Pedals that stack with the Friedman Plex
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Browne Amplification Gritador
Browne Amplification
32% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → mid-forward)
Stack the Plex's singing, plexi-voiced British crunch with the Gritador's own asymmetrical TS-style clipping for two distinct shades of dirt.
Goes in front of the amp
Analog Man King of Tone
Analog Man
30% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)
The Plex's singing, plexi-voiced British crunch gives the King of Tone's transparent boost a saturated amp voice to push into.
Goes in front of the amp
Catalinbread RAH
Catalinbread
30% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → mid-forward)
Catalinbread RAH pushes a crunchy tone toward mid-forward
Goes in front of the amp
Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive
Origin Effects
17% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (high gain → modulated)
Into Friedman Plex, Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive is right at home: it's built around Marshall-style amps
Goes in front of the amp
MXR Dyna Comp
MXR
17% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
MXR Dyna Comp leans toward bright, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe
Catalinbread
14% matchInto Friedman Plex, Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe is right at home: it's built around Marshall-style amps — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Electro-Harmonix XO Deluxe Memory Man
Electro-Harmonix
11% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (high gain → modulated)
Keep Friedman Plex's sustaining voice out front: Electro-Harmonix XO Deluxe Memory Man goes in Friedman Plex's effects loop so its analog warmth voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop