Pedals that stack with the Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head

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

Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31

Tone City

23% match
$88.80via Reverb

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

Feed a scooped signal into Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31 and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

Catalinbread Formula 5F6

Catalinbread

21% match
$179.99via Reverb

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

Catalinbread Formula 5F6 takes that scooped character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

Boss

20% match
$89.47via Reverb

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

Stack Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion on top and a scooped tone tightens toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

Maestro Orbit

Maestro

13% match
$57.99via 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 Maestro Orbit after Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

Demeter Compulator

Demeter

10% match

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

Demeter Compulator's own smooth character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

MXR Analog Delay

MXR

7% match

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 MXR Analog Delay in Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head's effects loop, clear of Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Death By Audio Reverberation Machine

Death By Audio

7% match
$225via 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 Death By Audio Reverberation Machine in Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head's effects loop, clear of Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head'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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