Pedals that stack with the Ibanez Tube Screamer

Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Max

The Screamer's mid-forward boost feeds the Holy Grail Max's simple spring reverb a driven signal instead of a clean one, not really stacking gain with it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Way Huge Swollen Pickle

Put the Tube Screamer in front of the Swollen Pickle and its midrange bump keeps the woolly fuzz from turning to scooped mush.

Carl Martin Hot Drive'n Boost MK3

Stack the Tube Screamer's mid-bump ahead of the Hot Drive'n Boost and its two gain stages just get pushed harder into that same crunchy territory.

Greer Southland

Stack the Southland's transparent push with the Screamer's mid-forward clipping and you get two distinct flavors of low gain, not one doubled up.

TC Electronic SCF Gold SE Stereo

SCF Gold's stereo chorus doesn't stack gain with the Tube Screamer — it just widens the pedal's own midrange boost after the fact.

Catalinbread SFT

The Screamer's mid-forward boost stacks with the SFT's own thick, compressed British voicing.

Analog Man King of Tone

The Screamer's mid-forward boost stacks with the King of Tone's own transparent, clean-boosted drive.

Wampler Ego Compressor

Ego Compressor's transparent sustain and pick-attack control ahead of the Tube Screamer keeps its own boost even across dynamics.

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi

The Screamer's mid-forward boost tightens the Big Muff's thick, creamy sustain ahead of it.

JHS Angry Charlie

The Angry Charlie's hot-rodded gain pushes the Screamer's mid-forward boost into much heavier territory.

Univox Super-Fuzz

The Screamer's mid-forward boost tightens the Super Fuzz's raw, scooped octave-fuzz character ahead of it.

Catalinbread Callisto MkII All-Analog Chorus

Run the Tube Screamer into the Callisto, not the other way, so the chorus doesn't get chewed up by the drive's added gain.

Wampler Plexi Drive

Plexi Drive's crunchy, Marshall-voiced boost stacks onto the Tube Screamer's own midrange push for a bigger classic-rock drive.

TC Electronic Corona Chorus

Put the Tube Screamer before the Corona and the chorus modulates a signal that's already been pushed and thickened.

Klon KTR

The KTR's transparent, thickened clean boost pushes the Screamer's own mid-hump louder without dulling its clipping edge.

Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor

The Ego 76 evens out pick attack before the Tube Screamer's clipping, keeping the midrange bump consistent note to note.

Catalinbread Katzenkonig

Push the Katzenkonig's already massive gain further by stacking the Tube Screamer's mid-bump in front of it.

Xotic BB Preamp

Stack the BB Preamp's creamy treble EQ with the Screamer's own mid-forward boost and you're layering two boutique boost flavors.

Wren and Cuff Box of War Small Foot Fuzz

The Tube Screamer's midrange push tightens the Box of War's big-muff-style fuzz before it hits the amp.

Colorsound Overdriver

The Screamer's mid-forward boost stacks with the Colorsound's own transparent, British-voiced boost.

RHC Rat Turbo Rat Distortion

Stack the Turbo Rat's aggressive metal clipping with the Screamer's mid-forward boost and you tighten up the low end before it hits the heavier gain.

Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive

Stack a Tube Screamer's blues-forward boost ahead of the OCD and the two clipping stages compound into a thicker, more overtone-rich drive.

Catalinbread Formula 5F6

The Screamer's mid-forward boost stacks with the Formula 5F6's own natural, harmonic tweed-amp drive.

Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

Stacking the germanium treble boost ahead of the Screamer's mid-forward drive adds top-end bite the Screamer's own low-end roll-off doesn't supply.