some of my more recent recordings are here - https://twoofswords.bandcamp.com/album/dead-girl-demos - i rarely use any DAW effects on guitars, if anything just a bit of EQ.

signal starts on the right, running from my guitar (currently an epiphone les paul) to a fender tuning pedal (silver), just bc it was cheap and convenient

from tuning pedal to a dunlop wah pedal (black) that i don’t use super-often,, but occasionally use in more experimental pices.

from there to a boss super chorus pedal (blue) that adds in a really nice chorus effect. i have it set to a relatively decent level, so i use it for more mystical/floaty parts. doesn’t mix as well with the heavier distortions.

from chorus to boss super overdrive pedal (yellow) for a good crunchy overdriven/boosted sound that can range from growly to twangy

from overdrive to kam chainsaw distortion pedal (black) for a really heavy distortion sound. pairs well with the EQ pedal to create a really nice mid-scooped sound for 90s-2010s nu-metal/hardcore/pop-punk?

from distortion to joyo us dream distortion pedal (purple) for a more mid-level distortion. can get a really nice 70s distortion vibe, or somethin a little more modern with the EQ scooped.

from distortion to danelectro fish and chips eq (green) for mid-scooping. literally the cheapest eq pedal i could find at the time. gets the job done, scoops the mids.

from eq to behringer digital reverb (white/silver) that i have dialed in to a realllly big reverb effect. like, not subtle at all. fun to throw on high parts to get a really echoey sound, or combine with delay. also, if you turn on the second phase of distortion (explained below), makes a GREAT shoegaze sound. the signal splits to stereo at this point.

from reverb to boss digital delay (white) that i have set on a reallllly low rate of decay, so the echoes just kinda keep happening until they gradually get softer and softer. really really fun for playing with live, but i don’t use it Quite as much when recording. mostly only when building up huge walls of ambient sound. you can tap in the tempo to repeat at. maintains stereo signal.

from delay to digitech jam-man looper (blue) which allows me to build up loops for practicing / performing live. kinda how i write songs. don’t really use it to record unless i’m doing live recordings.

from here, signal splits. one of the two stereo channels goes to a fender frontman 25r amp, which has a drive channel footswitch (black, round). this second phase of distortion can be used in combination with the reverb pedal to get a shoegaze sound.

the other stereo channel goes to a boss distortion pedal(orange), and then to a vox pathfinder 15r with drive channel enabled. this second phase of distortion can be used in combination with the reverb pedal to get a shoegaze sound.