Pedals that stack with the Hiwatt Custom DR20H

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

The LSTR's scooped, sludgy fuzz is a heavier, doomier gain than the Hiwatt's own bright, punchy headroom usually sees.

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)

The RAT's dark, cutting gain contrasts with the Hiwatt's own bright, punchy headroom instead of just stacking more of the same.

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 → mid-forward)

Run Marshall Guv'nor into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

Into the Hiwatt's punchy, British headroom, the StarCrash's gritty, surf-voiced tremolo pulse has room to be heard clearly.

Goes in front of the amp

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

Hiwatt Custom DR20H 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. (saturated → tight)

Hiwatt Custom DR20H pushes a saturated tone toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a saturated signal into Hiwatt Custom DR20H and it comes out closer to tight

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)

Hiwatt Custom DR20H's bright balances out the warm tone

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Hiwatt Custom DR20H and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Hiwatt Custom DR20H pushes a saturated 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 → tight)

Feed a high gain signal into Hiwatt Custom DR20H and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Stack Hiwatt Custom DR20H on top and a high gain tone tightens toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

The DR20H's punchy, bright British headroom gives the Fault's warm, expressive saturation a genuinely dynamic amp to push.

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a saturated signal into Hiwatt Custom DR20H and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

Hiwatt Custom DR20H's own tight character is the real reason this is worth trying — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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

Stack Hiwatt Custom DR20H on top and a high gain tone tightens toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Hiwatt Custom DR20H pushes a saturated tone toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Hiwatt Custom DR20H takes that saturated character and pushes it toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

Hiwatt Custom DR20H's own tight character is the real reason this is worth trying — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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

Hiwatt Custom DR20H pushes a saturated tone toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Hiwatt Custom DR20H pushes a saturated tone toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Stack Hiwatt Custom DR20H on top and a saturated tone tightens toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

Hiwatt Custom DR20H's own tight character is the real reason this is worth trying — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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

Feed a saturated signal into Hiwatt Custom DR20H and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp