Pedals that stack with the Marshall Origin 50 Head

Wampler Plexi Drive

The Plexi Drive is built to fake a cranked Marshall crunch, and the Origin 50's own midrange push gets it there without needing to dime the amp.

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret MKI

The Origin 50's driven, midrange-forward headroom gives the DLS MKI's dynamic, bluesy lead crunch a gigging-ready amp voice to push into.

Donner Dumbal Drive

Marshall Origin 50 Head's own voicing points at Marshall-style amps, and Donner Dumbal Drive delivers it

ProCo RAT 2

Push the Origin 50's driven midrange headroom with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack instead of just adding volume.

Ibanez Tube Screamer

Into the Origin 50's driven, midrange-forward headroom, the Screamer's mid-forward boost fits right in.

Electro-Harmonix Oceans Abyss

Into a transparent tone, Marshall Origin 50 Head brings the mid-forward it's missing — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Walrus Audio Eons

The Eons' thick, low-gain fuzz platform gives the Origin 50's driven midrange headroom a saturated amp voice to push into.

JHS Charlie Brown

Marshall Origin 50 Head takes that crunchy character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Keeley D&M Drive

Into a transparent tone, Marshall Origin 50 Head brings the mid-forward it's missing

Catalinbread RAH Mountain Edition

Stack Marshall Origin 50 Head on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward mid-forward

SolidGoldFX Commodore

Stack Marshall Origin 50 Head on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward mid-forward

Wampler Plexi-Drive Mini

Marshall Origin 50 Head pushes a crunchy tone toward mid-forward

Bogner Ecstasy Blue Mini Overdrive

Feed a crunchy signal into Marshall Origin 50 Head and it comes out closer to mid-forward

JHS 3 Series Delay

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Marshall Origin 50 Head gives it mid-forward to fill it with — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Death By Audio Moonbeam Stereo Multi-Stage Phaser

Run Marshall Origin 50 Head into that transparent platform and it finally gets some mid-forward

Mad Professor Supreme Overdrive

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Marshall Origin 50 Head gives it mid-forward to fill it with

Carl Martin Echotone

Marshall Origin 50 Head's mid-forward fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

EarthQuaker Devices Aurelius V1 Tri-Voice Chorus

Run Marshall Origin 50 Head into that transparent platform and it finally gets some mid-forward

TC Electronic Forcefield Compressor Effetto Compressore A

Into a transparent tone, Marshall Origin 50 Head brings the mid-forward it's missing

Donner Sustain

Run Marshall Origin 50 Head into that transparent platform and it finally gets some mid-forward

Behringer Dual-Phase

Into a transparent tone, Marshall Origin 50 Head brings the mid-forward it's missing

Meris Enzo

Marshall Origin 50 Head's mid-forward fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own

MXR Dyna Comp

Even a driven, gigging-ready head like the Origin 50 benefits from the Dyna Comp smoothing the attack out first.

MXR Phase 90

Run the Phase 90 after the Origin 50's own crunch and you get that classic-rock swirl riding on top of the drive, not fighting it.