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"no effects loop" on the back, what will that impede?
some of the small amps I've been looking at do not have an effects loop-the reviewer mentions this but doesn't go into any detail. I'm assuming "effects" being pedals for reverb/chorus(others?).
on these amps(most are 12 to 15 w and single channel), the reverb pedals are used along with the other 3-4 pedals the reviewer has plugged into the front. so what does having an effects loop do for you vs plugging in along with other pedals on the amp front? thank you d |
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The effects loop comes between the preamp and power amp stages of the amp. This lets you use the preamp to get overdrive/distortion and tone control settings before effects that are in the effects loop. Pedals used in front of the amp come before any tone shaping the preamp provides.
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I have not been impeded for the 50 plus years I haven't had one.
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Hey Daryl, good responses provided above. I like an effects loop but it isn't a deal breaker for me ... well, perhaps on a gigging amp but not a good small wattage amp. I do find a difference when playing with gain and including a delay or chorus pedal in front of the amp vs in the effects loop.
But, our guitar heroes back in the day played live without an effects loop and we all crave those tones, like the Marshall JMPs on the 70s or the original JCM 800s of the early 80s. |