Pedals that stack with the Roland Blues Cube Hot

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

Feed a high gain signal into Z.Vex Super Hard On and it comes out closer to 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)

J. Rockett Archer's own high headroom character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

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

JAM Pedals Tubedreamer pushes a high gain tone 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. (high gain → lush)

Run T-Rex Sweeper 2 after Roland Blues Cube Hot in the signal chain, clear of Roland Blues Cube Hot's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

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

Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro's own mid-forward character is the real reason this is worth trying

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 → lush)

Electro-Harmonix Pico Oceans 3-Verb's lush voice goes in Roland Blues Cube Hot's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Roland Blues Cube Hot's own high gain character — 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 → lush)

Keep Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 in Roland Blues Cube Hot's effects loop, clear of Roland Blues Cube Hot's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop