Pedals that stack with the JHS Emperor

The Emperor's rotary, pitch-modulated chorus swirls on top of the Dirt Transmitter's driven signal rather than genuinely stacking with it.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Smiley's clear, compressed fuzz gain feeds the Emperor's rotary-style chorus and vibrato, which colors that drive rather than stacking onto it.

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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Run the Emperor's rotary, pitch-modulated chorus after the Eldritch Blast's touch-sensitive, high-gain fuzz and the modulation has real saturation to color.

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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Run JHS Emperor after Maxon FW10 Fuzz Elements Wind in the signal chain, clear of Maxon FW10 Fuzz Elements Wind'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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep JHS Emperor after Mask Audio Electronics Clubber Lang in the signal chain, clear of Mask Audio Electronics Clubber Lang's own gain stage

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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep Tru-Fi Two Face's germanium voice out front: JHS Emperor goes after Tru-Fi Two Face in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep JHS Emperor after Fender The Pelt in the signal chain, clear of Fender The Pelt'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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Run JHS Emperor after Black Arts Toneworks Destroyer V2 in the signal chain, clear of Black Arts Toneworks Destroyer V2'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. (high gain → modulated)

Keep JHS Emperor after Tru-Fi The Spider Fuzz in the signal chain, clear of Tru-Fi The Spider Fuzz'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. (fuzzy → modulated)

JHS Emperor's modulated voice goes after Rainger FX Chop Fuzzz in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Rainger FX Chop Fuzzz's own fuzzy character

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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Run JHS Emperor after Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz in the signal chain, clear of Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz'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. (high gain → modulated)

JHS Emperor's modulated voice goes after Joyo Hot Witch in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Joyo Hot Witch's own aggressive character

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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep JHS Emperor after Black Arts Toneworks Crown of Horns in the signal chain, clear of Black Arts Toneworks Crown of Horns'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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2's fuzzy voice out front: JHS Emperor goes after Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler V2 in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

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. (fuzzy → modulated)

Put JHS Emperor after Jackson Audio Modern Fuzz Deluxe in the signal chain, clear of Jackson Audio Modern Fuzz Deluxe'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. (high gain → modulated)

Keep JHS Emperor after Cusack Music Carolina Reaper Overdrive Fuzz in the signal chain, clear of Cusack Music Carolina Reaper Overdrive Fuzz'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. (high gain → modulated)

Keep Tone City Double Engine T40 Rectified High Energy's high gain voice out front: JHS Emperor goes after Tone City Double Engine T40 Rectified High Energy in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

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. (high gain → modulated)

Put JHS Emperor after ThorpyFX Warthog Distortion in the signal chain, clear of ThorpyFX Warthog Distortion'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. (high gain → modulated)

Keep Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe V2's high gain voice out front: JHS Emperor goes after Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe V2 in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

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. (high gain → modulated)

Put JHS Emperor after DigiTech DHH Hot Head in the signal chain, clear of DigiTech DHH Hot Head'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. (high gain → modulated)

JHS Emperor's modulated voice goes after NUX NFB-2 Lacerate FET Boost in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with NUX NFB-2 Lacerate FET Boost's own high gain character

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. (high gain → modulated)

Put JHS Emperor after Roland Core Distortion in the signal chain, clear of Roland Core Distortion'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. (high gain → modulated)

JHS Emperor's modulated voice goes after Providence - SDT-3 Stampede DT in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Providence - SDT-3 Stampede DT's own harmonically rich character

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Keep Electro-Harmonix XO Deluxe Memory Man after JHS Emperor in the signal chain, where it won't crowd JHS Emperor — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain