Pedals that stack with the Orange O Tone 40

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

Into a high headroom tone, Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz brings a pull toward fuzzy that's missing

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)

Into a high headroom tone, Beetronics Swarm brings a pull toward fuzzy that's missing

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 → mid-forward)

Run Marshall Guv'nor into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward mid-forward

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 Electro-Harmonix Bad after Orange O Tone 40 in the signal chain, clear of Orange O Tone 40'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

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 Binson Echorec Delay in Orange O Tone 40's effects loop, clear of Orange O Tone 40's own gain stage — 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 Strymon BigSky in Orange O Tone 40's effects loop, clear of Orange O Tone 40's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop