Pedals that stack with the Mesa/Boogie Badlander

What Mesa Boogie Flux-Drive brings here leans toward crunchy — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp

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

Mesa/Boogie Badlander pushes a high gain tone toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Mesa/Boogie Badlander and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Mesa/Boogie Badlander takes that high gain character and pushes it toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Mesa/Boogie Badlander and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Mesa/Boogie Badlander and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Mesa/Boogie Badlander and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Stack Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition on top and a saturated tone tightens 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 → tight)

Mesa/Boogie Badlander takes that high gain character and pushes it toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Push the Badlander's tight, high-gain channel with the Buzzter's clean boost and the saturation stays punchy instead of turning to mud.

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Mesa/Boogie Badlander and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Mesa/Boogie Badlander and it comes out closer to tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Stack Mesa/Boogie Badlander on top and a high gain tone tightens toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Mesa/Boogie Badlander takes that high gain character and pushes it toward tight

Goes in front of the amp

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

Squeeze first with the Cory Wong and the Badlander's tight, modern saturation responds more evenly to pick dynamics.

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 Badlander in the signal chain, clear of Mesa/Boogie Badlander'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.

Put TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay in Mesa/Boogie Badlander's effects loop, clear of Mesa/Boogie Badlander's own gain stage — 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 → slapback)

Keeley Eccos Tape Flanged Delay's dark voice goes in Mesa/Boogie Badlander's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Mesa/Boogie Badlander's own tight character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop