Pedals that stack with the Trace Elliot ELF 120US
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature
Ashdown
23% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → low gain)
Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature leans this transparent tone toward low gain, which it doesn't make on its own
Goes in front of the amp
Friedman BE-OD
Friedman
19% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → high gain)
Friedman BE-OD's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Trace Elliot ELF 120US delivers it
Goes in front of the amp
Catalinbread SFT
Catalinbread
19% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → high gain)
Into Trace Elliot ELF 120US, Catalinbread SFT is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end
Goes in front of the amp
EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3
EarthQuaker Devices
10% matchsits 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 Trace Elliot ELF 120US in the signal chain, clear of Trace Elliot ELF 120US's own gain stage
Goes in front of the amp
Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive
Vox
8% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.
Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive leans toward smooth, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay
Electro-Harmonix
6% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Put Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay in Trace Elliot ELF 120US's effects loop, clear of Trace Elliot ELF 120US's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
JHS 3 Series Delay
JHS Pedals
6% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep JHS 3 Series Delay in Trace Elliot ELF 120US's effects loop, clear of Trace Elliot ELF 120US's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop