Pedals that stack with the Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II

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)

Stack Cusack Music Screamer on top and a high gain tone tightens 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)

Feed a high gain signal into J. Rockett The Dude and it comes out closer to 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)

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress's shimmer voice goes after Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II's own high gain character

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)

Put Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 in Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II's effects loop, clear of Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II'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 → modulated)

Keep Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II's high gain voice out front: Hungry Robot The Borderland goes in Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce Stage II's effects loop so its modulated 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 Stiletto Deuce Stage II's own high gain character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp