Pedals that stack with the Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12"

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

MXR Micro Amp

MXR

26% match
$76.40via Reverb

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)

Feed a crunchy signal into MXR Micro Amp and it comes out closer to clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

Greer Soma

Greer

24% 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)

Greer Soma leans warm right where the bright tone needs it

Goes in front of the amp

Dunlop MXR Distortion Plus

Dunlop

23% match

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → mid-forward)

Dunlop MXR Distortion Plus takes that crunchy character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

TC Electronic Classic Sustain

TC Electronic

19% match
$232.85via 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)

What TC Electronic Classic Sustain brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp

Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser

Spaceman

18% match
$179via 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.

Run Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12" in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12"'s own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler

pedal

12% match
$369.34via 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.

Put Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler in Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12"'s effects loop, clear of Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12"'s own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Suhr Discovery

Suhr

12% match
$581.02via 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 45-Watt 2x12"'s full voice out front: Suhr Discovery goes in Blackstar Series One 45-Watt 2x12"'s effects loop so its warm voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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