Pedals that stack with the Rivera Bonehead

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

Stack Browne Amplification Gritador on top and a high gain tone tightens toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)

Xotic BB Preamp is voiced for Marshall-style amps — Rivera Bonehead gives it exactly that

Goes in front of the amp

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

Feed a crunchy signal into Analog Man King of Tone and it comes out closer to clean boost

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 → modulated)

Origin Effects MAGMA57 Amp Vibrato & Drive's own voicing points at Marshall-style amps, and Rivera Bonehead delivers it

Goes in front of the amp

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

Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

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 Boss DD-3 Digital Delay in Rivera Bonehead's effects loop, clear of Rivera Bonehead'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.

Run MXR Analog Delay in Rivera Bonehead's effects loop, clear of Rivera Bonehead's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop