Pedals that stack with the Carvin Legacy 3 VL300 100W Amp Head

Carl Martin Crunch Drive

Push the Legacy 3's touch-responsive front end with the Crunch Drive's British-voiced gain and the amp's own dynamics carry through instead of getting flattened.

Beetronics Swarm

Push the Carvin's touch-sensitive tube headroom with the Swarm in front and it stays dynamic instead of flattening out.

Marshall Guv'nor

Stack the Guv'nor ahead of the Legacy 3 and its compressed crunch turns the amp's clean headroom into thick, vocal-sounding drive.

Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

Run the Small Stone's vowel-y analog sweep after the Legacy 3's gain stage and the phasing stays lush instead of thinning the mids.

Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini

Keep the Carbon Copy Mini's dark, ambient slapback delay in the Legacy 3's loop, clear of the amp's own consistent, dynamic tube headroom. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Lab Ratz 3D Boum Warming Unit

The Boum's subtle analog compression and harmonic warmth prep the signal before the Legacy 3 adds its own tube power on top.

Keeley Halo

In the Legacy 3's loop, the Halo's ambient stereo delay trails stay clear of the amp's own tube saturation. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)