Pedals that stack with the Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Push the Artisan 15H's round, dynamic breakup with the Sabbra Cadabra's massive, dark treble boost and it turns into serious weight.

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

What Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube brings here leans toward dynamic — that's worth building a pairing around

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)

The RAH's Marshall-voiced treble and presence stack naturally with the Artisan's round British breakup, since both share that UK-amp character.

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

What Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube brings here leans toward dynamic — that's worth building a pairing around

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)

The dynamic tone has headroom to spare — Marshall Guv'nor leans it toward compressed to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Where this leans warm, Browne Amplification Carbon answers back bright

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube leans toward dynamic, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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)

Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube's dynamic character and HomeBrew Electronics CPR Compressor Retro's compressed voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other

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.

Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive is voiced for Marshall-style amps — Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube gives it exactly that

Goes in front of the amp

Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube leans into Marshall-style amps, precisely the platform Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe wants — 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 Keeley Halo in Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube's effects loop, clear of Blackstar Artisan 15H Handwired 15W Tube's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop