Pedals that stack with the Omega Darkglass AO900 Alpha 900 Bass Head

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → medium gain)

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Klon Centaur leans it toward medium gain to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → crunchy)

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Beetronics Fatbee JFET Overdrive leans it toward crunchy to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → fuzzy)

Run Beetronics Nectar into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

Goes in front of the amp

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

What Universal Audio 1176 Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

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 Electro-Harmonix Bad after Omega Darkglass AO900 Alpha 900 Bass Head in the signal chain, clear of Omega Darkglass AO900 Alpha 900 Bass Head'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.

Put the Echorec in the AO900's loop, after its own harmonically rich drive and saturation, so the echoes don't smear the attack. — 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.

Run TC Electronic Alter Ego V2 Vintage Echo in Omega Darkglass AO900 Alpha 900 Bass Head's effects loop, clear of Omega Darkglass AO900 Alpha 900 Bass Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop