Bad Cat Cub V EL34

ProCo RAT 2

Push the Cub V's chimey British headroom with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack into real dirt.

Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz

Push the Cub V's chimey British headroom with the LSTR's scooped, sludgy fuzz and it turns into something a lot heavier.

Beetronics Swarm

The Swarm's experimental, modulated fuzz gives the Cub V's chimey British headroom a genuinely strange texture to work with.

Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone

Into the Cub V's chimey, touch-sensitive headroom, the Colorsound tremolo clone pulses smoothly instead of getting swallowed by amp breakup.

Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini

Keep the Carbon Copy Mini's dark, ambient slapback delay in the Cub V's loop, clear of the amp's own chimey British headroom. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive

Run the Silk Drive ahead of the Cub V so its smooth compression evens out pick attack before the amp's touch-sensitive breakup takes over.

EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath

Set the Afterneath in the Cub V's loop so its cavernous, shoegaze wash follows the amp's chimey breakup instead of muddying the drive. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Electro-Harmonix EH-1335/EH-3075 Hot Tubes

Into Bad Cat Cub V EL34, Electro-Harmonix EH-1335/EH-3075 Hot Tubes is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end