Pedals that stack with the PRS SE 20 Head

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)

Catalinbread VariOboost takes that crunchy character and pushes it toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a crunchy signal into J. Rockett The Dude 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. (crunchy → mid-forward)

Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion takes that crunchy character and pushes it 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.

Keep PRS SE 20 Head's crunchy voice out front: MXR Dyna Comp Mini goes after PRS SE 20 Head in the signal chain so its mid-forward voice doesn't muddy it

Goes in front of the amp

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

PRS SE 20 Head's crunchy character and Demeter Compulator's smooth voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other

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 PRS SE 20 Head's crunchy voice out front: Death By Audio Reverberation Machine goes in PRS SE 20 Head'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.

Put Alexander Pedals History Lesson Vol. 2 in PRS SE 20 Head's effects loop, clear of PRS SE 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