Pedals that stack with the Boss Nextone Special
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
ProCo RAT 2
Proco
31% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → low gain)
Push the Nextone's dynamic tube preamp with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack into real dirt.
Goes in front of the amp
Beetronics Swarm
Beetronics
30% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)
The Nextone Special's dynamic, recording-ready tube preamp gives the Swarm's experimental fuzz a responsive amp voice to push into.
Goes in front of the amp
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz
Black Arts Toneworks
29% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)
The Nextone Special's dynamic, recording-ready tube preamp gives the LSTR's scooped, sludgy fuzz a responsive amp voice to push into.
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Bad
Electro-Harmonix
16% 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 the Bad's resonant, organic phase sweep after the Nextone's dynamic tube preamp and the modulation has real body to color.
Goes in front of the amp
Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor
Wampler
13% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini
Dunlop
11% 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 the Carbon Copy Mini's dark analog echo in the Nextone Special's loop, right after its own tube sag and compression. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Meris Polymoon
Meris
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.
Keep the Polymoon's stereo phaser-flanger-delay stack in the Nextone's loop, clear of the amp's own dynamic tube preamp. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop