Pedals that stack with the Magnatone Varsity

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (transparent → mid-forward)

Catalinbread Formula 5F6 leans this transparent tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (transparent → mid-forward)

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31 leans it toward mid-forward to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

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

Greer Tomahawk's own voicing points at Fender-style amps, and Magnatone Varsity delivers it

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 EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3 after Magnatone Varsity in the signal chain, clear of Magnatone Varsity's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

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

Magnatone Varsity's dynamic character and Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor's compressed voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other

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.

Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay's modulated voice goes in Magnatone Varsity's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Magnatone Varsity's own dynamic 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.

Strymon BigSky's ambient voice goes in Magnatone Varsity's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Magnatone Varsity's own dynamic character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop