Pedals that stack with the Hartke LH500 Bass

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Run Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Colorsound Overdriver's bright balances out the warm tone

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)

Beetronics Swarm leans this high headroom tone toward fuzzy, 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.

Put Walrus Audio Lillian after Hartke LH500 Bass in the signal chain, clear of Hartke LH500 Bass's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

What EarthQuaker Devices The Warden brings here leans toward smooth — 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 Strymon El Capistan in Hartke LH500 Bass's effects loop, clear of Hartke LH500 Bass'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.

Neunaber Wet Mono Reverb Pedal's pristine voice goes in Hartke LH500 Bass's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Hartke LH500 Bass's own warm character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop