Pedals that stack with the Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
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All 144 ranked by how well they pair, from rig co-occurrence and tone-complementarity evidence
Knight Audio Technologies Kat-STB
pedal
50% match“purpose-engineered for the specific interaction between Brian May's Red Special guitar (with its Burns Tri-Sonic pickups) and a cranked Vox AC30”— from the knight-audio-technologies-kat-stb listing
clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → high gain)
Goes in front of the amp
MXR Phase 90
MXR
44% matchUsed together by 1 artist
fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
The chiming AC30 and the Phase 90 are a documented classic-rock pairing, the amp's bright top end giving the phaser's sweep plenty of sparkle to move through.
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix XO Deluxe Memory Man
Electro-Harmonix
39% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
The AC30's bright, chiming sparkle suits the Memory Man's lush analog echo, both leaning into that classic British shimmer. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff
Electro-Harmonix
38% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Where this leans dark, Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp answers back bright
Goes in front of the amp
Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster
Dallas
38% matchUsed together by 1 artist
fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)
Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster's own germanium character is the real reason this is worth trying
Goes in front of the amp
Audiocade 1974 Colorsound Tremolo Clone
Audiocade
37% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
The Colorsound Tremolo's organic, vintage pulse adds motion to the AC30's bright, chiming sparkle.
Goes in front of the amp
Caroline Guitar Company Somersault
Caroline Guitar Company
37% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
The AC30's bright, chiming sparkle suits the Somersault's glitchy, boutique chorus, both leaning into that shimmer.
Goes in front of the amp
Greer Amps Royal Velvet
Greer
36% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (bright → smooth)
Greer Amps Royal Velvet leans smooth right where the bright tone needs it
Goes in front of the amp
Dunlop - MXR Carbon Copy Deluxe Analog Delay
Dunlop
36% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
The AC30's bright, chiming sparkle gives the Carbon Copy Deluxe's warm, stereo analog delay a bright amp voice to trail into. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
JHS Angry Charlie
JHS Pedals
36% matchclean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (transparent → high gain)
What JHS Angry Charlie brings here leans toward crunchy — that's worth building a pairing around
Goes in front of the amp
JHS PackRat 9-Way Rodent Distortion
JHS Pedals
35% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Run Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp after it and the dark edge settles into something more bright
Goes in front of the amp
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Analog Delay
Electro-Harmonix
35% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)
The AC30's bright, chiming British clean tone gives the Memory Boy's warm analog echo a genuinely classic amp voice to trail off against. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Caroline Guitar Company Icarus
Caroline Guitar Company
34% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)
The AC30's bright, chiming British clean tone gives the Icarus' warm germanium-silicon boost a genuinely classic amp voice to push into.
Goes in front of the amp
Boss DM-2 Delay
Boss
34% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
The AC30's bright, chiming British clean tone gives the DM-2's organic, lush echo a genuinely classic amp voice to trail off against. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Greer Relic
Greer
34% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Into the AC30's bright, chiming British breakup, the Relic's vintage germanium overdrive picks up real amp-driven sparkle.
Goes in front of the amp
MXR Analog Delay
MXR
32% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
MXR Analog Delay's warm character and Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp's bright voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Strymon Zelzah -Dimensional Phaser
Strymon
32% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
The AC30's bright, chiming British sparkle gives the Zelzah's own analog, stereo phase-chorus real shimmer to work with.
Goes in front of the amp
Fulltone OF-1 Octafuzz
pedal
32% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp's bright balances out the dark tone
Goes in front of the amp
Catalinbread Echorec
Catalinbread
31% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Run Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp after it and the dark edge settles into something more bright — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
FoxGear EchoSex
Foxgear
31% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp's own bright character is the real reason this is worth trying — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Firefly Cry Baby Wah
Dunlop
31% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Run Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp after it and the dark edge settles into something more bright
Goes in front of the amp
T-Rex Replica Delay
T Rex
30% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp leans bright right where the dark tone needs it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop
Donner Dark Mouse
Donner
30% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Where this leans dark, Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp answers back bright
Goes in front of the amp
Mr. Black Bloodmoon
Mr Black
30% matchfills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (dark → bright)
Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp leans bright right where the dark tone needs it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Sits in the amp's effects loop