First of all, if you use an active volume pedal (Hilton, Telonics etc) stay as you are.
You only need to use the 3-cord hookup if you have a pot pedal.
Steel guitar out to amp input (use low gain if you have a powerful pickup).
Take a cable from the pre eq patch 'send' to the volume pedal input.
Vol pedal out to DD2 in.
DD2 out to RV2 in.
RV2 out to pre eq patch 'return'
Leave the tuner out of the chain if you are a casual player, indeed I would also omit the reverb pedal, there's too many toys in the chain.


