Pedals that stack with the Ampeg RB-112 Rocket Bass 100-Watt Combo Bass

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

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)

Catalinbread SFT leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

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

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 Walrus Audio Monument CS after Ampeg RB-112 Rocket Bass 100-Watt Combo Bass in the signal chain, clear of Ampeg RB-112 Rocket Bass 100-Watt Combo Bass'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. (high headroom → compressed)

Ampeg Opto Comp Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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 JAM Pedals Delay-Llama in Ampeg RB-112 Rocket Bass 100-Watt Combo Bass's effects loop, clear of Ampeg RB-112 Rocket Bass 100-Watt Combo Bass'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.

Keep Ampeg RB-112 Rocket Bass 100-Watt Combo Bass's bright voice out front: Strymon TimeLine goes in Ampeg RB-112 Rocket Bass 100-Watt Combo Bass's effects loop so its pristine voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop