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Gear
Two pages under /gear/ — listed below, each with its own description.
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Two pages
Gear
Pedalboard Order and Why — Trade-offs, Not One Correct Chain
Tuner, dynamics, drive, gate, modulation, time-based — where each belongs, what changes if you move it, and a live chain you can reorder to see exactly why.
GearSignal Chain & Gain Staging — The Physics Behind the Forge
The physics behind the forge: pickup induction, humbucker hum-cancelling, pedal order, clipping, preamp vs power amp and pot values — honestly sourced.
GearThe Rig Mechanism Index
134 things that change what a guitar rig sounds like — what each one does, and what it does to the sound. Searchable, grouped by where in the chain it acts.
GearPickup Resonance and Cable Load Calculator
A pickup is a resonant circuit, and where it resonates is most of what people mean by the character of a guitar. Everything downstream adds capacitance…