Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat BC-50 Head

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

Goes in front of the amp

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Beetronics Swarm stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Goes in front of the amp

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Walrus Audio Eons layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

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 Boss BF-2 Flanger after Bad Cat BC-50 Head in the signal chain, clear of Bad Cat BC-50 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.

What Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer brings here leans toward dynamic — 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.

Run Binson Echorec Delay in Bad Cat BC-50 Head's effects loop, clear of Bad Cat BC-50 Head'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.

Run T-Rex Reptile Delay in Bad Cat BC-50 Head's effects loop, clear of Bad Cat BC-50 Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop