Pedals that stack with the Polytone Mini Brute

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

Beetronics Swarm leans this transparent tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

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)

Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz leans this transparent tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

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 → medium gain)

Run Beetronics Overhive into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward medium gain

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 Flanger after Polytone Mini Brute in the signal chain, clear of Polytone Mini Brute'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 Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive brings here leans toward smooth — 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.

Keep Alexander Pedals Now We Are Ghosts Reverb in Polytone Mini Brute's effects loop, clear of Polytone Mini Brute'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.

Walrus Audio Fable's smooth voice goes in Polytone Mini Brute's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Polytone Mini Brute's own transparent character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop