Pedals that stack with the Swart Antares Master

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

Feed a saturated signal into Greer Amps Royal Velvet and it comes out closer to clean boost

Goes in front of the amp

Into Swart Antares Master, JHS Angry Charlie is right at home: it's built around Vox-style amps

Goes in front of the amp

Electro-Harmonix Micro Metal Muff TOP Boost is voiced for Vox-style amps — Swart Antares Master gives it exactly that

Goes in front of the amp

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

Pigtronix Philosopher King leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone is voiced for Vox-style amps — Swart Antares Master gives it exactly that

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 Keeley Halo in Swart Antares Master's effects loop, clear of Swart Antares Master'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.

Echoplex EP-3's analog warmth voice goes in Swart Antares Master's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Swart Antares Master's own lush character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop