Pedals that stack with the PRS HX 100 Head
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All 38 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Suhr Woodshed
Suhr
20% matchWhat PRS HX 100 Head brings here leans toward high headroom — that's worth building a pairing around
Goes in front of the amp
EarthQuaker Devices Erupter
EarthQuaker Devices
19% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → medium gain)
Into a transparent tone, PRS HX 100 Head brings a pull toward medium gain that's missing
Goes in front of the amp
Mission Engineering Delta III Germanium Overdrive
Mission Engineering
19% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → medium gain)
PRS HX 100 Head leans this transparent tone toward medium gain, which it doesn't make on its own
Goes in front of the amp
DigiTech SC-2 Valve Distortion
Digitech
19% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → medium gain)
PRS HX 100 Head leans this transparent tone toward medium gain, which it doesn't make on its own
Goes in front of the amp
Vemuram Shanks II
Vemuram
19% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → medium gain)
Into a transparent tone, PRS HX 100 Head brings a pull toward medium gain that's missing
Goes in front of the amp
Suhr Jack Rabbit
Suhr
18% matchWhat PRS HX 100 Head brings here leans toward high headroom — that's worth building a pairing around
Goes in front of the amp
Lab Ratz 3D Boum Warming Unit
Lab Ratz 3d
18% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
Run the Boum before the HX 100 to add subtle, harmonic analog warmth before the amp's own transformer-driven gain kicks in.
Goes in front of the amp
Alexander Pedals NEO Series History Lesson V3 Delay
Alexander Pedals
18% matchWhat PRS HX 100 Head brings here leans toward high headroom — that's worth building a pairing around — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Dophix Galileo Optical Tremolo
Dophix
18% matchPRS HX 100 Head leans toward high headroom, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
BBE OptiComp
Bbe
18% matchPRS HX 100 Head leans toward high headroom, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Carl Martin Classic Opto-Compressor
Carl Martin
18% matchPRS HX 100 Head leans toward high headroom, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Providence ADC-3 Anadime Chorus
Providence
17% matchPRS HX 100 Head leans toward high headroom, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Binson Echorec Delay
Binson
13% 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 Binson Echorec Delay in PRS HX 100 Head's effects loop, clear of PRS HX 100 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
Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini
Dunlop
12% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and PRS HX 100 Head delivers it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop