Pedals that stack with the Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/50 1x12 Combo

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → clean boost)

Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition takes that high gain character and pushes it toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → clean boost)

The Buzzter's transparent boost feeds the Badlander combo's tight, high-gain crunch without smearing its already-tight low end.

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)

Feed a high gain signal into Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Ahead of the Badlander's tight, silent high-gain channel, the Cory Wong's punchy optical compression evens out funk picking before the amp's own gain shapes 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 Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/50 1x12 Combo in the signal chain, clear of Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/50 1x12 Combo's own gain stage

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. (high gain → lush)

Run the Moby Dick in the Badlander's loop for massive, lush ambient reverb well beyond the amp's own silent-recording metal gain. — 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. (high gain → modulated)

Keep Hungry Robot The Borderland in Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/50 1x12 Combo's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/50 1x12 Combo's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop