Pedals that stack with the Fargen Micro Plex Full Stack
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Analog Man King of Tone
Analog Man
23% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)
Into the Micro Plex's boutique tube clean, the King of Tone's transparent boost pushes real gain.
Goes in front of the amp
Xotic BB Preamp
Xotic
22% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)
Xotic BB Preamp leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it
Goes in front of the amp
Browne Amplification Carbon
Browne Amplification
21% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)
Stack Browne Amplification Carbon on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward clean boost
Goes in front of the amp
Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive
Origin Effects
13% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive is voiced for Marshall-style amps — Fargen Micro Plex Full Stack gives it exactly that
Goes in front of the amp
PRS Mary-Cries Compressor
PRS
10% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
Fargen Micro Plex Full Stack's own full character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte
Caroline Guitar Company
7% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte in Fargen Micro Plex Full Stack's effects loop, clear of Fargen Micro Plex Full Stack's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay
Dunlop
7% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Run Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay in Fargen Micro Plex Full Stack's effects loop, clear of Fargen Micro Plex Full Stack's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop