Pedals that stack with the Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1

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

Suhr Shiba Drive takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Nobels ODR-1 takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Stack Klon Centaur on top and a high gain tone tightens toward mid-forward

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. (high gain → lush)

Run TC Electronic Corona Chorus after Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1 in the signal chain, clear of Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → high gain)

Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1 stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Goes in front of the amp

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

Cory Wong ahead of the TriAmp MK1 keeps funk picking dynamics even before the head's own versatile gain stage.

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. (high gain → ambient)

Keep Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12 in Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1's effects loop, clear of Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1'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. (high gain → lush)

Moby Dick V2's massive, ambient reverb-delay belongs in the TriAmp's loop, downstream of the head's own versatile gain channels. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK1's own high gain character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp