Pedals that stack with the Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition

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

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

Cusack Music Screamer pushes a high gain tone 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)

Stack Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive on top and a high gain tone tightens 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. (high gain → lush)

Keep T-Rex Sweeper 2 after Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition in the signal chain, clear of Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition'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. (high gain → ambient)

Keep Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition's high gain voice out front: Electro-Harmonix Oceans Abyss goes in Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition's effects loop so its ambient 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. (high gain → lush)

Keep Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition's high gain voice out front: Meris Mercury7 Reverb goes in Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition's effects loop so its ambient 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

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

Positive Grid Spark Mini Steve Vai Edition leans toward high gain, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp