Pedals that stack with the Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors

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

Run Greer Black Mountain into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

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.

Put Walrus Audio Monument CS after Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors in the signal chain, clear of Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors'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.

Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive leans toward smooth, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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 Alexander Pedals Now We Are Ghosts Reverb after Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors in the signal chain, clear of Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors'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.

Run Eventide Modulated Delay after Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors in the signal chain, clear of Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain