Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Cub V EL34

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

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

Goes in front of the amp

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

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

Goes in front of the amp

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

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

Run the Phase 90's classic sweep after the Cub V's chimey British headroom and the modulation has real touch-sensitive dynamics to color.

Goes in front of the amp

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

Caline CP-10 Hot Mushroom Compressor RED Script's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

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 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)

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.

The Memory Man's lush analog echo belongs 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)

Sits in the amp's effects loop