Pedals that stack with the Boss OD-1 Overdrive

MXR Phase 90

Run the Phase 90's classic sweep after the OD-1's transparent, asymmetrical clipping and the modulation has real bite to color.

MXR EP3 Echoplex Preamp

Run Boss OD-1 Overdrive after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth

Analog Man Comprossor

The OD-1's transparent, gritty clipping gives the Comprossor's dark, sustaining compression somewhere to push into.

Greer Black Mountain

The Black Mountain's warm, doom-voiced fuzz gives the OD-1's transparent clipping a much heavier front end to push into.

EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter

Stack the Dirt Transmitter's low-noise gain with the OD-1's own transparent, asymmetrical clipping — it's literally built for exactly this.

Vemuram Jan Ray

Both are transparent, touch-sensitive drives — stacking the Jan Ray's sweet medium gain with the OD-1's low-gain grit just adds more push, not mud.

Dunlop MXR M282 Dyna Comp Bass

Into a transparent tone, Boss OD-1 Overdrive brings the low gain it's missing

Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter/Enhancer

Run Boss OD-1 Overdrive into that transparent platform and it finally gets some low gain

Jackson Audio Prism

The Prism's transparent JFET preamp boost stacks cleanly with the OD-1's own low-gain, transparent grit for extra push without mud.

NuX Atlantic

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Boss OD-1 Overdrive gives it low gain to fill it with — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Benson Amps Benson The Amp, a Milkman Sound and Benson Amps collaboration

Boss OD-1 Overdrive's low gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own

Source Audio ZIO

Run Boss OD-1 Overdrive into that transparent platform and it finally gets some low gain

Vox Valvenergy Smooth Impact

Run Boss OD-1 Overdrive into that transparent platform and it finally gets some low gain

Electro-Harmonix Signal Pad

Boss OD-1 Overdrive's low gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own

Boss RT-2

Where this leans bright, Boss OD-1 Overdrive answers back smooth

Catalinbread Csidman Ghost

Where this leans bright, Boss OD-1 Overdrive answers back smooth — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Jackson Audio Broken Arrow Overdrive

Into a transparent tone, Boss OD-1 Overdrive brings the low gain it's missing

Henretta Engineering Tone Xciter

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Boss OD-1 Overdrive gives it low gain to fill it with

Roland Corp US LMB-3

Where this leans bright, Boss OD-1 Overdrive answers back smooth

Boss AC-3

Into a transparent tone, Boss OD-1 Overdrive brings the low gain it's missing

Strymon NightSky

Into a transparent tone, Boss OD-1 Overdrive brings the low gain it's missing — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

EarthQuaker Devices Life

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Boss OD-1 Overdrive gives it low gain to fill it with

Mad Professor 1 Overdrive

Where this leans bright, Boss OD-1 Overdrive answers back smooth

Electro-Harmonix Nano Pulsar

Run Boss OD-1 Overdrive after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth