Tonebox Recommended Pedals
Boss DC-2W Dimension C Waza Craft
Boss has brought its unique DC-2 Dimension C guitar effects pedal back and made it more versatile than ever via the Boss DC-2W Waza Craft Dimension Chorus. In fact, the all-analog DC-2W doesn’t just perfectly recreate the DC-2’s sonic signatures, it also replicates the sound of the legendary SDD-320 Dimension D studio rack effect that the DC-2 was based on. With the DC-2W, you can enhance the width and depth of any sound via a four-button preset interface design that’s ripped straight from the ‘80s but powered by truly cutting-edge tech.
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.
MXR Phase 90
MXR’s Phase 90 has long been a staple on numerous pedalboards around the world. Regardless whether the instrument is bass, guitar, keys, strings, or vocals, or if the genre is metal, jazz, rock, worldbeat, or alternative, the Phase 90 is has been present through it all to inject its unique lush voice to a player’s tone palette. This little orange box boasts a rich warm analog tone. The Phase 90 can go from subtle, spatial shimmer to full-on high velocity swooshing. The classic phase shifter behind several Van Halen recordings.
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.
Keeley D&M Drive
The brainchild of Keeley maestro Robert Keeley and That Pedal Show’s Dan Steinhardt and Mick Taylor, the dual-channel D&M Drive is effectively two pedals in one. One channel acts as a boutique-level high-gain overdrive while the other channel is an independent, highly-tweakable, and stackable boost. Each channel has its own Level, Gain, and Tone controls, plus you can choose which goes first: Drive or Boost. Whether you just want some extra dirt, a sweet sustain-heavy solo, or full-on fuzz-style noise, the D&M Drive can do the job.
Electro Harmonix Micro POG
All of the original POG’s perfect polyphonic tracking and musical flexibility distilled and contained in a compact pedal enclosure. The Micro POG Polyphonic Octave Generator can make your guitar sound like a 12-string or cover your sound in hauntingly divine organ tones. Plug in a bass guitar and you can get a massively enhanced bottom end. Dial in one octave up with the Octave knob, add an octave down with the Sub-Octave dial and then mix your wet and dry signals with the Dry control for some truly unique soundscapes.
Drive Pedals
Rowin Tube Drive
The LN-328 Tube Drive is yet another drive stomp from budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin that takes its tonal cues from the legendary Tube Screamer. It comes with two modes, Normal and Boost. The former is a very transparent low peak mode ideal for clean boosting. The latter, meanwhile, is a high peak mode with a more full-bodied low end. When you crank the Gain pot up in Boost mode, the drive tone also gets a little high and mid frequency boost.
Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
When a deft, subtle overdrive is what you need for your tone, the Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive is the right guitar effects pedal for the job. Inside its sturdy exterior is a unique asymmetric overdrive circuitry that gives your instrument’s natural tone a classic, natural tube amp growl more subtle and subdued than any other Boss overdrive pedal. Highly responsive to the unique nuances of your playing dynamics, the SD-1’s warm, silky smooth overdriven sound is perfect for blues and rock musicians.
Bogner La Grange
The La Grange pedal was designed with various tone-shaping tools and to emulate the famed “plexus” amp tones. Guitarists appreciate tools that carry switches for gain, structure, presence, and variance. Controls include tone, gain, volume, and a channel blend simulating the two channels of a 4 input 67-69 plexus amp. Unlike the Ecstasy blue and red pedals, the La Grange features an independent boost with level adjust as well as an expression pedal input that allows you to connect a volume pedal’s output to adjust the La Grange’s gain.
JHS Pedals Morning Glory V4
Built to be among the most transparent overdrives, the Morning Glory is undoubtedly JHS Pedals’ most popular overdrive pedal, receiving more recognitions and bagging more awards than any of its other designs. It gives you all the tonal and responsive nuance your amp is missing. Utilize it if you wish to impart mid- to low-level grit to your crystal-clean tone, add tube-esque touch response to a less-than-ideal amp, or boost a crunchy tone into thicker sustain.
Wampler Pantheon
Many pedals shoot for that classic Marshall Bluesbreaker sound but few manage to hit the target squarely in the bullseye. Wampler’s Pantheon drive pedal is among the latter. It doesn’t just give you that signature British-flavored amp breakup tone, either; Wampler goes the extra mile to pack the Pantheon with a whole arsenal of modern features and conveniences including EQ pots with an active Baxandall bass control, a front mounted gain structure, and a dedicated voicing toggle.
Vertex Tone Secret
The Tone Secret by Vertex is the solution to numerous guitarists’ love-hate relationship with a certain screaming green overdrive pedal from the late 70s. It simulates the sonic DNA of the most legendary users of the green screamer behind several live performances and studio recordings without needing a cranked mid-scooped amp to run the pedal into. It uses just half of the gain found in a classic green OD pedal, but the added pre- and post-overdrive controls let you tweak the OD characteristics to rival any amp and emulate amp breakup sans dime-ing your pedal’s drive control.
ZVex Vexter Silicon Fuzz Factory
Even fuzz heads who worship at the feet of germanium transistors will be hard pressed to find anything to hate in the Silicon Fuzz Factory’s sound. Boutique guitar effects pedal company Zvex used carefully curated silicon transistors in this vertical fuzz stomp to preserve the original Fuzz Factory’s germanium-powered texture and make it a more stable pedal that can be used in a wider number of situations and locations. 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.
Pigtronix PolySaturator
The PolySaturator from Pigtronix is an ultra-versatile addition to your rig and comes in an enclosure that easily fits on your pedalboard. It lets you achieve anything from high-gain shred tones to classic tweed-esque git and everything in-between. Between the three-band EQ and Gain/Volume knobs, you can produce a remarkably diverse range of sounds. The true bypass switching allows your signal to remain true while the pedal is switched off. With the PolySaturator, you can add a new channel to your amp or drive your amp’s input.
Blackstar LT Dist
The Blackstar LT Dist pedal lets you add some high-gain distortion to your rig. This compact, pedalboard-friendly distortion pedal gives you everything from crystal clean to boost to loud lead tones. It boasts Blackstar’s famous Infinite Shape Feature (ISF) tone-shaping circuit, providing you infinite adjustment over the tone control’s characteristics. The Blackstar LT Dist provides American and British distortion flavors and anything in between. Its control panel consists of ISF, TONE, LEVEL, and GAIN.
Seymour Duncan 805
Whether you want a harmonically lush heavy gain with a warm tube character or are looking to add some boost to your sound, the Seymour Duncan 805 Overdrive delivers the flexibility necessary for any genre— metal, rock, country, blues, and anything in between. The three-band active EQ gives you unparalleled control. You can get a crushing contemporary metal crunch or a smooth, lyrical bluesy tone. The 805 Overdrive is a classic overdrive that provides a fat crunch, mild boost, or searing tone to your solos.
Koogo Super Distortion
The Super Distortion pedal from Koogo delivers extreme distortion and timbre touch. You can pick between three working modes: Ultra, Extra, and Original. Choose Ultra for a thicker drive tone and broader distortion range, Extra for high gain, more tube-esque distortion, and Original for a hard edge distortion with low noise level. Whether you are looking for a lush and powerful distortion style, a modern high-gain tube speaker distortion sound, or powerful and tough classic 70s distortions, the Super Distortion can cater to your need. It is the ideal choice for guitarists with an extensive range of styles.
MXR Prime Distortion
The Prime Distortion pedal by MXR conjures up classic hard-clipping distortion. You can conveniently dial in its warm, articulate sound with a standard Tone, Distortion, and Output control set up. The Prime Distortion is very responsive to your playing intensity, packing a massive punch when you dig in and cleaning up when you roll back. This pure analog distortion is designed with low noise op-amps. The Prime Distortion comes in a sturdy enclosure with high-quality switches and jacks.
Dwarfcraft Devices Reese Lightning
Dwarfcraft Devices’s Reese Lightning fuzz guitar effect pedal treats your guitar signal as if the signal owes it money. The Reese Lightning is a bright, dirty fuzz with a toggle that adds some octave-up artifacts and a crazy Feedback switch and knob pair to give your sound some extra mindbending oomph. Not satisfied with the volume? Engage the Toneblast switch to completely bypass the dedicated Tone control and get even louder. The Reese Lightning also comes with a true bypass soft switch for when you want things quiet.
Tech 21 Boost Fuzz
A big, creamy, germanium powered fuzz tone—and more! Tech 21’s Boost Fuzz guitar effects pedal can serve up killer fuzz tones with impressively smooth sustain. Dial in your perfect fuzz tone with the dedicated Level, Tone, and Drive knobs then use the unique Boost Series Sag pot to control the fuzz effect’s response to your dynamic pick attack. Engage the separate Boost function and juice up your signal with up to 21dB of clean, punchy boost.
ZVEX Russian Fuzz Factory 7
The Russian Fuzz Factory 7 is the next evolution of boutique guitar effects pedal company Zvex’s Fuzz Factory 7 stomp. It’s powered by two rare Russian GT308V germanium transistors for super thick, lightning fast fuzz. It ups the ante by replacing the Fat Fuzz Factory’s three-position toggle with a nine-position rotary dial that covers everything from earth shaking low end rumble to stratospheric high frequency shrieks. The Fuzz Factory 7 also features a passive tone control that you can use to rein in your signal’s high end.
ZVex Octane 3
The Octane 3 fuzz stomp from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Zvex delivers one of the most in your face Octavia-style fuzz tones ever crafted by human hands. Simple chords become crazy note combos; go complex and you get more noise. Combine the Octane 3’s high gain fuzz sound with its stratospheric octave up effect then scoop out some mids and you can get ear splitting shrieks like cars going by at lightning speed three inches from your face. Plug it into a clean channel to really hear all the nuances of the Octane 3’s roar.
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.
Voodoo Lab Proctavia
Octavia is a fuzz that produces the octave doubling effect (an octave up) popularized by Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix. The Proctavia from Voodoo Lab is an exacting clone of an iconic Octave pedal, the unit utilized by SRV, and regarded as the most desirable by vintage collectors. It features the same transformer-coupled output stage, germanium diodes, and transistors as the real circuit to create the intense distortion and high octave sound heard on several famous recordings.
T-Rex Alberta II
Since the T-Rex Alberta’s debut, guitarists have loved its tonal qualities and convenience of use. Some are employing two Albertas to get their fix in the studio and on stage, utilizing one for a cutting solo sound and another for creamy rhythm sounds. The T-Rex Alberta II has been built at the request of guitarists across the globe. While the classic overdrive sound has doubled in quantity, the physical size and sonic footprint remain the same, providing you with a three-step rocket of creamy, responsive overdrive sans compromising pedalboard space.
Wampler dB+
Tone suck—it’s what happens when you have too many cables between your guitar and your amp. Your tone suffers and loses those sweet natural high frequency notes, giving you a muddy overall sound. Wampler’s Decibel Plus solves that problem by delivering top of the line independent buffering and full frequency boosting without taking up a lot of space on your pedalboard. Not only do you get to keep those natural high frequencies, you also get a clean boost to make sure your guitar floats above the mix.
Donner Booster
The Donner Booster is an all-analog circuit booster pedal capable of providing you with a lush distortion sound and making it more powerful. It is perhaps the tiniest analog booster effect in the market. The Booster lets you switch between Mid and Normal modes to adjust the effect of the Metal drive. Tweaking the Gain knob gives you a transparent frequency boost. Complete with basic adjustment knobs (Volume, Tone, and Gain), the Booster will make it convenient for you to craft your unique guitar sound in various live performances.
Mosky VOL ATTENUATOR
The Vol Attenuator is budget guitar effects maker Mosky Audio’s affordable take on Electro-Harmonix’s very useful Signal Pad passive attenuator. Like the pedal it’s based on, the Vol Attenuator allows you to set a specific volume on your amp–the perfect natural amp overdrive sweet spot, for example–and then use the volume control on the Vol Attenuator to dial the level back to a clean tone. You can then switch quickly between the clean level you set on the Vol Attenuator and your amp’s actual overdriven tone with a single stomp.
Fulltone 2B
As tiny as it is, the Fulltone 2B Boost pedal is a true pedalboard workhorse. This single-channel boost pedal spun out of the Full-Drive 3 overdrive and features the same transparency and high headroom that the FD3’s JFET-powered boost channel was known for. The 2B also features a unique unity-gain JFET amp that keeps your signal buffered when the pedal is turned off. You don’t need two boosters–one to set unity gain and another to do the actual boosting. It can handle both jobs by its lonesome.
Xotic Super Sweet
Like its close cousin, the Super Clean buffer, the Super Sweet boost pedal from boutique guitar effects stompbox company Xotic is built around a top of the line preamp that harnesses the legendary power of a JRC4558 chip. It delivers up to 20dB of highly dynamic and extremely transparent clean boost that fully retains articulation even as it pushes your signal well above the mix. The Super Sweet also features four side-mounted dip switches that let you shape your tone further.
Radial Tonebone PZ-Pre
The Tonebone PZ-Pre from Radial Engineering serves up amazingly natural-sounding acoustic preamplification. This feature-packed onstage must-have incorporates a three-band EQ, variable notch filter, and filter. It allows you to kill feedback easily and rapidly. Individual piezo boosters on each channel provide some kick to your pickup-equipped acoustic instrument. The Tonebone PZ-Pre gives you great connection options and foot-switchable functionality. It also features a tuner out with footswitch mute and individual post- and pre-EQ DI outs for checking and FOH connections.
Boss AD-2 Acoustic Preamp
Many guitar pickup systems can’t quite reproduce an acoustic guitar’s warmth and depth, covering them instead in harsher-sounding tones. That’s where the Boss AD-2 Acoustic Preamp guitar effects pedal comes in. Whether you’re onstage or in the studio, you can draw out more of your acoustic-electric’s natural and woody tones with a twist of the Acoustic Resonance knob. You can also use the Ambience knob to add reverb and cut annoying feedback noise using the Notch dial.
Zvex Nano Head
The Nano Head is a palm-sized one-half watt guitar tube amp head that packs a surprising amount of roaring tube power extremely disproportionate to its size. The Nano Head even comes with its own 230V DC high voltage power supply unit to give you that signature high voltage tube crunch. It also features Bright, Thickness, and Mellow toggle switches for sculpting your tone. Connect it to any 8 to 16 ohm cabinet and start cranking out classic rock cleans and crunch.
Tom’sline Tube Pusher
The Tube Pusher drive stomp from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Tomsline serves up a warm, natural tube valve powered overdrive that rivals the tone of more expensive pedals. You can dial in everything from a subtle drive to an aggressive growl with the Volume, Gain, and Tone pots, then kick things up a notch by switching to Boost mode. The Tube Pusher features Tomsline’s patented stop bar design to keep your foot from messing up the pedal’s settings when you stomp on it.
WMD Arcane Preamp
The Arcane Preamp from boutique guitar effects pedal manufacturer WMD is a dual channel preamp stomp. A pair of dedicated gain and level pots for the boost channel gives you a lot of control; you can dial in a healthy amount of drive without having to crank the level up too much. If you need even more gain, that’s where the fuzz channel comes in. It also features its own gain and level pots as well as a three-band EQ stack for extreme tonal control and flexibility.
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.
MXR Booster Mini
Capture the Echoplex Preamp’s sonic secret sauce plus the Micro Amp’s incredible boosting power with the Booster Mini from MXR. It comes in a lightweight, space-saving compact enclosure featuring a simple two-knob layout. The Tone knob rolls off highs while the Volume control gives you up to +25dB on tap. Tweak the internal Echoplex Preamp level control for some added grit to your signal. Add the Booster Mini on your board to spice up your tone, soar high above the mix, and conserve space.
Vertex Boost
Expertly built to be a buffer, clean boost, and volume pedal in one, the Vertex Boost will leave your tone unchanged while raising the level of your signal. It boasts an ultra-linear buffer for conditioning your line without any tonal coloration, even with a multitude of pedals in your chain. You also get full volume control by connecting the Boost to any EXP/volume pedal and setting your volume like you would with a standard volume pedal.
Tech 21 Boost Comp
Tech 21 brings together two essential effects into one handy stompbox with the Boost Comp, a combined compressor and boost unit designed for bass. The compressor section helps fill out your sound by letting you rein in wayward signal spikes and give you insane sustain. The separate boost section, meanwhile, helps push your amp over the edge with up to 21dB of extra signal juice. Engage the boost while you’re playing a solo and hear your sound soar.
Seymour Duncan Killing Floor
The Killing Floor High Gain Boost from Seymour Duncan serves as both a musical amp-esque overdrive and a volume boost, with a distinctive bluesy vibe. You can utilize it to drive your amp further into overdrive, boost your overall output for solos, or for a thick, expressive solo tone. It also works well as an always-on pedal for giving the finishing touch to your tone, much like a total enhancer for your sound. The Killing Floor High Gain Boost features a single-knob layout with a three-position Voicing toggle switch.
TC Electronic Spark Mini
Drive your guitar amp into glorious overdrive with the Spark Mini Booster from TC Electronic. You may also utilize it as a clean boost for a mild volume increase during solos. Either way, this innovative pedal boasts premium analog circuitry that does not degrade your tone. Additionally, you can utilize the Spark Mini Booster in two ways—hold the footswitch for a momentary boost or kick it on/off like other pedals. It comes in a compact footprint that easily fits on your pedalboard.
NUX Masamune Booster & Kompressor
The Masamune Booster and Kompressor by NUX gives you compressor and booster pedals in one convenient metal chassis with selectable signal routing. It features a design of combined circuits, dry signal, compression, two gain stage of FET boost, routing. Its Compressor Section carries Sustain, Clip, Blend, and Komp Level controls, while the Boost Section comes with Drive, Hi-Cut, and Boost Level controls. Masamune’s Kompressor does an impressive job managing and improving your signal. The Booster gives a beneficial color to your signal.
Modulation Pedals
Morley Stereo Chorus Volume
Almost every acoustic guitar player’s pedalboard has a volume pedal and a chorus pedal. Morley combines these two essentials into one handy pedal designed specifically for acoustic guitarists: the SCV Stereo Chorus Volume. The SCV Stereo Chorus Volume lets you use its volume control and chorus effect individually or together, plus it has dual outputs for true stereo output. It also sports Morley’s electro-optical circuit design, so you won’t ever have to worry about wearing down the pedal’s pots.
Danelectro D-5 Fab Chorus
Whether you’ve got the hots for a slow and deep chorus or a fast and narrow shimmer, you can get your tone fattened up considerably by the Danelectro Fab D-5 Chorus guitar effect pedal. Even with a shoestring budget, you get a stompbox that can serve up some seriously meaty rhythm sounds and truly ambient leads. The Danelectro Fab D-5 Chorus features just three control knobs–Mix, Speed, and Depth–but it’s enough for some hardcore chorus tone-sculpting.
Dophix VITRUVIAN MAN
Vitruvian Man is a renowned representation of the ideal human body proportions. It shows how the body can be harmoniously inscribed in a square and circle. That is the Dophix effect which completes the Da Vinci sound experience. The project’s Chorus-Phaser sound has been mixed with the popular Leonardo design for the perfection and roundness of sounds, making it unique. The Vitruvian Man pedal consists of Speed and Depth knobs that let you set the modulation speed and modulation amount put to the input signal.
Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress
All of the slithering, rippling modulation effects that made the original Electric Mistress a hit are once again being made easily available to flange-heads thanks to the Stereo Electric Mistress from Electro-Harmonix. This isn’t just a straight reissue of the classic analog pedal, though. The Stereo Electric Mistress still packs the same rich flange effects and the much-loved sound-freezing Filter Matrix mode but in a compact and pedalboard-friendly chassis that features truly independent stereo outputs.
Donner Alpha Force
The Alpha Force from Donner packs three types of guitar effects into a single chain, including Higain, Chorus, and Delay. It is capable of delivering intense distortion with a full-range response suitable for rock and metal styles. The Alpha Force comes in a convenient, sturdy, and compact aluminium-alloy enclosure adorned with a novel design logo. It is perfect for going out to play or practicing at home. You can take the Alpha Force anywhere you desire.
Strymon Ola
The Ola dBucket Chorus & Vibrato from Strymon covers an extensive range of sonic territory, from very subtle studio stereo richness to ping-ponged vibrato and milkshake-esque pedal chorus, to impart different textures to your arrangements. You can use each of these three effects types in any of three modes for an interactive or traditional experience: a Ramp mode allows you to add after-effects to chords with a selectable ramp-up speed, while Envelope mode lets you manage depth and speed with your playing dynamics.
Lehle DC-Filter
Remove DC voltage from analog signals with the Lehle DC Filter. Audio signals with DC voltage produce annoying switching noise. You can now have both line and high-impedance signals clean, without any loss of sound. Since the DC Filter is of full stereo type, it filters stereo as well as mono signals. This small aid is also capable of processing your balanced signals. The DC Filter requires no power supply as it is a passive filter.
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.
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.
Source Audio Soundblox2 Stingray Multi-Filter
The Source Audio Stingray Multi-Filter multi-effects pedal boldly forges a different path in filter modulation. With four filter modulation modes, 12 filter effects, full MIDI functionality, and onboard overdrive, the Stingray goes well beyond the usual approach of other filter effects pedals. Capture a different world of guitar tones, from super-funky envelope filter quack or swirling LFO psychedelia to synth-inspired fuzz. The Stingray features 12 flavors of high pass, low pass, phaser, multi-peak, and single-peak filter effects, each controllable using any of the four modulation modes: Hot Hand, LFO, envelope follower, or expression pedal.
Electro-Harmonix Doctor Q
Small size, big funk tones. That’s what the DR. Q Nano envelope filter guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix is all about. Its intuitive control layout is dead simple. A single knob controls the range while a Bass toggle lets you give your signal a quick low-end boost for some added oomph. The Dr. Q Nano is very responsive to your picking dynamics and guitar volume; giving you different and unique sounds depending on how hard you attack the strings.
Dwarfcraft Devices Happiness
Dwarfcraft Devices’ Happiness multi-filter effects pedal is sure to put a smile on the face of any lover of synth sounds. This feature-rich multi-mode filter pedal lets you create a wide range of spacey synth-inspired tones via its low pass, band pass, and high pass filtering. With seven dedicated control dials and two separate selector switches, the sky’s the limit when it comes to tone sculpting, even for the most consummate stompbox sound shapers. Happiness also works well with basses, drum machines, and synths.
Joyo Raptor Flanger
Packing a bucket brigade device circuit in its tiny chassis, the Joyo JF-327 Raptor Flanger can serve up highly musical flange effects ranging from subtle swirls to full-on jet engine fly-bys. A simple four-control layout featuring dedicated Regen, Delay, Width, and Speed knobs gives you all the tone-tweaking tools you need. Since it’s an Ironman pedal, the JF-327 Raptor Flanger is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover for keeping your control dial settings safe from stray stomps.
Koogo Mod Digital
The Mod Digital pedal from Koogo allows you to enjoy eleven distinct modulation effects—A.FILTER, B.TREMOLO, O.TREMOLO, PHASER, VIBRATO, U.VIBRATO, JET, S.CHORUS, T.CHORUS, P.FLANGER, and N.FLANGER. It is a fantastic pedal, leveraging a 32-bit high-performance DSP chip. Every tone is comparable. A range of modulation effects imparts musical color to your sound. The Mod Digital also consists of three function knobs labeled as Depth, Speed, and Level for setting the depth, speed, and level of the effect respectively.
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.
JOYO VISUAL MODULATION
With modulation effects up the wazoo, the R-09 Vision guitar effects pedal from Joyo is bound to be an instant shoegazer favorite. It features two separate channels, each with its own set of highly tweakable modulation effects, that you can mix and match in parallel or series. Use a chorus on Channel A and an optical trem on Channel B. Phaser on A, Vibrato on B. It’s a giant sonic sandbox for you to play in. The R-09 Vision is an R Series pedal, meaning it also has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
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.
Source Audio Mercury
The Mercury Flanger from Source Audio serves up three types of flanger, namely Thru-Zero Flange, Classic Flange, and an extremely resonant flanger called Shadow Flange. In the Classic mode, you get a dramatic and deep effect in the style of vintage flanger pedals. The Thru-Zero or “Tape Flange” dramatically provides a discernible twisting effect that happens when modulating and dry signals reach their intersection point. The Mercury Flanger also carries a Delay knob for exploring the marvelous cosmic space between flanger and chorus.
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.
Joyo Vintage Phase
The classic far-out phaser sounds of the ‘70s, crammed into a compact and affordable guitar effects pedal. It’s amazing how much tonal depth Joyo was able to pack into the JF-06 Vintage Phase, seeing as this guitar effects pedal only has one control knob. Hold back on the Speed knob for some chunky, phase-tinged rhythm work and then crank it up to the max to get that Pink Floyd-style wide and spacey psychedelic phase vibe.
JAM Pedals Custom Ripple
A sweet, transparent, and smooth classic-sounding phaser pedal with a sleek look. The custom Ripple pedal from Jam Pedals comes in a design by The Simpsons animator John Achenbach. It boasts two-phase stages giving you a subtle and unique phaser pedal with an exceptional vibey sound, which Jam Pedals is super proud of. The custom Ripple pedal includes speed control, true bypass, and runs on a nine-volt battery or 9V boss-type DC adaptor (negative tip).
Alexander Pedals Wavelength
The Wavelength is a massively versatile digital modulation machine in one small, stompable package. The Wavelength has six distinct modulation engines—textured tremolo, bright chorus, eight-stage phaser, flexible flanger, photocell- and lamp-style vibrato, and resonant low-pass filter—all controllable via a customizable LFO. As a NEO pedal, the Wavelength can store up to four presets and up to 16 presets via a MIDI controller. Plug a foot switch into the multi-jack, and you can seamlessly sweep through two different effects settings.
DOD Phasor 201
The DOD Phasor 201 emulates the vintage analog phaser sound powered by more than four decades of tone creating experience. Better than ever before, the Phasor 201 features a crisp blue LED indicator, true bypass, and 9V DC power supply input. Similar to its predecessor, it carries a Speed knob that adjusts the speed and depth of the phasing effect, with beautiful tone at whatever range. True bypass lets your guitar tone stay pristine even when the pedal is off.
Mooer Micro Liquid
The Liquid guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox maker Mooer packs a lot of phasing options into its tiny and very affordable chassis. It gives you five different phaser modes, each with three selectable wave types: square, triangular, and sine. And if that still doesn’t whet your sonic appetite, you can easily shape the phase tones using dedicated speed, color, and mix control knobs. This highly versatile stompbox is a worthy addition to your pedalboard.
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.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Whitecap
Fusing a multi-shape digital tap tremolo and three-control analog tremolo, the Whitecap by Old Blood Noise Endeavors allows you to discover unique tremolo textures by blending both sounds in parallel or series. Slow ramps, rapid chops, phase flipped undulations, smooth sines, textural rhythmic drifts, and asynchronous modulations—the Whitecap has them all. The analog tremolo includes volume, depth, and rate controls, while the digital tremolo features depth, volume, and rate knobs, along with five selectable waveforms and tap tempo.
Source Audio Soundblox2 Orbital Modulator
Boasting a diverse sound palette, the Source Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator is an ultra-compact, versatile, and sturdy multi-effects pedal. It features a dynamic arsenal of precision-engineered flanger, tremolo, chorus, and phaser effects. Nine adjustable parameters, twelve effect types, and internal/external modulation control elevate it way beyond the sonic limitations of old-school modulation pedals. The Orbital Modulator’s rack-mount power gives you infinite modulation possibilities, including variable notch phasers, rotary speaker simulation, through zero flange, multi-voiced choruses, and many more.
Chase Bliss Audio Gravitas
The Chase Bliss Audio Gravitas is not your dime-a-dozen tremolo pedal. It can create a beautiful and unique tremolo sound that sits well in a mix. Boasting dual tremolo modes, discrete class A clean boost circuit, and famous Analog Devices AD823 op-amps for superior analog warmth and tonal clarity, the Gravitas is capable of things you have not heard a tremolo do. To control the boost circuit’s gain, adjust the DRIVE knob to your liking. You can run the Gravitas at 18V rather than the standard 9V if you seek more headroom and output out of it.
Morley Mark Tremonti Wah
Cut through the mix like you mean it with the Morley Mark Tremonti Wah pedal, a wah pedal that packs the riff god’s signature wah tone as well as a boost button that gives you up to 20dB of extra muscle for truly killer solos and bridges. As with a lot of Morley’s modern wah offerings, the Mark Tremonti Wah is outfitted with an electro-optical, switchless structure that eliminates the danger of worn out pots.
Joyo Molo-Trem
Yes, the Joyo Ironman JF-325 Molo-Trem guitar effects pedal is cheap, but that only applies to its price tag. The rich, highly musical tremolo effects this tiny pedal dishes out can compare to that produced by pedals twice its price and size. Tone shaping is a breeze thanks to its highly intuitive controls, plus there’s a Wave knob that lets you dial in everything from a smooth, undulating tremolo effect to a sharp, choppy wave.
Sabbadius Tiny Vibe
The Tiny Vibe from Sabbadius Custom Pedal Effects is a more compact variant of the classic Funky Vibe, which emulates the rotary Leslie speaker with four photo coupler. It lets you play the vintage sounds like Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and more. On top of that, you can also play your signature sound. The Tiny Vibe features a true bypass mechanical switch. This condensed version of Funky Vibe comes in a red chassis consists of white knobs.
Behringer Ultra Vibrato
Add everything from smooth, subtle detuning to mind-bending psychedelic high-speed modulation to your sound with the Behringer Ultra Vibrato UV300 Classic Vibrato guitar effects pedal. Sculpt and shape the UV300’s overall effect using the dedicated Depth and Rate knobs, then control how fast the full detuning effect kicks in with the Rise dial. You can also use the UV300 as an unlatched pedal, letting you activate the vibrato effect anytime you want without having to step on the pedal again to turn it off.
Dunlop Uni-Vibe
The MXR Uni-Vibe Chorus/Vibrato gives you classic tones and textures with a more compact footprint, straightforward three-knob layout, and true bypass switching. It delivers the exact rich, chewy textures that players have utilized since the late 1960s. Designed with today’s gigging players in mind, the effect comes in a regular MXR housing—a fraction of the weight and size of the original. The MXR Uni-Vibe consists of Depth, Level, and Speed knobs that let you dial in the effect to your liking.
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.
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.
NUX Monterey Vibe
Devised to reproduce the iconic 60s and 70s psychedelic rock guitar sound, the Monterey Vibe boasts all the classic Uni-vibe style selections: Rotary-Speaker, Chorus, and Phaser pedal. NUX revamped the vintage four-stage phaser circuit by replacing it with a revolutionary 32-Bit floating DSP for processing its custom algorithm. The Monterey Vibe produces a distinctive effect tone; a combination of rotary, chorus, phaser, and tremolo. You can find this unique tone in Robin Trower’s “Bridge of Sighs,” Pink Floyd’s “Breathe,” and the haunting audio mood for Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun.”
T-Rex Octavius
A tri-tone generator with a brilliant Boost function and a comprehensive set of controls, the Octavius by T-Rex Engineering delivers everything you seek in octave generation—plus a beautiful T-Rex tone. It enables you to capture that classic octave-down effect heard from Machine Gun by Jimi Hendrix and other recordings. You may also add in a high octave and blend the octaves to your liking to produce your signature sound. The Octavius is controllable using the Boost, Master Mix, Lo Oct, and Hight Oct knobs.
Dwarfcraft Devices Wizard of Pitch
Featuring the same lo-fi glitchy sound of the Pitchgrinder but pushed up to 32 bits, Dwarfcraft Devices’s Wizard of Pitch is an excellent traditional pitch shifter that gradually starts to go insane once you start fiddling with the knobs and toggles. Crank up the Speed control and it’ll start crossfading between your wet and dry signals. Engage the Bender toggle and the pitch gets lower as your signal decays. The Steps toggle makes the effect snap to pitches instead of sliding, giving you a near-random arpeggio effect.
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.
Rowin Harmonizer
The LEF-3807 Harmonizer from budget guitar effects manufacturer Rowin is a three-mode pitch shifter and harmonizer pedal with a compact, pedalboard-friendly form factor. It can serve up a lush harmony with precise polyphonic pitch shifting as well as a spacey chorus-like detune effect. The Harmonizer has a ±2 octave pitch range, with up to 16 optional parameters that you can select via a dedicated Range dial. A three-way toggle switch that lets you go Up, Detune, and Down, combined with Dry and Wet knobs, give you a very wide range of shifting flavors.
JOYO XVI
The Joyo R-013 XVI polyphonic octave guitar effects pedal adds meat to your sound by layering on an extra octave and sub-octave. It tracks notes fast, comes with a dry mix knob, and has independent volume controls for the extra octaves for complete tonal control. A warbling, wriggling chorus/trem-like modulation effect opens up even more sonic soundscapes to explore. The R-13 XVI is an R Series pedal, meaning it also has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
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.
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Timing, Dynamics & EQ Pedals
EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master V2
Rich, cavernous reverbs and lush, shimmering delays are a single stomp away with the Dispatch Master digital delay and reverb guitar effects pedal from EarthQuaker Devices. The Dispatch Master lets you serve up delays that don’t degrade despite ultra-long repeats, versatile reverb tones that go from tight to super spacious, or a highly musical and unique combination of the two. V2 builds on the original Dispatch Master by adding soft-touch relay-based switching for truly silent operation.
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.
Carl Martin Delayla XL
The Carl Martin DeLayla XL boasts the same sonic quality as the original DeLayla plus other extended features. It incorporates a second delay head (slapback) and several of the same features found in vintage tape delay units. It can give you that real rock ‘n roll slapback echo which digital processors fail to emulate. The DeLayla XL is capable of delivering a warm, smooth sound reminiscent of the 50’s and 60’s vintage tape units, coupled with advanced features.
Mooer Ana Echo
The Mooer Ana Echo offers the characteristic warmth and musicality of a vintage analog delay guitar effects pedal. Each repetition gently degrades your initial guitar signal for that true analog sound. And like all real analog pedals, you can crank up the Intense knob for pulsating UFO-like feedback pulses. Whatever musical style you play in, when you’re in need of subtle repeats the Ana Echo will be your go-to pedal. It’s tiny, too, which makes finding some space for it on your pedalboard a breeze.
Chase Bliss Audio Tonal Recall
The Tonal Recall will make you forget everything you know about an analog delay. Developed around a pair of reissued MN3005 bucket-brigade delay chips, this delay’s distinct analog character is at the forefront together with its velvety tape-like modulation. The Tonal Recall elaborates the classic vintage sounds reminiscent of yesteryear’s analog delays while delivering modern amenities like the ability to save presets, optional bypass with trails, tap tempo, and expression control over any parameter. Each switch and knob is connected to a small digital brain as your guitar signal remains 100% analog and not digitally processed.
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.
Electro-Harmonix Turnip Greens
Weird name aside, the Turnip Greens is a seriously powerful overdrive and reverb pedal. It combines the Centaur Klon-like sound of the Soul Food overdrive and the heavenly, atmospheric tones of the Holy Grail Max reverb. Each effect gets its own dedicated footswitch and control knobs. The Turnip Greens also features a cool toggle switch that lets you choose which pedal goes first in the chain, plus you can add effects in between the two via the Send and Return jacks.
Alexander Pedals Space Race
With just a few twists and turns of its four face knobs, you can squeeze out the characteristic reverb sounds of different spaces ranging from your tiny shower to the largest of concert halls. Find your favorite and store up to four on the pedal itself or up to 16 with a MIDI controller, and then plug in an expression pedal to seamlessly morph your preset’s parameters together. The Space Race Reverb also comes with Alexander Pedals’ signature an Auto-Trail setting, giving you full control over the effect decay when you turn the pedal off.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Procession V2
A unique blend of haunting reverb and three modulation settings, the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Procession looks to spark something risky, new, and fringe. It consists of simple controls that run a set of reverb soundscapes ranging from uncomplicated reverb to intricate Sci-Fi filtery echo weirdness. The Depth and Speed controls correspond with your preferred modulation mode: Tremolo, Flange, or Filter. The Reverb and Mix knobs adjust the reverb decay and combination of wet/dry signal, respectively.
Tom’sline Ocean Verb
The Ocean Verb is a highly musical digital reverb that serves up waves of watery reverberations made by budget guitar effects pedal maker Tomsline. Select a reverb type–Room, Spring, or Shimmer–using the three position toggle switch then play around with the dedicated Mix, Tone, and Decay knobs to dial in your desired reverb effect. The Ocean Verb features Tomsline’s patented stop bar design to keep your foot from messing up the pedal’s settings when you stomp on it.
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.
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus
Belying its stature as one of the simplest digital reverb pedals available on the market, the Holy Grail reverb guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix lets you add a layer of truly heavenly reverb to your tone. The Holy Grail Plus does the original one better, adding a new, graceful Room reverb. Faithful recreations of classic guitar combo-type Spring and lush, spacious Hall reverb modes plus the completely unique flange-flavored Flerb reverb round out the Holy Grail Plus’ four selectable reverb modes.
Electro-Harmonix Soul Preacher
Whether you rock a guitar or a bass, the Soul Preacher compressor pedal from Electro-Harmonix will fit right in your pedalboard. It packs three selectable attack modes–a 20ms Fast rise, a 50ms Medium rise, and a 100ms Slow rise–coupled with a Sustain knob that lets you dial in silky, lengthy sustains. The Soul Preacher gives you highly articulate compression without compromising your core tone. This compact, road-tough pedal also comes with a true bypass feature.
MXR Dyna Comp Mini
Familiar MXR compression within a space-saving compact enclosure. The MXR Dyna Comp Mini Compressor packs modern convenience and the best of vintage tone into a chassis that is virtually half the original’s size. Featuring a unique CA3080 “metal can” integrated circuit, the Dyna Comp Mini boasts greater transparency, incredible dynamic range, and silent operation. It includes a new Attack switch that toggles between fast and slow attack times. The Dyna Comp Mini is the most convenient take on an iconic comp pedal.
Xvive V9 Lemon Squeezer
The Lemon Squeezer all analog compressor from budget guitar effects pedal maker Xvive delivers low distortion compression with excellent tonal quality and enhanced sustains. Long story short, it makes your clean tone sound even better than ever and your single notes ring out longer. A simple control structure consisting of Volume, Threshold, and Compression Blend pots make dialing in your personal compression settings easy peasy lemon squeezy. Its small size makes it ideal for crowded and go-bag style pedalboards, but that also means you need a compatible DC power supply to get this pedal going.
MXR Dyna Comp
Heard on countless hits, the Dyna Comp Compressor has been the secret weapon on various stars’ pedalboards for years. This wildly popular compression pedal is capable of adding rich sustain, tightening up your signal, or producing the percussive and clicky sound you have heard on many hit records. The Dyna Comp also delivers a convenient way to balance your volume. Its simple two-knob layout (Output and Sensitivity) lets you set the output volume and at what volume it engages.
MXR Super Comp
Taking the legendary Dyna Comp even further, the MXR Super Comp compressor delivers an invisible boost to intricate licks, giving life to your sound and allowing you to lock in like never before. With the Sensitivity and Output knobs, you can dial in the ideal setting to keep your parts in place. The new Attack Level knob retains your original volume without compromising sustain. It guarantees that initial bite and chunk are not squashed, so you can run searing pickups and hear your dynamics.
Seymour Duncan Vise Grip
The Seymour Duncan Vise Grip Compressor is a studio-quality compressor pedal built to improve the power, warmth, and punch of your tone without compromising musicality. It is transparent and works well with your 805 Overdrive pedal. It carries Attack, Blend, Sustain, and Volume knobs that give you the precision to boost low-level signals, tame loud volume peaks, and mix the amount of uncompressed and compressed signal. The Vise Grip Compressor is designed and made in Seymour Duncan’s Santa Barbara, California factory.
CNZ Audio EQ
The CNZ Audio EQ Guitar Effects Pedal delivers seamless tone Equalizer control for your stage or bedroom jam session. This powerful device lets you manage your lows, mids, and highs without compromising your guitar’s natural sound. The Clear Volume knob gives control of the pedal’s output with your preferred EQ settings. This EQ pedal boasts five adjustable frequencies (100, 250, 630, 1.6K, and 4K HZ), making it convenient to use and extremely effective. The tone that comes out from this EQ pedal is 100% up to you.
JHS Pedals Haunting Mids
Find that scary good tone that haunts your imagination with the Haunting Mids from JHS Pedals. This simple yet frightfully effective sweepable-mids EQ preamp is capable of transforming just about any pedal or amp into a ghastly monster. It consists of Volume, Sweep, and Mids controls, as well as a Hi/Lo toggle. The Sweep and Mids knobs work in tandem to get the right frequencies to scoop or boost mid frequencies. The Haunting Mids is great for manipulating the midrange character of your drive pedal.
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.
MXR Ten Band EQ
The Ten Band EQ by MXR has been updated with true bypass switching, noise-reduction circuitry, brighter LEDs for enhanced visibility, a lightweight aluminum chassis, and a second output so you can run two independent signal chains. Featuring ten meticulously picked frequencies and input/output level controls, the Ten Band EQ allows you to tune your guitar or bass rig to any room quickly, produce earth-shaking low-end, warm up an amplified acoustic, restore level, punch, and treble response to a cramped pedalboard, and many more.
Donner Equalizer
Whether you want to adjust your tone finely or connect to complete range pedals, you can get a master volume control of different frequencies with precision from Donner’s Equalizer pedal. The frequency centers include 100Hz, 250Hz, 630Hz, 1.6 kHz, and 4 kHz. Uniquely crafted for guitarists, this 5-band graphic EQ has a ±18 dB alterable gain range per band, helping you sculpt your sound across five frequencies to prevent feedback resulting from extra distorting effects. The Equalizer carries a Volume knob so you can flexibly adjust the volume.
J. Rockett I.Q. Compressor
The J. Rockett I.Q. Compressor is a compressor with a six-band graphic EQ. The pre-compression EQ lets you select the frequencies you wish to be compressed harder according to their gain setting. Each frequency slider contains 18db of cut or gain. The compressor carries Mix and Volume knobs. The Mix knob combines your compressed and dry signals, while the Volume adjusts the output level. You can also use the Volume pot to mitigate the slight volume bump when you engage the Mix control.
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Utility Pedals
Korg Pitchblack Custom (Black)
The Pitchblack Custom by Korg contains the first vertical 3D visual meter on a pedal tuner. Handy display modes and three-dimensional lights provide you with an exceptional level of visibility. Aside from enabling ultra-high +/- 0.1 cent tuning accuracy, it boasts true bypass switching for avoiding any coloration of your tone. The Pitchblack Custom has been built to give you years of trouble-free operation. Its sturdy aluminum die-cast enclosure includes a DC output allowing parallel connection for powering effect pedals.
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.
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.
Donner DT-1
The Donner DT-1 is among the most affordable and best tuner pedals for both live and solo situations. Despite its price range, this chromatic tuner includes a true bypass and insane visibility. At first, it looks faded since it is different from what other tuners give you. You cannot clearly read the letter from afar, but you may still tune your string and recognize when you have hit the right spot. The whole screen becomes green when you are at the perfect frequency. The DT-1 is very handy if you love wandering around the stage.
Donner DT Deluxe
The DT Deluxe from Donner is an exceptional chromatic tuner that comes in a classic design and compact size so it will not hog your pedalboard space. It includes true bypass, which is fundamental for this type of pedal, and a new strobe mode with +/- 1 cent accuracy. This guitar tuner pedal has a huge LCD that shows you what is going on. The footswitch lets you turn the tuner on/off, and will instantly mute your signal once the pedal is activated. The DT Deluxe is convenient to use and makes for a great entry-level tuner.
Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner
Compact yet tough, the Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner serves as your one-stomp ticket to staying in tune. This gig-bag essential loads exceptional functionality and accurate tuning into a sleek, portable floor unit that is convenient to use anywhere. An innovative chromatic floor tuner with a large LED screen makes it an indispensable tool for bassists and guitarists. When performing live, you will appreciate the Pitchblack’s clear, well-lit display and the large footswitch allows for convenient access. The Pitchblack’s sturdy aluminum enclosure makes it roadworthy.
TC Electronic Ditto Jam X2 Looper
The Ditto Jam X2 Looper boasts TC Electronic’s revolutionary proprietary BeatSense technology, enabling it to keep your loops from drifting out of sync. TC Electronic’s sophisticated algorithm can stretch, snip, and compress every beat of your loop dynamically to your tempo while preserving audio quality. Meaning, your Ditto Jam X2 extends the loop by several milliseconds to make it suit the pocket, so your performance stays tight and beautiful. It also features unlimited overdubs and Rec-Dub/Rec-Play modes.
NUX MFX-10
The MFX-10 boasts 55 models overall (you may use as much as eight simultaneously), vintage three-band passive EQ for each amp model, 19 classic amp and pedal models with A/B channel switching, and parametric EQ with additional mid-frequency sweep control for pedals. Twelve cabinet models give you two distinct modes for a guitar amp or mixer/PA input. The MFX-10 also features an inbuilt drum machine with CD quality PCM sounds, and 72 presets: 36 user plus 36 factory presets. The A/B switch lets you utilize up to 144 presets.
Radial Tonebone Loopbone
Devised to be the “master control” for pedalboards, the Loopbone by Radial lets you add two independent pedal effects chains and detach them when not needed. It is convenient to use, portable and provides incredible control over the pedalboard. It features entirely discreet components and Radial’s legendary Class-A circuit for exceptional dynamics and natural tone. The Loopbone also includes an innovative post-effects variable-gain power booster for straight signal boosting or post Loop-1/Loop-2 boost for soloing.
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.
Donner Looper
Make looping as easy as one-two-three with the Looper from Donner. It records your loops when you power down or remove the power plug. No more worries as the music you made remains stored and is ready to go when you need it—be it rehearsal, jamming on ideas, studio, or live performance. The Looper is boiled down to the fundamentals and makes control simple yet versatile, so you can concentrate on performing and playing. It features unlimited overdubs, true bypass, and Undo/Redo function.
Lehle Little Lehle II
The Little Lehle II Looper Switcher fits in any pedalboard setup. It is a genuine true bypass switcher/looper which you can use as a simple A/B box or to manage an effects loop. It lets you route your guitar signal to two amplifiers and change between them. You may plug in both your backup guitar and your main axe, and change instruments at any time. Add the Little Lehle II to your setup, and you will wonder how you survived without it.
Alexander Pedals Quadrant
As its name suggests, the Quadrant Audio Mirror combines four unique delay effects—magnetic, analog, digital, and lo-fi—into a sonic space-time stompbox. Complementing the rate (up to 915ms), feedback, mod, and mix controls is a new Glide knob that controls changes in the delay time; set it to low for a seamless shift and crank it up for pitch shifts. The Quadrant Audio mirror comes with expression pedal and MIDI compatibility, tap tempo, and an Auto-Trail setting that lets you control how long your delays ring out when you turn the pedal off.
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..
Donner Verb Square
Boasting a collection of reverb effects that gives musical color to your tone, you sure get your money’s worth with the Donner Verb Square. It features seven-mode reverberation effects: Mod, Plate, Church, Room, Hall, Spring, and Studio. This incredible pedal consists of Tone, Decay, and E.Level knobs that you can utilize to set the effect tone, select the duration of the reverberation, and determine the effect level respectively. The Verb Square also features an LED indicator, digital circuit design, and true bypass.
Chase Bliss Audio Faves
Delivering increased functionality within a tiny package, the Chase Bliss Audio Faves MIDI controller pedal serves as an ideal companion for your favorite Chase Bliss pedals. The Faves gives you access to six presets and live mode on-the-fly settings. It is incredibly convenient to use and only requires a 9V power source. With its streamlined design, simple connectivity, and multi-functional footswitch, the Faves MIDI controller pedal is a nice add-on for any Chase Bliss pedal.
Chase Bliss Audio Dark World
The Dark World is a powerful, fun, and player-friendly reverb pedal. It is an innovative two-channel reverb created with some help from Chase Bliss Audio’s friends. Keeley Electronics developed the “World” channel that houses three beautiful Spring, Plate, and Hall algorithms. Cooper FX is behind the “Dark” channel, a collaborative effort slightly influenced by its Generation Loss and Outward designs. Put together, the channels may be routed in 33 different ways, forming an incredible reverb palette ranging from subtle, tasteful, and rich to glitch shimmer, infinite freeze, and broken video cassette.
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.
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.
Radial Twin-City
With the Twin-City AB/Y Amp Switcher from Radial Engineering, you can connect to two guitar amps and run them simultaneously sans losing gain, noise, or degrading your original guitar tone. The design starts with Radial’s legendary class-A buffer for a very natural tone. To eradicate buzz and hum from ground loops, the Twin-City features an isolation transformer on output B. As a buffer, it reduces impedance and susceptibility to noise, making it an excellent signal driver for big stages when employing lengthy cable runs.
Radial Bigshot PB1
When you need more muscle to drive long cable runs or punch for your solos, the BigShot PB1 by Radial Engineering provides the clean, Class A gain you want. Adding the BigShot PB1 buffer into your loop lets you drive as many pedals as you wish without producing unwanted noise. If you like silent tuning, you may utilize the second loop as tuner out, and the Radial BigShot EFX will mute your signal with one stomp. The BigShot PB1is constructed with the same sturdiness as other Radial DI boxes.
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.
Lehle Parallel L
Compact yet versatile, the Lehle Parallel line mixer is capable of fulfilling demanding tonal standards. It combines the signals from effect units with the original signal. Return and send levels are individually adjustable. You can operate the return and send paths both balanced and unbalanced. The Lehle Parallel boasts an exceptional dynamic range and comes in two variants: the Parallel L and the Parallel M. The Parallel L features a true bypass switch with gold-plated contacts. It includes separate levels for return, send, and mix, giving you various options.
Mission Engineering SP1-L6 Helix
Mission Engineering has partnered with Line 6 engineers to build a pedal suitable for the Helix Rack, the SP1-L6H. The pedal connects to your Helix Rack and allows expressive control over volume, wah, and rotary effects. The SP1-L6H also incorporates a convenient toe switch for seamless, hands-free switching between your effects. You can connect it to inputs on the Helix Rack, HX Stomp, and Rack floor controller. With the SP1-L6H switching expression pedal in your arsenal, you can maximize your Line 6 Helix.
NUX Lacerate
A tiny pedal with a ginormous boost, the Lacerate FET Boost from NUX features two bypass modes (True Bypass or Buffer Bypass), two boost options, and a simple control-knob. Its surprisingly simple user interface comes from NUX’s intricate dual FET circuit design. It allows you the choice between two boosting modes: Clean and Crank. The Lacerate FET Boost pedal includes an integrated voltage-doubler that automatically converts 9V to 18V, providing you with massive headroom and dynamic.
Xotic Super Clean
In the battle against tone suck, a good buffer pedal is an indispensable weapon in your arsenal. And when it comes to high-end buffer pedals, the Super Clean from boutique guitar effects stompbox company Xotic is one of your best choices. This buffer stomp is powered by a legendary JRC4558 chip and delivers up to +12dB of clean boost. It features a convenient Gain mini-pot as well as four side-mounted dip switches that let you tweak the EQ settings to your liking.
Empress Effects Buffer
The Buffer from Empress Effects has been built to serve as the complete I/O interface for your pedalboard while preserving the highest fidelity of your guitar signal. For decades, guitarists have been struggling with signal loss resulting from long, unbuffered cable runs. The Buffer aims to erase that signal loss, making sure that your cables will never affect your tone. Moreover, it consolidates all your pedalboard’s connectivity to make the set up convenient and fast.
Truetone Pure Tone
Before it changed its name to Truetone, Visual Sound had been making guitar effects pedals for two decades. Among the many innovations it created was the buffer circuit in its pedal releases. Now, under the Truetone moniker, that very same buffer circuit has been made available in pedal form. Put it first in your effects chain and the Truetone Pure Tone Buffer pedal will eliminate cable capacitance and tone suck, common headaches for musicians with long guitar cables.
MOSKY Clean Buffer Tone Saver
Buffer pedals play an important part in any musician’s ongoing battle against one suck. Budget guitar effects brand Mosky Audio gives you a compact and affordable alternative to boutique buffer models in the form of the Clean Buffer. It helps keep your guitar signal strong and steady even when you have over a dozen pedals daisy chained together on your pedalboard. The Clean Buffer has an input impedance of 1M Ω and an output impedance of 150 Ω.
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 Sentry
Enjoy a dynamic, noise-free performance with the Sentry Noise Gate pedal from TC Electronic. Leveraging the groundbreaking multi-band System 6000 algorithms, it provides you with smooth, natural-sounding noise reduction. The Sentry Noise Gate comes packed with a classic hard-gate mode sporting a Return/Send loop for dealing with noisy pedals or utilizing it for creative sidechaining. It consists of controls for Decay, Threshold, and Damp. Keep your rig’s noise in check with the Sentry Noise Gate pedal.
ZVex Loop Gate
Noise gates are infinitely useful, but gating becomes a lot more challenging when you’re facing a pedalboard full of sonically complex effects such as fuzz boxes and delay stomps. The Loop Gate is boutique guitar effects company Zvex’s answer to that conundrum. It acts as a loop switch with an excellent built-in high headroom noise gate with zero distortion and hiss. You can switch effects loops in and out at will, plus you can even crossfade them using the Mix knob and deliver tremolo-style effects in Chop mode.
TC Electronic Iron Curtain
Presenting the no-nonsense way to get rid of your sound gremlins, the Iron Curtain Noise Gate by TC Electronic. It is an ultra-fast and efficient noise gate that minimizes unwanted noise from your instrument signal. Its convenient two-knob interface controls decay and threshold. The toggle switch allows you to select between reducing unwanted noise or muting signal entirely. Designed and engineered in Denmark, the Iron Curtain Noise Gate comes in a durable metal chassis. It features a true bypass for supreme signal integrity.
Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Noisy signals are the bane of musicians the world over. That’s why noise suppressor pedals have become pedalboard mainstays, and the Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor is one of the best options available. It uses a unique noise detection circuit that identifies and separates your instrument’s signal from the noise and hum components, eliminating the latter while letting the former shine through with its natural attack and sonic envelope perfectly preserved. You can dial in the precise amount of noise elimination and suppression via dedicated Threshold and Decay knobs.
Rowin Noise Gate
Make unwanted signal noise a thing of the past with the LEF-319 Noise Gate from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin. With this in your pedal chain, you can cut out all of the hisses, buzzes, and hums that dirty up your signal without sacrificing your core tonal characteristics. A dedicated threshold knob lets you dial in that sweet spot where you want the gating effects to kick in, while a two-position toggle lets you switch between hard gating and soft gating.
MXR Noise Clamp
Clampdown on excess noise and hiss with the Noise Clamp pedal by MXR. By sensing the dry signal of your guitar, it lowers the noise level in the effect loop, putting the kibosh on even your noisiest signal. A single Trigger dial lets you select the volume threshold at which the Noise Clamp is active, and a green LED tells you whether the gate is on/off. The Noise Clamp can trim noise up to 26dB, preserving riff definition at massive gain levels.
Nux Loop Core
The NUX Loop Core is a turbocharged variant of the original and already the most versatile Looper in the market. NUX covered all the essentials in a Looper that lets you record and play back several layers, but now it incorporated a different level of goodies. Boasting 99 personal-user memories, 40 inbuilt drum patterns and now, a new range of well-thought-out user assists. Whether you compose, rehearse, or play live gigs, you will appreciate the innovative features of the Loop Core.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other Pedals
Morley DJ Ashba Skeleton Wah
The Morley DJ Ashba Skeleton Wah proudly bears the stamp of the musician it was designed for—literally! It has DJ Ashba’s insignia, designed by the Guns n’ Roses and Sixx:A.M. guitarist himself, branded onto the iconic trapezoid treadle. The Skeleton Wah features Ashba’s favorite wah tone and sweep powered by a custom low-noise MQ2 inductor. It also comes equipped with Morley’s electro-optical circuit design, so you won’t ever have to worry about wearing down any pots.
Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Cry Baby
Dunlop’s limited-edition Jerry Cantrell Signature Cry Baby Wah features a distressed black finish, special treadle design inspired by Jerry’s tribal orca tattoo made by Coast Salish artist Joe Wilson, and lyrics for Rainier Fog by Alice in Chains on the bottom plate. The distressed black coating is reminiscent of the Rainier Fog’s visual vibes. Limited to only 500 pieces, the Jerry Cantrell Cry Baby is a must-have for Alice in Chains fanatics and musicians who are looking for that uniquely vocal wah tone.
Dunlop GCB95F
Add an authentic vintage sound to your rig with Dunlop’s GCB95F Cry Baby Classic! It leverages the original Italian-made Fasel inductor—similar to that of the first wah pedals, including the iconic Cry Baby, which are among the most coveted effects of all time. It sports the familiar, heavy-duty, time-tested Cry Baby body style, featuring a Hot Potz potentiometer and heavy die-cast construction. You can be sure that your Cry Baby Classic perseveres its incredible sound after years of stomping.
Dunlop Slash Signature Cry Baby
Similar to the person himself, Dunlop’s Slash Wah is both classic and groundbreaking, right down to its advanced circuit design and hot rod metallic red finish. It deploys an intense high gain distortion paired with the Fasel-loaded Classic circuit for an on-the-spot lead tone that cuts through as well as sings with a rich and sweet top end. Handy LEDs display wah on/off and distortion on/off modes, so you do not have to guess each time you put your foot down.
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.
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.
Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
Want to dive into a soft and sweet acoustic ballad in the middle of a set but don’t have the slightest inclination to bring along a big and bulky acoustic guitar? The Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator lets you travel light. With its powerful Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) technology and four different acoustic simulation modes, you can turn any electric guitar into a variety of warm and bright acoustics using the Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator.
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.
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.
TC Electronic G-Natural
The G-Natural multi-effects processor by TC Electronic is specially created for your acoustic guitar. Packaged within a floor-based unit, the G-Natural comes loaded with ten premium TC effects, as well as an inbuilt tuner, boost function, microphone preamp for guitar or vocals, and 30 presets that will give a natural touch to your live acoustic sound. You can now capture amazing TC effects in a convenient, acoustic-friendly, and stage-ready package. The G-Natural carries eight durable footswitches.
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.
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.
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.
MXR M282
The MXR Dyna Comp Bass compressor gives you the most iconic compression sound, customized and tuned particularly for bassists. Built upon the CA3080 “metal can” integrated circuit for broader dynamic range, silent operation, and superior transparency, the Dyna Comp Bass is complete with fundamental controls for sculpting that sweet Dyna Comp swish. Regular Dyna Comp compressors tend to squash bass signal dynamics, depriving bassists of the transparency necessary to make the low end fundamental shine. The Dyna Comp Bass includes Clean and Tone knobs for preserving low end integrity and tonal dynamics respectively.
Darkglass Vintage Ultra
Enjoy broader sonic options for live and studio applications with the Darkglass Vintage Ultra V2 pedal. At the request of players, the Vintage Ultra V2 has an individual switch for the overdrive section, letting you toggle it without changing your other settings. Every mid control includes a three-way toggle switch for six distinct mid-emphasis settings in total. The Master volume control allows you to adjust your signal. Boasting a switchable impulse-response cabinet emulation for realistic direct tone, the Vintage Ultra V2 serves as a one-stop shop for an awesome bass tone.
Darkglass Duality
Achieve your ideal fuzz tones with this highly customizable Duality fuzz pedal from Darkglass. It features two distinct fuzz circuits—a raunchy high-gain sound and a gated saw-tooth wave—that you can blend to achieve a massive selection of unique sonic textures. The Duality consists of Blend, Level, Filter, and Duality knobs. Filter adjusts the amount of high-frequency content, Blend combines the clean with the fuzz signal, Level sets the output volume of the affected signal, and Duality selects and mixes fuzz circuits.
JAM Pedals LucyDreamer Bass
The Jam Pedals LucyDreamer Bass is an ultra-versatile bass overdrive boasting tube amp-esque response and saturation. It carries a Mix knob that lets you find your ideal Wet/Dry signal ratio and a footswitch that alternates to a higher gain stage. The LucyDreamer Bass includes componentry and design variations which enable more low end to come through and move the sweet spot of the saturation to complement the register of the bass. It also consists of controls for Gain, Tone, Level, Dry/Wet Mix, and high gain footswitch.
ammoon Mini Chromatic Tuner
It might not be the most glamorous of guitar effects pedals, but a good tuner is a must-have essential for any and all musicians. Whether you shred a six-string or slap a bass, you can make sure you always stay in tune with the Mini Chromatic Tuner from ammoon. Its big, bright LED display lets you know your exact tuning easily even when you’re playing on a dark stage surrounded by dry ice fog, and its true bypass switch means you won’t have to worry about your guitar signal getting corrupted.
Lehle Mono Volume
If you want a powerful and precise volume pedal, the Lehle Mono Volume pedal is worth your while. This premium volume pedal belongs to any type of rig. Omitting the usual potentiometer-driven design, Lehle employed a magnet-controlled VCA design for unprecedented accuracy in a volume pedal. Using the gain control, you can select the volume range from -92dB to 0dB, as well as add a +10dB boost if necessary. A direct output allows you to send your unaffected signal to another amplifier, a mixer, or a tuner.
Morley Power Wah Volume
The Morley PWO Power Wah cranked up to 11 by the addition of a new volume control circuit. The PWO Power Wah Volume comes equipped with a custom HQ2 inductor that brings the classic funk and a volume control section with a silky smooth audio taper. Morley’s innovative electro-optical circuit design makes worn out pots a thing of the distant past while True-Tone Bypass Buffer technology keeps your tone pure and pristine in both wah and volume mode.
CNZ Audio Active Volume
The CNZ Active Volume Pedal is constructed with a sturdy steel housing, weighted knobs, and a golden CNZ Audio logo. It holds up under an overzealous volume controllers and intense heavy-footed players. This volume pedal is easy to use, making it an ideal choice for beginners. Just plug the pedal in and you get complete control of your volume. The CNZ Active Volume Pedal also boasts boost capabilities and adjustment knobs that advanced players will enjoy.
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.
Dunlop Volume X Mini
With the DVP4 Mini Volume (X) Pedal, conserving space does not mean sacrificing functionality or durability. It lets you manage volume and FX parameters without congesting your pedalboard. It is capable of anything the larger DVP3 does. For ultimate precision and convenience, the DVP4’s rocker tension is adjustable. The AUX output merges tuner and expression functionality into a single jack which can be toggled with a switch on the pedal. You no longer need to give up control of your volume level and FX pedals when employing a travel-sized board, thanks to the DVP4 Volume X Mini.
Line 6 EX-1
Designed for utilization with Line 6 stompbox modelers and other pedals, the EX-1 expression pedal lets you morph seamlessly between any two settings of a model. For the AX2, it can be employed for volume or wah. Boasting durable construction, the EX-1 features custom wahs, pitch control, and two preset variations. The EX-1 is compatible with stompbox modelers (M5, M9, M13, DL4, DM4, FM4, MM4), POD HD400, POD HD500, POD HD500X, POD XT Live, POD X3 Live, and others.
Mission Engineering 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.
Mission Engineering EP-25-Pro Aero Gold Carbon
Donning a beautiful gold carbon fiber graphic finish, the EP-25-Pro Aero Gold Carbon expression pedal is perfect for guitar, acoustic instruments, keyboards, and both studio and live use. It incorporates individual polarity switches for every channel. That enables compatibility with a broad range of pedals, modeling amps, MIDI controllers, keyboards, rack effects, and other expression controlled devices. The EP-25-Pro features a fully sealed 25K Ohm linear taper potentiometer for durability and smooth action. The all-aluminum Aero is half the weight of a regular Mission pedal.
Tapestry Audio Bloomery Passive Volume Pedal (Black)
The Bloomery passive volume pedal from Tapestry Audio features some very unique differences from a regular volume control pedal. This compact (measures only 7.8″ x 2.25″), convenient to use, and efficient passive volume pedal comfortably fits on your pedalboard. The Bloomery is machined out of steel for a tough, durable solid feel. A slide potentiometer alongside a direct shaft drive eradicates the need for annoying strings. With a smooth volume curve, you get a more nuanced pedal sweep. The Bloomery quickly turns tuner output into an expression output.
Dunlop DVP4
Manage your FX parameters and volume without congesting your pedalboard with the Dunlop DVP4. Thanks to its ability to do everything the bigger DVP3 does at half the size, you no longer have to skimp on functionality or durability to conserve space. The DVP4 is just as sturdy and solidly constructed with an aggressive non-slip tread, lightweight aluminum enclosure, and Dunlop’s patented Low Friction Band-Drive for consistent performance and seamless range of motion. For supreme precision and comfort, its rocker tension is adjustable.
MOOER Phaser Player
Budget stompbox company Mooer gives the classic phaser pedal a unique spin with the Phaser Player guitar effects pedal. It features three different phaser sounds: a classic phaser effect; a repeating, sample and hold type of phaser; and a phaser with manual wah-like sweeping. Tiny as it is, the Phaser Player also acts as its own expression pedal. It actually has three activation modes: normal latching footswitch, momentary footswitch, and a hybrid mode combining the first two. Not bad for a stompbox you can put in your pocket.
ammoon AP-13 American Sound
The AP-13 American Sound is an amp simulator pedal made by budget guitar effect pedal manufacturer Ammoon that makes your tone sound as if your guitar is plugged into a classic Fender Blonde amp. Experiment a bit with the American Sound’s six control knobs and you can even emulate the sound of a much wider range of Fender amps, even more so when you’re using an actual Fender amp. The American Sound sounds great clean, but it really shines when you crank up the drive
Strymon Lex Rotary
The Strymon Lex Rotary gives you a complete, faithfully recreated rotary system: the tube-driven amp, the rotating treble horn, finely tuned microphone placement, the low-frequency bass rotor, and all the intricate sonic interactions between such elements. Leveraging an incredibly powerful SHARC DSP, each bit of processing power is exploited to represent the details genuinely. With eight parameters to tweak, you get extensive control of the rotating speaker system’s mechanics and tonality. You may manipulate every element, from horn level, mic distance, rotor speed, tube drive and saturation, acceleration time, and volume level.
Fender The Pinwheel
Stomp on Fender’s The Pinwheel to inject vintage organ speaker and amp effects to your performance. You can create astonishing sounds with three distinct rotary speaker voices, including Fender’s Vibratone effect. Switchable fast and slow speeds allow you to spin up the perfect effect, while the onboard overdrive gives your tone some texture. You may also adjust the modulation rate based on your playing dynamics with the Sensitivity control. The Pinwheel boasts unparalleled sonic textures, thanks to Fender’s all-original circuit.
Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
Want to dive into a soft and sweet acoustic ballad in the middle of a set but don’t have the slightest inclination to bring along a big and bulky acoustic guitar? The Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator lets you travel light. With its powerful Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) technology and four different acoustic simulation modes, you can turn any electric guitar into a variety of warm and bright acoustics using the Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator.
NUX MOD Core DELUXE
The Mod Core Deluxe from NUX is a pro-quality modulation effects pedal featuring eight modulation effects (Phaser, Chorus, Pan, Flanger, Tremolo, U-vibe, Rotary, and Vibrato) with two kinds of algorithms suiting the needs of every musician for sound enhancement and colorization. Add-in Depth and Rate controls to adjust the primary parameters and Tweak knob to set relevant parameters for every effect, and you get more tone-sculpting possibilities compared to other modulation pedals. The Mod Core Deluxe includes a tone lock function to prevent improper operation.
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.
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.
Dr. Scientist Bitquest
Dr. Scientist’s BitQuest is equipped with eight digital effects that work even sans an inbuilt digital fuzz. This innovative pedal has got you covered wherever the future takes you. It is arguably among the most exciting multi-headed beasts within the boutique world. The BitQuest packs Flanger, Infinite Reverb, Bit Crusher, High Pass and Low Pass Filters, Ring Mod, Notch Filter, Glitch Delay, and Pitch Shift into a single pedal. A simple interface enables seamless control of each parameter, paving the way to a previously undiscovered sonic territory.
T-Rex Quint Machine
While standard octave doubling is nice, throwing in a fifth up and providing all three modulated sounds with a separate volume control unlocks a different world. The Quint Machine by T-Rex Engineering lets you emulate an organ, 12-string, or synth sound. Eliminate your dry signal and sound like a synth merely possessing that lonely heart. Designed to give you more, the Quint Machine will keep you discovering new sounds for years. It consists of +1 Fifth, +1 Octave, -1 Octave, and Mix knobs.
Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine
It’s always fun to make a guitar sound like a completely different instrument. If old-school organ tones are your thing, then the B9 Organ Machine from Electro-Harmonix is the perfect guitar effects pedal for you. It doesn’t just work with a guitar either; plug in a modern keyboard and you can make it sound like it came straight from a ‘60s recording studio. The B9 comes with nine classic organ-voiced presets, setting-specific modulation effects, and a dedicated control knob for percussive click sounds.
TC Helicon TalkBox Synth
With the Talkbox Synth from TC Helicon, you get classic Frampton-style guitar effects without the fiddly hose-in-the-mouth stuff. A guitar-triggered vocoder and onboard synth sounds give thrilling robotic vocal effects to your single-note runs. But this pedal is not merely for guitarists. Vocalists will love its inbuilt mic preamp and Adaptive Tone functionality, along with studio-quality pitch correction and reverbs. Its simple three-knob design delivers ease of use. The Talkbox Synth is capable of adding excitement to your performance.
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.
