Blackstar Dept. 10 Dual Distortion

Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head

The JTM45's warm, classic British clean tone gives the Dual Distortion's tight, high-gain voice a genuinely vintage amp platform to push into.

Mesa Boogie Mark I

The Mark I's creamy, honky high-gain preamp gives the Dept. 10's tight distortion an already-cooking amp to push into.

Gallien-Krueger Legacy 212

Gallien-Krueger Legacy 212 pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Ceriatone HRM 50

Ceriatone HRM 50 pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Gallien-Krueger Fusion 210

Stack Gallien-Krueger Fusion 210 on top and a high gain tone tightens toward mid-forward

Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 50

Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 50 takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Ampeg V-4

Stack Ampeg V-4 on top and a high gain tone tightens toward mid-forward

Phil Jones BG-400 Suitcase Compact Bass Combo

Feed a high gain signal into Phil Jones BG-400 Suitcase Compact Bass Combo and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Suhr Shiba Drive

Stack the Shiba Drive's vintage, articulate overdrive with the Dual Distortion's own tight, high-gain British voice for two distinct flavors of heavy.

Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic

Push the Dept. 10's tight high-gain distortion with the TS10 in front and that classic mid-hump tightens the low end further.

Walrus Audio Lillian Multi-Stage Analog Phaser

Run the Lillian after the Dept. 10's high-gain distortion and its watery, resonant sweep rides the sustain instead of getting chopped by gain.

Wampler Cory Wong

Tighten your pick attack with the Cory Wong's punchy optical compression before hitting the Dept. 10, and the distortion stays articulate note to note.

Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2

Keep the Moby Dick's ambient, modulated delay trails at the end, after the Dept. 10's tight high-gain distortion, so they don't smear the attack. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Hungry Robot The Borderland

Put the Borderland's lush, shoegaze reverb after the Dept. 10's tight high-gain distortion so the wash trails the crunch instead of drowning it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

MXR CAE Wah

Feed a high gain signal into MXR CAE Wah and it comes out closer to mid-forward

JAM Pedals RetroVibe Mk.4

Run the RetroVibe's lush, Leslie-style swirl after the Dual Distortion's tight, high-gain British voice and the modulation has real saturation to move through.