Pedals that stack with the Blackstar Silverline Stereo Deluxe

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)

Run Greer Soma after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm

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)

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Boss BD-2 Blues Driver and it comes out closer to clean boost

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 Spaceman Explorer 6-Stage Phaser after Blackstar Silverline Stereo Deluxe in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar Silverline Stereo Deluxe's own gain stage

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 → warm)

What Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio brings here leans toward tight — that's worth building a pairing around

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.

Suhr Discovery's warm voice goes in Blackstar Silverline Stereo Deluxe's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Blackstar Silverline Stereo Deluxe's own pristine character — 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 Strymon TimeLine in Blackstar Silverline Stereo Deluxe's effects loop, clear of Blackstar Silverline Stereo Deluxe's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop