Pedals that stack with the Bad Cat Pre-Sale! 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 → clean boost)

Stack Z.Vex Super Hard On 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 → clean boost)

MXR Micro Amp takes that high gain character and pushes it toward clean boost

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)

Keep Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head's high gain voice out front: Walrus Audio Julia goes after Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head in the signal chain so its analog warmth voice doesn't muddy it

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)

What Universal Audio 1176 Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

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 → ambient)

Electro-Harmonix Canyon's modulated voice goes in Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head's own high gain character — 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 → slapback)

Keep Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head's high gain voice out front: MXR Analog Delay goes in Bad Cat Pre-Sale! Hot Cat Head'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