Pedals that stack with the Mesa Boogie Lone Star Head

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

Mesa Boogie Lone Star Head leans this transparent tone toward medium gain, which it doesn't make on its own

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)

Mesa Boogie Lone Star Head leans this transparent tone toward medium gain, which it doesn't make on its own

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 the Carbon Copy Mini's dark, ambient repeats in the Lone Star's loop, after that amp's vocal, articulate crunch, so the echoes stay defined. — 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.

The Memory Man's lush analog echo belongs in the Lone Star's loop, clear of the amp's own vocal, pedal-friendly clean platform. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop