Pedals that stack with the Gallien-Krueger MB150S-112 Bass Combo

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Marshall Guv'nor leans it toward mid-forward to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → fuzzy)

Run Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → low gain)

Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature leans this high headroom tone toward low gain, which it doesn't make on its own

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.

Run Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble after Gallien-Krueger MB150S-112 Bass Combo in the signal chain, clear of Gallien-Krueger MB150S-112 Bass Combo's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (high headroom → compressed)

What Ashdown Macchiato Compressor Guy Pratt Signature brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

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 Binson Echorec Delay in Gallien-Krueger MB150S-112 Bass Combo's effects loop, clear of Gallien-Krueger MB150S-112 Bass Combo's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Crazy Tube Circuits Splash MKIV Reverb's spring voice goes in Gallien-Krueger MB150S-112 Bass Combo's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Gallien-Krueger MB150S-112 Bass Combo's own tight character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop