Pedals that stack with the Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head

pushes an amp at the edge of breakupPushes an amp already sitting at the edge of breakup over the line. (edge of breakup → mid-forward)

Feed a edge of breakup signal into Marshall Guv'nor and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → medium gain)

Greer Tomahawk is voiced for Fender-style amps — Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head gives it exactly that

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an amp at the edge of breakupPushes an amp already sitting at the edge of breakup over the line. (edge of breakup → mid-forward)

Catalinbread Formula 5F6 takes that edge of breakup character and pushes it toward mid-forward

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.

Keep Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head's transparent voice out front: TC Electronic Mimiq Doubler goes after Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head in the signal chain so its mid-forward voice doesn't muddy it

Goes in front of the amp

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

Xotic SP Compressor leans toward smooth, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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.

Run Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay in Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head'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.

Keep Strymon BigSky in Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop