Pedals that stack with the Carr Skylark Special

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

Feed a crunchy signal into Beetronics Buzzter Boost Preamp and it comes out closer to clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → mid-forward)

Catalinbread Formula 5F6 pushes a crunchy tone toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Beetronics Swarm layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

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.

Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive is voiced for Fender-style amps — Carr Skylark Special gives it exactly that

Goes in front of the amp

Origin Effects SlideRIG Compact Deluxe is voiced for Fender-style amps — Carr Skylark Special gives it exactly that

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.

Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Carr Skylark Special gives it exactly that — 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.

Keep Boss DD-3 Digital Delay in Carr Skylark Special's effects loop, clear of Carr Skylark Special's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop