Pedals that stack with the Boss Katana-100/212
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Marshall Guv'nor
Marshall
25% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)
Marshall Guv'nor leans this high headroom tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own
Goes in front of the amp
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz
Black Arts Toneworks
25% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → fuzzy)
Into a high headroom tone, Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz brings a pull toward fuzzy that's missing
Goes in front of the amp
Univox Super-Fuzz
Univox
21% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)
The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Univox Super-Fuzz leans it toward mid-forward to fill it in
Goes in front of the amp
Universal Audio 1176 Compressor
Universal Audio
12% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (high headroom → compressed)
What Universal Audio 1176 Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around
Goes in front of the amp
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Boss
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 Boss Katana-100/212's high headroom voice out front: Boss BF-2 Flanger goes after Boss Katana-100/212 in the signal chain so its lush voice doesn't muddy it
Goes in front of the amp
Binson Echorec Delay
Binson
10% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Run Binson Echorec Delay in Boss Katana-100/212's effects loop, clear of Boss Katana-100/212's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Keeley Halo
Keeley
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.
Run Keeley Halo in Boss Katana-100/212's effects loop, clear of Boss Katana-100/212's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop