Pedals that stack with the Krank Krankenstein

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

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Shin's Music Dumbloid pushes a saturated tone toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Z.Vex Super Hard On and it comes out closer to clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

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

What Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio brings here leans toward tight — that's worth building a pairing around

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.

Put Electro-Harmonix Small Stone after Krank Krankenstein in the signal chain, clear of Krank Krankenstein's own 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.

Suhr Discovery's warm voice goes in Krank Krankenstein's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Krank Krankenstein's own saturated character — 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.

Put TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay in Krank Krankenstein's effects loop, clear of Krank Krankenstein's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop