Truetone V3 Route 66 Overdrive

Marshall JTM45 45W Tube Guitar Amp Head

The Route 66's built-in compressor keeps the JTM45's vintage British breakup consistent instead of spiking with pick attack.

Synergy SL2 Module

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Synergy SL2 Module gives it high gain to fill it with

Friedman BE-Mini Head

Into a transparent tone, Friedman BE-Mini Head brings the high gain it's missing

Egnater Tweaker 88 Head

Egnater Tweaker 88 Head's low gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own

Ceriatone 2202H

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Ceriatone 2202H gives it high gain to fill it with

Friedman Jose LTD

Into a transparent tone, Friedman Jose LTD brings the high gain it's missing

Hughes & Kettner Warp 7

The transparent tone has headroom to spare — Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 gives it high gain to fill it with

Bad Cat Lynx 50

Into a transparent tone, Bad Cat Lynx 50 brings the high gain it's missing

Klon Centaur

Route 66's compressed, American-voiced overdrive stacks onto the Klon's midrange breakup for a rounder, country-tinged push.

Beetronics Nectar

The Route 66's compressed, American-rock drive gives the Nectar's boutique low-gain saturation a punchy amp-like voice to push into.

MXR Dyna Comp

Two compression-forward pedals stacked — the Dyna Comp's sustain ahead of the Route 66's own built-in compressor layers rather than doubles the effect.

Electro-Harmonix Bad

The Route 66's compressed, American-rock drive gives the Bad's resonant phase sweep a punchy signal to color.

Meris Polymoon

Keep the Polymoon after the Route 66 — the compressed, American-voiced drive stays intact and the delay's own modulated repeats trail behind it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Neunaber Wet Mono Reverb Pedal

Keep the Wet reverb after the Route 66 — the compressed, American-voiced drive stays intact and the reverb adds a muted, subtle tail. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Tone City Dry Martini

Into Truetone V3 Route 66 Overdrive, Tone City Dry Martini is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end

Fender Hammertone Overdrive

Fender Hammertone Overdrive is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Truetone V3 Route 66 Overdrive gives it exactly that