Pedals that stack with the Beetronics Overhive

Ibanez Tube Screamer

Stacking the Overhive's transparent medium-gain drive with the Screamer's mid-forward boost layers two complementary low-to-medium gain voicings rather than doubling up on the same one.

Klon Centaur

Stack the Klon's midrange bump in front of the Overhive's own transparent gain for two boosts with slightly different character rather than a wall of drive.

Xotic RC Booster

The RC Booster's clean, transparent treble boost stacks with the Overhive's own transparent medium-gain drive.

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal

Stack the Overhive's transparent medium gain ahead of the Plasma's tube-diode distortion for a more defined edge before things get experimental.

TC Electronic MojoMojo Overdrive

Stack the brighter MojoMojo in front of the Overhive and its natural boost pushes the medium-gain drive harder without muddying it.

Wampler Ego Compressor

Even out your pick attack with the Ego first and the Overhive's medium-gain drive stays consistent note to note.

Walrus Audio Luminary

The Luminary's clear, experimental octave tracking gives the Overhive's medium-gain drive a harmonic layer instead of just more gain.

Vertex Steel String Slight Return

Stack the Slight Return's touch-sensitive touring drive with the Overhive's own medium-gain overdrive for two distinct transparent textures.

Blackstar HT-Boost

The HT-Boost's natural, valve-driven saturation gives the Overhive's transparent, medium-gain drive a warmer push into breakup.

EarthQuaker Devices Black Eye Boost

The Black Eye's simple, reliable clean boost gives the Overhive's transparent, medium-gain drive a stage-ready push.

Jackson Audio Golden Boy

Stack the Golden Boy's transparent JFET boost with the Overhive's own medium-gain drive for a push that stays natural.

Alexander Pedals History Lesson Vol. 2

The Overhive's transparent, classic-rock drive feeds the History Lesson's dry, clear delay a well-defined signal to echo, not a muddy one. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

MXR Dyna Comp

The Dyna Comp's squash evens pick dynamics before they reach the Overhive's transparent gain stage.

Blackstar Dept. 10 Boost

Stack the Dept. 10's tube-driven clean boost with the Overhive's own transparent, medium-gain drive and it opens up without losing its classic-rock color.

Demon FX Full BB Preamp

Beetronics Overhive's medium gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own

Electronic Audio Experiments Halberd

Stack the Halberd's touch-sensitive transistor drive ahead of the Overhive's transparent medium gain for a detailed, layered overdrive tone.

Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy Overdrive

Stack the Ziggy's rich, saturated boutique drive on top of the Overhive's transparent medium gain for a fuller, more complex overdrive tone.

Electro-Harmonix LPB-1

The LPB-1's natural, transparent transistor boost pushes the Overhive's medium-gain drive without smearing its color.

NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII

Push the Metal Core's tight metalcore gain with the Overhive's own medium-gain drive and the two stack into real weight.

Lehle Sunday Driver

The Sunday Driver's complex, touring-grade JFET drive gives the Overhive's medium-gain overdrive a natural front end to build on.

Colorsound Overdriver

The Colorsound's transparent British boost stacks with the Overhive's own transparent medium-gain drive.

Vertex Ultraphonix MKII

The Ultraphonix's refined, premium-boutique overdrive gives the Overhive's medium-gain drive a natural push into breakup.

Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Beetronics Overhive gives it medium gain to fill it with

ThorpyFX Gunshot Overdrive V1

Both pedals stay transparent under gain, so running the Gunshot into the Overhive stacks drive without stepping on its EQ.