Pedals that stack with the Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount Head

Mesa Boogie Flux-Drive leans toward crunchy, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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 Suhr Shiba Drive and it comes out closer to 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)

Stack Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive on top and a high gain tone tightens 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)

Keep Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress after Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount Head in the signal chain, clear of Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount Head'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)

Run Horizon Devices Flux Echo in Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount Head's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount 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. (high gain → ambient)

Keep Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount Head's high gain voice out front: Mooer EchoVerb goes in Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount Head'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

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

Mesa Boogie Mark VII Rackmount Head leans toward high gain, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp