Pedals that stack with the Diezel Herbert MkIII

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

Z.Vex Super Hard On pushes a crunchy tone toward 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)

J. Rockett Archer leans toward high headroom, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

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

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 Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Diezel Herbert MkIII in the signal chain, clear of Diezel Herbert MkIII'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 Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro brings here leans toward mid-forward — 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. (high gain → ambient)

Keep Meris LVX Delay in Diezel Herbert MkIII's effects loop, clear of Diezel Herbert MkIII's own gain stage — 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. (high gain → lush)

Put EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master V2 in Diezel Herbert MkIII's effects loop, clear of Diezel Herbert MkIII's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop