Guitar fx noob. Which order of fx?

[Forgotten]

Don’t forget dynamics - a wah or compressor should go at the start of the chain before gain pedals.

some like the wah post fuzz
my cock fight has a switch for pre/post

Yep. Basically, none of this is 'rules' - there are common places you would put types of pedal in a chain, but it's not going to kill anyone if you ignore that.

[CapnLockheed]

I agree with all of the above. The listed orders are common, especially in rock, for a reason. You can't go wrong with the tried and true. BUT, as has likewise been mentioned,
rules are meant to be broken. Have fun and experiment. Sometimes effects that were made specifically for other instruments...bass, synth etc....can sound really cool on guitar and vice versa.

[Dirtgrain]

[acousticglue]

I did but I kept getting the pick stuck in the keys

[CrystalWizard]

Wah after fuzz gives the ‘normal’ wah sound, fuzz after wah gives a peaky/shrieky kinda effect, using fuzz (distortion/overdrive) before a phase shifter or flanger makes a lot of harmonics for the flane/phase to work with. Compression at the very end of signal chain will tame all the possible volume peaks and valleys, compression towards the beginning will give that swell effect and feed a more even signal to other pedals. Fuzz after modulation can get sizzly. Delay early in the chain will make echoes with effects distinct on each echo, delay late in chain means the composite sound will delay as one type of sound echoing. Wah more towards the end can be used as a simple filter. Be sure to try as many combinations as possible.

[miloszz]

Everyone's covered the standards but I will say distortion/fuzz after reverb/delay can be useful and you should experiment with it.

[Autobot]

Thanks guys. I always started with an amp in my chain that why things sounded bad. Now I come close to good results.

[nix808]

compressor==>distorsion==>reverb

[heavymetalmixer]

One recomendation if you're doing this inside a DAW:
Put an EQ as the first effect, to use take the unnecessary low-end rumble with HPF. This will make anything after to sound better, mostly the amp.

[nix808]

One recomendation if you're doing this inside a DAW:
Put an EQ as the first effect, to use take the unnecessary low-end rumble with HPF. This will make anything after to sound better, mostly the amp.

--that will take away any DC also, thanks for the tip mister mixer

[khanyz]

One recomendation if you're doing this inside a DAW:
Put an EQ as the first effect, to use take the unnecessary low-end rumble with HPF. This will make anything after to sound better, mostly the amp.

--that will take away any DC also, thanks for the tip mister mixer

I use an audio isolator to deal with any possible DC Offset. They are cheap and handy to have as they also do unbalanced/balanced conversion. As it is a transformer, they can colour the signal so a good quality one is advised. I use one of these (with jack and XLR ends)

http://orchid-electronics.co.uk/trans.htm

They are not to be confused with a DI, which deals with impedance and level matching (attenuation) as well as balancing, but may be transformerless so not isolating.

[nix808]

man-that's cool to know,
I have an isolator for hum, but that one is a different animal I think

[resynthesis]

I'm a convert to the compressor and now have a couple scattered about my boards. As well as the more traditional place in the chain, they also come in useful after things like a Qtron.

[khanyz]

man-that's cool to know,
I have an isolator for hum, but that one is a different animal I think

I wouldn’t think so. Is it just a passive 1:1 audio transformer?

[nix808]

I wouldn’t think so. Is it just a passive 1:1 audio transformer?

It's a ground loop isolator, I used to need more than one when wiring a couple of old PC's audio together