Tonebox Recommended Pedals
Walrus Audio Slö
Walrus Audio’s Slö multi-texture reverb pedal is a boon for musicians who prefer to use reverb effects to add texture to their sound. This boutique guitar effects pedal ditches the ambient subtlety of most traditional reverbs and puts you in control of everything from lush auto swells to atmospheric octave effects. You can even throw in some modulation, of which the Slö has three wave shapes, to make the reverberation trails even more animated. Finally, the Slö has momentary switching capabilities so you can use the reverb effect to highlight specific notes.
Friedman Amplification BE-OD
The legendary tube amp tone of the Friedman BE-100 amplifier, bottled and sold in compact stompbox form. The BE-OD overdrive effects pedal from Friedman Amplification is a wide-range, British-flavored overdrive that can do subtle as well as it can do screaming high-gain saturation. Dedicated Volume, Gain, Tight, Presence, Bass, and Treble knobs give you the same level of tone-shaping power as the BE-100, while the BE-OD’s rugged construction means it can take all the abuse that touring can dish out.
Chase Bliss Audio Tonal Recall
The Tonal Recall will make you forget everything you know about an analog delay. Developed around a pair of reissued MN3005 bucket-brigade delay chips, this delay’s distinct analog character is at the forefront together with its velvety tape-like modulation. The Tonal Recall elaborates the classic vintage sounds reminiscent of yesteryear’s analog delays while delivering modern amenities like the ability to save presets, optional bypass with trails, tap tempo, and expression control over any parameter. Each switch and knob is connected to a small digital brain as your guitar signal remains 100% analog and not digitally processed.
Two Notes Torpedo C.A.B. M
Two Notes’ Torpedo C.A.B. M is a true cabinet in a box, giving you a direct line from your guitar rig to a PA system, mixer, or recording interface. A lot of things may change between each gig, from your backline to the room quality, but with the Torpedo C.A.B. M you can be sure your preferred tone will stay the same. The Torpedo C.A.B. M comes with a carefully curated selection of 32 of the most highly prized amp tones, plus you can load it with your own IR files.
Keeley D&M Drive
The brainchild of Keeley maestro Robert Keeley and That Pedal Show’s Dan Steinhardt and Mick Taylor, the dual-channel D&M Drive is effectively two pedals in one. One channel acts as a boutique-level high-gain overdrive while the other channel is an independent, highly-tweakable, and stackable boost. Each channel has its own Level, Gain, and Tone controls, plus you can choose which goes first: Drive or Boost. Whether you just want some extra dirt, a sweet sustain-heavy solo, or full-on fuzz-style noise, the D&M Drive can do the job.
Wampler Tumnus
Any conversation about legendary overdrive circuits will invariably include a mention of the Klon Centaur. Never one to shrink away from a stompbox challenge, Brian Wampler took the classic Klon sound and replicated it to create the Tumnus. You can use it as a standalone drive or dirty boost box. You can also stack it with another overdrive pedal to really push your amp to and beyond its breaking point. Whatever your rig and whatever genre you play in, you can find a place for the Tumnus on your pedalboard.
Drive Pedals
GOKKO SonicFuel
The SonicFuel Overdrive GK-20 guitar effects pedal from GOKKO packs highly versatile overdrive tones in its compact and budget-friendly chassis. Crank the Gain knob all the way up for silky smooth, compressed overdrive. You can also use the SonicFuel as a clean boost for supercharging your signal by up to 30dB. An active two-band EQ lets you boost or cut your treble and bass frequencies by up to 15dB either way, while a true bypass function keeps it whisper-quiet when not engaged.
Danelectro D-2 Fab Overdrive
It’s really easy to acquire seriously saturated tube amp overdrive sounds without having to sell off a kidney; just get a Danelectro Fab D-2 Overdrive guitar effect pedal. Its warm, sweet overdrive tones don’t cross the line into dirty distortion, making it a great addition to a blues-focused pedalboard. You can easily dial in the exact amount of crunch you need with the OD knob and play around with the Tone knob to find your tone’s sweet spot.
Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini
The Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini loads the iconic Tube Screamer sound into a tiny format that can easily fit on your pedalboard, regardless if you have a crazy guitar pedal addiction. With its expressive touch sensitivity and legendary midrange growl, guitarists of different styles will appreciate the Tube Screamer Mini. It comes in classic green paint with three simple controls to dial in a broad range of tones. Adding the Tube Screamer Mini to your rig will prime you for tonal excellence.
Source Audio L.A. Lady
The L.A. Lady Overdrive pedal from Source Audio boasts the archetypal tones of well over five decades of fuzz and overdrive technology. It gives you three exceptional overdrive tones, including a punchy drive synonymous with modern Texas blues, the coveted “Marshall in a box” sound, and a tube amp inspired engine yielding a range of drive levels, from chunky and warm low gain to squealing lead gain. The L.A. Lady Overdrive consists of Treble, Bass, Level, and Drive knobs.
Mosky Obsessive Overdrive
There’s no question which popular overdrive pedal budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Mosky Audio took its cues from when it designed the Obsessive Overdrive. Like the similarly-named boutique Fulltone drive stomp it’s based on, the Obsessive Overdrive comes with a two-position High Peak and Low Peak switch. The High Peak setting gives you more gain for a thick British-style crunch, while switching to Low Peak provides a more transparent overdrive that keeps your core tone intact.
Way Huge Supa Lead MkIII
The Way Huge Supa-Lead Overdrive is a dynamic, touch-sensitive pedal that cleans up instantly as you roll down your guitar volume control. Crafted to yield amp-esque crunch tones from a slightly dirty or clean amp, it creates a focused midrange grind with plenty of output volume to drive your amp over the edge. Utilize the large sweep of the Tone knob to capture the ideal warmth, and with the Gain control twisted up, you will achieve a sonically monstrous sound evocative of an exploding tube amp stack with hints of cone cry and enormous grain power saturation.
Ibanez JD9 Jet Driver
The Jet Driver from Ibanez creates a distinctive sound evocative of a high-quality, handmade effects pedal. It boasts a broad selection of drive control options. The Jet Driver carries Tone, Mid, Volume, and Drive knobs. The Mid knob is capable of creating a massive range of sounds from British heavy metal to American hard rock. The Jet Driver features true bypass switching, organic sound, large amounts of output volume, and is suitable for driving tube amps.
Amptweaker BigRock Pro
When Amptweaker released the iconic TightMetal Pro distortion pedal in 2013, it has garnered several requests for a two button Rock distortion. Boasting Smooth and Fat switches, the BigRock Pro can get every familiar tone from FatRock and TightRock pedals. What makes the BigRock Pro stand out among many distortion pedals with boost is its two Boost knobs, one after and one before the distortion, making it convenient to boost the volume and gain for a majestic solo tone.
Joyo Dr.J BLADEMASTER
Crisp, steady, and massive distortion tones are the stocks in trade of Joyo’s Dr. J D-58 Blademaster guitar effects pedal. With dedicated High, Mid, and Low knobs, the D-58 Blademaster comes packed with a ton of EQ controls. There’s also a two-way WOW switch that supercharges your signal with a fat low-end boost; perfect for cutting through the mix. Whether you play old school or new school metal, the D-58 Blademaster will be a powerful weapon in your arsenal.
Emerson Custom Pomeroy Black
With the Emerson Custom Pomeroy, you get an overdrive with flexible tonal shaping and powerful boost within a pedalboard-friendly, pure analog stompbox. The overdrive side features six clipping options that ensure the pedal will integrate seamlessly into any rig you are running. It also includes an active three-band equalizer for more tone shaping. Meanwhile, the Pomeroy’s boost side boasts up to 24dB of clean, full-range gain for driving your amp or getting louder in the mix.
Dophix David
Dophix’s David Distortion pedal is characterized by a powerful sound and character. The care exerted in the formation of the circuit and the sound’s warm characteristic make David Distortion a pedal with an extensive range of action both in the studio and live performances. The David Distortion consists of three controls that let you adjust the tone (GAS), volume, and gain. The front LED shows the effect activation status. The dynamic gain control enables you to achieve a broad range of distortions from a slight crunch to high gain.
Ibanez Hand-Wired Tube Screamer
The iconic Ibanez Tube Screamer, in its different forms and versions, has become a staple in mini studios, bedrooms, on arena stages, and pedalboards across the globe. Its signature warm overdrive sound is a must for many players, from newbies to advanced. It gets more exciting with the launch of the TS808HW, a handcrafted deluxe Tube Screamer developed with pro musicians in mind. The TS808HW comes in a durable metal chassis, with select JRC4558D chips similar to the revered TS808.
JHS Pedals Ruby Red
Designed alongside artist/producer Butch Walker, who is a JHS Pedals user himself, the Ruby Red squeezes a powerful boost and the renowned Super Bolt overdrive into a convenient pedal. The Ruby Red consists of Boost, Drive, Tone, and Volume knobs, as well as a + toggle and an order toggle for selecting the order of effects. Walker wanted a pedal that can do anything in the most convenient way possible, and with the Ruby Red, he owns one now.
Electro-Harmonix Op-amp Big Muff Pi
Op-Amp Big Muffs from the late ‘70s may be selling for about half a kidney right now, but you can still get that massive, crushing Big Muff sound for way less via the Op-Amp Big Muff Pi. This compact and affordable reissue uses op-amps rather than transistors to create that signature crunch popularized by Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and James Iha on the Siamese Dream album. Control the fuzz texture via dedicated Volume, Tone, and Sustain knobs and use the tone bypass toggle for maximum aggression.
MXR Slash Octave Fuzz
Two timeless and iconic rock music icons—MXR and Slash—have joined forces to build the Slash Octave Fuzz. It boasts a searing Fuzz tone combined with an independent Sub Octave voice and Octave Up Fuzz for beefing up your sound with a sinister growl. It includes an arsenal of internal and external controls. The Slash Octave Fuzz comes with a distressed hot-rod paint job and special Slash artwork. It features true hardwire bypass, pure analog circuitry, and solid construction.
smallsound/bigsound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine
The Team Awesome Fuzz Machine by Smallsound/Bigsound has been designed for low-end heaviness featuring the capability to slice through a mix to maintain your guitar’s pick attack while yielding an extremely saturated fuzz tone or achieve a mild background fuzz behind your primary keyboard sound. The Team Awesome Fuzz Machine excels at flexibility and fitting in with virtually any instrument in just about any musical setting. The thick, gnarly fuzz is nicely complemented by a quite gritty clean blend that preserves the low end you need.
Way Huge Russian Pickle
The Russian-Pickle Fuzz by Way Huge gives you smooth, creamy fuzz tones with a clear midrange to slice through the mix and a thick bottom end that makes your sound full and fat. Featuring a no-frills interface consists of Distortion, Volume, and Tone controls, you may conveniently dial in your sound and start playing. Bassists need to remember that the Russian-Pickle Fuzz has enough low end to tremble the universe. Whether you want a raw two-piece garage rock, swinging stoner grooves, or 90s grunge, this pedal will be a celebrated addition to your pedalboard.
JHS Pedals Pollinator V2
A fuzz circuit boasting adequate control to realize the classic fuzz tone in your imagination. The Pollinator V2 includes true germanium transistors and upgraded controls from the first version. JHS Pedals updated the Volume knob for more headroom and overall power. The Fuzz and Volume controls work in tandem to provide you with a hive-full of tones. If you are big on vintage fuzz and the unparalleled touch sensitivity, response, and tone offered by authentic Germanium fuzz, the Pollinator V2 is an excellent choice.
Mosky BROWN Distortion
Mosky Audio’s Brown distortion guitar effects pedal is a versatile dirt stomp built to grind your signal into the classic “brown sound.” It’s highly tweakable, with two separate tone controls that act as a two-knob parametric EQ for precise tone shaping. The Gain dial goes from low-gain early rock to modern high-gain dirt. The Brown pedal also comes with a Vintage/Modern voicing switch that lets you choose between a darker vintage sound and a brighter, more modern tone.
JHS Pedals Milkman
The Milkman is a convenient two-in-one pedal with a tiny footprint that easily fits into your rig. It is a collaborative concept between JHS Pedals’ Josh Scott and Milkman Sound’s Tim Marcus, aiming to build a pedal that serves up an echo/slap delay and boost which can double as an always-on enhancer. If you play rockabilly, surf, country, swing, or just about any other style of good old American twang, then you need to get your hands on the Milkman.
MOSKY DELUXE PREAMP
The Deluxe Preamp low to medium gain overdrive from budget guitar effects pedal brand Mosky Audio lets you dial in everything from extremely subtle overdrive right up to a mild, tasteful distortion thanks to its built-in boost circuit. It also one-ups the pedal it’s based on–the Love Pedal Amp Eleven, which itself is a combo of Love Pedal’s OD11 and COT50 stomps–by giving adding four distinct voicings to the overdrive section and two to the boost section.
Mooer Flex Boost
The Flex Boost guitar effects pedal from budget stomp master Mooer packs a lot of extra gain in its tiny, pocket-sized chassis. Use it to push a clean amp into warm overdrive territory or use the extra muscle to push and overdriven amp’s front end even further down the road into full-on distortion. The Mooer Flex Boost also comes with its own Treble and Bass EQ micro knobs to give you even more tone-shaping options.
Xotic Super Sweet
Like its close cousin, the Super Clean buffer, the Super Sweet boost pedal from boutique guitar effects stompbox company Xotic is built around a top of the line preamp that harnesses the legendary power of a JRC4558 chip. It delivers up to 20dB of highly dynamic and extremely transparent clean boost that fully retains articulation even as it pushes your signal well above the mix. The Super Sweet also features four side-mounted dip switches that let you shape your tone further.
Walrus Audio DEFCON4
Underneath the wicked cool War Games-inspired ‘80s chassis design of the DEFCON 4 lies a super versatile preamp, three band EQ, and boost pedal that makes switching instruments mid-set a breeze. This collaborative effort from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Walrus Audio and musician Ryan Adams lets you cut and boost your low, mid, and high bands plus shape the mid cut even further with a parametric EQ. It also comes with up to 10dB of MOSFET-powered boost and internal mid EQ trim pots for even more precise tone sculpting.
MOSKY DELUXE PREAMP
The Deluxe Preamp low to medium gain overdrive from budget guitar effects pedal brand Mosky Audio lets you dial in everything from extremely subtle overdrive right up to a mild, tasteful distortion thanks to its built-in boost circuit. It also one-ups the pedal it’s based on–the Love Pedal Amp Eleven, which itself is a combo of Love Pedal’s OD11 and COT50 stomps–by giving adding four distinct voicings to the overdrive section and two to the boost section.
Tom’sline Vacuum Stack
Capture the classic hot tube powered distortion tone of a valve combo amp without having to lug around a giant stack of amps with the Vacuum Stack, a valve stack simulator stompbox from budget guitar effects pedal maker Tomsline. You get three distinct voicings: a full-bodied Fat mode, a Normal mode, and a juiced-up Boost mode. The Vacuum Stack features Tomsline’s patented stop bar design to keep your foot from messing up the pedal’s settings when you stomp on it.
MOOER 012 US Gold 100
Mooer Audio’s Micro Preamp line of guitar effects pedals is all about giving shoestring budget shoegazers easy and affordable access to the legendary tones served up by classic and boutique amp models. The Mooer 012 US Gold serves up the tight low end and superior articulation of a Friedman Brown Eye 100. It comes with two switchable channels as well as volume, gain, bass, mid, and treble controls. It also features a cab sim on and off switch.
MOOER 020 Blueno
Mooer Audio’s Micro Preamp line of guitar effects pedals is all about giving shoestring budget shoegazers easy and affordable access to the legendary tones served up by classic and boutique amp models. The Mooer 020 Blueno, in particular, is based on the incredibly rare and expensive Bruno Underground 30 custom amp. It comes with two channels as well as volume, gain, low, mid, and high controls. It also features a cab sim on and off switch.
Electro-Harmonix Battalion
The rugged, versatile, and 100% all-analog Battalion Bass Preamp and DI is an essential addition to any bass player’s pedalboard. Its powerful tone-shaping features include a four-band equalizer with dedicated Bass, Lo Mid, Mid, and Treble controls; a compressor for extra fat sound and lengthy sustain; a noise gate with adjustable threshold control; a MOSFET distortion section that can dish out a wide variety of bass-optimized distortion effects and has its own footswitch; and more.
Koogo Holy War
Fully gaining and boosting the metal’s distortion degree. The Holy War pedal by Koogo possesses a distinct and powerful distortion effect. It consists of Dist, Tone, and Volume knobs, as well as a toggle switch that allows you to choose from Lo Boost, Boost Off, or Hi Boost mode. It boasts a well-built quality. Whole metal shell, durable and stable. The Holy War also includes an LED indicator that shows you the working state and true bypass that gives transparent tone.
Vox Flat 4 Boost
The Flat 4 Boost from Vox is a vacuum tube booster you can utilize for a treble-boost, mid-boost, and overdrive, besides a full-range boost. It features a Baxandall tone circuit that enables the adjustment from a flat position to your preferred cut or boost range. Increasing the gain will slowly apply a low cut, providing you with an overdrive sound evocative of iconic vintage tones. A separate mid-boost switch allows you to change the mid-range response, which is suitable for playing lead. The Flat 4 Boost is perfect for blues guitarists looking to emphasize their picking nuances.
Animals Vintage Van Driving is Very Fun
Animals Pedal’s Vintage Van Overdrive/Boost Pedal is an extremely versatile stompbox that you can use for a quick, clean boost or add some medium-gain overdrive dirt to your sound with a single flick of a toggle switch. Under the OD mode, you can make even an amp at moderate levels sound like its tubes are being driven to the max, while in Boost mode you can use it to give your digital or tube amp a rich, full push. The Vintage Van Overdrive/Boost Pedal features artwork by Jonas Claesson and comes with true-bypass switching.
Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster
The Pickup Booster pedal from Seymour Duncan is for those instances when you need to slice through the mix with more clarity, be a little louder, or play a song with a unique humbucker tone on a single-coil instrument. It is crafted to boost your signal without affecting your sound’s character while letting you widen your tone using the Resonance Switch. This true bypass pedal boasts a class A, low-noise circuit design. It excels at highlighting your guitar’s organic tone while adding some beef and muscle.
Moog Minifooger Boost
If you are longing for that indescribable extra bump to pep up your tone, then the Moog MF Boost Minifooger might be the ingredient your bass, guitar, or keyboard rig is missing. You can use it as a dirty or clean boost pedal. Two selectable signal paths with natural compression provide you with exceptional tonal options. The MF Boost Minifooger is perfect for keyboards, bass, guitar, and more. It features true bypass switching that protects your tone and runs on an optional power supply or standard 9V batteries.
T-Rex Bass Juice
Rekindle the joys of injecting juice to your sound with the Bass Juice by T-Rex Engineering. It serves up organic distortion specifically designed for bass. When in normal mode (boost function off), you get an excellent sustain with big bottom and rich creamy overtones. Engaging the boost function takes you to fuzztone heaven. The Bass Juice consists of controls for Gain, Mix, Level, and Tone. The Mix knob allows you to add the perfect amount of distortion to your natural tone.
Modulation Pedals
MXR Analog Chorus
The MXR M234 Analog Chorus is capable of delivering your desired classic chorus effects. This pure analog device leverages bucket-brigade circuitry to give you classically rich, liquid textures you cannot achieve with digital circuitry. It carries Depth, Rate, and Level knobs, as well as controls for cutting Low and High frequencies, giving you superior control over your sound. As with other MXR pedals, the Analog Chorus is packaged in a sturdy chassis with high-quality switches and jacks for durability.
EBS Uni-Chorus
Suitable for bass, guitar, or whatever you play, the UniChorus by EBS provides you with a sort of quality modulation effects you would expect from an expensive unit of EBSOC studio gear. It makes dialing your sound a breeze. It carries a three-way switch that allows you the choice between low noise studio-quality Flange, Chorus, and Pitch Modulation effects, letting you craft effects ranging from surf rock vibratos to classic Hendrix-style flange. You only need two knobs to select the depth and rate of the modulation.
Digitech Mosaic
Adding the DigiTech Mosaic to your pedalboard lets you produce lush 12-string sounds with your 6-string amplified acoustic or electric guitar. The Mosaic achieves that by generating doubled high strings and octave low strings that inspire your guitar tone with an extraordinary polyphonic richness and crisp shimmer. The pedal consists of Tone and Level knobs that give you full control over the 12-string effect. You will be amazed by the resonance, richness, and celestial movement the Mosaic brings to your guitar tone.
JAM Pedals Ripply Fall Bass
Following years of promoting the Ripple and WaterFall as a match made in heaven, Jam Pedals set out to offer both pedals, packed side-by-side, within one chassis—the Ripply Fall Bass. The WaterFall and Ripple still function as standalone units, but Jam Pedals incorporated several additional features. The combination of both pedals creates a rich and deep modulation making up for some excellent contemporary UniVibe tones. Engaging the middle footswitch lets you discover uncharted territories.
Eden I90 Bass Chorus
Specially crafted for bass instruments, the Eden i90 Bass Chorus Pedal delivers a professional chorus which allows you to dial in different high definition chorus effects. It consists of interactive Depth and Speed knobs that allow you to easily find various chorus styles. The Low Cut control also lets you select where in your sound chorus is applied to direct the effect in your preferred area. The i90 Bass Chorus is constructed rugged to Eden specs and standards and features balanced and unbalanced outputs.
Morley Stereo Chorus Volume
Almost every acoustic guitar player’s pedalboard has a volume pedal and a chorus pedal. Morley combines these two essentials into one handy pedal designed specifically for acoustic guitarists: the SCV Stereo Chorus Volume. The SCV Stereo Chorus Volume lets you use its volume control and chorus effect individually or together, plus it has dual outputs for true stereo output. It also sports Morley’s electro-optical circuit design, so you won’t ever have to worry about wearing down the pedal’s pots.
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Bass Envelope Filter
The Soundblox Pro Bass Envelope Filter by Source Audio is a revision of its famed predecessor, the Soundblox BEF. In this Pro variant, you can select from four distinct modulation sources, including a passive expression pedal, selectable LFO waveforms, the Hot Hand motion-sensing ring, and standard envelope filter sweeps. You may use the expression pedal input to control filter modulation similar in a standard wah pedal or various parameters including effect selection, sweep range, LFO speed, etc.
EBS Bass IQ
The BassIQ by EBS is an analog envelope filter pedal activated by the notes you play. It delivers the most responsive and funkiest sounds within a stompbox. From classic auto-wah to your distinct space-bass or “Funkadelic” sound, the BassIQ does it all. It includes controls for attack and threshold, and operates in three separate modes—Up, Down, and Hi-Q. The BassIQ contains multiple trim pots, including a dynamic high-pass filter mix-in, high-pass filter mix-in, and gain trimmer.
CNZ Audio Crush Bit
The CNZ Audio Crush Bit Guitar Effects Pedal offers tremendous classic sine wave bit crushing effects. It features a triple Toggle switch that you can utilize to change between three unique settings. Every setting has its frequency range, selecting between low, mid, and high. An extensive range of bit crushing sounds can be found between these settings. The pedal carries a Crush knob for adjusting the Crush effect’s tone, Filter knob for controlling the amount of distortion from the pedal, and Mix knob for adjusting the pressure effect in your sound.
Electro Harmonix Attack Decay
Electro-Harmonix’s original ‘80s-era Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator pedal has become a much sought-after stompbox due to the control it gave musicians over the notes they play. The new version of this classic guitar effects pedal faithfully recreates the tape reversing, volume swelling, and note-cutting capabilities of its predecessor, plus it introduces a new Poly mode that adds volume envelopes to each individual note you play. Also included are an expression pedal jack, three user presets, and more.
Pigtronix Resotron Tracking Filter
The Pigtronix Resotron Tracking Filter takes vintage 70s analog synth sounds into the present world of envelope pedals for keyboard, bass, guitar, and beyond. Its pitch-following ability enables the filter to adjust automatically based on the notes you play, much like a vintage analog synthesizer. The Resotron features Up and Down envelope modes for traditional velocity-sensitive filter movement responsive to your string attack. All that and more endeared Resotron to keyboardists, guitarists, bassists, and synth nerds.
Alexander Pedals Syntax Error
Send your sound back in time to the 8-bit era and beyond with the Syntax Error, Alexander Pedals’ time and pitch modulating pedal that comes packed with a cubic distortion algorithm. As part of Alexander Pedals’ NEO line, the Syntax Error can hold up to four presets by itself and up to 16 with a compatible MIDI controller and lets you precisely sweep through two different effects settings with an expression pedal or a momentary foot switch.
Source Audio Mercury
The Mercury Flanger from Source Audio serves up three types of flanger, namely Thru-Zero Flange, Classic Flange, and an extremely resonant flanger called Shadow Flange. In the Classic mode, you get a dramatic and deep effect in the style of vintage flanger pedals. The Thru-Zero or “Tape Flange” dramatically provides a discernible twisting effect that happens when modulating and dry signals reach their intersection point. The Mercury Flanger also carries a Delay knob for exploring the marvelous cosmic space between flanger and chorus.
MXR EVH Flanger
It is common knowledge that the MXR Flanger was behind the timeless Van Halen tunes “And The Cradle Will Rock” and “Unchained.” You can already grab a piece of that iconic tone with the Eddie Van Halen Flanger from MXR. It boasts the exact bucket-brigade technology that gave the original’s sweeping, whooshing magic. It also carries an EVH Switch that immediately calls up Eddie’s Unchained sound with the similar Speed, Width, Manual, and Regeneration settings he utilized to achieve an iconic guitar tone.
TC Electronic Vortex
The Vortex Flanger by TC Electronic brings flanging to a different dimension. It consists of controls for Delay Time, Feedback, Depth, and Speed, taking you through an extensive range of flanging, from subtle to jet engine extremes. Its innovative Feedback knob lets you dial in both negative and positive feedback for very different tone styles. It also includes a toggle switch for choosing from vintage tape-esque warble to modern flanging. Set the toggle switch in the center position to access a TonePrint flanger style.
Mad Professor Double Moon
The Double Moon from Mad Professor is a true modulation effects workhorse powered analog bucket brigade signal paths. Compact and highly versatile, this guitar effects pedal comes packed with 11 different takes on tonal oscillation, from a sweet, subtle chorus to jet engine flange. Choose your modulation mode with the rotary dial then fine-tune the flavor with the dedicated Control knob. Speed, Depth, and Tone controls round out the Double Moon’s full complement of tone-shaping tools.
Koogo Mod Digital
The Mod Digital pedal from Koogo allows you to enjoy eleven distinct modulation effects—A.FILTER, B.TREMOLO, O.TREMOLO, PHASER, VIBRATO, U.VIBRATO, JET, S.CHORUS, T.CHORUS, P.FLANGER, and N.FLANGER. It is a fantastic pedal, leveraging a 32-bit high-performance DSP chip. Every tone is comparable. A range of modulation effects imparts musical color to your sound. The Mod Digital also consists of three function knobs labeled as Depth, Speed, and Level for setting the depth, speed, and level of the effect respectively.
NUX MOD Core DELUXE
The Mod Core Deluxe from NUX is a pro-quality modulation effects pedal featuring eight modulation effects (Phaser, Chorus, Pan, Flanger, Tremolo, U-vibe, Rotary, and Vibrato) with two kinds of algorithms suiting the needs of every musician for sound enhancement and colorization. Add-in Depth and Rate controls to adjust the primary parameters and Tweak knob to set relevant parameters for every effect, and you get more tone-sculpting possibilities compared to other modulation pedals. The Mod Core Deluxe includes a tone lock function to prevent improper operation.
JAM Pedals Ripply Fall Bass
Following years of promoting the Ripple and WaterFall as a match made in heaven, Jam Pedals set out to offer both pedals, packed side-by-side, within one chassis—the Ripply Fall Bass. The WaterFall and Ripple still function as standalone units, but Jam Pedals incorporated several additional features. The combination of both pedals creates a rich and deep modulation making up for some excellent contemporary UniVibe tones. Engaging the middle footswitch lets you discover uncharted territories.
Xvive V6 Phaser King
The 100% analog Phaser King from budget guitar effects maker Xvive is a bit of an odd duck, what with its 18v power requirement. The Phaser King’s tone, however, makes the power requirement completely worth it, as it delivers thick phaser sweeps reminiscent classic 10-stage phasers like the venerable MXR Phase 100 and the legendary Boss PH-2. The Phaser King also comes with an amazingly wide speed range, so you can dial in everything from slow-mo airplane takeoffs to almost vibrato-ish fast wobbles.
EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter V3
The Grand Orbiter 4-stage phaser pedal from EarthQuaker Devices is a phase-head’s wet dream. Four dedicated control knobs give extreme tone-sculpting flexibility, and that’s not even mentioning the Phase/Vibrato toggle switch and the three-way mode selector. The former lets you use the Grand Orbiter as a phaser or as a true-pitch vibrato. With the latter, you can get a slow sweep mode, a fixed resonant filter mode that kills the low-frequency oscillation (LFO), and a fast sweep mode.
Source Audio Soundblox2 Orbital Modulator
Boasting a diverse sound palette, the Source Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator is an ultra-compact, versatile, and sturdy multi-effects pedal. It features a dynamic arsenal of precision-engineered flanger, tremolo, chorus, and phaser effects. Nine adjustable parameters, twelve effect types, and internal/external modulation control elevate it way beyond the sonic limitations of old-school modulation pedals. The Orbital Modulator’s rack-mount power gives you infinite modulation possibilities, including variable notch phasers, rotary speaker simulation, through zero flange, multi-voiced choruses, and many more.
MOOER Phaser Player
Budget stompbox company Mooer gives the classic phaser pedal a unique spin with the Phaser Player guitar effects pedal. It features three different phaser sounds: a classic phaser effect; a repeating, sample and hold type of phaser; and a phaser with manual wah-like sweeping. Tiny as it is, the Phaser Player also acts as its own expression pedal. It actually has three activation modes: normal latching footswitch, momentary footswitch, and a hybrid mode combining the first two. Not bad for a stompbox you can put in your pocket.
MOOER Mod Factory MKII
If modulation effects are what you’re looking for, you won’t go wrong with the Mod Factory MKII guitar effects pedal. This tiny wonder from budget-priced stomp creator Mooer packs 11 distinct modulation effects into its tiny, pedalboard-friendly chassis. It lets you dial in everything from a watery chorus to a dynamic auto wah and through to an extreme envelope ring effect. Three control knobs give you enough flexibility to create a wide range of lush sonic soundscapes for each effect mode.
NUX Monterey Vibe
Devised to reproduce the iconic 60s and 70s psychedelic rock guitar sound, the Monterey Vibe boasts all the classic Uni-vibe style selections: Rotary-Speaker, Chorus, and Phaser pedal. NUX revamped the vintage four-stage phaser circuit by replacing it with a revolutionary 32-Bit floating DSP for processing its custom algorithm. The Monterey Vibe produces a distinctive effect tone; a combination of rotary, chorus, phaser, and tremolo. You can find this unique tone in Robin Trower’s “Bridge of Sighs,” Pink Floyd’s “Breathe,” and the haunting audio mood for Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun.”
MOOER Mod Factory Pro
The award-winning Mod Factory Pro is a massive step up from the Mod Factory MKII. It comes loaded with 16 modulation effects ranging from essentials like a chorus and a phaser through to the more far-out effects such as ring modulators and lo-fi filters. Each of its two modulation engines has its own footswitch, letting you mix and match them to your liking. The Mod Factory Pro also features tap tempo, expression pedal support, and true stereo output.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Whitecap
Fusing a multi-shape digital tap tremolo and three-control analog tremolo, the Whitecap by Old Blood Noise Endeavors allows you to discover unique tremolo textures by blending both sounds in parallel or series. Slow ramps, rapid chops, phase flipped undulations, smooth sines, textural rhythmic drifts, and asynchronous modulations—the Whitecap has them all. The analog tremolo includes volume, depth, and rate controls, while the digital tremolo features depth, volume, and rate knobs, along with five selectable waveforms and tap tempo.
EarthQuaker Devices Night Wire V2
From subtle, shimmering tones to intense throbs and thumps, the sky is the limit when it comes to the tremolo effects you can coax out of the Night Wire harmonic tremolo guitar effects pedal. Mindblowing push and pull effects are achieved with ease via the Night Wire’s high-low signal splitting function and an LFO split 180 degrees. For V2, EarthQuaker Devices added improved low-noise circuitry and Flexi-Switch capability for using the footswitch as both a latching and a momentary-type switch.
Chase Bliss Audio Gravitas
The Chase Bliss Audio Gravitas is not your dime-a-dozen tremolo pedal. It can create a beautiful and unique tremolo sound that sits well in a mix. Boasting dual tremolo modes, discrete class A clean boost circuit, and famous Analog Devices AD823 op-amps for superior analog warmth and tonal clarity, the Gravitas is capable of things you have not heard a tremolo do. To control the boost circuit’s gain, adjust the DRIVE knob to your liking. You can run the Gravitas at 18V rather than the standard 9V if you seek more headroom and output out of it.
Mooer Trelicopter
An impressive, expressive, and wide-ranging optical tremolo effect packed into a stompbox literally small enough to put in your pocket. The Trelicopter from budget guitar effects pedal maker Mooer manages to conjure up a gentle, natural tremolo that hews close to a classic Fender tremolo sound. Mooer also threw in a Bias control knob that lets you adjust the clipping waveform’s hardness or softness as well as a true bypass function. Small, versatile, and highly musical; a great addition to your pedalboard.
Electro-Harmonix Worm
All sorts of wriggling and writhing modulation madness have been packed into the sturdy, pedalboard-friendly chassis of Electro-Harmonix’s Worm pedal. This all-analog multi-effects stompbox features wah, phaser, tremolo, and vibrato effects. Pick a modulation effect with the four-way Mode dial then use the sweepable Range and Rate knobs to access a breadth of highly musical effect tones. The Worm also has a two-position toggle that lets you choose between auto modulation sweeping and manual or expression pedal control.
TC Electronic Tailspin
The Tailspin Vibrato by TC Electronic serves up a ton of gorgeously-vintage vibrato tones within a stompbox. Boasting a pure analog, bucket-brigade design, the Tailspin Vibrato gives you anything from pitch-bendy, warped-vinyl tones to gentle wobbles to incredibly smooth slow or fast whirling-speaker organ sounds. A durable metal enclosure with dedicated Output, Input, and True Bypass indicates that the Tailspin Vibrato is both pedalboard-friendly and roadworthy. Grab one now for wave after wave of vintage goodness.
TC Electronic Dreamscape
Craft unique effects for your electric guitar with the Dreamscape John Petrucci Signature Modulation Pedal from TC Electronic. Leveraging TC Electronic’s revered TonePrint technology, John tailored six distinct tones for the Dreamscape. You get flanger, chorus, and vibrato effects, along with a custom voicing switch that provides you with the “dark” feel of John’s chorus sounds. Since it is a TonePrint unit, you may add new effects presets whenever you desire. It consists of controls for Speed, Depth, and FX Level.
Danelectro DJ-15 Chicken Salad Vibrato Mini
With psychedelic swirling speaker vibrato effects ripped straight from the ‘60s, the Danelectro DJ-15 Chicken Salad Vibrato will have your tone doing the funky chicken in no time flat. This budget-priced pedal packs a serious UniVibe punch thanks to a lightbulb and photoresistor design based on the same circuitry powering that legendary guitar effect pedal. You get three-dimensional, way-out-there swirls with just the right touch of off-kilter weirdness. Funky fresh and great vibes all around.
Alexander Pedals Wavelength
The Wavelength is a massively versatile digital modulation machine in one small, stompable package. The Wavelength has six distinct modulation engines—textured tremolo, bright chorus, eight-stage phaser, flexible flanger, photocell- and lamp-style vibrato, and resonant low-pass filter—all controllable via a customizable LFO. As a NEO pedal, the Wavelength can store up to four presets and up to 16 presets via a MIDI controller. Plug a foot switch into the multi-jack, and you can seamlessly sweep through two different effects settings.
ZVex Vibrophase
The Vibrophase is actually based on a candle-powered vibrato / phaser machine called the Candela that Zvex mastermind Zachary Vex created a few years back. Fans loved the Candela’s swirling sounds, so Zvex created the Vibropahse. From classic analog phase to Uni-vibe textures and otherworldly pulses, the Vibrophase’s sonic palette is pure bliss. Zvex’s Vexter line of silk-screened pedals feature the exact same tone, features, and parts as their hand-painted counterparts. The only differences are the painting process and the price. The more “standard” vertical orientation of the Vibrophase Vertical also makes it easier to slot this pedal into your pedalboard.
Digitech Mini Whammy Ricochet
The DigiTech Whammy Ricochet allows you to bounce your playing up/down in pitch in crazy or controlled shifts. The adjustable independent rise and fall time ballistics and momentary switch give you that familiar Whammy action without the use of a treadle. Simply press your foot on the footswitch and let the Ricochet take charge. You can pick from seven pitch selections: Double Octave, Octave+Dry, Octave, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 7th. The Whammy Ricochet also features a latching footswitch mode and LED ladder that displays your shift trajectory.
EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle V2
EarthQuaker Devices has released single-dial stompboxes before, but for the Tentacle analog octave up guitar effects pedal, they scrapped even that single control knob and left only a footswitch. It’s all that it needs, really; the Tentacle does one thing—give you direct standalone access to the octave up effect found in the Hoof Reaper pedal—and does it extremely well. Tentacle V2 introduces Flexi-Switch capability, meaning you can engage the octave up effect with a standard tap on the switch ala latching footswitches or hold it down and release like a momentary-type switch.
Greer Amps Super Hornet
Based on the famous FOXX Tone Machine, the Super Hornet by Greer Amps is a shop favorite regarding fuzz and all things octave. Greer Amps has taken the fundamental building blocks of the original circuit, modified it, added some special flavor in the design by leveraging NOS BC-107B transistors, and placed an extra feature in the mix. The Super Hornet is constructed with a familiar interface of Fuzz, Volume, and Tone controls with a dual-mode switch. The Stinger switch enables momentary octave when you engage the fuzz.
JOYO XVI
The Joyo R-013 XVI polyphonic octave guitar effects pedal adds meat to your sound by layering on an extra octave and sub-octave. It tracks notes fast, comes with a dry mix knob, and has independent volume controls for the extra octaves for complete tonal control. A warbling, wriggling chorus/trem-like modulation effect opens up even more sonic soundscapes to explore. The R-13 XVI is an R Series pedal, meaning it also has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
Voodoo Lab Proctavia
Octavia is a fuzz that produces the octave doubling effect (an octave up) popularized by Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix. The Proctavia from Voodoo Lab is an exacting clone of an iconic Octave pedal, the unit utilized by SRV, and regarded as the most desirable by vintage collectors. It features the same transformer-coupled output stage, germanium diodes, and transistors as the real circuit to create the intense distortion and high octave sound heard on several famous recordings.
Walrus Audio Descent
Walrus Audio’s Descent pedal is a three-mode reverb unit that lets you switch between Hall, Reverse, and Shimmer modes. Were it really gets interesting is that you can also mix in +1 and -1 octaves into each mode’s reverb effect. Hall mode can let you smoothly transition between small room and large hall echoes, Reverse mode comes with pre-delay time controls, and Shimmer mode brings the octave mix to the forefront to create a shimmering wall of reverberating sound.
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Electro-Harmonix #1 Echo
The #1 Echo guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix is a no-frills, no-nonsense digital delay that can dish out up to two seconds of warm, high-quality, analog-voiced signal decay. Intuitive controls let you easily dial in the perfect delay for your sound. You can set the speed and number of repeats with the Feedback dial, while the Blend control knob lets you finetune how your wet and dry signals mix together. Classic delay sounds are a single stomp away with the #1 Echo.
Wampler Ethereal
Boutique guitar effects pedal maker Wampler set out to create an excellent ambient pedal that didn’t require three master’s degrees and a stack of manuals to use, and they succeeded with the Ethereal reverb and delay stomp. No crazy knobs, switches, or sliders, just clear, well-defined pots that let you dial in a wide range of heavenly ambient reverberations. And here’s a secret: the Ethereal has two delays inside it that let you come up with some really crazy sounds.
Eventide PitchFactor Harmonizer
Studio-quality pitch shifting laid right at your feet! Eventide’s PitchFactor effects pedal brings together 10 unique pitch and delay effects in one highly versatile and extremely tweakable stompbox: Diatonic, Quadravox, HarModulator, MicroPitch, H910/H949, PitchFlex, Octaver, Crystals, HarPeggiator, and Synthonizer. The PitchFactor also features 100 onboard presets (unlimited if you have a MIDI controller), MIDI controller support, MIDI clock sync, tap tempo, expression pedal support, true bypass, and more. Plug in any instrument or a mic and get pro-level pitch-shifting, anytime, anywhere.
Tom’sline APE3S Michael Angelo Batio
The versatile Digital Delay is another pedal in budget guitar effects pedal maker Tomsline’s series of Michael Angelo Batio signature stomps. Built to the exacting specifications of the man known as the fastest guitarist of all time, the Digital Delay comes with three distinct delay modes—Echo, Mod, and Normal—as well as a super long max delay time of 838ms. The Digital Delay features Tomsline’s patented stop bar design to keep your foot from messing up the pedal’s settings when you stomp on it.
ammoon Mosky DTC
Ammoon’s DTC multi-effects unit is a budget-friendly four-in-one stompbox that combines three different effects with an effects loop function. Even if you don’t count the effects loop as an effect, the four-in-one designation still kinda works since the distortion section is actually split into two voicings: a vintage-leaning Crunch-style sound and a more modern high-gain tone based on the Riot. The DTC also comes with an overdrive section based on the TS9 Tube Screamer and a delay with a range of 25ms to 600ms.
MOOER Ocean Machine
The Ocean Machine is the stompbox equivalent of a Swiss army knife. You get a 60-second looper, nine distinct reverb types, and two independent delays with a total of 17 different delay effects. This multi-effects monster is the brainchild of budget stompbox maker Mooer and self-confessed multitrack aficionado/metal maestro Devin Townsend, so you’ll definitely find some of the spaciest and craziest delay tones you’ve ever come across on the Ocean Machine. It’s a knob-twiddler’s dream instrument.
Koogo Digital Reverb
The Koogo Digital Reverb is a fantastic pedal. Digital circuit design and a collection of reverberation effect inject some musical color to your tone. The Digital Reverb comes in classic compact size, sturdy and convenient. It includes an LED indicator displaying the working state and true bypass switch that allows your instrument’s signal to pass through a non-electronic bypass line while the effect is detached. A toggle switch lets you select between Shimmer, Spring, and Room modes.
Electro Harmonix Cathedral
Give your tone a divine, otherworldy shimmer with the Cathedral Stereo Reverb guitar effects pedal from the fine folks at Electro-Harmonix. This programmable stereo reverb stompbox gives you true stereo input/output, 24-bit AD/DA conversion, eight programmable reverb styles that you can load and save on the fly, and a Tap Tempo button that can initiate an infinite reverb. If you’re looking to bring your tone to a holy space, the Cathedral is your one true ticket.
Death by Audio Reverberation Machine
The Reverberation Machine from Death by Audio is a “super dreamy” reverb pedal boasting Altitude, Volume, and Reverb Blend controls, as well as two different reverb flavors: Dark Star and Bright Sunshine. While the controls are intuitive and easy to use, there is a broad array of sounds. The Reverberation Machine is a synthetic atmosphere creator housed in a tour worthy enclosure. It lets you utilize the effect on any instrument to simulate different environments and add depth. Experiment and mix different settings to achieve a suitable ambiance for your sound.
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Max
Belying its stature as one of the simplest digital reverb pedals available on the market, the Holy Grail reverb guitar effects pedal lets you add a layer of truly heavenly reverb to your tone. With the Holy Grail Max, Electro-Harmonix bumped the original’s three selectable reverb modes up by one. The Holy Grail Max blesses your sound with faithful recreations of classic guitar combo-type Spring and lush, spacious Hall reverb modes, reinforced by the addition of new Plate and Reverse reverbs.
Strymon BigSky
Serving up a wide variety of reverb effects presently on the market, the Strymon BigSky serves as your go-to pedal for your reverb needs. You can capture twelve reverb types with a roll of a knob and dramatically edit and record the effects in the 300 onboard preset slots. For the best sound quality possible, a tremendously powerful SHARC DSP powers the unit. The BigSky is robust enough to be the last reverb pedal you will ever need.
Keeley DDR
As its name implies, the Keeley DDR Drive Delay Reverb gives you access to three different effect types. This dual-channel stompbox features a Wet channel that holds the delay and reverb effects and a separate Drive channel that brings the dirt. It doesn’t stop there; each effect comes in two flavors. You get a Vintage/Modern switch for both the delay and reverb effects plus two overdrive styles: British-flavored crunch and harmonically-saturated Tube Screamer-style drive.
EBS MultiComp
The MultiComp from EBS is a high-performance, true dual-band analog compressor pedal with an option for multi-band compression, tube simulation, or solid state. It is capable of enhancing an already good sounding instrument and is equally wondrous for guitar as bass. Since the MultiComp is well thought out and seamless, all you have to do is select the level of Comp/Limit and Gain, then pick the mode or type of compression between Normal, Tubesim, and Multi Band (MB).
Big Joe B-308 CompBox
One of the later additions to Big Joe’s venerable B-300 series of guitar effects pedals, the all-analog B-308 CompBox is an optical compressor pedal that lets you add an extra layer of thickness to your sound and give it lengthy sustains. With its two-way Attack, Release, and Range switches as well as dedicated Tone, Compression, and Output knobs, the Big Joe B-308 CompBox is a genuinely versatile compressor that fits right at home in any pedalboard. The Big Joe B-308 CompBox comes with true bypass switching.
Seymour Duncan Studio Bass
The Studio Bass Compressor by Seymour Duncan is a studio-quality, classic compressor that comes in a simple four-knob format. It is transparent and pairs well with your 805 Overdrive for a tight grind. It consists of an innovative Blend knob and a three-position mini-toggle switch that let you determine the frequency range of the natural uncompressed signal and set the amount of dry versus wet signal routed to the output. The Studio Bass Compressor is designed and assembled in Seymour Duncan’s Santa Barbara, California factory.
MOSKY Compressor
Budget guitar effects pedal brand Mosky Audio’s Dynamic Compressor is a bit of an upgrade to its red-painted cousin, the Dyna Compressor. Instead of a single Comp knob, its control layout hews closer to the classic MXR Dyna Comp with the paired Output and Sensitivity knobs. The way it tightens up your guitar signal and enriches your sustain is also reminiscent of a classic Ross Compressor from the ‘70s. What all this means is the Dynamic Compressor is one hell of a workhorse compressor that’s not only small but also budget friendly.
TC Electronic Forcefield
With the Forcefield Compressor from TC Electronic, you get all the delicious classic dynamics control that country and rock ’n’ roll icons were built on. Find anything from mild sustain enhancement that slightly boosts a sweet yet gently played interlude or blues passage to intense compression that makes your guitar burst in the mix. The Forcefield Compressor’s classic circuit design allows you to tap into the sweet sag of a tube amp or the merciless slap of a sledgehammer. It includes controls for Attack, Sustain, and Level.
Behringer Dynamics Compressor
Dial in a powerful and percussive clean sound or a face-melting lead tone with insane levels of sustain using the Behringer DC9 Dynamics Compressor Pedal. Set the exact output volume level you want with the dedicated Output knob, then use the Sensitivity dial to find that sweet spot where you want all the notes you play to be heard with equal presence and clarity, whether you’re gently strumming your strings or blazing through an aggressive solo.
Greer Amps Special Request
The Special Request by Greer Amps is a single knob boost that adds character and color to your sound. An internal voltage and D-Style FET based preamp indicate that you get loads of power behind it, helping the Special Request pack a powerful tonal punch. The Special Request possesses elements of EQ and compression at some points when you roll its single knob. It stacks nicely with other pedals and helps any player achieve their full tonal potential.
Aguilar Tone Hammer
The Aguilar Tone Hammer preamp/direct box allows you to take full control of your tone. It is an invaluable addition to every bassist’s toolbox. Built on the OBP-3 preamp, the sturdy Tone Hammer boasts wholly sweepable midrange frequencies, treble, and bass controls. This powerful combination places multiple sculpting capabilities at your fingertips, and you may directly connect it to a live sound system or your recording rig. The Tone Hammer is rocking the Adaptive Gain Shaping circuitry, allowing you to dial in anything from serious overdrive to vintage tones.
Electro-Harmonix Knockout
The Knockout attack equalizer effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix is a one-two punch straight to the head for maximum carnage. It packs a seven-pole low-pass filter for shaping your mids’ low ends while a six-pole high-pass filter takes care of sculpting your mids’ top ends. The Knockout’s low-frequency cutoff is set at 85Hz while the high-frequency cutoff is at 6.5kHz, plus it comes with a Dry signal knob. Place it after your distortion pedal for a true knockout attack.
Alexander Pedals Equilibrium DLX
The Equilibrium DLX is Alexander Pedals’ newer vintage modulation pedal—evoking the wobbly, sputtery, buttery sounds of yesteryear. The vintage sounding Equilibrium DLX packs all the “mod cons” into a pedalboard-friendly unit. The Equilibrium DLX draws inspiration from vintage tremolos. Painted in a unique ‘50s style finish and featuring three different modes, it boasts a tremendous appeal in both its tone and look. The Mix, Depth, Rate, and Shape knobs give you better tonal control. The Equilibrium DLX offers only the finest in authentic retro trem/vibe tones.
WMD Utility Parametric EQ
WMD’s Utility Parametric EQ is the perfect always-on pedal for sculpting your tone. Don’t let the simple three-band layout fool you; the Utility can a lot of power under its hood. The three frequency knobs let you dial in the filter’s center frequency; frequency ranges are 31Hz to 1.6kHz, 100Hz to 4.8kHz, and 300Hz to 16kHz. Each frequency pot also has its own dedicated Q and level dials for controlling the filter’s sharpness and the cut / boost, respectively.
ammoon EQ7
Adding an equalizer to your pedal chain can make a big difference in your tone, and with the ammoon EQ7 Mini Guitar Equalizer you won’t have to break the bank or even expand your pedalboard to do it. The EQ7, as its name suggests, has a seven-band EQ slider with an adjustable gain range of ±15dB per band and seven frequency centers— 63Hz, 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1.0KHz, 2.2KHz, and 5KHz—for fine-tuning your guitar signal’s frequency range to your exact tastes.
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Utility Pedals
TC Electronic Polytune 2 Mini
Ever since the PolyTune’s introduction in 2010, TC Electronic has been looking to make tuning speedier, better, and more impressive. The PolyTune 2 Mini guitar tuner does all of that in abundance. With 109 super-bright LEDs, it is easily readable at any stage condition. The PolyTune 2 Mini is an incredibly compact tuner with chromatic, strobe, and polyphonic tuning for precise and fast tuning. Polyphonic tuning lets you tune all your strings simultaneously, while speedy chromatic tuner delivers 0.5 cent precision.
Korg Pitchblack Advance
The Pitchblack has become a favorite of amateurs and professionals across the globe. Korg has now introduced the new generation model—the Pitchblack Advance. It carries the roster’s easiest-to-read and largest display yet. Nearly twice the size of the earlier model’s display and leveraging high-brightness LEDs, you can view your tuning whether you are out in the bright sunlight or inside a dark club. You will also enjoy the option to utilize the Pitchblack Advance in regular, mirror, strobe, and half-strobe modes.
Lehle Dual
The Lehle Dual amp switcher features three sets of outputs. It routes your instrument signal to three amplifiers or two amps and one tuner simultaneously and enables switching all at once or of whatever combination. The patented LHTZ high-end transformer electronically isolates each signal path avoiding any hum or noise. Crafted in Germany, the Dual features full stereo functionality as well as gold-plated relays and switches. It can be controlled and synced with other Lehle SGoS switchers through MIDI.
Korg Pitchblack Custom (Blue)
Korg’s Pitchblack pedal tuner has established a reputation as a must-have tool for any pedalboard due to its excellent visibility, high sensitivity, and solid built. To continue its legacy, Korg launched the Pitchblack Custom, which gives you unprecedented precision and visibility. Besides the ultra-high +/- 0.1 cent tuning accuracy, the Pitchblack Custom includes true bypass switching that prevents any coloration or loss in your sound. It also features four kinds of meter display modes. The Pitchblack Custom comes in a limited edition bright blue finish and is built to provide years of worry-free operation.
BOSS TU-3s Tuner
The Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner is the go-to stompbox tuner for any and all serious musicians, and its little brother the Boss TU-3S Compact Chromatic Tuner serves up everything the TU-3 can, in a more compact form factor. Everything from the bigger TU-3’s performance and durability to its tuning functions and display are recreated in the TU-3S, minus the actual pedal switch. If you’re running low on precious pedalboard space, the Boss TU-3S Compact Chromatic Tuner is what you need.
Rowin Power Tuner
Whether you’re practicing, recording, or performing, it’s important to always make sure that you instrument is in tune. LT-920 Power Tuner from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin is fast tuner with a large display whose chassis is small enough to fit even the most crowded pedalboards. Not only that, but it also pulls double duty as a power supply. The LT-920 Power Tuner can provide power to up to six 100mA pedals and upt to two 500mA pedals.
Joyo D-Seed II
Joyo’s D-Seed II is a ramped-up version of the D-Seed dual-channel digital delay. The original D-Seed’s 1s maximum delay time has been stretched out to 2s, and the four delay modes—Copy, Analog, Modulation, and Reverse—have been reinforced with an additional four modes: Space, Lo-Fi, Filter, and Tape. Rounding out the improvements is a looper function that has up to 3½ minutes of recording time and a tape simulation effect as well as a new ping-pong-style effect toggle.
Donner Looper
Make looping as easy as one-two-three with the Looper from Donner. It records your loops when you power down or remove the power plug. No more worries as the music you made remains stored and is ready to go when you need it—be it rehearsal, jamming on ideas, studio, or live performance. The Looper is boiled down to the fundamentals and makes control simple yet versatile, so you can concentrate on performing and playing. It features unlimited overdubs, true bypass, and Undo/Redo function.
Donner Tiny Looper
The Donner Tiny Looper is the ideal blend of simplicity, quality, and creativity. It lets you have ten minutes of looping time and unlimited undo/redo functionality and overdubs. It combines all the fundamental looper features and enables you to play loops in reverse. It also features a USB interface which you can use to move a file to and from the box as well as upgrade the fireware of the box. The Looper can make for a jaw-dropping show or subtle performance.
NUX MFX-10
The MFX-10 boasts 55 models overall (you may use as much as eight simultaneously), vintage three-band passive EQ for each amp model, 19 classic amp and pedal models with A/B channel switching, and parametric EQ with additional mid-frequency sweep control for pedals. Twelve cabinet models give you two distinct modes for a guitar amp or mixer/PA input. The MFX-10 also features an inbuilt drum machine with CD quality PCM sounds, and 72 presets: 36 user plus 36 factory presets. The A/B switch lets you utilize up to 144 presets.
JOYO O.M.B
Joyo’s OMB Looper and Drum Machine turns you into a one-man band with a single stomp. This single pedal can act as a looper, a drum machine, or a combo looper plus drum machine. The looper function lets you record up to 40 minutes of audio and features unlimited overdubs, auto-align, and count-in. You get seven drum patterns and seven drumbeats in drum machine mode, plus you can add fills to the patterns and use a tap tempo function. The OMB is an R Series pedal, meaning it has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
Xvive Duet Looper D3
Although the Duet Looper from budget guitar effects maker Xvive may not be the first micro stereo looper pedal on the market, it does have the distinction of being the first to let players use series recording and dual loop playback. It features two modes you can switch between via a toggle. In Undo/Redo mode, you can record a five-minute loop with undoable and redoable overdubs. Verse/Chorus mode, meanwhile, lets you record two separate loops of up to five minutes each. you can then record, overdub, or play these loops separately.
Donner Verb Square
Boasting a collection of reverb effects that gives musical color to your tone, you sure get your money’s worth with the Donner Verb Square. It features seven-mode reverberation effects: Mod, Plate, Church, Room, Hall, Spring, and Studio. This incredible pedal consists of Tone, Decay, and E.Level knobs that you can utilize to set the effect tone, select the duration of the reverberation, and determine the effect level respectively. The Verb Square also features an LED indicator, digital circuit design, and true bypass.
Strymon Mobius
The Strymon Mobius packs twelve iconic modulation effects into a convenient guitar effects pedal. Handcrafted from the best components available, it brings together twelve of the most expressive, versatile, and organic modulation effects ever existed. Each vintage effect has been painstakingly emulated and then expanded upon to enhance versatility and broaden sonic possibilities. The Mobius is equipped with 200 inbuilt presets enabling the perfect modulation sound to be recorded and recalled at any time. That function is also controllable by a MIDI foot pedal to streamline the process.
Two Notes Le Lead 2-channel Tube Preamp
The Le Lead dual channel preamp pedal from Two Notes is a tube-powered beast, capable of unleashing everything from a subtle drive crunch to in your face metal and over the top fuzz. Use channel A for the crunch, then switch to channel B for a modern high gain sound. These channels can be used independently, in parallel, or cascaded for extreme tonal versatility. Each channel also features its own dedicated control knobs and EQ sections for iron fisted tone tweaking.
Empress Effects Tremolo2
The Empress Effects Tremolo2 is constructed to incorporate revolutionary functionalities sans sacrificing tone. It features an analog audio signal path, but the tremolo effect is controlled digitally through opto tech. Waveform selection, choice of eight rhythms, tap tempo, and complete preset system that can store as much as eight presets are all at your fingertips. The control port enables control of the Tremolo2 through external tap tempo, MIDI, control voltage, and an expression pedal, making the Tremolo2 extremely powerful.
Two Notes Le Clean
The tube-powered Le Clean dual channel preamp turns to sunny southern California for its tonal cues. It sports a super clean A channel with a vintage voiced pre-grain EQ and a drive saturated B channel with higher gain levels and a post-gain EQ with mid sweep. These channels can be used independently, in parallel, or cascaded for extreme tonal versatility. Each channel also features its own dedicated control knobs and EQ sections for iron fisted tone tweaking.
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion
The Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion from Source Audio takes the clarity and power of the original Soundblox Multiwave Distortion and tailors it to the bass guitar’s frequency range. It allows bassists to mix complex chords and intervals with distorted tones efficiently—the multi-band processing eradicates the mush and lets every note ring true and clear. The Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion includes a one band processing for more conventional distortion sounds. The pedal is suitable for both the stage and studio.
Throne Room Pedals Tiny Tap Tempo (Normal, 2 Outputs)
With even smaller enclosures made from solid aluminum, Throne Room Pedals’ Tiny line of pedal switches are some of the tiniest and most road tough control pedals out right now. The Tiny Tap Tempo is built to work with other guitar effects pedals that comes with external tap tempo compatibility, such as a delay pedal or tremolo stomp. This particular version features two tap outputs and works with pedals that require a normally open switch.
Supro SF2
Featuring the dual footswitch Reverb and Tremolo on/off remote for just about any Supro combo amp—the Supro SF2. It requires a TRS cable (not included) to connect to an amp. It boasts a rugged metal construction and a two-button format that turns Reverb and Tremolo on or off remotely. It is compatible with Rhythm Master, Tremo-verb, Royal Reverb, Titan, Saturn, and Jupiter guitar amps. With the SF2, you get full control over your Supro tube combo electric guitar amp’s reverb and tremolo effects.
Boss FS5U Unlatched Footswitch
The Boss FS-5U is a compact, lightweight, and durable momentary or non-latching footswitch built to withstand even the roughest and toughest of tours and stages. Plug the FS-5U into any guitar effects pedal that has external footswitch compatibility, and you can engage that pedal’s effect only for as long as you keep your foot on the switch. The FS-5U is the perfect non-latching footswitch for getting those insane solo-punctuating sustains or hitting precisely-timed spot delays.
JHS Pedals Mini A/B Switcher
Get full A/B switching within a compact footprint with the Mini A/B Switcher from JHS Pedals. Perfect for live playing, this pedal is constructed in a sturdy metal enclosure that also loads a two-color LED (green and red) to show you which signal path you are utilizing. Whether you want to play through two amps simultaneously or are looking for an instant mute switch, the Mini A/B will prove to be a handy addition to your board.
Walrus Audio Transit 5 Five-Channel Bypass Switcher
Keep your pedalboard well organized and equipped with true bypass capability with the Transit 5 standard signal loop unit from Walrus Audio. The Transit 5 can also be used to create an effects loop, which lets you activate multiple effects pedals with a single Transit 5 footswitch. With five dedicated channels, you can create up to five loops with the Transit 5. Plus, all pedals that you connect to the Transit 5 will also effectively become true bypass pedals, keeping your core signal untainted.
Marshall Original Footswitch
Every good pedalboard setup needs an amp footswitch or two. If you’re gunning your signal through a Marshall amp, then there’s no better fit than a Marshall footswitch. The PEDL-10009 or P802 footswitch is a dual footswitch pedal; it’s basically the big brother of the P801. This musician must-have is built to work with both valvestate and tube amps and handles switching duties for your amp’s channels and reverb. It’s built to be road-tough, so you don’t have to worry about it conking out while you’re onstage.
Lehle Sunday Driver SW
The Sunday Driver SW from Lehle is a portable high-end preamp for acoustic and electrical instruments. It allows acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses, as well as other stringed instruments like cellos, double basses, and violins to unleash their musical potential. Boasting a high-quality JFET technology, the Sunday Driver SW lets you switch between two operation modes: D (Driver) and S (Sunday). In off status, the Sunday Driver SW offers two modes of operation—TB (True Bypass) and TS (True Sound).
Suhr Buffer
Modern players demand reliability, quality, and exceptional tone. The Suhr Buffer leverages only top-grade components, including a machined billet aluminum chassis, Glass Epoxy PCB, and low noise audiophile Op-Amps, to guarantee that your tone investment is preserved across your signal chain. Regarding reliability and quality, Suhr designed the Buffer with the same attention to detail as its other award-winning products. It is equipped with two individual outputs and comes in a portable, solid, aluminum enclosure.
Vertex Dynamic Distortion
The Dynamic Distortion by Vertex is a sonic mix of rock ’n’ roll’s two most legendary distortion pedals: the 80s TS Overdrive and 60s Germanium Fuzz. This iconic combination gives you unrivaled touch sensitivity and clean-up with your guitar volume control from sparkly clean to fuzz to overdrive while delivering the full-bodied woolliness of an old-school fuzz and the midrange cut of a vintage TS pedal. The Dynamic Distortion boasts all the benefits of mixing the tonal DNA of these iconic pedals without the drawbacks.
ammoon Clean Buffer
Housed in a compact, heavy-duty zinc-aluminium alloy body, ammoon’s Mini Clean Buffer pedal sounds amazing no matter how many pedals you utilize. It includes 1/4” monaural input and output jacks, pure signal path, and ON/OFF LED indicator light. The Mini Clean Buffer pedal is the remedy for weak guitar sound resulting from using multiple pedals. It reduces the loss of guitar signal and tone efficiently. It addresses capacitance issues by delivering the perfect input impedance for your rig. You can now utilize effect pedals, long cable, and speakers with your guitar without experiencing signal degradation.
Morley Buffer Boost
The Morley Buffer Boost isn’t a guitar effects pedal, per se. Instead, it’s an essential weapon in the constant battle against tone suck. The Buffer Boost contains a buffer circuit that gives your guitar signal that extra push it needs to maintain its output level and tone, no matter how many pedals you may have in your pedal chain. You can place the Buffer Boost at the front or back of the signal chain and use it as a clean boost with up to 20dB of extra output.
Radial Elevator
Spec’d from fully discrete circuitry, the Radial Elevator injects a dose of added versatility to your whole guitar rig. It breaks down aptly into two sections: a footswitchable clean boost on the output side and buffer on the input side. The buffer provides you with three modes, including true bypass, flat buffer, and drive setting for some extra gain if necessary. Unlike many buffer pedals, the Elevator has a variable load control that allows you to achieve the cleanest sound possible.
Pigtronix Gatekeeper
The Gatekeeper from Pigtronix is a lightning-fast, studio-grade noise gate pedal that eliminates any unwanted noise from your rig. Carrying Threshold and Release time controls, the Gatekeeper gives you 100% attenuation with unparalleled response time, making it the most efficient and valuable noise gate pedal available. It leverages high-speed JFET circuitry to fully get rid of hiss, buzz, hum, and other non-musical sounds from your signal path. The Gatekeeper will let you crank up your volume without worrying about hearing the disgusting 60-cycle hum or white noise common to high gain rigs.
Xvive Noise Gate
The innocuously named Noise Gate from budget guitar effects pedal creator Xvive is a wide range noise suppressor that packs an excellent amount of dynamic response. It features 100% attenuation when gated and makes great use of ultra-high speed circuitry to get rid of all the unwanted noise lurking in your signal. Perhaps best of all, it doesn’t require a manual to get the settings right. The Naoise Gate is easy to use, compact, road-tough, and comes with true bypass switching.
Carl Martin Noise Terminator
The Carl Martin Noise Terminator is designed to maintain the original tonal characteristics while eliminating unwanted noise occurring from using multiple effects. It outperforms traditional noise gates by allowing you to switch between two threshold settings—Hard when more radical settings are necessary or Soft with less noisy equipment. Using the remote jack, you can connect the Noise Terminator to an external midi switching system that lets you go between Hard and Soft settings conveniently. The Noise Terminator is a 9V-battery-powered pedal featuring an AC adapter jack.
MOSKY Noise Reduction
The Noise Gate is budget guitar effects pedal maker Mosky Audio’s offering to those musicians who are having headaches dealing with unwanted buzzes, hisses, and hums in their signal. It takes you guitar’s dry signal and eliminates the noise level by up to 26dB within your effects loop. You can set the minimum volume threshold where the pedal’s functions kick in via a dedicated Gate knob. Just dial in your preferred threshold, hit the footswitch, and enjoy noise-free playing.
Electro-Harmonix The Silencer
Give unwanted signal noise a double-tap to the head with Electro-Harmonix’s The Silencer. This sophisticated noise gate pedal gives you Threshold, Reduction, and Release controls for precise fine-tuning that takes your gear and playing style into account. It doesn’t just help eliminate annoying buzzes and hums, either; the Silencer also expands your pedal routing options. You can use it as an inline noise gate or add it to an effects loop to kill noise from specific pedals.
Joyo Gate Of Kahn
No pedalboard setup built around high-gain stompboxes is complete without a reliable noise gate. The JF-324 Gate of Kahn guitar effects edal from Joyo may be small but it fill this role admirably. Dial in the perfect Threshold setting to keep away unwanted buzzes, hums, and hisses from your guitar signal then go to town with your high-gain units. As one of Joyo’s Ironman pedals, the JF-324 Gate of Kahn is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover for keeping your control dial settings safe.
NUX MFX-10
The MFX-10 boasts 55 models overall (you may use as much as eight simultaneously), vintage three-band passive EQ for each amp model, 19 classic amp and pedal models with A/B channel switching, and parametric EQ with additional mid-frequency sweep control for pedals. Twelve cabinet models give you two distinct modes for a guitar amp or mixer/PA input. The MFX-10 also features an inbuilt drum machine with CD quality PCM sounds, and 72 presets: 36 user plus 36 factory presets. The A/B switch lets you utilize up to 144 presets.
Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini
The Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini is a drummer within a guitar pedal enclosure. It provides entirely hands-free, creative control of the beat. No matter what instrument you use, you can easily transition from verse to chorus, insert fills, throw in drum breaks, add accent hits, and more to yield an unparalleled live drummer effect. Utilized in the music programs of Berklee College of Music and Frost School of Music, the BeatBuddy Mini is arguably the most efficient way to enhance your rhythm and master different genres while improvising and having a great time.
JOYO O.M.B
Joyo’s OMB Looper and Drum Machine turns you into a one-man band with a single stomp. This single pedal can act as a looper, a drum machine, or a combo looper plus drum machine. The looper function lets you record up to 40 minutes of audio and features unlimited overdubs, auto-align, and count-in. You get seven drum patterns and seven drumbeats in drum machine mode, plus you can add fills to the patterns and use a tap tempo function. The OMB is an R Series pedal, meaning it has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
MOOER Groove Loop
Budget pedal maker brings together the Micro Looper and the Micro Drummer into one affordable, pedalboard-friendly guitar effects pedal. The Groove Loop makes for the perfect portable jamming companion, letting you use its looper and drum machine features either independently or simultaneously. The looper features 20 minutes of recording time and can sync automatically with the drum track. The drum machine comes with eight groove styles, each of which has two variations for a total of 16 different grooves.
Mooer Micro Drummer
Rock, pop, jazz, R&B, funk, latin, metal, blues, reggae—whatever style of music you play, the Micro Drummer can serve up a pretty authentic drum track emulation for it. This digital drum machine guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox masters Mooer is packed with 121 different drumbeat patterns spread across 11 genres. Just pick a genre with the rotary selector, dial in your preferred volume, speed, and tone, and then use the tap tempo to get the beat you want.
Rowin Beat Loop
The LBL-01 Beat Loop is a versatile and affordable combination drum machine and looper pedal from budget-priced guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin. The looper section can record for up to five minutes in each of 30 separate storage locations. The drum machine has two drum groups with 40 drum types, half of which are standard while the other half is electronic. The LBL-01 Beat Looper also has a separate dual footswitch controller that lets you control the drum section.
Other Pedals
Morley DJ Ashba Skeleton Wah
The Morley DJ Ashba Skeleton Wah proudly bears the stamp of the musician it was designed for—literally! It has DJ Ashba’s insignia, designed by the Guns n’ Roses and Sixx:A.M. guitarist himself, branded onto the iconic trapezoid treadle. The Skeleton Wah features Ashba’s favorite wah tone and sweep powered by a custom low-noise MQ2 inductor. It also comes equipped with Morley’s electro-optical circuit design, so you won’t ever have to worry about wearing down any pots.
Mad Professor Snow White Bass Auto Wah
The Snow White Bass Auto Wah traces its pedigree all the way to a rack-mounted BJF remote wah circuit from the early ‘90s. Mad Professor took that circuit, went all Dr. Frankenstein on it, tuned it to handle heavy bass signals, and crammed it into a compact, pedalboard-friendly stompbox chassis. What you get is a highly musical and extremely flexible auto-wah with tracking so fast and accurate that most other auto-wah pedals would be left in the dust. The Snow White Bass Auto Wah is hand-made and hand-wired in Finland using only top-quality components.
Fulltone Clyde Standard Wah
Based on the hugely influential Clyde McCoy wahs Vox put out in the late ‘60s, the Fulltone Clyde Standard Wah is an express train to Hendrix-style wah-wah bliss. The Clyde Standard’s circuitry is almost entirely identical to the “Signature” Clyde McCoy wah Jimi Hendrix used on “Electric Ladyland”, down to the ‘60s Vox-type inductor. The only big change is the addition of an internal hand-adjustable bass and gain knob for additional tonal control. The sturdy and versatile Clyde Standard has all the makings of a classic wah pedal with a truly classic sound.
Morley Mini Bad Horsie 2
Guitar god Steve Vai’s signature wah tone and sweep, packed into a compact cold rolled steel chassis that’s both tank-tough and pedalboard friendly. It comes with all of the Bad Horsie 2’s features, from the Vai-approved Bad Horsie and versatile Contour Wah dual modes to the electro-optical circuit design. This limited edition version of the Mini Bad Horsie 2 is covered in artwork created by Vai himself and is limited to only 700 pieces worldwide.
Morley George Lynch Dragon 2
Breathe fire into your sound with the George Lynch Dragon 2 Wah, the signature wah pedal of metal legend George Lynch. The product of close collaboration between Lynch and the wah masters at Morley, the Dragon 2 Wah comes with three wah modes. The first mode, Wah, is Lynch’s signature wah sound. The second mode, Wow, has extra gain to cut through the mix during a solo. The third and final mode is Wah Lock, which lets you park the wah in a static position without having to move the treadle at all.
Vox V846-HW
The famed V846 returns better than ever as the V846-HW hand-wired wah wah pedal. It is the ultimate wah wah pedal for tone enthusiasts, boasting top-grade components and hand-wired turret board construction. While its iconic tone is undeniable, the V846-HW was not built merely to repeat history, but to create new chapters. Each of its component, including the capacitors, resistors, potentiometer, and inductors, has been meticulously picked for supreme fidelity and tone. It also incorporates a tone-preserving true bypass.
Rowin AC Stage
The LEF-320 AC Stage pedal from budget guitar effects stompbox maker Rowin gives your electric guitar the strummy goodness of an acoustic. The AC Stage is particularly adept at adding a deep layer of the shortened, glassy resonance that characterizes a good acoustic guitar. It features three acoustic modes, with Standard being the basic acoustic sound. Jumbo mode simulates the deep voice of a full bodied dreadnought guitar while a Piezo mode rounds out the three voicings.
Rowin LT-901
A tuner is arguably the most important tool a musician can have in their arsenal. The tiny LT-901 mini chromatic guitar tuner from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin is an ideal fit for those who want to make efficient use of space on their pedalboards. Short of a clip-on tuner, the LT-901 is one of the most inconspicuous and affordable tuners available on the market. Don’t let its small size deter you, though; it’s fast and has a large display so you won’t have to squint.
Tom’sline Acoustic
The aptly named Acoustic budget guitar effects pedal from Tomsline is a workhorse acoustic simulator pedal that gets the job done. Plug in an electric guitar and you can give it the body and natural woody sound of an acoustic. You can adjust the gain with the Top knob, the resonance of the simulated acoustic body with the Body dial, and the overall volume with the Volume pot. The Acoustic also features a three-way toggle that lets you switch between three voicing modes: Piezo, Standard, and Jumbo.
Mooer Woodverb
The Woodverb from budget stompbox maker Mooer is a reverb guitar effects pedal tuned specifically for expanding the tonal palettes of acoustic guitars. The Woodverb comes with three reverb modes, all selectable via a three-position toggle switch. First is the classic, lush space of the pedal’s magnificent plate reverb. The second mode adds a subtle chorus effect to the reverb. The third and final mode adds mild filtering into the mix for a snappier attack.
TC Electronic G-Natural
The G-Natural multi-effects processor by TC Electronic is specially created for your acoustic guitar. Packaged within a floor-based unit, the G-Natural comes loaded with ten premium TC effects, as well as an inbuilt tuner, boost function, microphone preamp for guitar or vocals, and 30 presets that will give a natural touch to your live acoustic sound. You can now capture amazing TC effects in a convenient, acoustic-friendly, and stage-ready package. The G-Natural carries eight durable footswitches.
ammoon AROMA
Can’t be bothered to pack an acoustic guitar along with your electric? Go unplugged in a single stomp with the ammoon AROMA AAS-5 Acoustic Guitar acoustic simulator pedal. This pedal comes with three guitar modes—Piezo, Standard, and Jumbo—and has dedicated knobs for controlling volume, gain, and the body resonance of the acoustic guitar you’re simulating. The AROMA AAS-5 also features true bypass, letting your guitar signal pass straight to the amp without losing tonal integrity, strength, or frequency.
NUX MG-100
The NUX MG-100 features a six-band graphic EQ intended for electric guitars. It boasts 58 effects (up to eight can be utilized simultaneously) and an inbuilt drum machine with CD quality PCM sounds. Up to 40 secs phrase loop with sound on sound provides further playability. The MG-100 also includes 13 standard amp models with True Simulation of Analog Circuit, classic three-band passive EQ modeling for each amp model, and an overall 72 presets, 36 factory plus 36 user presets.
Darkglass Microtubes B7K V2
The Darkglass Microtubes B7K V2 bass preamp pedal goes beyond an exceptional DI. It is a pedal-sized preamplifier and aggressive-sounding drive. It leverages the exact dynamic saturation circuit, four-band EQ, and balanced line driver that has earned Darkglass its place on numerous bassists’ boards. The V2 boasts exceptional tonal shaping abilities thanks to its Attack and Grunt controls as well as two mid-frequency selector switches. The dual outputs make parallel processing and running your signal into a mixing console or PA system a breeze.
DigiTech BP90
The DigiTech BP90 boasts five stompboxes, five cabinets, 11 amps, 27 effects, and 100 presets locations (50 factory and 50 user). It includes 40 high-quality drum patterns you can practice with while placing an inbuilt chromatic tuner and headphone jack for silent playing. You can also get real-time control of volume, wah, and DigiTech Whammy effects, thanks to an inbuilt expression pedal. Do not settle for just one bass tone, level up your bass with the BP90 bass multi-effects pedal.
Donner DI Box
With the Donner DI Box, routing your signal straight to a pro audio system or mixer has never been as better-sounding and easier. It consists of Balanced/Unbalanced output, Cabinet Simulator for replicating onstage speaker setups, GND Lift function, and a Gain switch for boosting low-level signals (-20db, 0dB, +20db). It also features a true bypass output so you can still connect to your amp. The GND Lift button can help you eradicate hum or ground loops.
Diamond Bass Comp
The Bass Comp is the first Diamond pedal specially designed for bassists. It was launched in response to the interest of bassists in its famed Compressor. With higher headroom and low-frequency response extending down to 20Hz, the Bass Compressor is perfect for active and passive 4/5/6 string basses. The Tilt EQ control has been revoiced, letting you select between the original 900Hz and new 250Hz setting using the mini toggle. The Bass Comp boasts premium audio components, smooth optical compression/limiting, and true bypass signal path.
ZVex Basstortion
Zvex boss Zachary Vex went all out to create what he believes is the ultimate tube-style dirt pedal for bass. The Basstortion proves that he’s not that far from the truth. It can deliver everything from warm, fat tube tone to full on basstortion. An intuitive three-knob layout makes it easy to dial in your favorite dirt tone. There’s also a Bright/Dark toggle switch for when you want to up the high frequency content in your signal.
Mission Engineering VM1-Aero Analogue Volume
Boasting Mission’s illuminated base, the VM-1 Aero from Mission Engineering is designed for utilization first in your signal chain with passive electric guitar pickups. The switchable tuner mute and the Aero design’s extended sweep make it an exceptional, all-round guitar volume pedal. The rear cutaway, as well as extended length curved surface, have been ergonomically designed for ease of use, whether you are sitting or standing. Visible from all positions, the transparent acrylic base lights up indicating the chosen mode.
Mission Engineering VM-1 Aero
Packaged within a gorgeous sea green chassis, the VM-1 Aero is designed for utilization first in your signal chain with passive electric guitar pickups alone. The Aero design’s extended sweep, as well as the switchable tuner mute, make the VM-1 Aero an outstanding, versatile guitar volume pedal. Featuring a passive “no tone suck” circuit, the pedal incorporates an integrated mode switch and an isolated tuner output. Each VM-1 Aero unit comes with Mission’s illuminated base.
JOYO MULTIMODE WAH-II
The Wah-II Multimode pedal from budget guitar effects stomp company Joyo is essentially two pedals in one. You can use it as a straightforward wah pedal or as a hybrid wah and volume pedal. Side-mounted Quality (Q) and Range pots give you full control over the wah tone, letting you dial in everything from a tight, sharp attack to wide open funk. Right next to these pots is a minimum volume control that lets you set the heel-down level. A versatile and useful pedal that won’t take up too much pedalboard space.
CNZ Audio Active Volume
The CNZ Active Volume Pedal is constructed with a sturdy steel housing, weighted knobs, and a golden CNZ Audio logo. It holds up under an overzealous volume controllers and intense heavy-footed players. This volume pedal is easy to use, making it an ideal choice for beginners. Just plug the pedal in and you get complete control of your volume. The CNZ Active Volume Pedal also boasts boost capabilities and adjustment knobs that advanced players will enjoy.
Mission Engineering VM-PRO Carbon Print
Featuring a beautiful carbon print, the VM-PRO from Mission Engineering is the most sophisticated volume pedal available. It resolves typical volume pedal issues, which result in mismatching and tone sucking problems. The VM-PRO works with your baritone, bass, electric, or electro-acoustic guitars. It is also great with other electric and acoustic instruments, including steel guitars, electronic keyboards, and instrument microphones. It incorporates a sparkle control, isolated tuner out, onboard buffers, and compatibility switches for use with fuzz pedals and active/passive pickups.
Vox V860
The Vox V860 signifies a new benchmark in guitar volume pedals, giving ultimate tonal purity. This expertly designed unit is a reimagining of the vintage Vox pedal design illustrated by its famed wah pedals. The stylish aluminum enclosure boasts an anodized and blasted finish that is both classy and tough. The pedal mechanism leverages gears with a high tooth count, guaranteeing seamless operation and durability. Each component is entirely hand-wired, reducing any alteration in the tonal character.
MOOER Expline
Expression pedals are an essential piece of any good pedalboard setup, but most of them just take up too much space. Enter the Expline, budget stompbox maker Mooer’s answer for shoestring shoegazers faced with a lack of premium pedalboard space. The tiny Expline features a pair of built-in foot rings that unfold to give you a larger surface area to work with. Once you’re done rocking out you can fold them back in to save room.
Mission Engineering SP-H9 Eventide
Thanks to the SP-H9 Eventide from Mission Engineering, you can now optimize your H9 Harmonizer. Connects to your H9 via a single TRS cable, this pedal calibrates smoothly with the H9 and provides pitch transitions and delay without glitch through an expression controller with an integrated switch. For added flexibility, the SP-H9 Eventide is fitted with a jack for an external AUX switch. Jointly developed by Eventide and Mission, the SP-H9 will make your H9 Harmonizer even better.
Source Audio Dual Expression
The Dual Expression pedal from Source Audio delivers smooth action and precision response in a sturdy cast aluminum enclosure. Dual TRS expression outputs let you control two effects units at once. The Dual Expression works with any model or brand of effect that carries a TRS expression input. It consists of a Range Adjust control that establishes the bottom point of the expression range. A Sensor Output connects straight to any Hot Hand, Soundblox Pro, Soundblox 2, or Soundblox pedal for instant control over effect modulation, wet/dry mixes, filter sweeps, LFO speeds, etc.
Line 6 EX-1
Designed for utilization with Line 6 stompbox modelers and other pedals, the EX-1 expression pedal lets you morph seamlessly between any two settings of a model. For the AX2, it can be employed for volume or wah. Boasting durable construction, the EX-1 features custom wahs, pitch control, and two preset variations. The EX-1 is compatible with stompbox modelers (M5, M9, M13, DL4, DM4, FM4, MM4), POD HD400, POD HD500, POD HD500X, POD XT Live, POD X3 Live, and others.
Mission Engineering EXP1-PRO
Boasting a sturdy, all-metal construction, the Mission Engineering EXP1-PRO is a professional quality expression pedal compatible with expression pedal inputs on keyboards, MIDI controllers, multi-effect units, and stompboxes. It carries an input level knob that enables adjustment of minimum level from zero to 80%. The EXP-1-PRO incorporates a custom made 10K Ohm linear, wholly sealed potentiometer that works nicely with various devices, and is rated at over a million operations for durability and excellent response.
Boss EV-30 Dual Expression
Every pedalboard owner knows space is a premium. Boss kept that in mind when designing the Boss EV-30 Dual Expression Pedal, giving it a small form factor and big expression features that rival that of any full-size expression pedal. The EV-30 comes with isolated dual expression outputs so you can control two separate effects with a single pedal, independent pedal range adjustments for each output, and a polarity switch that makes it compatible with most pedals that support an external expression pedal.
MOOER Radar
The tiny Radar guitar effects pedal from budget stomp maker Mooer might just be the next mainstay on your pedalboard. It’s a full-featured pro-grade cab sim that comes packed not only with 30 different cab models, but it also features 11 mic models and 4 power amp models. You can store and recall up to 36 user presets, connect it to a computer via USB, or plug in headphones when you want to squeeze in a quick practice sesh.
NUX Solid Studio
The NUX Solid Studio IR & Power Amp Simulator has been designed and built to address the cumbersome transport reality of speaker cabinets/amps and limited gear availability. It is the pedal version of typical cabinet/amp scenarios including power amp tubes and microphones. The Solid Studio caters to the fundamental needs of sound technicians and discerning musicians. It delivers versatility, reliability, the convenience of use, and incredible audio quality. It is equipped with eight speaker cabinet simulations and eight microphone models you can use with any cabinet.
Tom’sline AC Stage
Much like the slightly bigger Acoustic, Tomsline’s AC Stage budget guitar effects pedal is a workhorse acoustic simulator pedal that gets the job done, giving your electric guitar the full-bodied resonance and natural woody sound of an acoustic. The Acoustic also features a three-way toggle that lets you switch between three voicing modes: Piezo, Standard, and Jumbo. The AC Stage features Tomsline’s patented stop bar design to keep your foot from messing up the pedal’s settings when you stomp on it.
ammoon AROMA
Can’t be bothered to pack an acoustic guitar along with your electric? Go unplugged in a single stomp with the ammoon AROMA AAS-5 Acoustic Guitar acoustic simulator pedal. This pedal comes with three guitar modes—Piezo, Standard, and Jumbo—and has dedicated knobs for controlling volume, gain, and the body resonance of the acoustic guitar you’re simulating. The AROMA AAS-5 also features true bypass, letting your guitar signal pass straight to the amp without losing tonal integrity, strength, or frequency.
Carl Martin Rock Bug
The Rock Bug by Carl Martin is an amp/speaker simulator and headphone rehearsal unit running on a single 9v battery. Simply plug your guitar into the unbalanced 1/4″ input of the headphone amp, connect your favorite headphones to the unbalanced 1/4″ output, and off you go. You can choose between closed and open cabinet simulation through the mini-toggle switch, adjust your guitar’s volume using the Guitar knob, and wail away thanks to the privacy of your headphones.
T-Rex Viper
The Viper by T-Rex Engineering is an attractive, phenomenal-sounding effect pedal taking the classic swirling vibe sound and delivering some added bite with more voltage hurling your instrument’s sound across the room. Pulsating, shimmering, whirling, and spinning, it is meant to join other award-winning T-Rex pedals as a contemporary classic, yielding sounds from the heyday of rock ’n’ roll to the 21st century. The Viper is controllable using the Mode, Speed, Level, and Depth controls.
Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine
It’s always fun to make a guitar sound like a completely different instrument. If old-school organ tones are your thing, then the B9 Organ Machine from Electro-Harmonix is the perfect guitar effects pedal for you. It doesn’t just work with a guitar either; plug in a modern keyboard and you can make it sound like it came straight from a ‘60s recording studio. The B9 comes with nine classic organ-voiced presets, setting-specific modulation effects, and a dedicated control knob for percussive click sounds.
DigiTech Dirty Robot
The Dirty Robot Stereo Mini-Synth from DigiTech empowers you to transform your bass or guitar into an industrial-strength booty-shaking device. It presents a broad array of controls to reshape and mangle your sound into something new. This metallic monster consists of seven controls, two distinct voices, and a new Drift knob which lets you morph and combine Octave, Sub, and Square waveforms instantly. By merely spinning a knob, an extensive range of cyborg sounds can already come to life.
WMD Geiger Counter Pro
This is the future of digital dirt. WMD’s Geiger Counter boutique distortion guitar effects pedal delivers a cornucopia of dirt tones, from the classic and recognizable to some insanely twisted, octave folded lo fi fuzz that brings to mind the irradiated wind that follows in the wake of a mushroom cloud. The Geiger Counter Pro is the evolved version of the Geiger Counter that crawls out of that radiation fallout. It ups the number of wavetables to 512 in total, has a wavetable morphing feature, comes with 16 switchable presets, and is even upgradeable via USB..
Emma Electronic OKTO-NOJS
The Okto-Nøjs from Emma Electronic gives you two pedals in one! It combines dead-on, fast-tracking Octave down (the Okto) with a dynamically sensitive, synth-like Octave-Fuzz (the Nøjs). Both circuit sides are all-analog and boast true bypass switching and high-quality buffers to give you the best sound quality possible. The Okto Nøjs transforms your signal into pure subsonic fire. It allows you to enter a world of never-heard-before tones. You may use the Octaver and Fuzz together or individually.
Electro-Harmonix Ravish Sitar
The lush harmonics and dynamic flexibility of a sitar is a first-class ticket to mystic city, and with the Ravish, you can make your guitar sound like one. This sitar emulator guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix features a polyphonic lead voice and tunable sympathetic string drones that are highly responsive to your pick attack. You can set the decay time for the former and create your own custom scales for the latter. You don’t have to buy a sitar and learn how to play it. Just plug into a Ravish.
Boss MO-2 Multi Overtone
The Boss MO-2 Multi Overtone guitar effects pedal is among the vanguard of Boss’s next generation of stompboxes. Powered by the magic of Roland’s innovative Multi-Dimensional Processing (MPD) technology, the MO-2 generates harmonically rich overtones that complement, enhance, and thicken your guitar or bass sound, whether you’re playing clean or distorted. Three unique modes and a dedicated Detune knob let you add all-new dynamic resonance textures to your sound, ranging from shimmering multi-string sounds to organ- and synth-like voicings.
