Pedals that stack with the MXR Distortion+

Behringer Chorus Symphony

Run the Chorus Symphony after the Distortion+ so the liquid modulation colors an already-gritty signal instead of thinning it out.

Catalinbread SFT

Stacking the SFT's thick, compressed British voicing with the Distortion+'s own gritty compression pushes toward a heavier, more saturated wall of gain.

Caroline Guitar Company Meteore

The Distortion+'s gritty clipping gives the Meteore's own spring-voiced reverb pedal a genuine gain stage to sit after, not just ambience. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Caroline Guitar Company Icarus

Boost first with the Icarus, then hit the Distortion+'s germanium clipping harder — you get thicker, more compressed gain than either pedal alone.

Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio

Ahead of the Distortion+, the Golden Ratio's punchy optical compression keeps the attack even before that gritty, hard-rock gain ever colors it.

Donner Lax Comp

Run the Lax Comp before the Distortion+ to smooth out pick attack before the gritty clipping exaggerates it.

Maxon AD-9 Pro Analog Delay

Run the Distortion+ before the AD-9 in the chain, so the analog delay repeats stay clean instead of getting re-triggered by fresh clipping. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

One Control Lingonberry Overdrive

Stack the Lingonberry's warm, musical blues overdrive with the Distortion+'s own gritty, compressed hard-rock gain for two very different flavors of dirt.

Eventide Modulated Delay

The Distortion+'s warm, compressed midrange clipping feeds the Modulated Delay's warm, vintage-voiced echo a saturated signal to trail off. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

FoxGear EchoSex

Put the EchoSex after the Distortion+ for warm, vintage echorec-style repeats trailing the gritty clipping. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler

Run the DL4 after the Distortion+ for warm, tube-voiced repeats trailing the gritty clipping, not stacked in front of it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Browne Amplification Sshac

Run MXR Distortion+ after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe MM

MXR Distortion+'s bright balances out the dark tone — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Joyo King of Kings Overdrive

MXR Distortion+'s bright balances out the warm tone

Catalinbread Valcoder '70s Collection

MXR Distortion+'s bright balances out the warm tone

Universal Audio Golden Reverberator

MXR Distortion+ leans bright right where the warm tone needs it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Boss RE-2 Space Echo

MXR Distortion+'s own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Spaceman Mercury IV Germanium Harmonic Boost

MXR Distortion+ leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer with Tamura Modification

Both lean toward dynamic and compressed respectively — close enough in character that they complement instead of clashing

BK Butler 911 Tube Driver

MXR Distortion+'s own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

AmpRx BrownBox

The Distortion+'s gritty, compressed clipping gives the BrownBox's transformer-driven harmonic lift somewhere heavier to land.

Z.Vex Double Rock

MXR Distortion+'s own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

JHS Pedals JHS 1966 Italy Tone Bender

What MXR Distortion+ brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

Boss SD-1W Super OverDrive Waza Craft

MXR Distortion+ leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with