Pedals that stack with the Hiwatt Custom DR20H
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All 156 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Keeley Eccos Neo-Vintage Tape Delay
Keeley
27% matchHiwatt Custom DR20H leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Orange - Vintage Distortion
Orange
27% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)
Where this leans warm, Hiwatt Custom DR20H answers back bright
Goes in front of the amp
NuX NRO-6 Diamond 63 Overdrive Effektpedal
Nux
27% matchpushes 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
Pigtronix Fat Drive
Pigtronix
27% matchpushes 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
NuX Tape Echo Delay SOS
Nux
27% matchHiwatt Custom DR20H leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
J. Rockett Mark Sampson Max
J Rockett
27% matchpushes 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
DigiTech DOD Gunslinger Mosfet Distortion
Digitech
26% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)
Where this leans warm, Hiwatt Custom DR20H answers back bright
Goes in front of the amp
Spaceman Sputnik 1
Spaceman
26% matchpushes 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
Eventide Riptide Drive E Vibe
Eventide
26% matchpushes 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
Dunlop JIM Dunlop JH-M8 Jimi Hendrix Gypsy
Dunlop
26% matchfills 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
Friedman Motor City Drive Overdrive
Friedman
25% matchfills 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 Hiwatt Custom DR20H after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright
Goes in front of the amp
REVV G4 Distortion
Revv
25% matchpushes 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
NuX String Singer Overdrive
Nux
25% matchpushes 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
Ernie Ball Expression Overdrive
Ernie Ball
25% matchpushes 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
Bogner Burnley V2
Bogner
24% matchpushes 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
MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive Distortion
MXR
24% matchpushes 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
MXR Phase 90
MXR
24% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Run MXR Phase 90 after Hiwatt Custom DR20H in the signal chain, clear of Hiwatt Custom DR20H's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Catalinbread Giygas
Catalinbread
24% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)
The Hiwatt's punchy, bright headroom gives the Giygas' massive, shimmering fuzz a defined amp voice to push into.
Goes in front of the amp
Fortin Amplification Tempest Overdrive Signature Architects
Fortin Amplification
24% matchpushes 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
NUX Metal Core Deluxe
Nux
23% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
Hiwatt Custom DR20H takes that high gain character and pushes it toward tight
Goes in front of the amp
Cornerstone Cio-Ant
Cornerstone
22% matchpushes 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
Electro-Harmonix Crayon 69
Electro-Harmonix
22% matchpushes 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
NUX XTC Overdrive
Nux
22% matchpushes 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
Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Distortion
pedal
22% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)
What Hiwatt Custom DR20H brings here leans toward tight — that's worth building a pairing around
Goes in front of the amp