Pedals that stack with the VHT D-50

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

Suhr Shiba Drive pushes a high gain tone 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)

Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive takes that high gain character and pushes it 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)

Feed a high gain signal into Cusack Music Screamer and it comes out closer to 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. (high gain → shimmer)

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress's shimmer voice goes after VHT D-50 in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with VHT D-50's own high gain character

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 → lush)

Put Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 in VHT D-50's effects loop, clear of VHT D-50'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. (high gain → lush)

TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb's ambient voice goes in VHT D-50's effects loop — it's not there to compete with VHT D-50's own high gain character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

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

Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio leans toward tight, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp