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Originally Posted by Bill
I don't think the EQ is supposed to go in the effects loop of your amp. Where there aren't any rules to where to put effects, in general, EQ should go to the input of your amp as they often don't work well or at all in the effects loop.
You should use your effects loop in your amp for modulation/delay effects and pretty much everything else should go in front.
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Depends on the pedal really. Some can handle the loop with no problem. In the loop it acts like a vol boost effect and to smooth out the overall tone. You have to decide before or after the other pedals as it can effect the tone of any modulation.
The question in front of the amp is before or after any OD or dirt pedals and the issue of the EQ itself acting like an OD effect on the amp input. Usually amp in use is after the basic drives or gains to curve the tone into something more suiting. Most do a total cut of the very high and very low and peak or frown the main freq range sliders. I have not used one for a long time the last time I did I pink noised my cabinets and leveled out the response curve via a frequency analyzer. Amazing sometimes what a flat response system can do, in those days I was combining a guitar synth with my pedal board guitar tones through a rackmount stereo 4x12 system.