Pedals that stack with the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → low gain)

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Origin Effects DCX Boost leans it toward low gain to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)

Tone City Model B Distortion TC-T31 leans this high headroom tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → crunchy)

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Beetronics Fatbee JFET Overdrive leans it toward crunchy to fill it in

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.

Put EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3 after Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700 in the signal chain, clear of Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700'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. (high headroom → compressed)

Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor's own compressed 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.

Put TC Electronic Alter Ego V2 Vintage Echo in Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's effects loop, clear of Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700'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.

Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay's analog warmth voice goes in Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700's own high headroom character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop