Pedals that stack with the MXR M103 Blue Box
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All 33 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Mad Professor Fire Red Fuzz Hand Wired
Mad Professor
17% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)
Run fuzzy into MXR M103 Blue Box for more octave on top
Wren and Cuff Forest
Wren And Cuff
17% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)
Run fuzzy into MXR M103 Blue Box for more octave on top
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Wren and Cuff World
Wren And Cuff
17% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)
MXR M103 Blue Box stacks octave on top of the fuzzy already here
SolidGoldFX 76 MK II
Solidgoldfx
17% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)
Run fuzzy into MXR M103 Blue Box for more octave on top
Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster
Dallas
15% matchDallas Rangemaster Treble Booster's own germanium character is the real reason this is worth trying
Comes earlier in the signal chain
MXR Dyna Comp
MXR
13% matchAhead of the Blue Box's glitchy octave fuzz, the Dyna Comp evens out pick attack before the octave-tracking circuit gets a chance to react unevenly.
Comes earlier in the signal chain
MXR Phase 90
MXR
12% matchUsed together by 1 artist
Documented together in more than one rig — the Blue Box's glitchy octave fuzz gets extra swirl from the Phase 90 stacked right after it.
Comes later in the signal chain
Electro-Harmonix XO Deluxe Memory Man
Electro-Harmonix
9% matchRun the Memory Man's dark, tape-style echoes after the Blue Box's glitchy, sub-octave fuzz so the repeats trail that distinctive, bitcrushed texture. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Roland SDE-3000D
Roland
8% matchLet the SDE-3000D's iconic digital repeats trail the Blue Box's glitchy octave fuzz instead of sitting in front of it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain