Pedals that stack with the Blackstar S1-50

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

Cusack Music Tap-A-Fuzz leans this high headroom tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

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

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Walrus Audio Eons 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. (high headroom → fuzzy)

Into a high headroom tone, Way Huge Swollen Pickle brings a pull toward fuzzy that's missing

Goes in front of the amp

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (high headroom → compressed)

Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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.

Keep MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase after Blackstar S1-50 in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar S1-50's own gain stage

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 Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay in Blackstar S1-50's effects loop, clear of Blackstar S1-50'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.

Put Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay in Blackstar S1-50's effects loop, clear of Blackstar S1-50's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop