Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Hot Cat

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Bad Cat Hot Cat leans into Vox-style amps, precisely the platform Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster wants

Goes in front of the amp

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

Greer Amps Royal Velvet pushes a high gain tone toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

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

Bad Cat Hot Cat leans into Vox-style amps, precisely the platform Electro-Harmonix Micro Metal Muff TOP Boost wants

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.

The Hot Cat's responsive, British overdrive gives the Tremolo Clone's organic pulse a saturated amp voice to modulate.

Goes in front of the amp

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

The Cory Wong's optical funk compression evens out the pick attack before it ever reaches the Hot Cat's own responsive British clean voice.

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 → slapback)

Keep Bad Cat Hot Cat's bright voice out front: MXR Analog Delay goes in Bad Cat Hot Cat's effects loop so its warm 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 → lush)

Keep Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 in Bad Cat Hot Cat's effects loop, clear of Bad Cat Hot Cat's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop