Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)

Feed a saturated signal into Laney DBC410 Digbeth 4x10 Cabinet and it comes out closer to tight

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a transparent tone, Synergy SL2 Module brings a pull toward high gain that's missing

Comes later in the signal chain

Hughes & Kettner Coreblade leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Friedman Small Box 50W EL34 Amp Head leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a transparent tone, Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 brings a pull toward high gain that's missing

Comes later in the signal chain

Egnater Tweaker 88 Head leans this transparent tone toward low gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a transparent tone, Bad Cat Lynx 50 brings a pull toward high gain that's missing

MXR Micro Amp leans toward clean boost, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Z.Vex Super Hard On's own clean boost 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.

Walrus Audio Monument CS's harmonically rich voice goes after Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord's own saturated character

Comes later in the signal chain

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

What Dr. Green The tourniquet brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

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 Nano Operation Overlord in the signal chain, clear of Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord'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 Boss DD-3 Digital Delay after Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord in the signal chain, clear of Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Comes later in the signal chain

Warm Audio Jet Phaser goes after Electro-Harmonix Nano Operation Overlord — modulation sits after the gain for a defined swirl

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a transparent tone, Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 brings a pull toward fuzzy that's missing