Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat Head

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

Stack Greer Amps Royal Velvet on top and a high gain tone tightens toward 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)

Feed a high gain signal into Vox Valvenergy Copperhead Drive and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat Head leans into Vox-style amps, precisely the platform JHS Angry Charlie 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. (high gain → lush)

Run Strymon Eventide TriceraChorus after Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat Head in the signal chain, clear of Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat Head's own gain stage

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 Mod Shop Hot Cat Head's high gain voice out front: Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 goes in Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat Head'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 → ambient)

Run Mooer Ocean Machine 2 Devin Townsend Signature in Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat Head's effects loop, clear of Bad Cat Mod Shop Hot Cat Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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

DryBell Unit67 Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp