Pedals that stack with the Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo

fills 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)

The YCV40's spring-reverbed, gigging-ready gain gives the VB-2W's liquid pitch-vibrato a lively amp voice to swirl through.

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 → low gain)

Push the YCV40's spring-reverbed, gigging-ready gain with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack instead of just adding volume.

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 → fuzzy)

The YCV40's spring-reverb, headroom-rich gain gives the LSTR's scooped, doom-voiced fuzz a versatile amp platform.

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)

Feed a high gain signal into Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo and it comes out closer to mid-forward

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 → fuzzy)

Run Beetronics Swarm into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward fuzzy

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an amp at the edge of breakupPushes an amp already sitting at the edge of breakup over the line. (edge of breakup → mid-forward)

Stack Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo on top and a edge of breakup tone tightens toward mid-forward

Goes in front of the amp

pushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (high gain → mid-forward)

Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo pushes a high gain tone toward mid-forward

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.

The YCV40's spring-reverbed, gigging-ready gain gives the Phase 90's sweep a lively signal to move through.

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)

What Wampler Mini Ego 76 Compressor brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

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 Binson Echorec Delay in Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo's effects loop, clear of Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo'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.

The Carbon Copy Mini's ambient slapback belongs in the YCV40's loop, clear of the amp's own spring-reverb, headroom-rich gain. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo leans toward spring, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo's own spring character is the real reason this is worth trying

Goes in front of the amp

Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo leans toward spring, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo leans toward spring, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

What Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo brings here leans toward spring — that's worth building a pairing around

Goes in front of the amp

Traynor YCV40 Custom Valve Combo leans toward spring, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp