Pedals that stack with the Traynor AM Standard
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All 7 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
ProCo RAT 2
Proco
32% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → low gain)
The RAT's dark, cutting distortion pushes the AM Standard's own natural, stereo practice clean into real gain.
Goes in front of the amp
Beetronics Swarm
Beetronics
29% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)
Push the AM Standard's natural, vocal-forward clean voice with the Swarm's own experimental fuzz and the two compound fast.
Goes in front of the amp
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz
Black Arts Toneworks
29% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → fuzzy)
Push the AM Standard's natural, vocal-forward clean voice with the LSTR's own scooped, sludgy fuzz and the two compound fast.
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Bad
Electro-Harmonix
17% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Ahead of the Bad, the AM Standard's natural, vocal-forward clean voice colors the signal before the modulation ever sweeps it.
Goes in front of the amp
Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro
Pigtronix
13% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (transparent → mid-forward)
Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Micro's own mid-forward character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini
Dunlop
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.
Dunlop MXR M299 Carbon Copy Mini is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Traynor AM Standard gives it exactly that — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Meris Polymoon
Meris
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.
Run the Polymoon in the AM Standard's loop for complex, modulated delay beyond the amp's own natural, stereo practice voicing. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop