Pedals that stack with the Mesa Boogie Subway D-800
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
ProCo RAT 2
Proco
32% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → low gain)
Push the Subway D-800's bright, cutting preamp with the RAT's low-gain drive for aggressive, stage-ready bass grit.
Goes in front of the amp
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz
Black Arts Toneworks
30% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → fuzzy)
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz leans this high headroom tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own
Goes in front of the amp
Mesa Boogie Flux-Drive
Mesa Boogie
29% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → crunchy)
Run Mesa Boogie Flux-Drive into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward crunchy
Goes in front of the amp
MXR Phase 90
MXR
19% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Run MXR Phase 90 after Mesa Boogie Subway D-800 in the signal chain, clear of Mesa Boogie Subway D-800's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor
Wampler
15% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (high headroom → compressed)
Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Binson Echorec Delay
Binson
11% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Loop the Echorec into the D-800's effects path and its echoes stay clear of that massive low end till after the preamp. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay
Electro-Harmonix
10% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay in Mesa Boogie Subway D-800's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Subway D-800's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop