Pedals that stack with the Magnatone Starlite 1x8 Combo

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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence

ProCo RAT 2

Proco

33% match
$86via Reverb

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → low gain)

Push the Starlite 1x8's sparkling clean tone with the RAT's cutting drive for grit that still keeps some of the amp's own harmonic character.

Goes in front of the amp

Beetronics Nectar

Beetronics

32% match
$199via Reverb

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

The Starlite 1x8's sparkling, harmonic American voice gives the Nectar's boutique low-gain saturation a chimey amp platform.

Goes in front of the amp

Beetronics Swarm

Beetronics

28% match
$249via Reverb

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)

Push the Starlite 1x8's sparkling, harmonic clean voice with the Swarm's own experimental fuzz and the chime turns into chaos.

Goes in front of the amp

EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter

EarthQuaker Devices

18% match
$199via Reverb

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

Run EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter after Magnatone Starlite 1x8 Combo in the signal chain, clear of Magnatone Starlite 1x8 Combo's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

MXR Dyna Comp

MXR

15% match
$74.99via Reverb

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

MXR Dyna Comp leans toward bright, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini

Dunlop

11% match
$123.97via Reverb

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

Into the Starlite 1x8's sparkling, harmonic American voice, the Carbon Copy Mini's dark slapback delay has a chimey amp voice to trail off against. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Meris Polymoon

Meris

10% match
$299via Reverb

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

Meris Polymoon's modulated voice goes in Magnatone Starlite 1x8 Combo's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Magnatone Starlite 1x8 Combo's own harmonically rich character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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