Pedals that stack with the Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Colorsound Overdriver leans it toward fuzzy to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an amp at the edge of breakupPushes an amp already sitting at the edge of breakup over the line. (edge of breakup → clean boost)

Beetronics Buzzter Boost Preamp takes that edge of breakup character and pushes it toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an amp at the edge of breakupPushes an amp already sitting at the edge of breakup over the line. (edge of breakup → mid-forward)

Feed a edge of breakup signal into Marshall Guv'nor and it comes out closer to mid-forward

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.

Run Earthquaker Devices Pyramids Stereo Flanging Device after Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier in the signal chain, clear of Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

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

What Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier brings here leans toward warm — that's worth building a pairing around

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.

Keep Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier's warm voice out front: Catalinbread Epoch-Set goes in Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier's effects loop so its warm voice doesn't muddy it — 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 Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier's warm voice out front: Dawner Prince Boonar goes in Chicago Blues Box Bassman Amplifier's effects loop so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop