Currently, Cline has a few touring pedalboards. He uses a large bi-level board with the Nels Cline Singers that includes a “big old” Boss FV-500H volume pedal he’s used for years along with a compressor, his mainstay Electro-Harmonix 16-Second Digital Delay, a Klon overdrive, reverb, and a clean boost.

What is the best pedal order?

Dynamics (compressors), filters (wah), pitch shifters, and Volume pedals typically go at the beginning of the signal chain. Gain based effects such as and overdrive/distortion pedals come next. Modulation effects such as chorus, flangers, phasers typically come next in the chain.

What kind of guitar does Nels Cline play?

Fender Jazzmaster
It’s a 1959 Fender Jazzmaster belonging to Nels Cline (Nels Cline Singers, Wilco) that’s now known as WATT. Nels got it from Mike Watt (The Minutemen, Firehose, The Stooges.) There’s thousands of miles of wear, love, and music on that guitar and it wears its scars and gray hairs proudly.

What is the mythos Golden Fleece based on?

The Golden Fleece is the newest edition to the Mythos lineup. This completely hand wired circuit that skirts the line between overdrive and fuzz. Based on a much talked about pedal used by Wilco’s Nels Cline this simple one knob unit lives in your guitars volume and tone controls.

Why does the order of pedals matter?

The order of your pedals matter The signal travels from the guitar, to the pedals, and then to the amp. Most guitar players do this so that your distortion pedals receive the cleanest, purest signal from your guitar, before it’s processed by say, a delay pedal down the line.

What order do overdrive pedals go in?

Generally, your distortion, overdrive and fuzz effects pedals should go towards the start of your pedal chain as they have the greatest effect on the tone. Fuzz pedals should usually go first, followed by overdrive and finally distortion.