Pedals that stack with the Orange Gain Baby 100

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Where this leans bright, Xotic BB Preamp answers back smooth

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → tight)

Wampler Plexi Drive's own voicing points at Marshall-style amps, and Orange Gain Baby 100 delivers it

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → clean boost)

Analog Man King of Tone takes that high gain character and pushes it toward clean boost

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 Strymon Zelzah -Dimensional Phaser after Orange Gain Baby 100 in the signal chain, clear of Orange Gain Baby 100'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.

Keep Orange Gain Baby 100's high gain voice out front: Suhr Discovery goes in Orange Gain Baby 100's effects loop so its warm voice doesn't muddy it — 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.

Put Boss DD-8 Digital Delay in Orange Gain Baby 100's effects loop, clear of Orange Gain Baby 100's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Pigtronix Gloamer Volume Swell's own smooth character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp