Pedals that stack with the Mesa Boogie Split Back 2x12

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

Goes in front of the amp

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

Effects Bakery Plain Bread Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

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

Run Origin Effects RevivalDrive into that dynamic platform and it finally leans toward compressed

Goes in front of the amp

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

Run Keeley Super Phat Mod into that dynamic platform and it finally leans toward compressed

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 Catalinbread Valcoder '70s Collection after Mesa Boogie Split Back 2x12 in the signal chain, clear of Mesa Boogie Split Back 2x12'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.

Run Keeley Halo in Mesa Boogie Split Back 2x12's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Split Back 2x12'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 Echoplex EP-3 in Mesa Boogie Split Back 2x12's effects loop, clear of Mesa Boogie Split Back 2x12's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop