Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Hot Cat 50 Mod Shop Combo

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)

Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster's bright balances out the warm tone

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. (warm → bright)

Vox Valvenergy Copperhead Drive leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → clean boost)

Feed a high gain signal into Greer Amps Royal Velvet and it comes out closer to clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

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

MXR Dyna Comp's own bright 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. (high gain → shimmer)

Put the Electric Mistress after the Hot Cat's gain so its metallic flanger sweep rides the saturation instead of drowning in it.

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. (high gain → modulated)

Run Hungry Robot The Borderland in Bad Cat Hot Cat 50 Mod Shop Combo's effects loop, clear of Bad Cat Hot Cat 50 Mod Shop Combo'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. (high gain → ambient)

Run the A7 in the Hot Cat's loop so its cavernous, infinite reverb trails the amp's saturation instead of getting driven along with it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop