I'm not sure if Marshall introduced a loop as standard later in the 80s or only on the reissue? My SLP1959 head is a 2009 reissue and that also has the effects loop unlike the originals. Sorry can't be much more help.

thanks a lot!

"u will have more pedals" yes sir

Thanks, hope it was useful.

Hi. Thanks for the video. Maybe you can help me with a few questions. I'm a guitar player and singer in a portuguese band. As i sing and play at the same time it's very uncomfortable to be tapdancing. Some years ago i bought a Mooer L6 switcher. For the price i can't really complaint about it (the main problem is this kind of delay when you press the buttons, the sound kind of fades in). I've been using it to control my modulation pedals live, but i want to be able to control all pedals (dis, drive, boost, etc). This happens because i use my modulation in the fx loop of the amp and the other pedals in the front inside of the BOSS NS2 loop. My question is if using the boss es 8 four cable method feature i can route the pedals i want to the front and to the fx loop "separating" them but still using in the same loop system. Other thing i would like to know is how the boss NS2 loop would work in a foot switcher, i mean how can i still be using the noise surpressor loop or how can i use it still using a switcher. As i'm thinking of switching to another switcher, i would like to ask some of good choices for me besides the ES-8. What exact foot switchers can i use to route pedals to the fx loop and to the front of the pedal. Thank you.

enjoy your pedalling

Craig, thanks! One of the most helpful explanations I have seen. If I want to run my time-based effects through my FX loop, I suppose I would need another looper just to run through the FX loop. In that case I might have an 6-8 loop looper for effects before the preamp and another 4-6 loop looper for the FX loop. Have you ever used it that way?

Great explanation, thanks. Strangely enough, I actually like the way the little Orange sounds better than the Marshall.

that little orange tiny beast is all the money!! hey hey... nice video keep going!!!

Brilliant

How do you route the cabling when you want to have multiple pedals in an amp fx loop? As an example. I've got a delay, a modulation pedal, and a reverb in my fx loop and I want to integrate them into a loop switcher where I can control them individually. Not sure how to cable that while having them in the fx loop? Am I just missing something obvious?

Thanks a lot for explaining what that big long thing with 20+ cables does. As stupid as this sounds the way I understood is . You can take the pedals and put them on a parallel circuit instead of a series circuit. Kinda like Christmas lights so that your lights will still work even if one of them burns out.

hey mate, i dunno what patch cables you are using, but you should try out some george l's or lava cables. The clarity you get from them is amazing ;)

Do I need to run my NS2 noise gate through the looper? It's currently connected 4 cable method with my Revv G3 distortion pedal and Boss GE7 Eq? The gate is always on

ideal as a spare for backup.

Great Video Craig:-)....Love the Magic Trick, pulling Micro Terror from out behind the Marshall!!...Interested in your Marshall Combo sitting behind you. What Model?? Considering a JCM600..comments??? Would love your opinion. Cheers and Thanks!!:-)