Pedals that stack with the Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont

Into a high headroom tone, Klon Centaur brings a pull toward medium gain that's missing

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Stack the ODL-1A's glassy, Dumble-voiced drive with the Nectar's own boutique low-gain saturation for two very different low-gain textures.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → glassy)

The Dark Star's gritty, shoegaze-voiced ambient reverb gives the ODL-1A's glassy, Dumble-voiced drive somewhere strange to decay into, not real gain to stack. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → glassy)

Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont leans glassy right where the dark tone needs it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → glassy)

Run Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont after it and the dark edge settles into something more glassy — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

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

The Dyna Comp's transient squash evens out the pick attack before it ever reaches the ODL-1A's own glassy, Dumble-voiced drive.

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 Boss BF-2 Flanger after Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont in the signal chain, clear of Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → glassy)

Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont leans glassy right where the dark tone needs it

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 the Echorec's echoes at the end of the chain, after the Overdriveland's glassy Dumble-style drive, so the repeats stay articulate. — 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 RV-5 Digital Reverb after Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont in the signal chain, clear of Free The Tone ODL-1A-CS Overdriveland Custom w/Ch Cont's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain