Pedals that stack with the Randall Diavlo RH5H Head with RG8 Cabinet

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

Stack Z.Vex Super Hard On on top and a high gain tone tightens toward clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

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

Beetronics Buzzter Boost Preamp takes that high gain 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. (high gain → mid-forward)

Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

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

What DryBell Unit67 Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — 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 Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Randall Diavlo RH5H Head with RG8 Cabinet in the signal chain, clear of Randall Diavlo RH5H Head with RG8 Cabinet'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.

Run TC Electronic Triple Flashback Delay in Randall Diavlo RH5H Head with RG8 Cabinet's effects loop, clear of Randall Diavlo RH5H Head with RG8 Cabinet'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. (high gain → ambient)

Keep Cusack Music Reverb SME in Randall Diavlo RH5H Head with RG8 Cabinet's effects loop, clear of Randall Diavlo RH5H Head with RG8 Cabinet's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop