Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo

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

Into Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo, JHS Angry Charlie is right at home: it's built around Vox-style amps

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

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

Vox Valvenergy Copperhead Drive's own voicing points at Vox-style amps, and Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo delivers it

Goes in front of the amp

Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone is voiced for Vox-style amps — Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo gives it exactly that

Goes in front of the amp

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

Electro-Harmonix M76 Studio Compressor'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. (high gain → lush)

Keep Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo's airy voice out front: Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 goes in Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo's effects loop so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it — 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)

Keep Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo's airy voice out front: Hungry Robot The Borderland goes in Bad Cat Hot Cat 35-watt 1x12 Combo's effects loop so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop