Pedals that stack with the Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor

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All 19 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence

Systech Harmonic Energizer

Systech

30% match

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

Greer Mizuki blue

Greer

29% match
$199via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

JHS Overdrive/Preamp

JHS Pedals

24% match
$179via Reverb

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

What Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

Comes later in the signal chain

One Control Stone Bramble Overdrive

One Control

23% match
$121.98via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

NuX String Singer Overdrive

Nux

23% match
$48.47via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

Crazy Tube Circuits Constellation

Crazy Tube Circuits

23% match
$275via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

Beetronics Overhive Custom Cross Path

Beetronics

22% match

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

Death By Audio Germanium Filter

Death By Audio

22% match
$225via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive

Beetronics

21% match
$227.01via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

Red Panda Bitmap 2

Red Panda

20% match
$329via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

One Control Golden Acorn Overdrive Special

One Control

18% match
$130.73via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

Catalinbread SFT: Sapphire

Catalinbread

18% match

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

Eventide Riptide

Eventide

17% match
$199via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

TC Electronic Vintage Overdrive

TC Electronic

17% match
$109via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

Matthews Effects The Pocket Drive Overdrive Boost

Matthews Effects

17% match
$105via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes later in the signal chain

One Control Lingonberry Overdrive

One Control

16% match
$144.99via Reverb

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)

The Lingonberry's musical, responsive drive stacks with the Button Masher's own smooth optical compression for a rounder push.

Comes later in the signal chain

Ashdown Pro FX Vintage Fuzz

Ashdown

16% match
$70.21via Reverb

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

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler

pedal

15% match
$369.34via Reverb

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 the DL4's warm, vintage-voiced delay after the Button Masher's smooth optical compression settles, so the repeats trail a defined tone. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay

Dunlop

15% match
$209.99via Reverb

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 Dunlop Echoplex All-Analog Dry Path Delay after Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor in the signal chain, where it won't crowd Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

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