Pedals that stack with the Mile End Effects PreAmp 150
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Electro-Harmonix 1973 Violet Ram's Head Big Muff Pi V2
Electro-Harmonix
18% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (transparent → mid-forward)
Electro-Harmonix 1973 Violet Ram's Head Big Muff Pi V2 leans this transparent tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive
Fulltone
18% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)
Run Fulltone OCD Obsessive Compulsive Drive into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Boss
14% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Mile End Effects PreAmp 150's transparent voice out front: Boss BF-2 Flanger goes after Mile End Effects PreAmp 150 in the signal chain so its lush voice doesn't muddy it
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive
Vox
10% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
What Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive brings here leans toward smooth — that's worth building a pairing around
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Strymon BigSky
Strymon
6% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Run Strymon BigSky after Mile End Effects PreAmp 150 in the signal chain, clear of Mile End Effects PreAmp 150's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Fender Hammertone Reverb
Fender
6% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Mile End Effects PreAmp 150's transparent voice out front: Fender Hammertone Reverb goes after Mile End Effects PreAmp 150 in the signal chain so its lush voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
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