Pedals that stack with the Ampeg BA- 115 V2

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

Run Greer Black Mountain into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

Goes in front of the amp

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

The ODB-3's bass-voiced overdrive gives the BA-115's quiet, rehearsal-level tone real rock grit.

Goes in front of the amp

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

Walrus Audio Eons leans this transparent 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.

Put Boss BF-2 Flanger after Ampeg BA- 115 V2 in the signal chain, clear of Ampeg BA- 115 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.

Both lean toward aggressive and smooth respectively — close enough in character that they complement instead of clashing

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 Eventide Modulated Delay in Ampeg BA- 115 V2's effects loop, clear of Ampeg BA- 115 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 Ampeg BA- 115 V2's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Ampeg BA- 115 V2's own aggressive character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop