Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret

Marshall Bluesbreaker's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes later in the signal chain

Feed the JCM800's aggressive midrange crunch with the DLS's own plexi character for a rawer, more saturated rock tone.

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Ceriatone HRM 50 pushes a edge of breakup tone toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 50 takes that edge of breakup character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Stack Gallien-Krueger GK Legacy 4x10 Bass Combo Amp on top and a edge of breakup tone tightens toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Feed a edge of breakup signal into Phil Jones BG-400 Suitcase Compact Bass Combo and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Stack Aguilar SL110 Fawn Limited on top and a edge of breakup tone tightens toward mid-forward

Comes later in the signal chain

Feed a edge of breakup signal into Roland Cube Street EX and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Push the DLS's full, saturated British crunch with the Super Hard-On's clean JFET boost and it saturates harder without losing its color.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Feed a edge of breakup signal into Greer Southland and it comes out closer to clean boost

Comes earlier in the signal chain

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

The Cory Wong's optical funk compression evens out the pick attack before it ever reaches the DLS's own full, saturated British crunch.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

The Dirty Little Secret's full, saturated British crunch gives the Parabola's stage-ready tremolo pulse plenty of weight to ride on.

Comes later in the signal chain

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 Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret's saturated voice out front: Catalinbread Epoch-Set goes after Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret in the signal chain so its warm voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (high gain → modulated)

Run the Memory Man's lush analog echo after the DLS's full, saturated British crunch and the repeats trail off real saturation. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Stack EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp on top and a edge of breakup tone tightens toward clean boost