Pedals that stack with the Phil Jones BG-100 Bass Cub 2x5 100w Combo

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

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature leans it toward low 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. (transparent → fuzzy)

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Way Huge Swollen Pickle leans it toward fuzzy 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. (transparent → fuzzy)

Into a transparent tone, Walrus Audio Eons brings a pull toward fuzzy that's missing

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 MXR ZW90 Wylde Phase after Phil Jones BG-100 Bass Cub 2x5 100w Combo in the signal chain, clear of Phil Jones BG-100 Bass Cub 2x5 100w Combo'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.

What Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer brings here leans toward dynamic — 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.

Run Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay in Phil Jones BG-100 Bass Cub 2x5 100w Combo's effects loop, clear of Phil Jones BG-100 Bass Cub 2x5 100w Combo'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.

Run Mr. Black Bloodmoon in Phil Jones BG-100 Bass Cub 2x5 100w Combo's effects loop, clear of Phil Jones BG-100 Bass Cub 2x5 100w Combo's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop