Pedals that stack with the Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w

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

Stack Beetronics Buzzter Boost Preamp on top and a saturated tone tightens toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

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

Into Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w, Univox Super-Fuzz is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end

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)

Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Friedman BE-OD wants

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)

MXR CSP202 Custom Comp leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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 Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w's bright voice out front: Boss CE-2 Chorus goes after Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

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 Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w's bright voice out front: Suhr Discovery goes in Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w's effects loop so its warm 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

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 Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w's effects loop, clear of Boss – Katana Artist MkII 100w's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop