Pedals that stack with the Orange Custom Shop CS50

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

Into Orange Custom Shop CS50, JHS Angry Charlie is right at home: it's built around Marshall-style amps

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 Colorsound Overdriver into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

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)

Walrus Audio Eons leans this high headroom tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

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.

Run Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble after Orange Custom Shop CS50 in the signal chain, clear of Orange Custom Shop CS50's own gain stage

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)

Universal Audio 1176 Compressor's own compressed character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe is voiced for Marshall-style amps — Orange Custom Shop CS50 gives it exactly that — 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.

Keep Binson Echorec Delay in Orange Custom Shop CS50's effects loop, clear of Orange Custom Shop CS50's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop