Amps that pair well with the Death By Audio Reverberation Machine

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → glassy)

Run Marshall Bluesbreaker after it and the dark edge settles into something more glassy

Comes earlier in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → glassy)

Matchless Lightning Reverb's glassy balances out the dark tone

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. (high gain → ambient)

Keep Laney LV100's crunchy voice out front: Death By Audio Reverberation Machine goes in Laney LV100's effects loop so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it

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.

Put Death By Audio Reverberation Machine in Blackstar HT 5RH Head's effects loop, clear of Blackstar HT 5RH Head's own gain stage

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. (high gain → ambient)

Put Death By Audio Reverberation Machine in Bad Cat Ocelot 20 Watt Tube's effects loop, clear of Bad Cat Ocelot 20 Watt Tube's own gain stage

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.

Put Death By Audio Reverberation Machine in Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head's effects loop, clear of Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Head's own gain stage

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.

Run Death By Audio Reverberation Machine in Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Vintage Nano's effects loop, clear of Hughes & Kettner Spirit of Vintage Nano's own gain stage

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.

Keep PRS SE 20 Head's crunchy voice out front: Death By Audio Reverberation Machine goes in PRS SE 20 Head's effects loop so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it

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.

Keep PRS SE 30's crunchy voice out front: Death By Audio Reverberation Machine goes in PRS SE 30's effects loop so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it

Comes earlier in the signal chain