Pedals that stack with the Boss AC-22LX Acoustic

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

Run Colorsound Overdriver into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → high gain)

Wren and Cuff Box of War Small Foot Fuzz leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Fjord Fuzz Berserk leans it toward fuzzy to fill it in

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.

Put MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase after Boss AC-22LX Acoustic in the signal chain, clear of Boss AC-22LX Acoustic's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

Boss AC-22LX Acoustic's own mid-forward character is the real reason this is worth trying

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.

Run Strymon El Capistan in Boss AC-22LX Acoustic's effects loop, clear of Boss AC-22LX Acoustic's own gain stage — 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 Boss DD-200 Digital Delay in Boss AC-22LX Acoustic's effects loop, clear of Boss AC-22LX Acoustic's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop