Pedals that stack with the PRS HDRX 20 Head
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Xotic BB Preamp
Xotic
25% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)
Xotic BB Preamp pushes a saturated tone toward clean boost
Goes in front of the amp
Browne Amplification Carbon
Browne Amplification
25% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → clean boost)
Feed a saturated signal into Browne Amplification Carbon and it comes out closer to clean boost
Goes in front of the amp
Friedman BE-OD
Friedman
24% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (saturated → tight)
Friedman BE-OD pushes a saturated tone toward tight
Goes in front of the amp
Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio
Crazy Tube Circuits
16% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio's own tight character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive
Origin Effects
14% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive's own voicing points at Marshall-style amps, and PRS HDRX 20 Head delivers it
Goes in front of the amp
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe
Catalinbread
10% matchCatalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe's own voicing points at Marshall-style amps, and PRS HDRX 20 Head delivers it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte
Caroline Guitar Company
8% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Run Caroline Guitar Company Kilobyte in PRS HDRX 20 Head's effects loop, clear of PRS HDRX 20 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