Pedals that stack with the Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt

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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence

Friedman BE-OD

Friedman

17% match
$169.99via Reverb

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)

Friedman BE-OD's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt delivers it

Goes in front of the amp

Greer Soma

Greer

17% match

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

Where this leans bright, Greer Soma answers back warm

Goes in front of the amp

Caroline Guitar Company Icarus

Caroline Guitar Company

16% match

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

Where this leans bright, Caroline Guitar Company Icarus answers back warm

Goes in front of the amp

Subdecay Starlight Flanger v2

Subdecay

12% match
$256.25via Reverb

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 Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt's transparent voice out front: Subdecay Starlight Flanger v2 goes after Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt in the signal chain so its smooth voice doesn't muddy it

Goes in front of the amp

MXR CSP202 Custom Comp

MXR

12% match
$146.18via Reverb

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)

MXR CSP202 Custom Comp's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte

Caroline Guitar Company

9% match
$199via Reverb

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 Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte in Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt's effects loop, clear of Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

JAM Pedals Delay-Llama

Jam Pedals

9% match
$359via Reverb

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 JAM Pedals Delay-Llama in Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt's effects loop, clear of Blackstar Series One 200 Top MkI Head 200Watt's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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