Pedals that stack with the Amplified Nation Bombshell Overdrive 100W Head

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

The TS10's fat midrange hump pushes the Bombshell 100W's headroom-rich preamp boost into real breakup.

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 → low gain)

Origin Effects DCX Boost leans this high headroom tone toward low gain, 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)

Run Colorsound Overdriver into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

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 EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3 after Amplified Nation Bombshell Overdrive 100W Head in the signal chain, clear of Amplified Nation Bombshell Overdrive 100W Head'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)

Wampler Mini Ego 76 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 Amplified Nation Bombshell Overdrive 100W Head's high headroom voice out front: Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay goes in Amplified Nation Bombshell Overdrive 100W Head's effects loop so its modulated 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

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

Strymon BigSky's ambient voice goes in Amplified Nation Bombshell Overdrive 100W Head's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Amplified Nation Bombshell Overdrive 100W Head's own high headroom character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop