Pedals that stack with the Blackstar 1RH MK 3

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive leans it toward fuzzy to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

Run Sola Sound Tone Bender MkII into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Walrus Audio Eons leans it toward fuzzy to fill it in

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.

Run MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase after Blackstar 1RH MK 3 in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar 1RH MK 3'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 1RH MK 3 brings here leans toward transparent — 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.

Run MXR Analog Delay in Blackstar 1RH MK 3's effects loop, clear of Blackstar 1RH MK 3's own gain stage — 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.

Run Boss DD-2 Digital Delay in Blackstar 1RH MK 3's effects loop, clear of Blackstar 1RH MK 3's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop