Pedals that stack with the Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head

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

Feed a high gain signal into Cusack Music Screamer and it comes out closer to mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

J. Rockett The Dude takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a high gain signal into Suhr Shiba Drive and it comes out closer to 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. (high gain → shimmer)

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress's shimmer voice goes after Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head's own smooth character

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. (high gain → ambient)

Walrus Audio Fathom's ambient voice goes in Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head's own smooth character — 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. (high gain → lush)

Put Meris Mercury7 Reverb in Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head's effects loop, clear of Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature 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

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

What Peavey JSX Joe Satriani Signature Head brings here leans toward smooth — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp