Pedals that stack with the Boss Katana Air

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

Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Nobels ODR-1 pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Browne Amplification Gritador pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

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. (high gain → lush)

Keep TC Electronic Corona Chorus after Boss Katana Air in the signal chain, clear of Boss Katana Air'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.

What Boss Katana Air brings here leans toward high gain — 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. (high gain → lush)

Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2's ambient voice goes in Boss Katana Air's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Boss Katana Air's own high gain 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. (high gain → ambient)

Put Pigtronix Echolution in Boss Katana Air's effects loop, clear of Boss Katana Air's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop