Tonebox Recommended Pedals
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.
Korg Miku
Inspired by Japanese animation star Hatsune Miku, the Miku Stomp from Korg lets you change your guitar tone into vocal phrases, voiced by the iconic character. It features a Hatsune Miku graphic and eleven distinct phrases that are conveniently selectable using the one rotary control. It leverages an eVocaloid effect, built on Yamaha’s NSX-1 sound engine. With such a distinctive sound, you will either find yourself enjoying the Miku Stomp’s often humorous character or discover infinite inspiration as you conjure new sounds.
JHS Pedals Prestige
A single knob pedal with lots of tricks up its sleeve, the Prestige is an enhancer/booster/buffer sure to give you the magic you have been looking for. You can crank it up to drive your amp into natural overdrive or use it as an always-on preamp or buffer. The Prestige carries a volume knob. In the first 25%, you get a natural enhancer/buffer for long cable runs or a hint of brightness to your signal. It becomes a volume boost when set at 25% to 75%. Roll it at over 75% to send your amp into a meaty natural breakup.
Electro Harmonix Nano Small Stone
The Small Stone made waves when it Electro-Harmonix released it in the ‘70s, and now the 21st century has its own full-bodied, three-dimensional phaser pedal in the form of the Small Stone Nano Analog Phase Shifter. A simple two-knob interface lets you add a dash of swirl to your sound or crank it up for jet plane wooshes. The Small Stone Nano perfectly captures the sound of its bigger predecessor in a small, extremely pedalboard-friendly body.
Death by Audio Evil Fuzz/Filter
The Evil Fuzz/Filter from Death by Audio sounds great with your guitar, synth, or amplified skateboard. It is absolutely psychotic destruction with blooming inverted compression. The CV/Expression in lets you adjust the filter in sync with an arpeggiating synth or manage it using an expression pedal. The Evil Filter is a combination of fuzz/filter with chaos factor that surpasses the sum of its chaotic parts. While you can use filtering and fuzz individually, the two effects are sonic co-conspirators.
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.
Drive Pedals
Mad Professor 1
The “Brown Sound” blew minds around the world during the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Mad Professor took that sound, distilled it into stompbox form, and turned it into the 1. The 1 runs from medium- to high-gain for sheer rock and roll aggression while a built-in ‘70s-style reverb effect lets you add just the right amount of ambience and depth. You can get an instant dose of legendary rock guitar sound with a single stomp.
Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive Deluxe
The Sweet Honey Overdrive guitar effects pedal from Mad Professor was built to push already distorted amps past their breaking points. It also works well for adding a light, subtle overdrive to a clean channel. The Sweet Honey Overdrive’s highly dynamic and touch-sensitive overdrive tone can be controlled using your picking attack and your guitar’s pickup volume. The Deluxe edition expands the control layout from three knobs to five. New are a pair of Bass and Treble EQ controls for dialing in the exact amount of dark lows and bright highs you want.
TC Electronic MojoMojo
The MojoMojo Overdrive from TC Electronic is capable of breathing life, magic, and that something into your sound, making your performance shine. It consists of Treble, Bass, Level, and Drive knobs that give you full control over your overdrive sounds. It is an exceptional overdrive pedal that gives you more headroom, a voicing switch, and precise tone controls. Two-band EQ with dynamic bass and treble controls allows you to sculpt your sound. The MojoMojo Overdrive comes in a compact format that fits on your pedalboard.
Wampler Euphoria
One hit of the Euphoria’s switch will send you into the throes of pure overdrive bliss. This boutique drive stomp from guitar effects pedal maker Wampler is a true modern classic: extremely versatile, gives you tons of tonal transparency, and has a level of sustain and fatness unrivaled by any EQ stack. The Euphoria’s three completely separate gain stages will let you go from warm, natural tube-style drive all the way through to aggressive crunch.
Keeley Germanium Super Phat Mod
Keeley’s Super Phat Mod has been around for a while now, but the Super Phat Mod Germanium takes the popular overdrive circuit to a whole new level. Germanium transistors inserted after the tone stack give the Super Phat Mod a tone powered by screaming hot tubes. You get a warm, classic overdrive that is extremely sensitive to your picking dynamics. You also get a choice between two voicings: go Flat for a level EQ or switch to Phat to give your signal a low-frequency boost.
Mooer Hustle Drive
The Hustle Drive is budget stomp maker Mooer’s take on the Fulltone OCD overdrive guitar effects pedal, one of the most sought-after and copied overdrive stomps in existence. It not only accurately replicates the OCD’s core tonal characteristics, but it also expands the original’s versatility by adding two new modes. Warm mode gives you the natural warmth and dynamic response of a classic tube amp while Hot mode cranks the heat up to scorching to give your signal a massive crunch.
Pigtronix Disnortion Micro
The Disnortion Micro by Pigtronix condenses all the sonic goodness and 18V headroom of the large-format Disnortion pedal’s analog Fuzz and Overdrive circuits into a tinier variant that runs on 9 volts. The original, three-footswitch Disnortion pedal had been in production from 2005 to 2015. It is still in constant use with the likes of Aerosmith, Muse, Living Colour, and Queens of the Stone Age. The Disnortion Micro hugely one-ups the original’s extensive palette of touch responsive dirt sounds by enabling changing from a parallel routing to highly saturated series routing.
Danelectro DJ-22C Black Licorice Beyond Metal Mini
Brutal, hard-hitting, and downright nasty–all fitting adjectives for describing the Danelectro DJ-22C Black Licorice Beyond Metal guitar effect pedal. This evil little stompbox doesn’t just give you growling, snarling distortion, it also has an octave effect for that extra bone-crushing attack. The DJ-22C has a fixed high gain setting, but you can even out the distortion a little bit by holding back on the level knob. There’s also a Bass knob for finer, wide-range parametric control over your bottom end.
JAM Pedals Rattler Bass
Introducing Jam Pedals’ shameless distortion monster—the Rattler Bass. It is built with carbon comp resistors for those who are looking for an authentic vintage distortion sound with modern response and clarity. The Rattler Bass includes a novel NOS LM308N chip in a symmetrical clipping circuit to provide you with that in-your-face sound. The Mix knob lets you find your ideal Dry/Wet signal ratio. Experience the thick and creamy distortion allowed by the Rattler Bass.
Tech 21 U.S. Steel
Tech 21 has taken their renowned SansAmp system and used it to create the Character Series pedals, stompboxes designed to emulate some of the most highly respected classic amp tones ever heard. The SansAmp Character Series U.S. Steel dirt box, in particular, is reminiscent of a Mesa/Boogie amp, serving up massive metal distortions perfect for chugging riffs and searing leads. A unique Character knob lets you control your tone even further to dial in practically any metal tone you might need.
Maxon Vintage Distortion Master
Following years of research, Maxon has devised the optimum distortion pedal. The Maxon Vintage Series Distortion Master gives you a lush, full-frequency response with a beautifully voiced midrange and precision-tuned low end that is tight and big sans being muddy. Its proprietary tone circuitry is capable of making even the tiniest amp sound like a full-stack. It consists of Level, Treble, Bass, and Gain knobs. The DS830 also works well on bass guitar and is perfect for classic rock guitar tones ala Marshall JCM800/900.
Walrus Audio Iron Horse V2
Thick, unruly, and perfect for riffs—the Iron Horse dirt box from Walrus Audio is packed full of classic distortion tones. This high gain metal stallion can go from a thick, warm overdrive to a wild, bucking distortion at the drop of a 10 gallon hat. It also comes with a three position toggle that lets you switch between three clipping diodes for maximum dirt tone versatility. V2 features updated Level, Tone, and Distortion pots for a wider tonal range and more precise low gain control.
Skreddy Rust Rod
The Rust Rod pedal from Skreddy is a different take on the original rams head fuzz circuit. The tone is massive without an anemic mid scoop. Get thick fuzz with a mid-70s liquid response as well as an aggressive distortion. It sounds perfect on chords and riffs. It consists of Sustain, Tone and Volume knobs. Gooey and thick sustain and tone for days that sound incredible regardless of how you set the controls. The Rust Rod boasts a smooth vintage charm rather than a hot contemporary voice.
Fuzzrocious Demon with Clean Blend Mod
The Demon with Clean Blend Mod by Fuzzrocious serves as a low to medium-high gain drive with distortion-esque abilities. It is capable of a driven amp sound at high drive settings as well as the “just on the verge of breakup” stuff at lower drive settings. With the boost/gate mod, the Demon springs into the gated fuzz range. This innovative pedal comes in a durable sleek black chassis consists of controls for Drive, Tone, and Volume.
T-Rex Mudhoney
As its name hints, the Mudhoney by T-Rex Engineering is sweet and dirty, delivering delicious distortion. It is equipped with all the tasty ingredients of a T-Rex classic: stellar tone, a sturdy design, and a perfect mix of controls. It is acclaimed for its incredible tonal range and capability to serve up anything from a smooth dirty edge to a distressing wall of distorted sound. With the boost switch off, the Mudhoney yields an extensive range of sweet-sounding overdrive. It is essentially like owning two distortion pedals in one.
Black Cat OD-1
The Black Cat OD-1 or “Freddie Fuzz” is an original design crafted based on the innovative properties of Analog Devices’ dual operational amplifier chip, OP275. It can go from clean to moderately crunchy to full-on saturated distortion. The Black Cat OD-1 responds to your pick attack and cleans up well when you roll back the guitar volume, just like a great Fuzz Face. It has been used by the likes of Lyle Workman, Beck, Steve Lukather, Scott Henderson, Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty), and several others.
Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face Mini
Featuring the same circuit as the classic JHF1, Dunlop’s FFM3 Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face Mini gives you that thick, smooth fuzz tone popularized by Jimi Hendrix within a compact pedal. Aside from classic Hendrix tone, this pedal features some advanced modifications, including a convenient battery door, AC power jack, and bright status LED for modern convenience. The FFM3 Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face Mini is the perfect choice if you are a fan of Fuzz Face or Hendrix.
Walrus Audio Jupiter
Gritty, thick, and most importantly, loud. That’s the kind of fuzz tone that boutique guitar effects pedal maker Walrus Audio was shooting for when they made the Jupiter fuzz box, and as the resulting stompbox itself shows, they hit the bullseye. This versatile fuzz stomp can dish out a heavy fuzz tone that cuts straight through the mix as well as a more subdued fuzz that fits right in with the rhythm section. A three-way Mode toggle lets you switch between three clipping diode settings for additional tonal flexibility.
Pro Co FATRAT
Building off the original RAT pedals’ foundation and popularity, the Pro Co FATRAT distortion pedal is entirely developed in the US and boasts full tonal flexibility via a selection of original or MOSFET clipping circuits. The new unit’s MOSFET clipping section gives you a mild smoothing in the upper mids and a more amp-esque tone throughout the RAT’s range, sans losing the classic pedal’s basic feel. The FATRAT also includes a bass enhancement that improves the bass response, suitable for guitarists and bassists who tune down their instruments.
Tech 21 Boost RVB
Looking for that something extra to push your sound over the edge and into new sonic landscapes? Tech 21 gives musicians a high quality reverb and clean boost in one analog road-tough stompbox with the Tech 21 Boost RVB guitar effects pedal. The Boost RVB’s reverb section serves up a plethora of spacey, vintage voiced reverb effects that decay naturally, even when you abruptly switch the pedal off. On the boost side, the Boost RVB gives you a shot of up to 9dB of boost to help you cut through the mix.
T-Rex Vulture
The Vulture Distortion from T-Rex Engineering is highly customizable, featuring an extensive range of gain levels as well as a broader range of distortion sounds. It comes in a compact form factor with a simple layout. It consists of controls for Level, Gain, Tone, Fat Boost, and Low Boost. The Fat Boost control lets you add punch and weight, while the Low Boost knob is designed for giving more body. A massive bottom end is available at the roll of a knob.
Caline White Heat
The Caline CP-29 White Heat Mixing Boost is a simple, transparent boost pedal that sets out to do one thing and do it well: giving your signal that extra push it needs to cut through the mix. Heavily influenced by the DOD 250 Classic Overdrive Preamp, the CP-29 features a Gain knob that gives you a subtle, super-transparent boost at lower levels and a full, rich overdrive tone the closer you set it to the max. The Caline CP-29 White Heat Mixing Boost comes with a true bypass feature.
Electro-Harmonix Screaming Bird
Whenever you need your guitar’s high frequencies to cut through the mix, the Screaming Bird is the right stomp for the job. This aptly-named treble boost guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix can give your top end up to 20dB of pure boost. It also lets you sculpt the center frequency between 1.6kHz and 2.4kHz. Whether you want just the right amount of extra high-frequency bite for shimmering treble notes or push your tube amp to the brink of destruction, the Screaming Bird will definitely get you noticed.
JHS Pedals Clover
Spec’d from an ‘80s preamp pedal used by the Edge from U2 and other prominent players, the Clover from JHS Pedals is designed to serve as your always-on tone-shaping device. It is also primed for electric, acoustic, and bass guitars. It consists of three EQ controls that deliver plenty of control to boost or cut Bass, Treble, and Mids. A rotary switch lets you choose between three settings: No EQ, No Mids, and Full EQ.
MOOER 009 Blacknight
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 009 Blacknight is based on the signature amp that ENGL built for Richie Blackmore to give you all the growl and swagger you need. 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.
Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE
The RevivalDRIVE is the first Origin Effects overdrive pedal. Origin Effects went straight to the source of legendary overdriven tone—the classic ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s non-master-volume valve amps. The RevivalDRIVE sports a full valve amp-esque signal path, including the power amp, phase inverter, preamp and rectifier stages, a speaker-emulating reactive load, and a synthesized mains power signal. Footswitchable Silicon Rectifier and Valve Rectifier channels include a comprehensive set of controls so you can adjust the gain, presence, low-end distortion, preamp voicing, and clean-to-overdriven break-up characteristics.
Dunlop Echoplex Preamp
Based on the iconic Echoplex EP-3 utilized by the likes of Eric Johnson and Eddie Van Halen, the Dunlop EP101 Echoplex Preamp provides you with the sweetened sound of EP-3’s preamp stage. For most of the gain range, you capture a vibrant boost. Your guitar tone could sometimes require something that traditional tone-shaping tools cannot afford, and for that, the EP101 is highly recommended. It lets you add as much as 11dB of gain to your sound.
MOOER 018 CUSTOM 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 018 Custom 100, in particular, replicates a boutique Plexi-style served with a heaping helping of sweet natural overdrive. 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.
Two Notes Le Bass
The tube-powered Le Bass dual channel preamp is Two Notes’ gift for bass players who want to create their own ampless rigs. The Le Bass preamp pedal features two separate channels—the clean, vintage voiced low gain A and the high gain B with its own post EQ—that 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.
MOOER 013 Matchbox
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 013 Matchbox is based on a Matchless C30, an amp known for its legendary clean channel and highly-refined gain channel. 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.
Catalinbread Galileo
The Galileo Booster from Catalinbread puts the tone of legendary Queen guitarist Brian May within a box on your pedalboard. Its Gain, Tone, and Volume knobs, in concert with its Rangemaster/AC30 preamp section circuitry, gives you May’s distinctive throaty mid-range and jangly crunch. May still has a treble-booster in his rig to ensure that life is inserted into his tone from the outset. You can now do the same with the Catalinbread Galileo Booster—your go-to treble-boost overdrive.
JHS Pedals Prestige
A single knob pedal with lots of tricks up its sleeve, the Prestige is an enhancer/booster/buffer sure to give you the magic you have been looking for. You can crank it up to drive your amp into natural overdrive or use it as an always-on preamp or buffer. The Prestige carries a volume knob. In the first 25%, you get a natural enhancer/buffer for long cable runs or a hint of brightness to your signal. It becomes a volume boost when set at 25% to 75%. Roll it at over 75% to send your amp into a meaty natural breakup.
MOSKY Silver Horse
The Klon Centaur is, hands down, one of the most copied overdrive pedals ever. It’s so often copied, in fact, that budget guitar effects pedal brand Mosky Audio made two Centaur-based overdrive pedals: the Golden Horse and this one, the Silver Horse. What differentiates the two is a two-way switch on the latter that lets you choose between Hard and Soft clipping modes. The Silver Horse also features a trio of dedicated control knobs for tone sculpting.
Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra
The Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra is capable of transforming your setup into the “rig of doom.” It is a custom-tuned Rangemaster-based treble booster coupled with a Laney Supergroup preamp section. It will bring your tone to the dark side on its own, but you have Volume 4 (named after the album), Gain, Range, and Presence knobs to better fine-tune and shape your sound. The Range knob allows you to select frequency response from treble-only to full-range boost.
Mosky XP Booster
The XP Booster from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Mosky Audio is a clean boost pedal based on Xotic California’s EP Booster–which itself was based on the preamp of the legendary EP-3 echo pedal. The XP Booster can juice up your guitar’s signal by up to 20dB of shimmering, full-bodied boost. The only external control knob is a level dial, but inside are internal DIP switches that let you control the XP Booster’s boost frequencies and EQ settings.
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.
Modulation Pedals
Digitech Nautila
Create soothing rhythmic waves or unique tidal swirls with the DigiTech Nautila flanger and chorus pedal for your keyboard and electric guitar. It features Drift and Voice controls that let you add up to four flanger voices or eight chorus voices, and then combine and morph these waveforms at will. You can increase the modulation speed using the momentary footswitch. Individual Mix, Voices, Emphasis, Depth, and Speed controls shape your waves into soupy foam or clean curls. The Nautila’s rugged construction, stereo inputs and outputs, true bypass, and silent switching make it as practical as it is innovative.
Donner Alpha Acoustic
Distinguished by its remarkable tone, user-friendly form factor, and compact size, the Donner Alpha Acoustic is an effects chain combining three effects in one, including a hall reverb, acoustic preamp, and dreamy chorus. It features an LED indicator that shows you the working state and buffer bypass that gives a transparent tone. The Alpha Acoustic consists of a Reverb module with natural decay and rich spaciousness, Preamp module for tonal improvement, and Chorus module for making the natural sense of space.
Danelectro Wasabi AC-1
The Danelectro Wasabi AC-1 Chorus-Trem guitar effect pedal is all about creamy chorus effects and tube-amp style tremolo. With four EQ presets and an independent Tone control knob, you can dial in a wide range of chorus effects, plus a Hard/Soft toggle lets you pick a wave for the tremolo effect. The AC-1 also features a Wet/Dry mix control, a pickup selector that lets you better match your guitar setup, and a a dry output jack for a stereo effect.
Keeley Super Mod Workstation
Pedalmeister Robert Keeley wasn’t kidding around when he named this modulation multi-effects pedal the Super Mod Workstation. It features two banks loaded with eight high-quality modulation effects each, from thick chorus and pristine digital delay to rotary emulation and wah. Mix ‘em, match ‘em, stack ‘em–you have the power. The Super Mod Workstation also comes with a dedicated tap tempo footswitch as well as expression pedal support for real-time parameter control. A truly super stompbox.
Tech 21 Boost Chorus
Tech 21’s Boost Chorus guitar effects pedal owes a lot of its sound to classic chorus effects from the ‘70s, serving up a rich, period accurate vintage chorus. Six dedicated pots give you unprecedented control over the effect’s sound. The Pre-Delay knob alone provides a wide range of tonal flexibility, letting you dial in everything from a vintage chorus to a slapback echo. There’s also a Multi Voice function that fattens up your sound even further with a very natural ensemble-like effect.
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.
MXR Bass Envelope Filter
It’s time to bring on the funk with the Bass Envelope Filter from MXR. It packs vintage analog envelope filter sounds into a user- and pedalboard-friendly pedal designed particularly for bass. You may dial in the right amount of filtering with the individual Effect and Dry controls—valuable for keeping your low end intact. The Q and Decay knobs allow you to sculpt its extensive range of filter tones. A simple roll of the Sensitivity control can tailor the pedal for your attack and adjust for active or passive basses.
Mojo Hand FX Wonder Filter
Inspired by a vintage envelope filter, the Wonder Filter by Mojo Hand FX was engineered to deliver versatile and exceptional modulation. It incorporates Gain and Peak controls as well as Drive and Range switches. Original features include a Mode selector switch, and besides the Low Pass, High Pass, and Band Pass settings, it has a Notch Filter and a No Filter setting delivering preamp standalone boost ability. With a full range Attack control, the Wonder Filter lets you fine-tune a more extensive variety of sounds and sensitivity by adjusting response along with the Gain control.
Maxon 9-Series Auto Filter
Maxon’s AF-9 Auto Filter loads the coolest auto-wah and swept filter effects into a portable, user-friendly enclosure. Opto-coupler circuitry emulates the shimmering, watery filtering of iconic vintage units. The AF-9 consists of Threshold and Peak sliders that let you adjust the degree of effect as well as Drive and Range switches that determine the filter sweep’s direction and range. The 100 Hz to 4 kHz frequency range and three selectable filter types (Hi Pass, Low Pass, and Band Pass) enable the AF-9 to work with just about any instrument or input signal.
Mad Professor Hand-Wired Tiny Orange Phaser
The Tiny Orange Phaser from Mad Professor serves up everything from floating vibe-like tones to classic phase effects. Thanks to its premium quality parts and exquisite construction, the Tiny Orange Phaser gives you a very balanced and highly musical tone. You also get a choice between two very different phaser tones—a light and bright one and a deep tone with a fat low end—using a rotary switch knob. The Tiny Orange Phaser is hand-made and hand-wired in Finland using only top-quality components.
Death by Audio Evil Fuzz/Filter
The Evil Fuzz/Filter from Death by Audio sounds great with your guitar, synth, or amplified skateboard. It is absolutely psychotic destruction with blooming inverted compression. The CV/Expression in lets you adjust the filter in sync with an arpeggiating synth or manage it using an expression pedal. The Evil Filter is a combination of fuzz/filter with chaos factor that surpasses the sum of its chaotic parts. While you can use filtering and fuzz individually, the two effects are sonic co-conspirators.
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.
Mooer E-Lady
The Eleclady serves up a classic analog flanger sound and comes packed with a filter mode as well as oscillator effects. This guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox maker Mooer features two separate effect modes; Normal gives the effected signal a light, subtle sweep while Filter cranks the effect up for more dramatic sonic changes. The Eleclady may be tiny, but its versatile flange sound and full metal shell make it a roadworthy addition to your pedalboard.
Electro-Harmonix Neo Mistress
Packing the same rich flange effects as the original Electric Mistress, the Neo Mistress is a must-have for flange-heads without a lot of pedalboard space to spare. This ultra-compact pedal goves you varied tonal density plus smooth sweeping flange effects. Thanks to a manual filter matrix mode, you can freeze the filter sweep for more precise control. The Neo Mistress features true bypass and can be powered by a standard 9V battery or compatible power supply.
Maxon FL-9 Flanger
The FL-9 Flanger from Maxon features a pure analog signal path that leverages the Panasonic MN3207 BBD IC to deliver some of the beefiest flanging and time-delay effects possible. Regeneration, Rate, and Depth dials enable you to achieve anything from lush jet-esque flanging sweeps to hollow metallic overtones to shimmering chorus and vibrato. Besides the standard controls, the FL-9 carries a Delay Time knob which allows for an extensive range of unique spatial effects. Silent operation makes it suitable for studio or on-stage use.
Koogo Flanger
The Koogo Flanger pedal gives you classic analog flanging and rolling effects. This beautiful sounding pedal is made of high-quality zinc alloy, boasting solid built and durability. It consists of three function knobs labeled as Rate, Range, and Color, as well as a toggle switch that lets you choose between Normal and Filter modes. You may simply adjust three function knobs and pick your preferred model to create your music tone. Savor your colorful and fun life with the Koogo Flanger pedal.
Strymon Orbit
The Orbit dBucket Flanger pedal by Strymon provides you with the swooshing sound of coveted classic analog flanging effects. With a powerful combination of front-panel controls, you can go from chorus-esque detuning to extreme jet plane effects. Comprehensive I/O and deep-editing secondary features enable you to tweak the pedal’s sound to suit your performance requirements. The Orbit dBucket Flanger pedal lets you capture those cool analog tones popularized by Van Halen, The Beatles, and others.
Electro-Harmonix Stereo Polyphase
The Stereo Polyphase analog optical envelope and LFO phase shifter gives you cascading stereo phase shifts that are out of this world. This Electro-Harmonix XO unit uses optocouplers for a smooth, liquid tone and features selectable LFO and envelope follower modes. Tone sculpting is made easy by user-defined start and stop ranges as well as a feedback resonance control switch, plus the Stereo Polyphase’s optical circuitry makes it very responsive to most hot instruments, including keyboards.
MXR Phase 99
The Phase 99 from MXR sports two Phase 90 circuits within one Phase 90-sized pedal, providing you with a convenient and cost-efficient way of capturing the beautiful sounds you achieve when both circuits interact. You have tons of control, including individual rate controls as well as a Vintage switch that allows you to toggle between modern and classic phasing. You may also select from series or parallel signal flow between the two circuits, and sync their duty cycles.
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.
MXR Phase 95 Mini
With its refined sound, portable size, and superior construction, the Phase 90 has set the benchmark for phasers. Two years after, MXR introduced a mellower version—the Phase 45. You can now enjoy both legendary circuits in one pedal while also tightening up your pedalboard. The Phase 95 packs the Phase 45 and Phase 90 circuits into a compact package. The 45/90 switch toggles between the Phase 90 mode’s pronounced four-stage phasing and Phase 45 mode’s subtle two-stage phasing. A Script switch changes between two phasing styles.
Donner Mod Square
The Donner Mod Square is a modulation pedal that lets you have seven modulation effects, including Flanger, Vibrato, Rotary, Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus A, and Chorus B, to add musical color to your tone. It comes in an aluminium-alloy chassis consists of three function knobs (Rate, Depth, and E.Level) for setting the effect level. Use the E.Level control to adjust the effect level, Depth for the effect depth, and Rate to set the effect speed. Mod Square also features a true bypass switch and an LED indicator that displays the working state.
Eventide ModFactor
When it comes to modulation effects, Eventide’s ModFactor multi-effects pedal is the pinnacle. You get all the classics—Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Rotary, Tremolo, and Vibrato—plus a couple of unique Eventide effects. There’s the dreamy, pulsating Undulator, which combines two delays, two detuned voices, and a tremolo effect. Also included is a RIngMod effect that adds futuristic bell-like overtones to your sound. The ModFactor can hold up to 100 presets, has true analog bypass, and supports real-time control via MIDI or expression pedal.
JHS Pedals Kodiak Tremolo
Take all the bells and whistles you need to produce the largest tremolo growl ever with the Kodiak Tremolo by JHS Pedals. This tremolo pedal for electric guitar includes two separate variable speed controls. It lets you set up two distinct tremolo speeds and move between them via a footswitch. An internal switch enables you to pick from “slow” or “normal” speed ranges. With the Wave knob, you can select from four wave variations: Ramp, Square, Rhythmic, and Sine.
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.
EBS TremoLo
The TremoLo from EBS is a welcomed addition to the famed Black Label Pedals collection. It is a stereo vintage-style tremolo or sweeping filter effect for keyboard, guitar, and bass. It features full-bodied thick sound within a compact yet durable tiny box that fits well on your pedalboard, providing you with all the astounding tremolo effects you desire. Best known as a guitar effect, the tremolo is also capable of imparting a beautiful character to bass.
Diamond Tremolo
The Diamond Tremolo features an all-analog signal path leveraging an optoisolator like the 60’s vintage tube amps. The analog signal path is coupled with a microprocessor controller to give you a range of quirky features. The Tremolo boasts a double speed switch and multiple selectable waveforms, from sine and sharkfin wave to square wave and chop. That is comparable with the Empress Tremolo regarding its shaping ability but has a bit more far-out settings.
Mojo Hand FX Bayou Trem
Designed to faithfully emulate the vintage amp-esque tremolo of yesteryear, the Bayou Trem by Mojo Hand FX concentrates on old-school sweetness while incorporating modern updates and features, including pulsating LED, true bypass switching, and top-notch build quality. Three external controls give you enough grip on the Bayous tonal performance. The Rate knob spans from slow warble to full-tilt flutter, while the Depth control provides anything from a light, buttery shimmer to deep pulsing throb. The Level knob enables you to find unity volume, and if wanted, can deliver a dramatic boost.
Keeley Super Mod Workstation
Pedalmeister Robert Keeley wasn’t kidding around when he named this modulation multi-effects pedal the Super Mod Workstation. It features two banks loaded with eight high-quality modulation effects each, from thick chorus and pristine digital delay to rotary emulation and wah. Mix ‘em, match ‘em, stack ‘em–you have the power. The Super Mod Workstation also comes with a dedicated tap tempo footswitch as well as expression pedal support for real-time parameter control. A truly super stompbox.
Eventide H9 MAX
With 51 effect algorithms that include literally everything Eventide’s TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space pedals can do, the H9 MAX Harmonizer is basically an entire pedalboard in compact effects pedal form. It features reverb, chorus, delay, modulation, pitch-shifting, distortion effects, all of which can be tweaked and edited via an intuitive single-knob interface. The H9 MAX comes preloaded with 99 presets, plus you can get over 500 more for free via the H9 Control app.
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.
Rowin Mod Station
A ton of high-quality modulation effects, all packed into a small, very affordable stompbox that you can carry around in your pocket. The powerful LEF-3808 Mod Station multi-effects stomp from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin comes with eleven distinct modulation effects, all of which can be further tweaked via its dedicated Level, Speed, and Depth pots. Its footswitch is also multi-functional: pressing down twice will switch between fixed and non-fixed mode while holding it down will let you store a setting you like.
Catalinbread Callisto
The Callisto’s elegant, versatile feature set and compact size make it an invaluable addition to your pedalboard. It integrates several top-grade components to give you the best tonal response possible. It features a reliable, precise Bucket Brigade chip and Burr-Brown op-amp for clean amplification. The Callisto allows you continuous control of Mix, Density, Rate, and Width for 100% organic tones and impeccable impact. You can get wonderfully wobbly vibrato and chimey, glistening chorus effects in one sturdy footswitch-operated chassis.
Eventide H9 Core
Eventide H9 Core
The H9 Core acts as the entry-level version of Eventide’s monstrous H9 MAX multi-effects pedal. It comes with 25 presets from the original glitch-heavy, pitch-shifting H910/H949 Harmonizers, plus for a fee, you can augment its effects arsenal via the H9 Control app. You can pick and choose the effects you purchase to make an H9 Core that’s truly unique to your needs, or just go all out and turn your H9 Core into an H9 MAX.
Keeley Monterey
A must-have for anyone on a quest to emulate Jimi Hendrix’s legendary tones. Keeley’s Monterey multi-effects pedal combines a number of Hendrix’s favorite effects into one roadworthy bag of tricks. You get a rotary speaker, a vibe effect, and an auto-wah, plus a heaping helping of thick, highly responsive fuzz and variable octave up and down functions. Got an external expression pedal? Plug it in for manual control over the wah or the modulation speed.
Pigtronix Octava Micro
The Octava Micro by Pigtronix is a revamped variant of the octave up found in the Disnortion pedal. This pure analog frequency doubler features an onboard low pass filter control which lets you capture singing octave up tones, wherever on the neck, sans tweaking the tone control of your instrument. For increased overall flexibility and more signal power, Fuzz, Drive, and Blend knobs have been incorporated to the original two-knob design. Use the Blend control to combine its fuzz, drive, and octave effects with your dry signal.
Fulltone Octafuzz
Few fuzz and octave-up pedals are as legendary as the Tychobrahe Octavia. That same vintage fuzz tone popularized by Jimi Hendrix himself can now be at your feet thanks to Fulltone’s Octafuzz, an exact copy of the Octavia packed into a modern and compact unit. You can use it as a straight-up fuzz pedal or engage the octave-up function for true Octafuzz tone. Other than the original Octavia itself, nothing comes close to creating that classic dirty, otherworldly vibe.
Zvex Instant Lo-Fi Junky Vertical
Boutique guitar effects pedal company Zvex built the Instant Lo-Fi Junky to replicate the crazy low fidelity sounds of the Lo-Fi Loop Junky in real time. That in itself is impressive enough, but the Instant Lo-Fi Junky actually ups the ante by giving you full control over the dry and wet signal blend. You can create haunting chorus sounds, strange vibrato pulses, and otherworldly lo-fi warbles that push your arsenal of sonic textures to the next level. The Instant Lo-Fi Junky Vertical does everything its horizontally-oriented sibling does; the only difference is the chassis design.
MXR Vintage Bass Octave
The Vintage Bass Octave from MXR updates the warm analog sub-bass feels of an old school circuit with cleaner headroom, superior tracking, and versatility required by modern players. It gives you a tremendous range of smooth, musical sounds within a pedalboard-friendly MXR mini housing. The Vintage Bass Octave features a throaty and rich voice and comes in two forms—two octaves down and one octave down. You can dial in each individually using the Oct 1 and Oct 2 knobs. The Vintage Bass Octave is an invaluable device for bassists who wish to plumb their instrument’s sonic depth.
MXR Sub Octave Bass Fuzz
The Sub Octave Bass Fuzz by MXR serves up a roaring low end with earth-shaking fuzz. It combines two distinct fuzzes with a snarling sub-octave signal, boasting a range of controls for fine-tuning your sound, including an individual Dry volume knob to guarantee clean low-end retention. The engineers at MXR combined the Bass Octave Deluxe’s Growl section with a long-forgotten fuzz circuit. With three independent output level controls for dry signals, fuzz, and sub-octave, you can craft your recipe of subterranean tones sans compromising your instrument’s natural sound.
Orange Fur Coat
Inspired by the iconic 70s Foxx Tone Machine, the Fur Coat from Orange provides you with a wholly controllable octave fuzz pedal. Individual switches indicate you can select between octave fuzz and fuzz. With controllable octave up fuzz, you can bring in the fuzz to any level you want, and the EQ lets you boost your Bass or Treble. The Fur Coat is Orange’s sole true bypass pedal. That is because fuzz is better at the start of your chain where it interacts directly with your instrument.
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Maxon AD10 Analog Delay
The AD10 Analog Delay takes Maxon’s over three decades of expertise in analog delay design and serves it up in a portable WYSIWYG chassis. It gives you as much as 600ms of beautiful organic delay which will not get in the way of your natural tone. The AD10’s simple control layout makes it extremely convenient to dial in a range of valuable delay effects, including tight rhythm slapbacks, faux reverb, double-tracking, and longer delays for solos. It keeps its unique sound even if you stack it with distortions and overdrives.
Ibanez Echo Shifter
The Ibanez Echo Shifter is built for analog delay pedal enthusiasts. Ibanez brings real analog sound quality and digital-like versatility together. The Echo Shifter also gives you an endless medley of sonic possibilities, including features such as a feedback knob, oscillation switch, modulation, and depth control which ensures an abundance of creative inspiration. The pitch modulation provides a broad range of effects, while the oscillation mode gives 15dB of gain to the feedback loop for unique effects.
Pigtronix Echolution 2 Remote
Optimize your Echolution 2 using the Echolution 2 Remote footswitch from Pigtronix. It is a two-button momentary controller which allows you convenient access to your four preferred presets in every bank of your Echolution 2 Deluxe or Echolution 2 delay pedal. It also activates your Echolution 2’s Freeze feature as well as the innovative Jump function which sends your delays cascading up in octaves on each repeat. The Echolution 2 Remote footswitch will let you get the most out of your effects pedals.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Rever
Banking on Old Blood Noise Endeavors’ pedal building expertise and Datachoir’s sonic ideas, the Rever is a collaborative mix of modulated reverb, reverse, and delay. Featuring two toggles, two footswitches, and seven knobs, familiar effects join forces to produce several inspiring new textures. It features order switching—place reverse last for glitchy textures or first for an ambient wash. Initially launched in a limited quantity in 2018, the Rever is back to introduce its distinctive sound to more players seeking to stretch beyond.
Strymon Brigadier
With the Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay, you get all the tone and none of the noise of standard vintage bucket brigade chips, unless you decide to add it back using the Bucket Loss knob. It features a hand-wired dBucket algorithm for dead-on emulation of each stage of an analog bucket brigade chip and related clock driver circuitry. You can go from clean and warm repeats to noisy, saturated delays. Add to that the dedicated filter and modulation controls, assignable expression pedal input, and tap tempo, and you have yourself an incredibly flexible delay powerhouse.
TC Electronic Flashback Triple Delay
The Flashback Triple Delay is an extraordinary three-engine delay pedal boasting versatile engine routing, inbuilt TonePrints, and subdivision control. Three individual engines enable you to run up to three different delays simultaneously, in parallel or in series, to produce luscious effects. Use the dedicated subdivision knob to assign rhythmic patterns to every delay, with eleven distinct settings providing you with plenty of creative scopes. The Flashback Triple Delay lets you go as insane as your imagination permits.
Caline Snake Bite Reverb
The Caline CP-26 Snake Bite Ambient Reverb guitar effects pedal is an affordable slimline stomp with a six-knob interface that gives you full tone-shaping control over your sound. Dial in a reverb mode with the RES knob, shape the tone with the CFR knob, and add a little warmth with the LPF knob. Then, use the PRD knob to set the delay time, the MIX knob to control the amount of reverb, and the DECAY knob to set the reverb’s decay length. The Caline CP-26 Snake Bite Ambient Reverb comes with a true bypass feature.
Donner Alpha Acoustic
Distinguished by its remarkable tone, user-friendly form factor, and compact size, the Donner Alpha Acoustic is an effects chain combining three effects in one, including a hall reverb, acoustic preamp, and dreamy chorus. It features an LED indicator that shows you the working state and buffer bypass that gives a transparent tone. The Alpha Acoustic consists of a Reverb module with natural decay and rich spaciousness, Preamp module for tonal improvement, and Chorus module for making the natural sense of space.
MOOER EchoVerb
The EchoVerb guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox maestro Mooer combines two pedalboard essentials—in this case, digital delay and reverb—to create a tiny, budget-friendly, and versatile stompbox jam-packed with features. You can easily sculpt the delay and reverb effects according to your tastes via a user-friendly and intuitive interface with knobs that pull double duty for each effect. Mooer even threw in a tap tempo button so you have iron-fisted control over the delay tempo.
MXR Reverb
The Reverb gives you six unique high-end reverb styles, each beautifully created and tuned by the award-winning design team at MXR. You can select between Plate, Spring, Epic, Mod, Room, and Pad settings. The Reverb is packaged within a standard-sized MXR box featuring an intuitive three-knob layout as well as a hi-fi analog dry path with a massive 20 volts of headroom. It also includes stereo input/output capability, full wet mode, and true relay/trails bypass.
Carl Martin HeadRoom
The Carl Martin Headroom is the easiest to operate reverb pedal featuring some extras. This entirely analog “real spring” reverb boasts two similar channels, each with level and tone controls to determine the tone and depth of your reverb. Get a soft, small room reverb on Channel A and a dark, more dramatic large room reverb on Channel B or vise versa. The Headroom also features cool vintage chicken-head knobs, solid metal casing, double mounted springs to reduce stage feedback, input/output jacks, and remote jacks for Bypass and Channel Select.
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.
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.
Walrus Audio Deep Six V3
Combining the sheer power of the Universal Audio 1176 compressor with the simplicity of a Ross, Walrus Audio’s Deep Six compressor pedal brings ultra versatile studio-grade compression right to your feet. V3 of the Deep Six pedal features a new Tone knob that lets you cut and shape your signal’s low end. It also features a soft switch / relay bypassing for smoother operation, new top mounted input and output jacks, and brand new chassis artwork by Adam Forster.
Caline Hot Mushroom
Built on the classic Dyna Comp compressor pedal design from MXR and enhanced with Caline’s own unique twist, the Caline CP-10 Hot Mushroom Compressor guitar effects pedal gives budget-conscious musicians a reliable compressor pedal that doesn’t break the bank. Its simple two-knob interface lets you go from a soft, subtle compression effect to full-on heavy compression. Boost quiet parts and even out loud spikes for rock-solid tone. The Caline CP-10 Hot Mushroom Compressor comes with a true bypass feature.
Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe
Origin Effects has built all the functionality from its flagship Cali76 Standard into the Cali76 Compact Deluxe and incorporated the highly requested parallel mix control formerly available only in its limited editions. This little marvel is an 1176-esque studio-quality FET compressor packaged within a portable, stompbox-sized enclosure. Individual controls for Release, Ratio, and Attack allow you to accurately tweak your tone. The elegant jewel lamp serves as a three-color gain reduction meter. With the Dry Blend control, you can combine your dry signal with your compressed guitar tone.
Animals Pedal 1927 Home Run King Comp
The Animals Pedal 1927 Home Run King Compressor delivers studio-quality compression within a pedalboard and pocket-friendly unit. It boasts an uncomplicated control system for leveling low and high frequencies while controlling the tonal density and sustain. The EQ knob controls the frequency range, VOL sets the pedal’s overall output level, and COMP selects how little or how much compression you want running on your signal path. It also features two LED lights—one indicates when the compression is working hard, and another shows if the pedal is bypassed or active.
Donner Alpha Bass
The Donner Alpha Bass is a mini effects chain that features three types of bass guitar effects, including a rich chorus, a versatile bass drive, and an opto-voiced compressor. Distinguished by its user-friendly form factor, portable size, and remarkable tone, the Alpha Bass is perfect for any music style. It features an LED indicator displaying the working state, buffer bypass that offers a transparent tone, and classic-voiced bass drive with a broad tonal range.
Chase Bliss Audio Condor
The Chase Bliss Audio Condor multi-effect pedal enables control over a broad range of effects, including tremolo, boost, overdrive, EQ, and filter tones. Boasting the ability to store presets and a potent parametric mids control, the Condor proves to be as majestic and powerful as the bird it is named after. This pedal also features a switchable overdrive circuit for shaping the guitar tone you want. The overdrive circuit complements stacking, so using it together with your favorite overdrive stompbox is recommended.
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.
Boss GE-7 7-Band EQ
The Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer is one of the most useful guitar effect pedals you could ever add to your pedal chain. It doesn’t matter what style of music you play, its seven-band EQ will give you complete and precise control over your sound. The Boss GE-7 7-Band EQ’s equalizer ranges from 100Hz to 6.4kHz with a boost/cut of +/- 15dB per band, making it the ideal equalizer for guitar signals. Place it after your favorite distortion pedal and you can drastically cut down unwanted feedback.
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.
Tech 21 Q-Strip
All the vintage warmth, grit, and punch you recognize from legendary ‘60s and ‘70s sounds, laid right at your feet in the form of the Q\Strip direct input (DI) preamp and EQ box from Tech 21. This compact, road-tough DI gives you all the studio-grade tone shaping power of a 100% analog MOSFET circuit and four bands of EQ inspired by the most highly regarded of console recording modules. Whether you use it onstage or in the studio, the Q\Strip will make you sound good.
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.
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Utility Pedals
Xvive PT-05 Pedal Tuner
Xvive’s PT05 chromatic tuner pedal is built to be unobtrusive but easy to see when you do need to use it. Its small chassis makes it easy to find space for it on any pedalboard, while its color display lets you tune your guitar without having to bend over and squint. Whether you’re playing on a dark stage, outdoors on the street, or in the comfort of a studio, you’ll be able to tune your instrument quickly and painlessly. It’s small, speedy, and straightforward—the three S’s that make for a great chromatic tuner pedal.
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.
NUX PT-6 Pedal Tuner
The PT-6 Chromatic Pedal Tuner from NUX features a highly sensitive chromatic tuning mode with an extensive range. It boasts a true bypass design and comes in a sturdy metal chassis. The PT-6 Pedal Tuner is professional, high-quality, and easy to use. The bright LED screen delivers clear visibility outdoors as well as on stage. The true bypass circuit enables tuning sans signal loss or latency. When the signal is lost after five minutes, the power save feature will turn the device off automatically.
Digitech LUXE
If you want to beef up your tone without that weird warbling effect from a flanger or chorus, you need to see the DigiTech Luxe. The Luxe is an astounding unison/detuning pedal that sounds fantastic on your bass or guitar. It allows you to blend a slightly detuned input with the dry signal to produce a constant thickening sound identical to the studio technique of double tracking. Whether you are playing chords or single notes, the Luxe delivers a solid, rich, and true pitch-detuning effect.
Boss TU3 Tuner
The Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner is the upgraded next-gen version of the TU-2, the gold standard of chromatic tuners. This pedalboard essential is accurate to +/- 1 cent and comes with a new Accu-Pitch Sign function and a 21-segment LED meter that give you visual verification when you hit the perfect tuning. The Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner also features Chromatic and Guitar/Bass tuning modes that support 7-string guitars and 6-string basses as well as a Guitar Flat mode for quick drop tunings up to six semitones below the standard pitch.
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.
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.
JOYO R-07 AQUARIUS
With multiple built-in delay effects, a tap tempo function, and a looper with five minutes of max recording time, the R-07 Aquarius gives you a ridiculous amount of bang for your buck. The delay comes in eight flavors—Digital, Analog, Tape Echo, Tube Echo, Reverse, Low Bit, Galaxy, and Mod—plus you get dedicated Volume, Tape (Feedback), and Tone controls for tone shaping. The R-07 Aquarius is an R Series pedal, meaning it has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
Keeley True Bypass Looper
Name aside, the Keeley Looper guitar effects pedal isn’t actually a looper; it instead lets you add an extra effects loop to your pedalboard. You can create new signal chains or isolate noisy pedals. It features true bypass, which means any non-true bypass pedals you connect to it will benefit from that function as well. A quick, useful solution that lets you keep using your older pedals without having to worry about them sucking out your tone.
Joyo GEM BOX III
The Gem Box III is Joyo’s flagship entry in the guitar multi-effects processor arena, and it packs quite a punch. The Gem Box III features 61 preamp models, 157 effect types, and 300 preset tones. It also comes loaded with 26 impulse responses, to which you can add your own via Joyo’s Studio software. For playing solo, the Gem Box III’s drum machine with 40 presets and 10 metronome rhythms will come in handy along with the 52-second looper. And when it’s time to hit the stage, this sturdy unit will hold up to the rigors of the road.
Digitech Jam Man
DigiTech’s JamMan Stereo Looper boasts the ability to save 35 minutes of CD-quality loops within 99 internal memories and an SD memory card expansion slot that allows you to store more than 16 hours of material in an added 99 slots. It also includes reverse playback, true stereo looping, and a mic input making it suitable for DJ applications and backing tracks. The JamMan Stereo has USB connectivity and will sync to the JamManager XT software which organizes and records your JamMan Stereo loops to your Mac or PC.
Koogo Loop Station
A beautiful and powerful pedal, the Loop Station by Koogo allows you ten minutes of looping, infinite overdubs, delete, redo, and undo functions. It lets you select between Normal, Reverse, and 1/2 Speed modes. The Normal mode gives you normal loop speed, Reverse offers reverse play, while 1/2 Speed delivers half-speed playback recording. The Loop Station comes in a mini, convenient, and sturdy aluminum alloy enclosure. It includes true bypass and an LED indicator that displays the looper status.
Electro-Harmonix MEL9
If vintage tape-based keyboard sounds get you hot and bothered, then the MEL9 Tape Replay Machine from Electro-Harmonix deserves a prime spot on your pedalboard. The MEL9 comes packed with authentic recreations of nine of the coolest Mellotron sounds ever: Orchestra, Cello, Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Brass, Low Choir, and High Choir. The MEL9 features dedicated Attack and Sustain controls for full sound-shaping freedom as well as separate Dry and Effect outputs, each of which has its own volume dial.
Donner Harmonic Square
The Harmonic Square from Donner is an octave pedal boasting seven modes effect and a three-way toggle switch that allows you to choose from Sharp, Detune, or Flat modes. The pedal also consists of Dry and Wet knobs which you can tweak to select the dry signal level and control the harmonic signal level respectively. Packaged in a sturdy, aluminium-alloy enclosure, the Harmonic Square includes an LED indicator displaying the working state, digital circuit design, and true bypass producing a transparent tone.
Eventide H9 MAX
With 51 effect algorithms that include literally everything Eventide’s TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space pedals can do, the H9 MAX Harmonizer is basically an entire pedalboard in compact effects pedal form. It features reverb, chorus, delay, modulation, pitch-shifting, distortion effects, all of which can be tweaked and edited via an intuitive single-knob interface. The H9 MAX comes preloaded with 99 presets, plus you can get over 500 more for free via the H9 Control app.
Donner Viper Mini
The Donner Viper Mini is a two-in-one Expression/Volume pedal with a super lightweight housing that gives you convenience. This mighty little pedal features an excellent Expression response as well as Volume function. The Viper Mini instantly detects and catches the output source (EXP/Vol) objective. It also includes a special analog circuit design and smooth taper that precisely responds to different parameters. The Viper Mini comes in a sturdy, hard plastic compact enclosure and works without a pedal power supply or battery.
TC Helicon VoiceLive 2
With the VoiceLive 2 from TC Helicon, it is more convenient than ever to craft beautiful-sounding vocal harmonies on stage. You can produce as much as eight harmony voices and manage them from your MIDI keyboard, guitar, or even MP3 player. Six effects blocks offer delay, pitch shifting, doubling, distortion, reverb, and megaphone effects. The rugged floor-based VoiceLive2 also incorporates a digitally controlled mic preamp allowing you to set its gain even when you are singing. The Tone algorithm instantly sets EQ, de-essing, and compression features.
Seymour Duncan Silver Lake
With a ton of innovative multi-reverb pedals available, it is refreshing to see one as beautiful-sounding and intuitive as the Silver Lake Dynamic Reverb pedal from Seymour Duncan. It is a powerhouse reverb workstation, combining sophisticated reverb algorithms with powerful tone sculpting options and dynamic control for a deep sonic experience—whether you want a wash of massive ambiance or subtle sounds. The Silver Lake Dynamic Reverb’s foundation is the proprietary Dynamic Expression control and a set of eight well-crafted reverb algorithms.
Caline Time Space
With a delay time range of 25ms to 600ms, the Caline CP-17 Time Space Digital Delay guitar effects pedal gives you a lot of digital delay bang for your buck. Dedicated Mix, Repeat, and Time knobs give you full control over your delay settings, while a high-quality filter makes this digital delay pedal come very close to the sound of more expensive classic analog delays. The Caline CP-17 Time Space Echo Digital Delay comes with a true bypass feature.
Rowin ABY Line
They might not be considered the stars of the show, but line selectors and channel switchers are definitely among the most essential workhorses of a good pedalboard. The LEF-330 ABY selector from budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin is a versatile selector pedal, letting your signal flow from A or B to Y or vice versa. You can connect two instruments—an electric and an acoustic guitar, for example—to one amp or use the LEF-330 ABY to throw your instrument’s signal to two separate amps for a true stereo attack.
Radial Tonebone Headbone SS
The Headbone by Radial is a sophisticated head switching tool that enables you to use two guitar amp heads with one speaker cabinet. Boasting an entirely discreet class-A circuitry and choice between unbuffered and buffered inputs, players who want the ultimate in tonal performance will appreciate the Headbone. Its internal switching consists of a sequence of relays, load resistors, and photocells, all are controlled using a digitally programmed chip. The Headbone features models for solid-state (SS), tube amps (VT), or both (TS).
Carl Martin Route Box
Have you ever find yourself out on a gig playing both electric and acoustic guitar and utilizing two amps but just one pedalboard? Then Carl Martin has a simple solution for you! It understands that musicians sometimes need to supply more gear to satisfy the demands of a show. Its Route Box is a dual A/B box that allows you to route two guitars to either of the two amps. The Route Box features an amp select footswitch keeping the two amps, two instruments, and one pedalboard dedicated and routed.
Morley ABY Pro
Exquisite engineering and dead simple controls are the hallmarks of Morley ABY Pro two-button signal switcher unit. You can use it to feed your guitar signal into two separate amps for a true stereo effect, switch between two different amps for rhythm and lead parts, or bypass your effects loop to let your pure clean tone shine through. The ABY Pro features silent switching and a custom Ebtech 1:1 isolation transformer for unsurpassed signal transparency.
Orange Amps FS1
Maximize your Orange amp with the FS-1 single-button footswitch. Similar to Orange’s dual button footswitch, the FS-1 comes in a durable metal enclosure. It also includes an LED indicator and a 1/4″ jack on the back which enables you to modify the length of the cable you utilize running from the footswitch to your amplifier. Compatible Orange amplifiers include TH Series (TH30C, TH30H, and TH100H), Terror Series (DT30-H), Custom Shop (AD50 RETRO 50), and Crush PiX Guitar Amps (CR20LDX).
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).
TC Electronic Bonafide Buffer
Joining TC Electronic’s renowned collection of mini pedals, the Bonafide Buffer is another essential tone tool that will help you win the battle against treble loss due to massive pedalboards and lengthy cable runs. This no-frills pure analog buffer provides you with a 1K ohm output and 1M ohm input so your instrument’s signal can flow freely through your chain. You get an unaltered and transparent tone just like you would when you connect directly to your amp. The Bonafide Buffer serves as your natural gateway to a strong tone.
Dophix Buffer
Use the Dophix Buffer to prevent signal loss when employing long cables or multiple effects connected in cascade. It may also be utilized as impedance matching for several pedal connections. The Dophix Buffer is extremely useful for thwarting and improving the background noise, increasing the noise/signal ratio. Each Dophix product is different and handcrafted in its Florence laboratory. The Dophix team oversees every stage of production and testing to ensure the best quality. Dophix manufactures high-quality products based on the universally recognized philosophy of “Made in Italy.”
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.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Buffer + EQ
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Utility 3 is a switchable three-band EQ and always-on Buffer. You will find the EQ useful in tailoring frequencies to particular parts. The Buffer is perfect if you are utilizing multiple pedals or lengthy cable setups. The On/Off switch works to activate or deactivate the three-band EQ. The EQ + Buffer carries Low, Mid, and High knobs that allow you to adjust the low, mid, and high frequencies. It is made in the USA and features true bypass.
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.
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.
Koogo Noise Gate
Minimize the noise from your input signal without sacrificing your original signal’s quality with the Koogo Noise Gate. It provides you with a choice between two working modes: Soft and Hard. Soft gives you soft noise reduction effect while Hard delivers hard noise reduction effect. You can adjust the noise reduction degree from -70 to +10dB. Boasting solid construction, the Noise Gate comes in an all-metal chassis that makes it ultra-compact and exquisite, and like other exceptional effects pedals, it features true bypass.
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.
Electro-Harmonix Hum Debugger
Signal hum can be a source of headaches and frustrations for all musicians. Throw a Hum Debugger into your effects chain, though, and you can kick that annoying sound to the curb. This hum eliminator isn’t a noise gate, and neither is it a noise suppressor, but it extracts hums and buzzes from your signal and turns it into dead silence via some sonic voodoo courtesy of Electro-Harmonix. Accurate and precise noise elimination has never been easier to achieve.
MXR Smart Gate
Whether you need to silence your chain of stompboxes or tame your hissing high-gain amp, the MXR Smart Gate has got you covered. This ingenious tool is armed with three selectable noise reduction ranges to manage just about any signal type. The Smart Gate bites down on sizzle and hum but allows the tiniest detail of your playing through. It possesses an uncanny capability to sense when and how fast to engage. It also boasts an incredibly clean circuitry, precise threshold trigger, and hardwire bypass.
Donner Noise Killer
The Noise Killer is arguably one of the most competitive noise gate pedals you can find on a limited budget. It delivers the core performance and features that are essential for a decent pedal of this kind. It lets you choose between Hard and Soft modes, which provide hard effect and soft effect of noise reduction respectively. The threshold range goes from -70dB to +10dB. The Noise Killer comes in an aluminium-alloy enclosure, and like many great effector pedals, it also features a true bypass function.
Digitech Jam Man
DigiTech’s JamMan Stereo Looper boasts the ability to save 35 minutes of CD-quality loops within 99 internal memories and an SD memory card expansion slot that allows you to store more than 16 hours of material in an added 99 slots. It also includes reverse playback, true stereo looping, and a mic input making it suitable for DJ applications and backing tracks. The JamMan Stereo has USB connectivity and will sync to the JamManager XT software which organizes and records your JamMan Stereo loops to your Mac or PC.
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.
Digitech TRIOPLUS
The DigiTech Trio+ is among the most impressive performance, writing, and practice tools for guitarists. This simple-to-use guitar pedal is built on DigiTech’s famed Trio technology which listens to your playing and instantly plays drum and bass accompaniment. The Trio+ gives you five additional genres for achieving the perfect feel. You select a genre and style variation, then start playing. The Trio+ pedal also includes three bass line modes that will fit any style of music you are playing.
Joyo JAM BUDDY (Black)
There are a lot of guitar multi-effects processor units that have headphone jacks now. The Jam Buddy from Joyo one-ups them all by having both a headphone jack and built-in speakers. The Jam Buddy’s two 2” 4W speakers have enough power for a quick practice session without bothering the neighbors, and its rechargeable battery will let you extend the jam session to up to three hours. The Jam Buddy also features footswitchable clean and OD channels, a built-in delay, and Bluetooth connectivity for playing along to an audio track.
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.
NUX JTC
When the NUX Mini Core pedals hit the market, NUX has received requests to include a loop pedal in the collection, so here comes the Jam Track Creator (JTC) Drum & Loop pedal. It is the tiniest 24-bit loop pedal featuring an auto-detection drum machine. The JTC Drum & Loop Mini allows you to select from 11 inbuilt drum rhythms. It gives you unlimited overdubs and up to six minutes recording in 24-bit high-resolution audio quality. Loop and Drum volumes are adjustable individually.
Other Pedals
Joyo Wow Wah
Joyo’s first wah pedal, the JF-322 Wow Wah guitar effects pedal adds a gentle auto-wah effect to your guitar signal without compromising its core tonal clarity. Funky, chunky wacka wacka effects are just four control dials and a single stomp away. As one of Joyo’s Ironman pedals, the JF-322 Wow Wah is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover for keeping your control dial settings safe from stray stomps.
Vox V847 Union Jack
Vox’s limited-edition V847 Union Jack advances on the V847’s legendary design with improved functionality and dynamics, credits to some design changes. A revamped inductor takes the new pedal’s specs way closer to that of the original. The input buffer prevents impedance loading of the signal to keep your instrument’s tone in bypass mode. By remaining true to the feel and tone of the 60s Vox wah while broadening its legacy, the V847 Union Jack provides you with a contemporary update on a classic.
Dunlop Billy Duffy Cry Baby
Dunlop’s Billy Duffy Cry Baby packs two distinct wahs into one package, allowing you to switch between classic and modern sounds on the fly. Each wah mode includes an inductor, selectable using the kick switch, with LED indicators to display which mode is active. The 95Q mode boasts an aggressive, high Q inductor similar to the 95Q Cry Baby Wah, together with its Q and Volume controls. The Billy Duffy Cry Baby also includes auto-return switching that lets you step in and out during solos and riffs.
Morley PDW-II
The Morley Pro Series 2 Distortion Wah Volume gives you not two but three essential effects in one tank-tough pedal. You get the versatility fo Morley’s well-loved wah and volume combo pedals—a high Q wah and volume control with silky smooth audio taper—plus an independent overdrive circuit for when you need to really push your amp over the edge. Plug it into an overdriven amp or another distortion pedal to give your wah tones an aggressive growl.
EBS Stanley Clarke Signature Wah-Wah
Achieve bass legend Stanley Clarke’s signature tone with the EBS Stanley Clarke Signature Wah/Tone Filter. This ultra-versatile wah-wah pedal does not affect the whole frequency range and lets you choose from four distinct pre-shape pass modes (Low-pass, High-pass, Band-pass, and Boosted Band-pass). It also provides controls to set the Width and Range of the effect span. It features a unique pedal design that meets Stanley’s high standards with the best wah-wah effects possible. It is the first time EBS has launched a signature product.
Mission Engineering Rewah Pro Bass
Built around a custom inductor similar to the Rewah Pro for guitar, the Rewah Pro Bass incorporates a specially crafted circuit design suited for bass instruments. Both the large-core custom inductor and JFET output buffer work to minimize unwanted noise and distortion, maintaining the low end of your keyboard or bass even with the effect engaged. If you are in the market for a quality wah designed for bass, be sure to check out the Rewah Pro Bass from Mission Engineering.
Mooer Acoustikar
The Mooer Acoustikar does just what you’d expect a pedal with that name to do: give your electric guitar the strummy, woody sound of an acoustic. It shines at giving your guitar signal the shortened, glassy resonance that characterizes a good acoustic guitar. Of the Acoustikar’s three modes, Standard is pretty much your basic acoustic sound. The sound of a full-body dreadnought guitar is simulated by Jumbo mode. A Piezo mode rounds out the three voicings.
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.
NUX PA-2
While the NUX PA-2 Acoustic G-EFX can comfortably fit in your palm, it is loaded with ten professionally-designed effects models. It enables an extensive range of tonal character of your acoustic guitar. You can conveniently dial up a tone thanks to its user-friendly buttons and knobs as well as bright LCD. The PA-2 boasts three acoustic guitar sound simulations and improves the sound according to the simulation of the guitar body type. You may choose one of the three “Body” simulations and set up your sound by three-band EQ, delay, compressor, reverb, and chorus effects.
Mooer Baby Water
The Baby Water delay and chorus guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox maker Mooer provides acoustic guitar players a pair of must-have effects in a very tiny, very affordable package. Even if you don’t have a pedalboard, the Baby Water is so small you can literally put it in your pocket and take it to gigs. It comes packed with delay and chorus effects that can be used either individually or in conjunction with each other, all selectable via a dedicated rotary dial.
Rowin Auto Wah
Boutique level auto wah sound at a price that won’t flatten your wallet. The LEF=3804 Auto Wah from budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin can serve up a wide range of classic wah tones, from a soft, slow wah to a faster, more watery Cry Baby-esque attack. You can dial these in using the dedicated Cutoff, Shape, Reso, and Speed control knobs. The LEF-3804’s Auto Wah’s footswitch also has a secondary function: hold it down to store a parameter to create some interesting layered tones.
JOYO Classic Flanger
The JF-07 Classic Flanger guitar effects pedal from Joyo makes great use of its bucket brigade device circuit to create high-quality analog flange effects that won’t lose out to the more expensive boutique pedals. Since it’s analog, the JF-07 Classic Flanger’s flange tones don’t have the harsh, metallic edge of digital flanges. For precise tone-shaping, this budget-friendly stompbox features dedicated Regen, Delay Time, Width, and Speed controls for creating wavy choruses, rapid-fire tremolos, and screaming jet flanges.
Darkglass Hyper Luminal
Get a studio’s worth of compressors that fit on your pedalboard with the Hyper Luminal compressor pedal from Darkglass. Incorporating digitally modeled sidechain circuits and a 100% analog signal path, the Hyper Luminal recreates some of the most iconic compression tones of all time. It gives you three selectable modes (BUS, SYM, and FET) and access to advanced fine-tuning and mapping through an inbuilt USB interface and free Darkglass Suite software. The Hyper Luminal also features a 10-segment Gain Reduction meter for setting your compression level.
EBS MultiDrive Studio Edition
The EBS MultiDrive Universal Overdrive Pedal is useful for spicing up your sustain. It is capable of creating distortion, sustain, and tube-like overdrive effects. Use the Mode switch to choose from Flat, Standard, or Tubesim overdrive sounds, and the Volume and Drive knobs to adjust the output level and amount of effect. With guitar, the MultiDrive delivers a somewhat overdriven bluesy sound with plenty of sustain and body. The MultiDrive Studio Edition comes with an optimized signal path, fresh design, new signal relay switching technique, and more.
Mooer Ensemble Queen Bass
The Ensemble Queen from budget guitar effects company Mooer handles the signature low end rumble of a bass guitar like a total boss. It delivers lush, ambient washes of stereo chorus that enhance your bass tone for a more vivid and dynamic sound. Dedicated Level, Tone, Depth, and Rate pots combine to create a versatile bass chorus pedal that can dish out everything from subtle shimmers to watery choral waves. The Ensemble Queen features true bypass switching.
Radial Bassbone OD
Many players, including Bootsy Collins and Victor Wooten, rely on Radial for exceptional tone with or without an amplifier, and same goes with the Bassbone OD. It is a bass preamp pedal that provides you with two instrument input channels that feature passive EQ, level control, and low-frequency filter for sculpting your bass tone. Multiple outputs allow you to feed PA pre/post EQ, send a signal to a pedal, and connect to your amp on stage simultaneously with several instruments.
Tech 21 VT Bass DI
Tech 21 has taken their renowned SansAmp system and used it to create the Character Series pedals, stompboxes designed to emulate some of the most highly respected classic amp tones ever heard. These effects pedals aren’t just for guitarists, either, as exemplified by the VT Bass DI. Much like the original VT Bass, the VT Bass DI serves up a massive full-stack SVT sound, with the added versatility of a direct input function that lets you plug straight into a mixer or PA.
Mission Engineering VM-1
Featuring a sleek red finish, the VM-1 from Mission Engineering is a passive volume pedal intended mainly for utilization with your guitar. The 500K impedance is perfect for use with various passive electric guitar pickups. The VM-1 is point to point hand-wired with a mute switch and tuner out. The potentiometer comes sealed needing no maintenance and is rated at greater than a million operations. The VM-1 is entirely passive, requiring no external power supply or battery to operate.
Mission Engineering VM-Pro (Red)
Housed in a fiery red chassis, the VM-PRO by Mission Engineering is the most sophisticated volume pedal you will find. It addresses several common issues with volume pedals, which result in mismatching and tone sucking problems. It works with your baritone, bass, electro-acoustic, or electric guitars. The VM-PRO is also compatible with other electric and acoustic instruments such as steel guitars, electronic keyboards, and instrument microphones. It incorporates compatibility switches for utilization with passive/active pickups as well as fuzz pedals.
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.
Caline Hot Spice
As two pedals in one, the Caline CP-31 Hot Spice Wah/VOL guitar effect pedal is even more budget-friendly compared to Caline’s other, very reasonably priced stompbox offerings. On the wah side, you get a funky, full-sounding wah effect based on the classic Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Wah’s sound. Flick a switch from Wah to Volume mode and you get a smooth action volume pedal that takes up way less space on your pedalboard compared to other expression pedals.
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.
Ernie Ball VPJR 25K
Much like Ernie Ball’s larger volume pedal offerings, the Volume Pedal Jr 25K is an excellent hands-free option for controlling your volume. It features a super-smooth sweep, a 25k ohm potentiometer resistance calibrated specifically for the perfect handling of active audio signals, and an independent tuner jack for unobtrusive onstage tuning. The 25k’s rugged and roadworthy construction means it can withstand the rigors of constant use despite being a very compact unit with a small pedalboard footprint.
Mission Engineering SP25L Pro Aero Gold Carbon
The SP-25L-PRO has two expression outputs with separate polarity switches for every channel. That enables compatibility with an extensive range of devices. A third output connects the latching toe switch to compatible MIDI controllers as well as digital effects permitting effects like pitch and wah to be turned on/off from the expression pedal. This SP-25L-PRO unit comes in a classy gold carbon fiber graphic finish and features an illuminated base. When utilized with compatible digital devices and MIDI controllers, the illuminated base may indicate a remote effect’s status.
Tapestry Audio Bloomery Active Volume Pedal (White)
Save precious pedalboard real estate with the Tapestry Audio Bloomery, an efficient, compact, and user-friendly active volume pedal. It boasts several differences from a standard volume control pedal. It is machined out of steel, getting that tough solid feel. A slide potentiometer is paired with a direct shaft drive, eradicating the need for pesky strings. The active model lets you avoid tone loss at high-end frequencies and preserve a clean instrument tone. With a smooth volume curve, you get a more nuanced pedal sweep.
Mission Engineering EP-1 (Red)
Sporting a vibrant red finish and all-metal construction, the EP-1 by Mission Engineering is a professional quality, one channel expression pedal compatible with an extensive range of stompboxes, MIDI controllers, digital amps, and effects processors. You can utilize the EP-1 anywhere would use a Boss FV500, M-Audio EXP, Roland EV-5, or similar pedal. The EP-1 comes in a sturdy metal enclosure and purpose-designed sealed 10K linear potentiometer. It is a conventional style full-range sweep expression pedal.
Mission Engineering EP-11
The EP-11 by Mission Engineering is the most suitable expression pedal for the Pro Tools Eleven Rack. For a natural and accurate response, the linear potentiometer is matched precisely to the Eleven Rack’s specifications. Simply connect to the Exp. Pedal input on the Eleven Rack’s rear panel with a 1/4″ TRS cable, then choose EP-11 on the Eleven Rack expression pedal settings. If you are leveraging the Eleven Rack with a MIDI controller, flip the EP-11’s toggle switch then plug it into an expression pedal input.
Korg EXP-2 Expression
Bring your keyboard playing to life with Korg’s EXP-2 Foot Controller. You can use this ultra-versatile foot controller as a compact and lightweight expression pedal when using OUTPUT-2 or a volume pedal when employing OUTPUT-1 and INPUT-1. You may set the minimum volume in a range from zero to about 50%. The EXP-2 works with most Korg keyboards, modules and effect processors. It features a selectable minimum setting through the side-mounted slide control and carries a three-conductor cable.
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.
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.
Catalinbread SFT
The Catalinbread SFT is the brand’s take on the respected Ampeg SVT circuit, offering tone shaping and drive options for bass and guitar. Boasting a two-band Baxandall EQ circuit, along with the Gain and Volume knobs, the SFT is capable of outright distortion, amp emulation, subtle tone-shaping, or painting all shades of saturation in between. Whether you are in the market for a bass overdrive, guitar distortion, or the ultimate heavy drop tune saturator, the Catalinbread SFT can do the job.
Joyo Golden Face
It’s tiny, it’s tuney, but the British-flavored crunch Joyo packed into the Ironman JF-308 Golden Face guitar effects pedal is anything but loony. This extremely small pedal that you can literally carry in your front pocket serves up massive Marshall stack sounds for rocking any audience to their knees. One issue that really small pedals usually face is the control knobs getting accidentally stepped on and mangled. The JF-308 Golden Face fixes that by using a flip cover to keep them safe.
Joyo Boogie Master
The JF-309 Boogie Master guitar effects pedal from Joyo is a Mesa Boogie amp sim that gives you that trademark “roided-out Marshall” sound without having to spend over a thousand bucks on an actual Mesa Boogie amp. Crank the Drive knob up for a high-gain Mesa sound or stay clean to hew closer to a Boogie. The JF-309 Boogie Master is an Ironman pedal, so it’s small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover to keep your control dial settings safe from stray stomps.
Joyo JF-307
The JF-307 Clean Glass guitar effects pedal from Joyo brings the classic tone of blackface-era Fender amps straight to your feet. As its name suggests, this tiny stompbox does justice to Fender’s classic twangy and clear clean channel sound. There’s also a dedicated Drive knob for when you want to add saturated, sustain-friendly dirt. The JF-306 Night Train is an Ironman pedal, so it’s small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover to keep your control dial settings safe.
Joyo British Sound
The JF-16 British Sound rounds out Joyo’s early series of compact and affordable amp simulator pedals. It comes packed full of a Marshall amp’s Brit-flavored crunch, from the warm, vintage overdrive of early ‘60s Marshall amps to the high-gain tube scream of the JCM800 and JCM900 amp heads. The JF-16 British Sound features a three-band EQ for flexible tone sculpting, plus it has a unique Voice dial that opens your tone up to more exciting sonic possibilities.
EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine V2
Lose yourself in the mesmerizing, mind-altering sounds conjured up by the Rainbow Machine from EarthQuaker Devices. Every sound you can dish out with the Rainbow Machine is frankly unnatural, making this polyphonic pitch mesmerizer the perfect tool for musicians who want to experiment and push the sonic envelope. V2 sports double the output level, longer delay times, and deeper chorus compared to the original. Both the Activate and Magic footswitches have also been upgraded to Flexi-Switches, so you can use them as both latching and momentary-type footswitches.
Keeley Synth 1
The Synth 1 guitar effects pedal from Keeley is a monophonic synth pedal that reads your signal’s pitch and doubles it using simple synth waveforms. Dial in anything from an instant synth effect to volume swell-style layering using the Filter and Attack knobs, then use the Blend dial, the three-position wave shape selector, and the fuzzed-out Chaos switch to create cool and unique sounds you can use to great effect. Connect an expression pedal for even more control.
Tom’sline Mario Bit Crusher
The aptly named Mario stompbox is a powerful bit crusher pedal from budget guitar effects pedal maker Tomsline that lets you reduce the sample quality of your guitar signal to make it lo-fi and degraded. Blend your dry and wet signals with the Mix knob and control the reduction of the sample’s rate and depth using the Bit and Crush pots, respectively. It also comes with a three-way toggle that lets you switch between low-pass, high-pass, and normal modes.
Earthquaker Devices Data Corrupter
EarthQuaker Devices’ Data Corrupter puts your guitar signal through a meat grinder, mangling it beyond all recognition—and in this context, that’s a good thing! A modulated monophonic PLL circuit turns your tone into a three-voice synth with a heaping helping of thick fuzz, and with six dials, two rotary selectors, and two toggle switches you get all the tone sculpting tools you’ll ever need. If you really want your guitar to stop sounding like an actual guitar, plug it into the Data Corrupter and watch the sonic sparks fly.
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..
Sabbadius Mostro Synthesizer Fuzz Modulator
A significant fuzz pedal created using top-grade materials and silicon transistors. The Sabbadius Mostro Synthesizer Fuzz Modulator was designed and inspired by Dante Spinetta, who asked Nico if he could devise a pedal for his band, IKV, and said he wanted one that is capable of delivering an explosive fuzz sound yet very deformed. The Mostro Synthesizer Fuzz consists of Wah Wah Trick, Bias, Fuzz, and Synth Controller knobs, as well as a toggle switch that lets you select from Normal or Deform settings.
