Pedals that stack with the Way Huge Swollen Pickle

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (scooped → mid-forward)

Put the Tube Screamer in front of the Swollen Pickle and its midrange bump keeps the woolly fuzz from turning to scooped mush.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)

The Swollen Pickle's woolly, scooped fuzz gives the Octahive's raw, thick octave buzz a genuinely different texture to layer with.

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Put Way Huge Swollen Pickle in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Comes earlier in the signal chain

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Way Huge Swollen Pickle layers fuzzy onto an already mid-forward signal

Comes earlier in the signal chain

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Way Huge Swollen Pickle stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Comes earlier in the signal chain

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Run mid-forward into Way Huge Swollen Pickle for more fuzzy on top

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Put Way Huge Swollen Pickle in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward fuzzy

Comes later in the signal chain

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Run mid-forward into Way Huge Swollen Pickle for more fuzzy on top

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Way Huge Swollen Pickle leans this transparent tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes earlier in the signal chain

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 Way Huge Swollen Pickle's fuzzy voice out front: MXR Dyna Comp Mini goes after Way Huge Swollen Pickle in the signal chain so its mid-forward voice doesn't muddy it

Comes later in the signal chain

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (scooped → mid-forward)

Run the Cory Wong before the Swollen Pickle for funky, punchy optical compression before that woolly, filtered fuzz kicks in.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Way Huge Swollen Pickle leans this transparent tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes earlier in the signal chain

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (mid-forward → fuzzy)

Way Huge Swollen Pickle stacks fuzzy on top of the mid-forward already here

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Way Huge Swollen Pickle leans this high headroom tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Way Huge Swollen Pickle leans this transparent tone toward fuzzy, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes earlier in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep the Mako D1 after the Swollen Pickle — the woolly, filtered fuzz stays thick and the delay's vintage-modulated repeats trail behind it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep Way Huge Swollen Pickle's fuzzy voice out front: Electro-Harmonix XO Deluxe Memory Man goes after Way Huge Swollen Pickle in the signal chain so its analog warmth voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain