Pedals that stack with the Aguilar AG 500 V2

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → low gain)

Run Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward low gain

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → crunchy)

Mesa Boogie Flux-Drive leans this high headroom tone toward crunchy, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → fuzzy)

Walrus Audio Eons leans this high headroom tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run MXR Flanger after Aguilar AG 500 V2 in the signal chain, clear of Aguilar AG 500 V2's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

What Aguilar AG 500 V2 brings here leans toward mid-forward — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Eventide Modulated Delay in Aguilar AG 500 V2's effects loop, clear of Aguilar AG 500 V2's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte's pristine voice goes in Aguilar AG 500 V2's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Aguilar AG 500 V2's own mid-forward character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop