Pedals that stack with the Friedman RUNT-50

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

Friedman BE-OD pushes a high gain tone toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Into the RUNT-50's tight, articulate saturation, the King of Tone's transparent boost pushes real gain.

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Browne Amplification Carbon and it comes out closer to 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. (high gain → shimmer)

Keep Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress after Friedman RUNT-50 in the signal chain, clear of Friedman RUNT-50's own gain stage

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 TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay in Friedman RUNT-50's effects loop, clear of Friedman RUNT-50's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

sits 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 → lush)

Meris Mercury7 Reverb's ambient voice goes in Friedman RUNT-50's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Friedman RUNT-50's own high gain character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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

DryBell Unit67 Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp