Pedals that stack with the Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo

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

Into a transparent tone, Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo brings a pull toward high gain that's missing

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 → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's own transparent character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Run Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo after it and the bright edge settles into something more smooth

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 → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's own transparent character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

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 → high gain)

Into a transparent tone, Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo brings a pull toward high gain that's missing

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's smooth balances out the bright tone

Goes in front of the amp

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

Stack Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition on top and a high gain tone tightens toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → high gain)

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 → mid-forward)

Klon Centaur takes that high gain character and pushes it toward 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 → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

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 Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo 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 → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's smooth balances out the bright tone

Goes in front of the amp

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Goes in front of the amp

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's own transparent character is the real reason this is worth trying

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 → high gain)

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

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

The Cory Wong's funky optical compression evens out attack before the Mark Five:25's own clean, EQ-heavy channel takes over.

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 → modulated)

Keep Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's transparent voice out front: Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble goes after Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo in the signal chain so its lush voice doesn't muddy it

Goes in front of the amp

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's own transparent character is the real reason this is worth trying

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 Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 in Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 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

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)

Put Meris Mercury7 Reverb in Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 1x12 Combo's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 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