Pedals that stack with the Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt

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

Suhr Shiba Drive takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Nobels ODR-1 takes that high gain 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. (high gain → shimmer)

Run Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress after Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt in the signal chain, clear of Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt'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)

Keep Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt's high gain voice out front: Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 goes in Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt's effects loop so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it — 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 JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt's effects loop, clear of Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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

What Mesa/Boogie JP-2C John Petrucci Signature 60/100-Watt brings here leans toward high gain — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp