Pedals that stack with the EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter

Ibanez Tube Screamer

The Screamer in front tightens the Dirt Transmitter's saturation and stops the low end flubbing out

Z.Vex Super Hard On

Both are built for stacking — the Super Hard On's clean JFET boost pushes the Dirt Transmitter's low-noise gain harder without adding mud.

Wampler Cory Wong

The Cory Wong's punchy optical compression evens dynamics before the Dirt Transmitter's stacking-friendly gain stage.

Musitronics Mu-Tron III

The Mu-Tron III's vocal envelope-filter sweep colors the signal feeding the Dirt Transmitter's stacking-friendly gain stage.

MXR Dyna Comp

The Dyna Comp's sustain feeds the Dirt Transmitter's stacking-friendly gain stage a steadier signal to saturate.

Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress

Run the Dirt Transmitter into the Mistress, not the other way around — the flange sweeps cleaner when it's shaping an already-saturated signal.

J. Rockett Archer

The Archer's creamy, treble-boosted headroom pushes the Dirt Transmitter's stacking-friendly gain stage further.

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress

The Deluxe Electric Mistress' shimmering, subtle flange adds movement feeding the Dirt Transmitter's stacking-friendly gain stage.

Universal Audio 1176 Compressor

Run the 1176's studio-grade FET compression before the Dirt Transmitter to even out dynamics before its low-noise drive kicks in.

Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic

Stack the TS10's big, fatty midrange bump with the Dirt Transmitter's own low-noise gain — it's literally built for exactly this.

Univox Uni-Vibe

The Uni-Vibe's watery, psychedelic swirl rides on top of the Dirt Transmitter's driven signal rather than stacking gain with it.

TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger

The Stereo Chorus Flanger's subtle, professional-sounding sweep washes over the Dirt Transmitter's driven signal rather than stacking gain with it.

Walrus Audio Voyager Mk II

Stack the Voyager Mk II's midrange-forward silicon clipping with the Dirt Transmitter's own low-noise gain for two distinct textures.

Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo

The Dirt Transmitter's stacking-friendly gain feeds the Parabola's clean-boosted tremolo a hotter, driven signal.

Boss OD-1 Overdrive

Stack the Dirt Transmitter's low-noise gain with the OD-1's own transparent, asymmetrical clipping — it's literally built for exactly this.

Jam Pedals Wahcko

The Wahcko's vocal, funk-fusion wah sweep doesn't stack gain with the Dirt Transmitter — it just shapes the driven signal's frequency response.

Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Polyphonic Pitch Shifter

Stack the Dirt Transmitter's low-noise gain with the Pitch Fork's own dry, whammy-style pitch shifting for a driven signal with real harmonic layering.

Boss RV-6 Reverb

Keep the Dirt Transmitter's drive ahead of the RV-6, so its shimmer trails a saturated signal instead of muddying it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3

The Grand Orbiter's resonant, swelling phase sweep doesn't stack gain with the Dirt Transmitter — it just gives it a modulated signal to color.

DigiTech WH-1 Whammy Pedal

Stack the Dirt Transmitter's low-noise gain with the WH-1's tracking octave whammy for a driven signal with real pitch layering.

Boss XS-1

Put the XS-1 ahead of the Dirt Transmitter — octave tracking is cleanest off a dry signal, and the drive can push the blended output as hard as you want.

EarthQuaker Devices Night Wire V2

The Night Wire's harmonic, filtered tremolo pulse doesn't stack gain with the Dirt Transmitter — it just rides on top of the driven signal.

Meris Ottobit Jr.

Run the Dirt Transmitter's stacking-friendly overdrive after the Ottobit's bitcrushed, glitchy filter so the gain picks up that digital texture instead of smoothing it out.

Free The Tone PA-1QG 10 Band Analog EQ

The PA-1QG's precise, upper-mid-focused EQ shapes the Dirt Transmitter's low-noise gain before it ever hits the amp.