Pedals that stack with the Matthews Effects Architect

Keeley Seafoam Plus Chorus/Vibrato

Architect's clean-boost-to-high-gain drive feeds Seafoam's organic, lush chorus and vibrato rather than the chorus stacking onto it.

Suhr Shiba Drive

Stack the Shiba Drive's vintage-voiced gain ahead of the Architect's three-stage gain system for a distinct second layer of saturation, not just more of the same drive.

Xotic EP Booster

The EP Booster's fat, boosted push gives the Architect's own gain stages more to work with, without changing the drive pedal's core voicing.

Warm Audio Pedal 76 Compressor

Run the Pedal 76's studio-style compression ahead of the Architect so its high-gain stages start from an already-punchy, controlled signal.

Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2

Architect's clean-boost-to-high-gain overdrive feeds Moby Dick V2's massive ambient wash at the end of the chain, gain first, space last. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12

Run the Oceans 12's lush, complex reverb after the Architect's three-stage gain so the wash trails an already-saturated tone. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)