Pedals that stack with the EarthQuaker Devices Buffer/Preamp

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

EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter leans this transparent tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes earlier in the signal chain

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

Run JHS Smiley into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

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 Walrus Audio Monument CS after EarthQuaker Devices Buffer/Preamp in the signal chain, clear of EarthQuaker Devices Buffer/Preamp's own gain stage

Comes earlier in the signal chain

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

SahBro? Audio Ross Kempressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

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 T-Rex Junior Roomate after EarthQuaker Devices Buffer/Preamp in the signal chain, clear of EarthQuaker Devices Buffer/Preamp's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later 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 EarthQuaker Devices Buffer/Preamp's full voice out front: Alexander Pedals Now We Are Ghosts Reverb goes after EarthQuaker Devices Buffer/Preamp in the signal chain so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain