Pedals that stack with the Boss Nextone Special

Wampler Dracarys

Into Wampler Dracarys, Boss Nextone Special is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end

ProCo RAT 2

Push the Nextone's dynamic tube preamp with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack into real dirt.

Crazy Tube Circuits Killer V California Style Preamp/Vibrato

Boss Nextone Special pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Beetronics Swarm

The Nextone Special's dynamic, recording-ready tube preamp gives the Swarm's experimental fuzz a responsive amp voice to push into.

Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz

The Nextone Special's dynamic, recording-ready tube preamp gives the LSTR's scooped, sludgy fuzz a responsive amp voice to push into.

Mooer Flex Boost

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Boss Nextone Special gives it mid-forward to fill it with

MXR Phase 90

The Phase 90's classic, simple sweep rides on top of the Nextone Special's thick, compressed preamp drive without complicating it.

Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer

The Orange Squeezer's musical, FET-driven squash evens out the attack before it ever reaches the Nextone's own dynamic tube preamp.

Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini

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)

Mr. Black Bloodmoon

Keep the Bloodmoon's dark, creamy reverb in the Nextone Special's loop, after its own compressed tube-preamp sag shapes the drive. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)