The Tech 21 Trademark 300 is a Tech 21 amplifier. It pairs well with the Suhr Shiba Drive and the Cusack Music Screamer.
Tech 21 Trademark 300
Tech 21 · amplifier
The Tech 21 Trademark 300 is a 300-watt solid-state guitar combo built around Tech 21's SansAmp analog amp-emulation technology, delivering a wide range of amp voicings from clean to high gain without tubes. With footswitchable channels, onboard tone shaping, and a DI, it is a powerful, lightweight, reliable gigging amp for players wanting SansAmp tones at high volume.
What stands out
“The Tech 21 Trademark 300 is a 300-watt solid-state guitar combo built around Tech 21's SansAmp analog amp-emulation technology, delivering a wide range of amp voicings from clean to high gain”
— from the listing
“Its strengths are the power, the analog amp voicing, and reliability; the caveats are a solid-state character and SansAmp-style voicing”
— from the community notes
“Players value the Trademark 300 for its loud, lightweight, reliable SansAmp-based tones spanning clean to high gain, a practical gigging amp with a useful DI”
— from the community notes
“With footswitchable channels, onboard tone shaping, and a DI, it is a powerful, lightweight, reliable gigging amp for players wanting SansAmp tones at high volume”
— from the listing
“As a powerful, dependable SansAmp combo, the Trademark 300 is a strong workhorse”
— from the reviews
- high gain
- solid state
- di
- clean
- gigging
- driven
- tech 21
- footswitchable channels
Good for
- Live
- Studio
Genres the Tech 21 Trademark 300 is commonly used in
- Metal
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Pedals that stack with the Tech 21 Trademark 300
Suhr Shiba Drive
Suhr
18% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)
Suhr Shiba Drive takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward
Goes in front of the amp
Cusack Music Screamer
Cusack Music
17% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)
Stack Cusack Music Screamer on top and a high gain tone tightens toward mid-forward
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress
Electro-Harmonix
16% matchsits 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 → shimmer)
Put Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress after Tech 21 Trademark 300 in the signal chain, clear of Tech 21 Trademark 300's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive
Keeley
16% matchpushes 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
TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2
TC Electronic
14% matchsits 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)
TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2's spring voice goes in Tech 21 Trademark 300's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Tech 21 Trademark 300'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
Meris Mercury7 Reverb
Meris
14% matchsits 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)
Meris Mercury7 Reverb's ambient voice goes in Tech 21 Trademark 300's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Tech 21 Trademark 300'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
Wampler Ego Compressor
pedal
10% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
Tech 21 Trademark 300 leans toward high gain, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
MXR CAE Wah
MXR
tonal matchGoes in front of the amp
MXR CAE Wah belongs in front of Tech 21 Trademark 300, since a wah tracks picking dynamics best on the raw signal
Questions people ask
What pairs well with the Tech 21 Trademark 300?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Suhr Shiba Drive, Cusack Music Screamer, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress — Suhr Shiba Drive takes that high gain character and pushes it toward mid-forward.