Pedals that stack with the Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Catalinbread SFT
Catalinbread
26% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)
Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Catalinbread SFT wants
Goes in front of the amp
Colorsound Overdriver
pedal
24% matchgain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)
Put Colorsound Overdriver in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy
Goes in front of the amp
Friedman BE-OD
Friedman
23% matchfills 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 is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head gives it exactly that
Goes in front of the amp
JHS Tidewater Tremolo
JHS Pedals
12% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep JHS Tidewater Tremolo after Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head in the signal chain, clear of Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Ashdown Velvet Compressor
Ashdown
9% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)
Ashdown Velvet Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Suhr Discovery
Suhr
9% matchsits 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 Unity Bass 700 Head's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head's own mid-forward character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay
Electro-Harmonix
8% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → modulated)
Keep Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head's mid-forward voice out front: Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay goes in Blackstar Unity Bass 700 Head's effects loop so its analog warmth 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