Pedals that stack with the Diezel Herbert Mk3 3-Channel 180-Watt
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Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Boss
20% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → clean boost)
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver takes that high gain character and pushes it toward clean boost
Goes in front of the amp
Beetronics Buzzter Boost Preamp
Beetronics
20% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → clean boost)
Feed a high gain signal into Beetronics Buzzter Boost Preamp and it comes out closer to clean boost
Goes in front of the amp
Fulltone OCD
Fulltone
19% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)
Fulltone OCD leans toward full, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo
Caroline Guitar Company
15% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Put Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Diezel Herbert Mk3 3-Channel 180-Watt in the signal chain, clear of Diezel Herbert Mk3 3-Channel 180-Watt's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro
Pigtronix
12% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro's own mid-forward character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Meris Mercury7 Reverb
Meris
11% matchsits 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)
Keep Diezel Herbert Mk3 3-Channel 180-Watt's high gain voice out front: Meris Mercury7 Reverb goes in Diezel Herbert Mk3 3-Channel 180-Watt's effects loop so its ambient 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
Walrus Audio Fathom
Walrus Audio
11% matchsits 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)
Run Walrus Audio Fathom in Diezel Herbert Mk3 3-Channel 180-Watt's effects loop, clear of Diezel Herbert Mk3 3-Channel 180-Watt's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
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