Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Black Cat

What Bad Cat Black Cat brings here leans toward glassy — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an amp at the edge of breakupPushes an amp already sitting at the edge of breakup over the line. (edge of breakup → mid-forward)

The Rangemaster's warm germanium treble boost gives the Black Cat's glassy clean gain more bite without losing its headroom.

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an amp at the edge of breakupPushes an amp already sitting at the edge of breakup over the line. (edge of breakup → clean boost)

Feed a edge of breakup signal into Greer Amps Royal Velvet and it comes out closer to clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

Electro-Harmonix Micro Metal Muff TOP Boost is voiced for Vox-style amps — Bad Cat Black Cat gives it exactly that

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 the Tremolo Clone's organic, vintage pulse after the Black Cat's glassy clean gain and the modulation rides on real headroom.

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. (dark → glassy)

Run Bad Cat Black Cat after it and the dark edge settles into something more glassy

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. (dark → glassy)

Bad Cat Black Cat leans glassy right where the dark tone needs it

Goes in front of the amp

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

What Bad Cat Black Cat brings here leans toward glassy — 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 the DD-3 in the Black Cat's loop and its clear digital slapback stays tight against the amp's glassy, organic clean. — 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. (high gain → modulated)

The Memory Man's lush analog echo belongs in the Black Cat's loop, clear of the amp's own glassy clean gain. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop