Pedals that stack with the JHS Colour Box

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

Airis Effects 51-Filthy takes that saturated character and pushes it toward tight

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

Feed a saturated signal into Browne Amplification Carbon and it comes out closer to clean boost

Comes earlier in the signal chain

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

DryBell Unit67 Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Comes earlier in the signal chain

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 MXR M83 after JHS Colour Box in the signal chain, clear of JHS Colour Box's own gain stage

Comes earlier in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay's tight voice goes after JHS Colour Box in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with JHS Colour Box's own saturated character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

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 Way Huge Electronics Aqua-Puss MkII Analog Delay after JHS Colour Box in the signal chain, clear of JHS Colour Box's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain