Topic: Effects Loop on Amplifier
I'd been staring at this Effects Loop part of my amp for quite a while, and never really bothered to figure it out completely. I thought I had a rough idea what it was for, but was never really sure how to use it ... so I didn't:
This article from ProGuitarShop's website explains the whole setup very well:
http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/fx-loops-explained
So waking up to pouring rain this morning, I re- cabled everything to my amp using this diagram as a guide. My guitar is now going to the Morley pedal and then direct to the amp. This is where my Volume/Wah/Distortion will come from, used in combination with the Peavey footswitch to go between the Clean and Lead channels.
Guitar >>> Morley >>> Amp
The Boss ME-80 is now plugged into the Effects Loop, since most of the effects I use on it are Modulation and Delay effects:
Effects Loop SEND >>> Boss ME80 >>> Effects Loop RETURN
And the whole thing now has much clearer sound, especially now that the Modulations effects are being added after the Gain / Drive effects. I hope some of this info is helpful to anyone else who has been timid about using their amp's Effects Loop.
Always satisfying to learn something new!