Pedals that stack with the Traynor YGL1

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

Stack Friedman BE-OD on top and a saturated tone tightens toward tight

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 → low gain)

Feed a edge of breakup signal into J. Rockett Archer and it comes out closer to low gain

Goes in front of the amp

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

Greer Southland takes that crunchy character and pushes it toward clean boost

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.

Run Orange Series Phaser after Traynor YGL1 in the signal chain, clear of Traynor YGL1's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

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

Traynor YGL1's own crunchy character is the real reason this is worth trying

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. (high gain → slapback)

MXR Analog Delay's warm voice goes in Traynor YGL1's effects loop — it's not there to compete with Traynor YGL1's own crunchy character — 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. (high gain → ambient)

Keep Traynor YGL1's crunchy voice out front: Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage Dual Reverb goes in Traynor YGL1's effects loop so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop