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What's the deal with ampsim/preamp/amp-in-a-box pedals?
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Yeah if the pedal doesn't have a CAB sim then it's just putting the preamp section (and maybe tone stack) of an amp into a pedal, and you can arrange the rest of your signal change around it the same as you would like it's the front of an amp. You can stack it in any order with other gain pedals, or you can go front of amp to stack the gain stages of both. Some amps' FX loop are line level, and some are instrument level. So some of these preamp pedals might not work going directly into the FX loop return. You could even use them as underdrive, to quiet an amp that is otherwise too loud for the situation (there's a recent TPS show episode on this posted in [email protected])