Pedals that stack with the Blackstar 1R Combo

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

Stack Beetronics Buzzter Boost Preamp on top and a crunchy 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. (crunchy → mid-forward)

Stack Univox Super-Fuzz on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Blackstar 1R Combo leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Friedman BE-OD 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.

Put Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress after Blackstar 1R Combo in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar 1R Combo's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

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

What Blackstar 1R Combo brings here leans toward spring — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp

Put Boss DM-2 Delay in Blackstar 1R Combo's effects loop, clear of Blackstar 1R Combo's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Keep Carl Martin DeLayla XL in Blackstar 1R Combo's effects loop, clear of Blackstar 1R Combo's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop