Pedals that stack with the Greer Tomahawk
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All 15 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
MXR Phase 90
MXR
21% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Phase 90's psychedelic swirl colors Tomahawk's cutting overdrive after the gain stage rather than adding to it.
Comes later in the signal chain
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Ibanez
20% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)
A Tube Screamer's blues-forward boost ahead of Tomahawk firms up the pedal's own cutting, rock-voiced drive.
Klon Centaur
Klon
19% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → warm)
Klon Centaur's midrange boost stacks cleanly into Tomahawk's cutting, boutique overdrive for extra classic-rock breakup.
Ashdown Velvet Compressor
Ashdown
16% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)
Ahead of the Tomahawk, the Velvet's smooth compression keeps a cutting, boutique overdrive from getting spiky under a hard attack.
Comes earlier in the signal chain
T-Rex Totenschlager
T Rex
15% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Feed a high gain signal into Greer Tomahawk and it comes out closer to tight
Comes later in the signal chain
ISP Technologies Theta Preamp Distortion
Isp Technologies
15% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Greer Tomahawk pushes a high gain tone toward tight
Comes later in the signal chain
NuX HG-6 High Gain
Nux
14% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Greer Tomahawk takes that high gain character and pushes it toward tight
Comes later in the signal chain
Matthews Effects The Harbinger Distortion
Matthews Effects
14% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Stack Greer Tomahawk on top and a high gain tone tightens toward tight
Comes later in the signal chain
MXR CSP036 Il Diavolo Overdrive
MXR
14% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Stack Greer Tomahawk on top and a high gain tone tightens toward tight
Matthews Effects The Breaker
Matthews Effects
14% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Greer Tomahawk takes that high gain character and pushes it toward tight
Mooer Ultra Drive MK II
Mooer
14% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Feed a high gain signal into Greer Tomahawk and it comes out closer to tight
Comes later in the signal chain
Lovepedal MK12 Super High Gain Dirt Box
Lovepedal
14% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Stack Greer Tomahawk on top and a high gain tone tightens toward tight
Comes later in the signal chain
Mesa Boogie Throttle Box Overdrive
Mesa Boogie
14% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Greer Tomahawk pushes a high gain tone toward tight
Walrus Audio Fable
Walrus Audio
12% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Fable's glitchy, granular reverb closes out Tomahawk's cutting overdrive with texture and space at the end of the chain. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte
Caroline Guitar Company
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.
The Tomahawk's cutting, boutique overdrive feeds the Kilobyte's digital-analog delay a driven signal to echo. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain