Pedals that stack with the Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)

Into the Plex Vintage's boutique Plexi-character platform, the King of Tone's transparent boost pushes real vintage gain.

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → mid-forward)

Stack Catalinbread RAH on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)

Xotic BB Preamp takes that crunchy character and pushes it toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

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 Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head's sustaining voice out front: One Control Persian Green Screamer goes after Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head in the signal chain so its mid-forward voice doesn't muddy it

Goes in front of the amp

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

Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head leans toward sustaining, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

Keep Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head's sustaining voice out front: Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay goes in Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head'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

Run Empress Echosystem in Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head's effects loop, clear of Friedman Plex Vintage Series Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop