Tonebox Recommended Pedals
Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi
The Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi is all about giving the beefy bottom ends of bass guitars some warm Muffy love. The Bass Big Muff Pi is actually based on two classic Big Muffs, taking the classic fuzz sounds of the Sovtek Big Muff Pi and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi and optimizing them to handle rib-rattling low frequencies. Dedicated tone, Volume, and Sustain knobs give you a wide range of control over your fuzzed-out tone, while a Bass Boost/Dry toggle switch lets you bump your low-frequency content up.
JHS Pedals Colour Box
The Colour Box by JHS Pedals gives you everything you need to emulate the signature tones of Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and others. It is a pure analog design that copies the input of an original Neve console. It is a versatile and powerful device for stage and studio, with inputs for microphones and instruments. It delivers a vibrant and musical sound. The Colour Box pedal lets you sculpt your sound in a way that is impossible with standard amps and effects.
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.
Wampler Tumnus
Any conversation about legendary overdrive circuits will invariably include a mention of the Klon Centaur. Never one to shrink away from a stompbox challenge, Brian Wampler took the classic Klon sound and replicated it to create the Tumnus. You can use it as a standalone drive or dirty boost box. You can also stack it with another overdrive pedal to really push your amp to and beyond its breaking point. Whatever your rig and whatever genre you play in, you can find a place for the Tumnus on your pedalboard.
Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini
The Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini loads the iconic Tube Screamer sound into a tiny format that can easily fit on your pedalboard, regardless if you have a crazy guitar pedal addiction. With its expressive touch sensitivity and legendary midrange growl, guitarists of different styles will appreciate the Tube Screamer Mini. It comes in classic green paint with three simple controls to dial in a broad range of tones. Adding the Tube Screamer Mini to your rig will prime you for tonal excellence.
Walrus Audio Julia
Boutique guitar effects pedal maker Walrus Audio’s Julia pedal is a feature-rich and extremely flexible analog chorus and vibrato box that can dish out everything from a calm, smooth and recognizable chorus and vibe mix to a wildly thrashing, seasickness inducing vibrato with a splash of unique chorus notes. Switchable analog LFO wave shapes add extra tonal versatility to the Julia’s arsenal of sound, while a special Lag pot further extends the Julia’s sonic boundaries.
Drive Pedals
Carl Martin Hot Drive and Boost
The Carl Martin Hot Drive’n Boost creates tones ranging from crunchy blues to hard rock. It was thoroughly designed to emulate the sound of an old-fashioned distorting Tube-Amp. Most guitarists utilizing distortion as a significant of their sound seek a crisp and clear distortion with long sustain, exceptional tone and is desirable for chords not merely single notes. Carl Martin created the Hot Drive’n Boost to be an invaluable addition to your system to improve the sound from any tube amp.
smallsound/bigsound Fck Overdrive
Inspired by the Disintegration Loops by William Basinski, the Smallsound/Bigsound Fck Overdrive is a humble attempt to emulate in a pedal format some of the crackling, disintegrating sounds heard on the recordings. A very distinctive effect unlike any other, several of the tones are evocative of torn up speakers, blown-out compression, overdriven tape, and overloaded tubes/amp “sag.” At the core of the Fck Overdrive are several JFET gain stages. It features an extensive range from beefy fuzz to clean boost to gritty drive.
Fulltone Soul-Bender
The Soul-Bender Overdrive guitar effects pedal from Fulltone takes its cue from late ‘60s-era classics such as the Colorsound and Vox Series III ToneBenders pedals. That translates to natural, tube amp-style overdrive that you can easily push into the realm of dirty, trashy distortion. The Soul-Bender’s three gain-matched germanium transistors provide all the tube-like saturation, insane sustain, and picking responsiveness you crave, while a wide-ranging tone control lets you sculpt your overdriven sound to your exact liking.
Fulltone PlimSoul
Most overdrive pedals only have one clipping mode. You either get a bluesy, slightly compressed one with a soft clip or a crunchier hard-clipped one with a higher gain. The Fulltone PlimSoul Overdrive guitar effects pedal gives you both clipping modes in one compact pedal. The PlimSoul’s unique dual-stage clipping circuit not only accurately replicates all of the nuances and complexities of a tube amp, but it also lets you go from a softer, compressed overdrive to classic British crunch.
Ramble FX Marvel
The Marvel Drive from Ramble FX captures the growl and KRRR-ANG of a classic Marshall Plexi amp. It boasts innovative “blended volume” controls which emulate a Plexi amplifier with its inputs patched together. It also incorporates JFET transistors in four different stages, each adding to the distortion and harmonics much like every tube does in an amp. The product is a touch-sensitive dynamics and lush tone. The Marvel Drive features a dual voltage switch allowing you to select from 9 or 18 volts.
Gokko Sonic Flame
The GOKKO SonicFlame GK-24 overdrive guitar effects pedal is a very transparent, harmonically dynamic overdrive at a very affordable and budget-friendly price. Crank up your signal’s gain to cut through the mix without coloring your guitar’s core tonal characteristics. The Gain knob is a dual-ganged gain pot, letting you adjust both your low and middle frequencies. Dedicated Tone and Volume control dials add more tone-sculpting options. The SonicFlame also comes with a true bypass feature.
Seymour Duncan Palladium
Feels and sounds like an outstanding high-gain amp, the Seymour Duncan Palladium Gain Stage pedal seamlessly turns your natural guitar tone into that of a high-gain tube amp. Each component is meticulously picked to provide you with playing feel and experience similar to plugging into your well-loved high-gain amp head. The Palladium is also great if you want to add hair to your already-dirty sound. It is arguably among the most impressive high-gain pedals available.
T-Rex Dr. Swamp
The Dr. Swamp from T-Rex Engineering packs two exceptional classic distortion pedals into one box. You may change between rhythm and lead settings or program it to yield two distinct lead sounds. This famed twin distortion pedal is convenient to set up and use on stage. It boasts two identical channels of classic distortion, each with a separate on/off switch. Both channels include Level, Gain, and Tone controls. Level governs the overall volume, Gain adjusts the distortion level for the channel, while Tone gives you more control of your sound.
Morley PDW-II
The Morley Pro Series 2 Distortion Wah Volume gives you not two but three essential effects in one tank-tough pedal. You get the versatility fo Morley’s well-loved wah and volume combo pedals—a high Q wah and volume control with silky smooth audio taper—plus an independent overdrive circuit for when you need to really push your amp over the edge. Plug it into an overdriven amp or another distortion pedal to give your wah tones an aggressive growl.
EBS FuzzMo
The EBS FuzzMo gives your signal an abundance of gritty distortion. Built with bassists in mind, it carries an intuitive Blend knob that allows you to combine your dirty and clean signal to taste. You can also sculpt your ideal tone using the Character switch and Shape control. The true bypass design eradicates the annoying tone suck when the pedal is off. If you are in the market for a pedal that will stand out from the pack, then you have to check out the FuzzMo.
Death by Audio Absolute Destruction
The Absolute Destruction is arguably Death by Audio’s most insane pedal yet. Showing little-to-no respect for your instrument’s natural sound, or even how most individuals want them to sound like, Death by Audio pushed this device until it appeared disgusting. You can achieve that thick, gnarly fuzz tone that sounds marvelous. The Absolute Destruction features OVERLOAD and GAIN sliders that interact to provide an enormous range of unique sounds in different positions. It’s up to you how much to distort your sound.
Amptweaker BigRock Pro
When Amptweaker released the iconic TightMetal Pro distortion pedal in 2013, it has garnered several requests for a two button Rock distortion. Boasting Smooth and Fat switches, the BigRock Pro can get every familiar tone from FatRock and TightRock pedals. What makes the BigRock Pro stand out among many distortion pedals with boost is its two Boost knobs, one after and one before the distortion, making it convenient to boost the volume and gain for a majestic solo tone.
JHS Pedals The Calhoun V2
Equipped with a classic overdrive and fuzz circuit, the Calhoun V2 from JHS Pedals is your go-to device for rhythm and lead tones. Its overdrive side is akin to the Twin Twelve pedal, giving amp-esque breakup from subtle to thick. The fuzz is built upon the popular 60s and 70s Tone-Bender fuzzes. The Calhoun V2 carries EQ, Fuzz, Bias, Volume, Drive, Bass, and Treble knobs. This dual effects pedal is designed in collaboration with Mike Campbell.
smallsound/bigsound Buzzz
The Buzzz by Smallsound/Bigsound is a highly customized take on a classic, incredibly gnarly superfuzz circuit. It retains the standard superfuzz sounds—a clangy and scrambled fuzz featuring noticeable upper octaving and lower harmonics/sub-frequencies—and provides you with more controls to access more subtle dirty boost and drive tones, gated sputter and low buzz-tones. The Buzzz carries interactive controls, including a more extensive gain range, tone-blast toggle, gain modifier toggle, octave on/off, passive LPF, and voltage starve.
Danelectro The Eisenhower Fuzz
Despite its name, the Eisenhower Fuzz guitar effect pedal from Danelectro isn’t stately and gentlemanly at all; it’s a balls-to-the-wall octave fuzz effect generator that comes at you like a sledgehammer. Extreme gain coupled with four dedicated control knobs—Volume, Fuzz, Treble, and Bass—and a Flat-Sculpt toggle switch lets you dish out everything from buzzy, old-school fuzz to massive metal tones with a tinge of atonal weirdness. This slim form stompbox doesn’t run on battery juice and needs to be connected to a compatible 9V power supply.
Skreddy Lunar Module Mini Deluxe
The Lunar Module Mini Deluxe by Skreddy has been crafted for that particular silicon fuzz tone guitar solo Skreddy Pedals enjoyed on a top-selling 1973 album. Skreddy deliberately voiced it aggressively, so it will slice through whatever mix. A highly addictive and satisfying vintage fuzz tone. The Lunar Module Mini Deluxe features incredible classic silicon fuzz tones with tweakability and control. It easily gets along with your other effects. It boasts an extensive range, from tight, aggressive distortion/overdrive to sustaining, spitty, quite sick fuzz.
Mooer Blue Faze
The Blue Faze is your ticket to ‘60s and ‘70s vintage fuzz heaven. This guitar effects pedal from budget stomp maker Mooer packs more fuzz than your favorite fleece jacket. An elegantly simple two-knob interface makes it easy to dial in a sound similar to the smooth fuzzy tones of legendary crossover blues-rock guitarists like Jimi Hendrix. All that exquisite tone is packed into a tiny, well-built metal casing that’s small enough to fit in your pocket but durable enough to withstand nightly use.
Mojo Hand FX El Guapo
The El Guapo by Mojo Hand FX is a nasty, gnarly fuzz featuring an extensive range of sounds from classic and smooth to gated with octave-like overtones. Handcrafted in the USA using only top-grade components, the El Guapo is capable of withstanding life on the road and sounds exceptional each time you step on it. It consists of controls for Gain, Volume, Cut, and Starve. It also features a one-button footswitch operation, LED indicator light, and standard 1/4” jacks.
TC Electronic Rush
The Rush Booster by TC Electronic slices through the clutter and places you at center stage with only one tap of your toe. The pure analog circuit delivers a whopping 20 dB of incredibly transparent clean boost, suitable for blatantly aggressive rhythm and solos. All of that magic is packaged within a durable chassis with true bypass. The Rush Booster is a real tonal team player, making your already outstanding performance louder with all the power and punch your soul clamor for.
Xotic EP Booster
Eric Johnson, Jimmy Page, and Eddie Van Halen are just some of the legendary guitarists who used the classic EP-3 echo effects processor’s preamp stage to create their signature tone. Thanks to boutique guitar effects pedal company Xotic, you can use that preamp too via the EP Booster, a boost pedal based on that very same preamp. The EP Booster can dish out up to 20dB of extra juice that you can use to hit your amp harder and make your signal soar above the mix.
Keeley Katana Clean Boost
The Keeley Katana guitar effects pedal is a crystal-clear clean boost. A unique side-mounted Volume knob lets you adjust the gain level on the fly with your foot. Pull that very same knob and you get an additional level of gain boost. Keep the Katana engaged all throughout a song to give your amp an extra shot of gain or use it sparingly for those times when you need your signal to cut through the mix.
KHDK No.2
The No.2 is KHDK’s Clean Boost pedal boasting dynamic responsiveness akin to a tube amplifier without compression. Equipped with four control knobs for Bass, Volume, Treble, and Gain plus a Hi/Lo gain mini toggle switch, the No.2 lets the natural and transparent EQ controls completely sculpt your sound. It delivers a warm, tube-esque boost and works as a precision tool for shaping your tone. When the No.2 is engaged, two little LEDs glow in bright purple.
DOD BiFet Boost 410
Providing a powerful boost with slight grit, the DOD BiFet Boost 410 will kick your guitar amp into overdrive. The revamped BiFet Boost 410 includes a selectable Buffer On/Off toggle switch that affects its bypass state and provides flexibility to be integrated anywhere in your signal chain and pedalboard. Independent Tone and Volume knobs allow you to dial in the right amount of boost and bite. Whether you utilize it to throttle your tube amp or for subtle tone shaping, the BiFet Boost 410 is a handy weapon for all guitarists.
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.
Xotic BB Preamp v 1.5
The BB Preamp from boutique guitar effects pedal company Xotic is a boost and overdrive preamp stomp that boasts amazing tonal transparency. With up to 30dB of extra boost juice, the BB Preamp can deliver everything from a pristine clean boost to a gritty, crunchy drive tone—all while keeping your core tone’s unique characteristics intact. V1.5 of the BB Preamp still packs the same great tone but comes with a new look reminiscent of the BB Preamp Andy Timmons Limited Edition.
MXR Bass Preamp
The MXR Bass Preamp is your go-to pedal for studio-quality bass tones anywhere you play. It combines a studio-quality Direct Out with a pristine bass preamp so you can adjust your sound to different recording or live scenarios. It comes in a Phase 90-sized enclosure, delivering clear tone without consuming plenty of precious pedalboard real estate. Utilize the Bass Preamp to sweeten up any amp, give a new voice to an old passive bass, or add a special sauce on a song.
Two Notes Le Crunch
Two Notes’ Le Crunch dual channel preamp pedal packs the classic vintage crunch attack of a Marshall amp stack—the defining sound of rock’n’roll. Channel A is pure plexi overdrive, while channel B kicks things up into a higher gear with more gain and a powerful post-gain EQ. These channels can be used independently, in parallel, or cascaded for extreme tonal versatility. Each channel also features its own dedicated control knobs and EQ sections for iron fisted tone tweaking.
Xotic BB Preamp AT
The BB Preamp from boutique guitar effects pedal company Xotic is a boost and overdrive preamp stomp that boasts amazing tonal transparency. With up to 30dB of extra boost juice, the BB Preamp can deliver everything from a pristine clean boost to a gritty, crunchy drive tone—all while keeping your core tone’s unique characteristics intact. The BB Preamp Andy Timmons Limited Edition release still packs the same great tone but comes with a special paint job, white knobs, and a free Andy Timmons guitar pick..
Randall RGOD
The Randall RGOD is a dual-channel FET preamp pedal with Gain1/2. It boasts heavy-duty construction and multiple EQ, Gain, and Level controls. It features true bypass, TSS Tone Stack Shift, mid EQ scoop, bass EQ boost, and EQ with Presence, Treble, Mid, and Bass. Use the Bass Boost button to boost low end “fattening” sound, while the Mid Boost eliminates midrange when depressed—produces smiley face EQ curve. The TSS button changes the focal point of the midrange EQ affecting the whole equalization curve.
MOOER 007 Regal Tone
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 007 Regal Tone gives you a sound fit for a king by replicating the sweet, high-end tone of a boutique ToneKing Falcon. 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.
JHS Pedals Ruby Red
Designed alongside artist/producer Butch Walker, who is a JHS Pedals user himself, the Ruby Red squeezes a powerful boost and the renowned Super Bolt overdrive into a convenient pedal. The Ruby Red consists of Boost, Drive, Tone, and Volume knobs, as well as a + toggle and an order toggle for selecting the order of effects. Walker wanted a pedal that can do anything in the most convenient way possible, and with the Ruby Red, he owns one now.
T-Rex Bass Juice
Rekindle the joys of injecting juice to your sound with the Bass Juice by T-Rex Engineering. It serves up organic distortion specifically designed for bass. When in normal mode (boost function off), you get an excellent sustain with big bottom and rich creamy overtones. Engaging the boost function takes you to fuzztone heaven. The Bass Juice consists of controls for Gain, Mix, Level, and Tone. The Mix knob allows you to add the perfect amount of distortion to your natural tone.
Xotic EP Booster
Eric Johnson, Jimmy Page, and Eddie Van Halen are just some of the legendary guitarists who used the classic EP-3 echo effects processor’s preamp stage to create their signature tone. Thanks to boutique guitar effects pedal company Xotic, you can use that preamp too via the EP Booster, a boost pedal based on that very same preamp. The EP Booster can dish out up to 20dB of extra juice that you can use to hit your amp harder and make your signal soar above the mix.
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.
Mosky BROWN Distortion
Mosky Audio’s Brown distortion guitar effects pedal is a versatile dirt stomp built to grind your signal into the classic “brown sound.” It’s highly tweakable, with two separate tone controls that act as a two-knob parametric EQ for precise tone shaping. The Gain dial goes from low-gain early rock to modern high-gain dirt. The Brown pedal also comes with a Vintage/Modern voicing switch that lets you choose between a darker vintage sound and a brighter, more modern tone.
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
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.
Rowin Chorus
The innocuously named LEF-304 Chorus pedal from budget guitar effects pedal brand Rowin is a versatile analog chorus reminiscent of an ‘80s and ‘90s sound. This is basically Rowin’s minified version of a Boss CE-2 Chorus Ensemble, which itself was a smaller, updated version of the CE-1. The Chorus is powered by an MN3007 bucket brigade device chip for true analog chorus and features true bypass switching. It’s hard to beat this compact unit in terms of tone and price.
Caline Ultra Chorus
Get a wide range of lush, shimmering chorus tones at a fraction of your average guitar effects pedal’s price with the Caline CP-28 Ultra Chorus. The dedicated Rate and Depth knobs let you dial in the chorus tone of your dreams; the Rate knob controls the chorus effect’ speed while the Depth knob controls the amount of chorus layered onto your guitar’s signal. The Caline CP-28 Ultra Chorus comes with a true bypass feature.
Rowin Ensemble
The LN-304 Ensemble chorus pedal serves up the classic sound of a vintage Roland Jazz Chorus thanks to a circuit based around an MN3207 bucket brigade device chip. Budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin managed to pack an impressive pure and warm chorus sound into the LN-304’s tiny chassis and even gave it two distinct voicing modes, Normal and Deep, which you can switch between using an integrated two-way selector toggle. The LN-304 Ensemble also features dedicated Level, Depth, and Rate pots for precise tonal control.
MOOER Bass Ensemble Queen
The Ensemble Queen is an analog chorus effect pedal built specifically to handle the signature low frequencies of a bass guitar. This budget- and pedalboard-friendly compact stompbox from Mooer features a full complement of tone-shaping controls; you get dedicated micro knobs for Level, Tone, and Depth as well as a full-sized Rate dial. The Ensemble Queen also comes packed with a true bypass feature and can be powered by a standard Boss-style 9V DC adapter.
Seymour Duncan Catalina
The bevy of tones the Catalina Chorus from Seymour Duncan can produce is insane. This versatile chorus pedal generates sounds from extreme swirling to clean shimmer, and anything in between. You can utilize the Catalina Chorus to capture classic chorus effects, giving dimension to your sound. Forge Nirvana-esque underwater warbling or achieve rich, deep modulations evocative of 80s goth guitar tones. Leveraging an analog bucket brigade tech for a warm musical character, the Catalina Chorus is an invaluable tool for guitarists.
CNZ Audio Crush Bit
The CNZ Audio Crush Bit Guitar Effects Pedal offers tremendous classic sine wave bit crushing effects. It features a triple Toggle switch that you can utilize to change between three unique settings. Every setting has its frequency range, selecting between low, mid, and high. An extensive range of bit crushing sounds can be found between these settings. The pedal carries a Crush knob for adjusting the Crush effect’s tone, Filter knob for controlling the amount of distortion from the pedal, and Mix knob for adjusting the pressure effect in your sound.
Electro-Harmonix BassBalls
The BassBalls Twin Dynamic Envelope Filter effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix uses not just one but two narrow sweeping filters to process your signal and give your tone a unique vocal quality. Use the Response control knob to modify the very variable sweep range determined by your own picking attack. The BassBalls also comes with an integrated distortion switch to crank up your harmonics. The BassBalls is specifically optimized for bass signals but also works extremely well when used with a guitar.
Sabbadius Funky Filter Tone
The Funky Filter Tone from Sabbadius Custom Pedal Effects is an analog filter pedal that emulates an automatic wah-wah, featuring a little noise compressor. This funky 70s-esque pedal has an incredibly versatile range on your attack and sensitive. Users of the Funky Filter Tone pedal include Luis Alberto Spinetta and several others. The Funky Filter Tone features a true bypass mechanical footswitch. It is packaged in a taxi yellow enclosure consists of custom handmade chicken knobs.
Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer
The Frequency Analyzer XO guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix is, at its most basic, a ring modulator, but the sounds it can produce go way beyond what your garden variety ring modulators are capable of. This updated stompbox adds moving harmonies to the notes you play while integrated high order filters enhance the variety of the harmonies and cut down on cross-distortions. Dedicated Blend, Fine, and Shift controls make it easy to dial in the perfect techno-tinged sound for your purposes.
EarthQuaker Devices Spatial Delivery V2
The Spatial Delivery isn’t your ordinary garden-variety envelop filter; with its latching and momentary switching features, this guitar effects pedal from EarthQuaker Devices gives you unprecedented control over your filter effects’ sound and tone. The Filter knob lets you sweep from Lowpass to Bandpass through to Highpass filter modes, the Range dial controls the response to your unique picking dynamics, and the Resonance control lets you serve up anything from subtle filter effects to balls-to-the-wall mayhem.
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.
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.
Digitech Nautila
Create soothing rhythmic waves or unique tidal swirls with the DigiTech Nautila flanger and chorus pedal for your keyboard and electric guitar. It features Drift and Voice controls that let you add up to four flanger voices or eight chorus voices, and then combine and morph these waveforms at will. You can increase the modulation speed using the momentary footswitch. Individual Mix, Voices, Emphasis, Depth, and Speed controls shape your waves into soupy foam or clean curls. The Nautila’s rugged construction, stereo inputs and outputs, true bypass, and silent switching make it as practical as it is innovative.
Koogo Mod Digital
The Mod Digital pedal from Koogo allows you to enjoy eleven distinct modulation effects—A.FILTER, B.TREMOLO, O.TREMOLO, PHASER, VIBRATO, U.VIBRATO, JET, S.CHORUS, T.CHORUS, P.FLANGER, and N.FLANGER. It is a fantastic pedal, leveraging a 32-bit high-performance DSP chip. Every tone is comparable. A range of modulation effects imparts musical color to your sound. The Mod Digital also consists of three function knobs labeled as Depth, Speed, and Level for setting the depth, speed, and level of the effect respectively.
NUX MOD Core DELUXE
The Mod Core Deluxe from NUX is a pro-quality modulation effects pedal featuring eight modulation effects (Phaser, Chorus, Pan, Flanger, Tremolo, U-vibe, Rotary, and Vibrato) with two kinds of algorithms suiting the needs of every musician for sound enhancement and colorization. Add-in Depth and Rate controls to adjust the primary parameters and Tweak knob to set relevant parameters for every effect, and you get more tone-sculpting possibilities compared to other modulation pedals. The Mod Core Deluxe includes a tone lock function to prevent improper operation.
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.
Marshall Regenerator
Give your pedalboard an extra dose of ambiance with the RG-1 Regenerator, a two-in-one chorus and phaser guitar effects pedal from tone masters Marshall. Think of it as the ‘80s sound crammed into a sturdy, compact stompbox. You get six easily customizable modes: chorus, M chorus, flanger, phaser, step phaser, and V vibe, with the latter two being particular standouts. Separate speed and depth dials let you tailor the RG-1 Regenerator’s sound to your exact tonal tastes, plus there’s a dedicated knob for controlling the effect’s intensity.
Dunlop Univibe
The Jimi Hendrix Uni-Vibe Chorus/Vibrato pedal from Dunlop gives you that signature chorusy, phasey, Leslie-sounding goodness utilized by Jimi in the late ’69/’70. It includes modern features such as a 9V power jack, true bypass switching, status LED, and pedalboard-friendly enclosure. The Uni-Vibe’s thick wash which permeates the landmark Band of Gypsys album is definitely among the most transcendent tones of all time. The Jimi Hendrix 70th Anniversary Tribute Series Univibe produces vintage tones at a fraction of the size of the Shin-ei unit used by Hendrix.
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.
MXR EVH Phase 90
Experience Eddie’s spell with the EVH Phase 90—a collaboration between Dunlop and Eddie Van Halen, representing a revamped variant of the iconic Phase 90. The EVH Phase 90 provides you with the exact hypnotic warbles and spacey swirls that have made the Phase 90 legendary. It also includes a new Script switch that allows you to change between a modern, full-on “Block Logo” phaser and vintage “Script Logo” phase tone. The EVH Phase 90 sports a sleek red, black, and white stripes graphics from Eddie’s iconic Frankenstein guitar.
Behringer Vintage Phaser
Create sounds reminiscent of classic phased tones from the ‘60s and ‘70s with the Behringer VP1 Vintage Phaser guitar effects pedal. Control is as simple as it gets; the VP1 has a single Rate knob that lets you go from rapid rotary speaker phase shifting to screaming jetplane effects, plus a simple Tone switch for fine-tuning the phase speed and tone. No matter what kind of vintage phased tone you want, you can get it with the VP1.
Empress Effects Phaser
Leveraging an innovative VCA-based design, the Empress Effects Phaser delivers exceptional signal-to-noise ratio. It is the new generation in the advancement of digitally-controlled analog tech. It boasts a pure analog signal path but is managed by a microprocessor, enabling it to preserve its analog flavor and character while adding possibilities for adaptability and control. It is capable of very funky auto-wah, classic jet sounds, and ring modulators, as well as Univibe and vibrato sounds on tap.
TC Electronic Blood Moon
Get ready for a pulse-raising blast from the past with the Blood Moon Phaser from TC Electronic. This vintage-style phaser pedal resurrects yesteryear’s toothsome phaser sounds credits to its revamped pure analog circuit design. You can infuse your tone with the luscious sweeps and haunting howls delivered by its classic four-stage filter. Whether you want that “brown sound” linked to a certain Mr. Van Halen, the swirly mid-70s Gilmour tone, or merely wish to add some more smoothness to your Trower-inspired solos, the Blood Moon Phaser gets the job done.
TC Helicon VoiceLive 3 Extreme
Boasting four times its predecessor’s memory, the VoiceLive 3 Extreme brings TC Helicon’s flexible all-in-one performance device to a whole new level. When you wish to sculpt and improve your vocals with beautiful-sounding onboard effects, craft realistic vocal harmonies, and process your guitar with effects and amp models built on TC Electronic’s famed TonePrint line, it can deliver. The feature-rich VoiceLive 3 Extreme provides you with innovative effects automation features, backing track storage, and USB import/export of loops.
Joyo JF-09
With a photoelectric tube circuit identical to the ones that powered old Fender amps from the ‘60s and the ‘70s, there’s no question about the JF-09 Tremolo’s pedigree. This tremolo stomp from budget guitar effects maker Joyo is built to do both understated and full-blown psychedelic tremolo attacks equally well. Dial in your preferred trem tone with the Intensity and Rate pots then use the LED indicator, which flashes according to the modulation rate, to stay smack in the middle of the groove.
EBS TremoLo
The TremoLo from EBS is a welcomed addition to the famed Black Label Pedals collection. It is a stereo vintage-style tremolo or sweeping filter effect for keyboard, guitar, and bass. It features full-bodied thick sound within a compact yet durable tiny box that fits well on your pedalboard, providing you with all the astounding tremolo effects you desire. Best known as a guitar effect, the tremolo is also capable of imparting a beautiful character to bass.
Donner Golden Tremolo
The Donner Golden Tremolo pedal lets you enjoy classic tremolo effects with a massive range of depths and speeds. You can use the Bias knob to adjust the color of the sound. The Golden Tremolo consists of dedicated Depth, Speed, and Bias knobs that enable you to dial in the sound you want. It comes in an all-metal housing that makes it compact and exquisite. Like other amazing effects pedals, it also includes true bypass as well as an LED indicator.
MOOER Mod Factory MKII
If modulation effects are what you’re looking for, you won’t go wrong with the Mod Factory MKII guitar effects pedal. This tiny wonder from budget-priced stomp creator Mooer packs 11 distinct modulation effects into its tiny, pedalboard-friendly chassis. It lets you dial in everything from a watery chorus to a dynamic auto wah and through to an extreme envelope ring effect. Three control knobs give you enough flexibility to create a wide range of lush sonic soundscapes for each effect mode.
Danelectro CT-1 Cool Cat Tremolo
Serve up some vintage-style tremolo effects for a fraction of a boutique stompbox’s cost with the Danelectro Cool Cat CT-1 Tremolo guitar effect pedal. It’s easy to use: just use the Speed knob to control the trem effect’s speed and dial in the effect’s strength with the Depth knob. There’s also a Hard/Soft switch; you get a square wave shape that gives a more pronounced tremolo effect in Hard mode and a softer, more subtle triangular shape in Soft mode.
Fulltone Custom Shop Mini DejaVibe Mk II
Massive Uni-Vibe sound from the smallest Uni-Vibe clone ever. Fulltone cast some weird voodoo magic on the original Mini DejaVibe to make it 30 percent smaller and create the Fulltone Custom Shop Mini DejaVibe Mk II. The Mini DejaVibe Mk II also features a wider range of vibe speeds compared to older Fulltone vibes while retaining its vintage-flavored vibe effects. Also added were a linear-ramping Speed knob, expression pedal support, and twice the available volume of any Uni-Vibe clone.
Carl Martin Purple Moon
Carl Martin’s 2019 Purple Moon features the Uni-Vibe Level, Speed, and Depth controls of the old version. It retains the silicon Fuzz chip with Level and Fuzz controls which let you add mind-bending Fuzz to the sweeping Uni-Vibe. It remains the sole analog, true bypass Fuzz/Vibe pedal in the market. The new Purple Moon still brings you back to players like Anastasio, Gilmour, Trower, or Hendrix, but it is more compact. It is housed within a two-toned, anodized diecast case with top mounted jacks.
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.
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.
ZVex Vibrophase
The Vibrophase is actually based on a candle-powered vibrato / phaser machine called the Candela that Zvex mastermind Zachary Vex created a few years back. Fans loved the Candela’s swirling sounds, so Zvex created the Vibropahse. From classic analog phase to Uni-vibe textures and otherworldly pulses, the Vibrophase’s sonic palette is pure bliss. Zvex’s Vexter line of silk-screened pedals feature the exact same tone, features, and parts as their hand-painted counterparts. The only differences are the painting process and the price. The more “standard” vertical orientation of the Vibrophase Vertical also makes it easier to slot this pedal into your pedalboard.
Keeley Super Mod Workstation
Pedalmeister Robert Keeley wasn’t kidding around when he named this modulation multi-effects pedal the Super Mod Workstation. It features two banks loaded with eight high-quality modulation effects each, from thick chorus and pristine digital delay to rotary emulation and wah. Mix ‘em, match ‘em, stack ‘em–you have the power. The Super Mod Workstation also comes with a dedicated tap tempo footswitch as well as expression pedal support for real-time parameter control. A truly super stompbox.
DigiTech Whammy DT
The Whammy DT is a welcomed addition to the DigiTech Whammy Family. DigiTech has taken the legendary pitch-shifting effects pedal, added true bypass and drop tuning to give you this ultimate Whammy pedal. The Whammy DT lets you fix your tuning without pausing awkwardly or switching guitars to make changes for the next song. It features the classic sturdy metal Whammy case and strong roadworthy metal footswitches. You can instantly create pull-off and hammer-on effects during your performance using the momentary footswitch.
MXR Sub Machine
First devised within the MXR Custom Shop, the Sub Machine unlocks the door to an unbridled and epic sonic exploration. This nasty tiny box combines the La Machine’s shaggy vintage tones with a growling sub-octave circuit, providing you with a one-way ticket to the sonic boundaries of heavy. It features the La Machine’s functions from its Tone, Fuzz, and Volume knobs to its exhilarating octave up mode. It also includes a vintage sub-octave circuit with level control so you can find the perfect blend of sub-octave and fuzz signals.
Joyo Voodoo Octave
Trippy octave-up fuzz sounds for a fraction of a boutique pedal’s price. The JF-12 Voodoo Octave guitar effects pedal from Joyo is a budget-minded fuzz-head’s dream come true. Thick, full-bodied fuzz with all the snarls and grain you’d expect plus endless sustain–and that’s just the fuzz section! Engage the independent octave up function over the fuzz and you can serve up some interesting alien-like broken tones. The JF-12 Voodoo Octave also features a two-position toggle that lets you scoop out the mids.
Danelectro DJ-13 French Toast Octave Distortion Mini
The Danelectro DJ-13 French Toast Octave Distortion brings the Foxx Tone Machine’s legendary octave-up fuzz tones back to life in budget-priced stompbox form. Turn the octave up function on and its searing, screaming distortion is perfect for solos; leave it off and you get Big Muff-like mid-scooped distortion dripping with harmonics when you crank the Dist knob up. A dedicated EQ knob also gives you a lot of leeway in sculpting your tone to your precise specifications.
Greer Amps Super Hornet
Based on the famous FOXX Tone Machine, the Super Hornet by Greer Amps is a shop favorite regarding fuzz and all things octave. Greer Amps has taken the fundamental building blocks of the original circuit, modified it, added some special flavor in the design by leveraging NOS BC-107B transistors, and placed an extra feature in the mix. The Super Hornet is constructed with a familiar interface of Fuzz, Volume, and Tone controls with a dual-mode switch. The Stinger switch enables momentary octave when you engage the fuzz.
Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork
Open up bold new dimensions for your sound with the Pitch Fork polyphonic pitch shifter from Electro-Harmonix. This compact guitar effects pedal lets you transpose your signal’s pitch by three octaves, plus you can choose whether you want the transposition to go up, down, or both simultaneously. Use the dedicated control dials to control your pitch-shifted tone or plug in an expression pedal for more precise sweeps and multi-octave jumps, all with glitch-free note tracking.
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Eventide Rose
Eventide’s Rose is the future of both analog and digital delays. This analog-digital hybrid features five different modulation sources and lets you dial in everything from reverse delays and slapback echoes to full-on modulated chorus. The Rose’s standard delay times run from 1oms to 10s while the modulation can sweep from half to twice the standard delay time. It also has a delay multiply feature that lets you extend the standard delay up to 50s.
Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy
The Memory Toy guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix gives you thick analog delay even if you have a thin wallet. This close cousin of the legendary Memory Man gives you up to 550ms of lush delay time and packs a switchable shimmering chorus effect. Dedicated Delay, Blend, and Feedback control knobs let you dial in the exact delay parameters you want for authentic vintage analog sound. The Memory Toy comes with a true bypass feature.
Mad Professor Hand-Wired Deep Blue Delay
Classic slapback, modern delays, and everything else in between is yours for the stomping with the Deep Blue Delay. This hand-made and hand-wired Mad Professor creation features an analog direct signal path and a bandwidth nearly identical to vintage tape echo machines. The Deep Blue Delay works well with both clean signals and distorted tones, which is an area that a lot of delays fail at. It also has no noise reduction circuits, making the echo decay as naturally as possible.
Joyo Digital Delay
All the clear, clean repeats you want, at a rock bottom cost. The JF-08 Digital Delay guitar effects pedal from Joyo can serve up a wide range of delay effects, from quick slapback chops to cascading shimmers of sound. This budget-friendly stompbox features the usual complement of Level, Time, and Repeat control knobs and a delay time that can go from 25ms to 600ms. The JF-08 Digital Delay is built road-tough and comes with a true bypass function.
Eventide TimeFactor
Wielding the sheer tone-sculpting power of Eventide’s extensive arsenal of studio-quality delay effects has never been easier than with the TimeFactor effects pedal. Nine dual delays form the TimeFactor’s sonic backbone. Each effect has its own mix, time, and feedback controls, plus you can set individual tempo subdivisions for them to create your own unique rhythmic echoes and engage infinite repeats via a dedicated footswitch. Rounding out the effect modes is a looper function that features variable speed and loop head/tail editing.
T-Rex Replicator Junior
The T-Rex Replicator Junior is crafted for those who are intrigued by the Replicator’s tape echo concept but does not want all the bells and whistles. Featuring the same basic circuit as its big brother, you enjoy all the goodies from a tape echo without spending too much or consuming plenty of pedalboard real estate. T-Rex maintained the most valuable features and controls, so it is a no-brainer in use. The Replicator Junior captures authentic tape echo sound quality within an ultra-compact unit with replaceable tape cartridge and motor.
EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath V2
The Afterneath reverb guitar effects pedal from EarthQuaker Devices generates a horde of super short delays to create shimmering washes of ambient reverb. You can get traditional room- and hall-style reverb tones at the lower settings; crank up the Afterneath’s control knobs and it dishes out swirly tones bordering on self-oscillation that still keep your dry signal shining through the mix. The Afterneath V2 builds upon the original with the addition of an upgraded silent switching system.
Source Audio Ventris
The Ventris Dual Reverb by Source Audio lets you achieve rich, spacious reverberations. It boasts 14 painstakingly created reverb engines based on two different 56-bit signal processors, holding a matching pair of high-powered stereo reverb pedals in one enclosure. The Ventris’ dual DSP architecture delivers massive processing muscle, advanced dual reverb effects, and selectable preset spillover time. It consists of Control 1, Control 2, Mix, Treble, Pre-Delay, and Time knobs. It also includes an ever-expanding collection of reverb effects accessible through the Neuro Desktop Editor or Neuro Mobile App.
NUX Atlantic
The NUX Atlantic features three kinds of reverb effects (Hall, Plate, and Spring), with each type featuring a secondary effect. When one of the reverb effects is activated, hold down the reverb footswitch to turn the secondary effect on. The Atlantic also provides you with three delay effects—60’s Tape, 70’s Analog, and 80’s Digital. This innovative delay and reverb pedal consists of an inside routing-control between the effects so you could determine which one comes first.
MOOER EchoVerb
The EchoVerb guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox maestro Mooer combines two pedalboard essentials—in this case, digital delay and reverb—to create a tiny, budget-friendly, and versatile stompbox jam-packed with features. You can easily sculpt the delay and reverb effects according to your tastes via a user-friendly and intuitive interface with knobs that pull double duty for each effect. Mooer even threw in a tap tempo button so you have iron-fisted control over the delay tempo.
Wampler Ethereal
Boutique guitar effects pedal maker Wampler set out to create an excellent ambient pedal that didn’t require three master’s degrees and a stack of manuals to use, and they succeeded with the Ethereal reverb and delay stomp. No crazy knobs, switches, or sliders, just clear, well-defined pots that let you dial in a wide range of heavenly ambient reverberations. And here’s a secret: the Ethereal has two delays inside it that let you come up with some really crazy sounds.
Fender Tre-Verb
The Fender Tre-Verb puts individual reverb and tremolo effects at your feet within a portable, user-friendly pedal. Fender has incorporated vintage reverb voicings based on its famed ’63 and ’65 spring reverb units as well as several tremolo modes to ensure you can achieve your ideal sound for your music. A comprehensive set of tone-shaping controls makes the Tre-Verb sonically versatile, while stereo inputs and outputs guarantee it is convenient to connect to any amp or pedalboard.
ammoon Mosky Electric Guitar
Every pedal board needs a good power supply. And an overdrive. And maybe a compressor. Ammoon combines these three essentials into one multipurpose floor unit: the Tone Bus + Power Supply. You get not one, but two overdrive effects. Overdrive 1 is voiced like the popular OCD stomp with a High/Low Peak switch while Overdrive 2 is more tube-style like the TS9 Tube Screamer. It also comes with a Dyna Comp-based compressor and can supply power to up to eight separate pedals.
Animals Pedal 1927 Home Run King Comp
The Animals Pedal 1927 Home Run King Compressor delivers studio-quality compression within a pedalboard and pocket-friendly unit. It boasts an uncomplicated control system for leveling low and high frequencies while controlling the tonal density and sustain. The EQ knob controls the frequency range, VOL sets the pedal’s overall output level, and COMP selects how little or how much compression you want running on your signal path. It also features two LED lights—one indicates when the compression is working hard, and another shows if the pedal is bypassed or active.
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.
Mad Professor MAD-FGC
Low noise regardless of range, a high overload margin, and a wide dynamic range are all important aspects of a great compressor pedal. The Forest Green COmpressor from Mad Professor nails all of these essentials and then kicks things up a notch. It comes packed with a special Tone knob that lets you fine-tune the compressed signal even further for enhanced clarity and transparency. You can also switch between compressor and sustainer modes, with the latter mode serving up a dynamic, touch-sensitive tone with insane sustain.
Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe
Origin Effects has built all the functionality from its flagship Cali76 Standard into the Cali76 Compact Deluxe and incorporated the highly requested parallel mix control formerly available only in its limited editions. This little marvel is an 1176-esque studio-quality FET compressor packaged within a portable, stompbox-sized enclosure. Individual controls for Release, Ratio, and Attack allow you to accurately tweak your tone. The elegant jewel lamp serves as a three-color gain reduction meter. With the Dry Blend control, you can combine your dry signal with your compressed guitar tone.
Tom’sline Guitar EQ
Budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Tomsline’s Guitar EQ stomp does exactly what it says on the tin: let you shape the overall EQ and tone of your guitar signal. The five EQ bands—100Hz, 250Hz, 630Hz, 1.6KHz, and 4KHz—can each be cut or boosted by up to 18dB. You also get a single Level pot for controlling the overall volume output. Use the Guitar EQ to brighten up your sound, build a heftier bottom end, or tame any unwanted frequencies in your signal.
Death by Audio Apocalypse
The Apocalypse is touted as Death by Audio’s jack-of-all-trades fuzz pedal. Once greatly overdriven, the signal is routed to your chosen post-amp. You may toggle through its five signal paths and select the apocalyptic sound you desire. To make it more refined, adjust the sweepable frequency equalizer and craft your tone to your liking. Utilize the Apocalypse as your main sound, an amp simulated recording DI, bass blitzer, boost for solos, or run into it anything you want to supercharge, beef up, or blast out.
Joyo 6-Band EQ
The JF-11 6-Band EQ from budget guitar effects pedal company Joyo is a true workhorse graphic equalizer: versatile, unobtrusive, and essential to getting the exact tone you want. With six EQ sliders, each of which can cut or boost by 18dB, the JF-11 6-Band EQ can supercharge your high end with more harmonic articulation, keep your mids firmly in the mix, or let you dial in earth shakingly subterranean lows. Use it as an always-on pedal or engage the EQ for precise and specific frequency boosts.
MXR Six Band EQ
Covering all the fundamental guitar frequencies, the M109S Six Band EQ from MXR has been revamped with brighter LEDs for improved visibility, true bypass switching, noise-reduction circuitry, and lightweight aluminum enclosure. Each slider is ready to provide +/-18dB of boost or cut for unparalleled control of your sound. The M109S Six Band EQ is capable of eradicating onstage feedback, adding natural-sounding warmth to a quack acoustic pickup, producing scooped-mid rhythm tones with massive low end, and many more.
Mooer Graphic G
Budget stompbox master Mooer is touting the Graphic G as the world’s smallest guitar EQ pedal. It does everything that the Graphic B does for bass, only this time for guitar signals. You get a level control range of up to +/- 18 dB across five EQ bands: 62.5 Hz, 125Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, and 4kHz. It also features an independent Level control knob for even more precise tone tuning. You can also make it pull double duty as a booster.
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Utility Pedals
Korg Pitchblack Custom (Red)
Add a readable and precise tuner to your pedalboard with the Pitchblack Custom by Korg. It features a limited edition vivid red finish and sturdy, compact design that makes it convenient to incorporate into your setup. The Pitchblack Custom’s three-dimensional display is bright enough for daylight use, but its detail and spacing is also suitable for dim stages. It boasts extreme 0.1-cent precision that guarantees you get the closest tuning achievable. It also features four display modes: Regular A, Regular B, Strobe, and Half Strobe.
Korg Pitchblack Mini (Black)
Bassists and guitarists worldwide love Korg’s Pitchblack pedal tuners for their design, quality, and durability. While the Pitchblack mini comes in a tinier, sleek package, it possesses all of its exceptional tuner functionalities. It boasts a large LED screen with excellent visibility and supports battery operation despite its small size. The Pitchblack mini contains stabilizers to avoid overturning. It also features a high tuning precision of +/- 0.1 cents. Small yet powerful, the Pitchblack mini can satisfy your demands.
TC Electronic PolyTune 3
The PolyTune 3 by TC Electronic is quicker, more intuitive, and more reliable than ever, featuring precision within 0.1 cents and a no-frills approach to the instrument and guitar tuning. Credits to its inbuilt BonaFide Buffer circuitry, the PolyTune 3 is now capable of enhancing your tone for lengthy cable runs. Meaning, you obtain the treble and transient response way closer to connecting straight to an amp. Alternate tuning modes enable you to explore different ways to create your art.
Rowin Chromatic Tuner
What a good chromatic tuner lacks in glamour is offset by it being a must-have essential for any and all musicians. The high-precision LT-910 Chromatic Tuner from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin is a workhorse pedal that not only takes up a tiny spot on your pedalboard, but also costs less than half of your average stompbox. The LT-910 CHromatic Tuner features a big bright LED display that’s perfect for tuning while on a dark stage, plus it works equally well with guitar or bass.
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.
TC Electronic Polytune 2 Mini
Ever since the PolyTune’s introduction in 2010, TC Electronic has been looking to make tuning speedier, better, and more impressive. The PolyTune 2 Mini guitar tuner does all of that in abundance. With 109 super-bright LEDs, it is easily readable at any stage condition. The PolyTune 2 Mini is an incredibly compact tuner with chromatic, strobe, and polyphonic tuning for precise and fast tuning. Polyphonic tuning lets you tune all your strings simultaneously, while speedy chromatic tuner delivers 0.5 cent precision.
Rowin Tiny Looper
Budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin’s LN-332 Looper is an extremely compact and jaw droppingly affordable looping pedal that lets you record up to 10 minutes of high quality audio, just like its just slightly bigger brother, the Rowin LEF-332 Looper. You can also store and upload pre-recorded audio onto the LEF-332 Looper via USB. Controls are easy; there’s a Volume knob and a single footswitch that controls recording, playback, and overdubs. Perfect for practicing or composing at home.
Mosky DTC
Mosky Audio’s DTC multi-effects unit is a four-in-one stompbox that combines three different effects with an effects loop function. Even if you don’t count the effects loop as an effect, the four-in-one designation still kinda works since the distortion section is actually split into two voicings: a vintage-leaning Crunch-style sound and a more modern high-gain tone based on the Riot. The DTC also comes with an overdrive section based on the TS9 Tube Screamer and a delay with a range of 25ms to 600ms.
Joyo PXL-PRO
Got a cluttered pedalboard? Have you started taking tapdancing lessons just to keep up with constant stompbox switching? Make your life easier and get a Joyo PXL-PRO effect pedal loop controller and switcher. The PXL-PRO comes with eight programmable effects loops; use it to chain eight effects together or split them into two loops of four stompboxes each, then save up to 32 different effects sets. The PXL-PRO also comes with four programmable latching/ momentary switch triggers for controlling switchable functions on your other pedals or amp.
Walrus Audio Transit 5
Keep your pedalboard well organized and equipped with true bypass capability with the Transit 5 standard signal loop unit from Walrus Audio. The Transit 5 can also be used to create an effects loop, which lets you activate multiple effects pedals with a single Transit 5 footswitch. With five dedicated channels, you can create up to five loops with the Transit 5. Plus, all pedals that you connect to the Transit 5 will also effectively become true bypass pedals, keeping your core signal untainted.
MOOER Pedal Controller L6
The L6 Pedal Controller works equally well whether you want to rein in over a dozen stompboxes or just want to control half that number of pedals without worrying about stray stomps. This switcher unit from budget stomp maker Mooer features two modes, Preset and Live. The former is for consummate shoegazers, giving you a total of 36 possible preset effect loop combos. The latter is more straightforward, with each footswitch simply engaging and disengaging its respective effect loop. The L6 comes packed with a tuner, too.
Joyo D-Seed II
Joyo’s D-Seed II is a ramped-up version of the D-Seed dual-channel digital delay. The original D-Seed’s 1s maximum delay time has been stretched out to 2s, and the four delay modes—Copy, Analog, Modulation, and Reverse—have been reinforced with an additional four modes: Space, Lo-Fi, Filter, and Tape. Rounding out the improvements is a looper function that has up to 3½ minutes of recording time and a tape simulation effect as well as a new ping-pong-style effect toggle.
Donner Jet Convolution
Get an outstanding flanger at a bargain price with the Donner Jet Convolution. A lot is going on in such a compact pedal. The Jet Convolution features true bypass and a toggle switch for selecting between Filter and Normal modes. In the Normal mode, the pedal acts like a regular flanger, while the Filter mode is what your manual mode would be. The Jet Convolution consists of a giant Rate knob plus smaller Range and Color knobs that are pretty intuitive to use.
Empress Effects Reverb
The Empress Effects Reverb is capable of lifelike imitations of spaces and never-before-heard surreal ambiances, represented with unparalleled sound quality. Sporting a tiny footprint, stereo ins/outs, and all controls at your fingertips, it strikes the right balance of convenience and control, excluding complicated menus. The versatile control port, presets, and MIDI enable a world of possibilities for live performances. Whether you want a realistic room, classic spring, or unique sonic flavors to widen your creativity, the Reverb has got you covered.
Source Audio Programmable EQ
The Programmable EQ by Source Audio is a highly streamlined and thoroughly modern update to old-school equalizer pedals. This portable, sturdy, cast aluminum stompbox gives you instant hands-free access to four user programmed EQ settings. No matter your playing style, instrument, or genre, the Programmable EQ is the must-have tone-shaping tool for your live rig. It loads ± 18dB of range over seven frequency bands as well as an extra frequency band at 62Hz, accessible through Octave Extend feature.
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.
Donner Harmonic Square
The Harmonic Square from Donner is an octave pedal boasting seven modes effect and a three-way toggle switch that allows you to choose from Sharp, Detune, or Flat modes. The pedal also consists of Dry and Wet knobs which you can tweak to select the dry signal level and control the harmonic signal level respectively. Packaged in a sturdy, aluminium-alloy enclosure, the Harmonic Square includes an LED indicator displaying the working state, digital circuit design, and true bypass producing a transparent tone.
Dr. Scientist Atmosphere
The Atmosphere by Dr. Scientist boasts 16 custom programmed reverb patches that include classic reverb sounds such as spring, plate, room, hall, and there are several shimmer style octave patches, an interesting pitch-shifting patch, as well as a delay/reverse reverb patch. Aside from the Patches, the Atmosphere also has a large display screen containing valuable info in a readable format. Other features include powerful inbuilt LFO for modulating parameters, full MIDI implementation, plus you can even choose your preferred bypass screen.
JHS Pedals Stutter Switch
A simple yet powerful momentary kill-switch, the Stutter Switch from JHS Pedals provides you with a no-frills way to temporarily silence your instrument’s signal whenever necessary. This compact pedal enables a convenient means for a kill switch which can be incorporated within virtually any setup. It is handy for feedback control. Its seamless, clickless footswitch blocks the sound passage when stepped on, and instantly passes sound when depressed. You can creatively use the Stutter Switch before or after effects.
Lehle 3 at 1
When performing live, changing instruments can be a pain without the 3at1 instrument switcher from Lehle. Constantly switching cables is difficult, and no one wants to hear a hum, pops, and clicks while doing it. No matter if you play keyboards, acoustic-electric guitar, or bass, the 3at1 easily handles any instrument or line-level input, and allows you to move between them quietly. With the 3at1, you are allowed stereo switching of as much as three different instruments to one output. You can control it and synchronize with other Lehle pedals through MIDI.
Marshall PEDL-90008
Every good pedalboard setup needs an amp footswitch or two. If you’re gunning your signal through a Marshall amp, then there’s no better fit than a Marshall footswitch. The Marshall PEDL-90008 is a four-way momentary or non-latching footswitch designed specifically to work with the company’s MG15FX, MG30FX, MG50FX, MG101HFX, MG101FX , and MG102FX amps. It can be fully programmable via the amp and features built-in indicator lights so you don’t lose track of where you’re throwing your guitar signal.
Marshall PEDL-00021
Every good pedalboard setup needs an amp footswitch or two. If you’re gunning your signal through a Marshall amp, then there’s no better fit than a Marshall footswitch. The Marshall PEDL-00021 five-button footswitch is built specifically for the company’s TSL series of amps. It’s durable, road-tough, and gives you complete one the fly access to your TSL amp’s three separate clean, crunch, and lead channels plus the built-in reverb and the TSL amp’s effects loop.
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).
Ernie Ball Tap Tempo
The Ernie Ball 6186 Tap Tempo is a tiny footswitch pedal specially built to be an auxiliary unit for the Ernie Ball Expression Series Ambient Delay stompbox, but it can also be used with any effects unit that requires a standard normally-open momentary footswitch. It lets you sync effects via tap tempo; you just need to connect it to your delay pedal or other effects then tap the footswitch to set the tempo you want.
Fender Level Set Buffer
Whether you utilize several guitars in a set or a single guitar through a large pedalboard, your signal strength can be negatively affected. That’s why the Level Set Buffer from Fender is a must-have for any pedalboard. It allows you to change guitars sans disrupting your tone. Fender consulted with several guitarists on the design, producing a stompbox equipped with stage-ready functionalities. The Level Set Buffer consists of a Mute footswitch, Load toggle switch, as well as Hi-Freq and Level knobs.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors 3 Band EQ + Buffer
The EQ + Buffer is a special edition of Old Blood Noise Endeavors’ Buffer and 3 Band EQ. Sliders and inverted color scheme provide you with a different visual and tactile experience for a handy circuit you must have in your chain. A switchable 3 Band EQ and always on Buffer. You will appreciate the Buffer when you employ multiple pedals or long cables, while the EQ is perfect for tailoring frequencies to specific parts, guitar switches, or as an always-on EQ.
Morley Buffer Boost
The Morley Buffer Boost isn’t a guitar effects pedal, per se. Instead, it’s an essential weapon in the constant battle against tone suck. The Buffer Boost contains a buffer circuit that gives your guitar signal that extra push it needs to maintain its output level and tone, no matter how many pedals you may have in your pedal chain. You can place the Buffer Boost at the front or back of the signal chain and use it as a clean boost with up to 20dB of extra output.
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.
Suhr Buffer
Modern players demand reliability, quality, and exceptional tone. The Suhr Buffer leverages only top-grade components, including a machined billet aluminum chassis, Glass Epoxy PCB, and low noise audiophile Op-Amps, to guarantee that your tone investment is preserved across your signal chain. Regarding reliability and quality, Suhr designed the Buffer with the same attention to detail as its other award-winning products. It is equipped with two individual outputs and comes in a portable, solid, aluminum enclosure.
Empress Effects Buffer Plus Stereo
The Empress Buffer+ Stereo seeks to eradicate signal loss due to long, unbuffered cable runs, which has long been an issue for guitarists. Empress Effects has incorporated the features of its Buffer+, including the noise filters, input padding, foot-switchable boost, and variable input loading, along with several new features such as an external switch control, AB/AY switching, and full stereo in/out connectivity. The Buffer+ Stereo boasts 12 operating modes, each with a separate signal routing to deliver supreme adaptability and versatility to virtually any rig.
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.
Mooer Noise Killer
Pop the Noise Killer at the end of your pedal chain and say goodbye to annoying buzzes, hisses, and hums. This noise gate pedal from budget stompbox maker Mooer ticks all of the important boxes: it’s tonally transparent, has a wide threshold range that goes from -70dB to +10dB, and has silky smooth gating. You can also set the gating to Hard or Soft with a two-way toggle switch. Set it, forget it, and enjoy a noiseless signal.
Xvive Noise Gate
The innocuously named Noise Gate from budget guitar effects pedal creator Xvive is a wide range noise suppressor that packs an excellent amount of dynamic response. It features 100% attenuation when gated and makes great use of ultra-high speed circuitry to get rid of all the unwanted noise lurking in your signal. Perhaps best of all, it doesn’t require a manual to get the settings right. The Naoise Gate is easy to use, compact, road-tough, and comes with true bypass switching.
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.
Joyo Gate Of Kahn
No pedalboard setup built around high-gain stompboxes is complete without a reliable noise gate. The JF-324 Gate of Kahn guitar effects edal from Joyo may be small but it fill this role admirably. Dial in the perfect Threshold setting to keep away unwanted buzzes, hums, and hisses from your guitar signal then go to town with your high-gain units. As one of Joyo’s Ironman pedals, the JF-324 Gate of Kahn is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover for keeping your control dial settings safe.
Electro-Harmonix The Silencer
Give unwanted signal noise a double-tap to the head with Electro-Harmonix’s The Silencer. This sophisticated noise gate pedal gives you Threshold, Reduction, and Release controls for precise fine-tuning that takes your gear and playing style into account. It doesn’t just help eliminate annoying buzzes and hums, either; the Silencer also expands your pedal routing options. You can use it as an inline noise gate or add it to an effects loop to kill noise from specific pedals.
Singular Sound BeatBuddy
Introducing a drum machine within a guitar pedal format—the BeatBuddy by Singular Sound. It allows you hands-free and creative control of the beat. You can conveniently insert fills, throw in drum breaks, add accent hits, shift from verse to chorus, and more, to produce an unparalleled live drummer effect—all in an iconic, natural 24-bit sound. The BeatBuddy is loaded with features for all kinds of musicians. A visual beat display makes it effortless to enhance rhythm or play with unusual time signatures.
DigiTech SDRUM
The DigiTech SDRUM is an intelligent drum machine for bassists and guitarists. By merely scratching across your guitar strings, the SDRUM learns a kick and snare pattern which establishes the foundation of the beat you wish to hear. The SDRUM yields, according to this pattern, a professional sounding drum beat with different variations and embellishments to complement your beat. You no longer have to disrupt your creative flow when browsing through lists in a frustrating attempt to get your desired beat.
Digitech Jam Man
DigiTech’s JamMan Stereo Looper boasts the ability to save 35 minutes of CD-quality loops within 99 internal memories and an SD memory card expansion slot that allows you to store more than 16 hours of material in an added 99 slots. It also includes reverse playback, true stereo looping, and a mic input making it suitable for DJ applications and backing tracks. The JamMan Stereo has USB connectivity and will sync to the JamManager XT software which organizes and records your JamMan Stereo loops to your Mac or PC.
Joyo GEM BOX III
The Gem Box III is Joyo’s flagship entry in the guitar multi-effects processor arena, and it packs quite a punch. The Gem Box III features 61 preamp models, 157 effect types, and 300 preset tones. It also comes loaded with 26 impulse responses, to which you can add your own via Joyo’s Studio software. For playing solo, the Gem Box III’s drum machine with 40 presets and 10 metronome rhythms will come in handy along with the 52-second looper. And when it’s time to hit the stage, this sturdy unit will hold up to the rigors of the road.
BOSS DB-90 Talking Dr. Beat
Practicing alone becomes a whole new experience with the Boss DB-90 Dr. Beat, the flagship product of Boss’s Dr. Beat Metronome line. This monstrous metronome packs four great metronome sounds—including human voice!— as well as dozens of drum patterns in its tiny, lightweight frame. The Boss DB-90 Dr. Beat also comes with a Rhythm Coach function, a reference-tone tuning function, instrument and MIDI input, and other useful tools for making solo practice less mundane.
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.
Other Pedals
Big Joe Wah Wah
Big Joe’s wah guitar effects pedal offering, the Big Joe B-601 Wah Wah, is a flexible, easy-to-use tone monster powered by a proprietary, specially-voiced, vintage-spec custom inductor. A three-way selector enables you to choose between three different resonance ranges: Classic, British, and Big Joe. The first two profiles let you go all the way back to the ‘60s and ‘70s with classic rock wah tone signatures, while the latter’s broader bandpass shape gives you a meatier, more unique sound.
Morley Mini Power Wah Volume
A classic wah tone paired with smooth and seamless volume control, packed into a tough, compact chassis ideal for crowded pedalboards. The Mini Power Wah Volume pedal from modulation master Morley gives you two versatile and essential pedal effects without taking up as much space as a regular expression pedal. It comes packed with Morley’s modern wah innovations including electro-optical circuitry and true-tone bypass, plus a custom HQ2 inductor that gives you more funk for your buck.
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.
Dunlop Crybaby Classic
Dunlop’s Cry Baby Classic Wah is a fresh take on a classic sound. The engineers at Dunlop retuned the Cry Baby Standard Wah circuit to achieve a more subtle effect and lower frequency center while incorporating the iconic Fasel Inductor to produce the beautiful tone, sweep, and voice of old Cry Baby pedals. The Cry Baby Classic Wah also includes true bypass switching for tonal purists. It emulates the lush harmonics and vocal sweep from the wah’s classic era.
TWA Wah Rocker
Totally Wycked Audio’s Wah Rocker stomp resurrects the legendary Guyatone Wah Rocker “Duck Box,” a funk machine that has lent its distinctive sound to such greats as Lenny Kravitz and David Torn. The TWA Wah Rocker is based on Guyatone’s original WR3 circuit and adds a host of mechanical improvements including TWA’s Shortest Send Switching (S3) true bypass function. Tone-wise, it’s pure Wah Rocker funk; all the squawky, slippery, and souped-up grooves of the original, minus the vintage price tag.
Morley PDW-II
The Morley Pro Series 2 Distortion Wah Volume gives you not two but three essential effects in one tank-tough pedal. You get the versatility fo Morley’s well-loved wah and volume combo pedals—a high Q wah and volume control with silky smooth audio taper—plus an independent overdrive circuit for when you need to really push your amp over the edge. Plug it into an overdriven amp or another distortion pedal to give your wah tones an aggressive growl.
Rowin AC Stage
The LEF-320 AC Stage pedal from budget guitar effects stompbox maker Rowin gives your electric guitar the strummy goodness of an acoustic. The AC Stage is particularly adept at adding a deep layer of the shortened, glassy resonance that characterizes a good acoustic guitar. It features three acoustic modes, with Standard being the basic acoustic sound. Jumbo mode simulates the deep voice of a full bodied dreadnought guitar while a Piezo mode rounds out the three voicings.
Danelectro D-8 Fab Delay
The Danelectro Fab D-8 Delay guitar effect pedal dishes out up to 600ms of amazingly musical delay at an unbeatable price point. Proving that you can get a lot of flexibility out of a mere three control knobs, you can use the dedicated Delay, Time, and Repeat knobs to dial in anything from a quick and fast slapback effect to long, spacey delays. A worthy digital delay to add to any budget-conscious musician’s everyday pedalboard setup.
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.
MOOER Lofi Machine
The LoFi Machine guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox masters Mooer takes your guitar signal and reduces its sample rate to create everything from subtle grunge with a sprinkling of glitch to full-on digital squawk effects. The sample rate and wet/dry signal mix are controlled via dedicated mini-knobs while the big Bit knob dictates the sampling depth. The LoFi Machine also has a three-way toggle switch for optimizing the effect for guitar, bass, and synth inputs.
Xvive V17 Singing Autowah
Xvive’s Singing Autowah is the perfect tool for adding both slow and fast staccato effects and funked out wah tones to your sound, whether you’re rocking a guitar or bass. You get a dynamic wah effect on your strums and funky twangs when soloing. Even better, it has a quick auto-reset envelope so you don’t leave the effect behind when you’re blazing through a solo. 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.
NUX PA-2
While the NUX PA-2 Acoustic G-EFX can comfortably fit in your palm, it is loaded with ten professionally-designed effects models. It enables an extensive range of tonal character of your acoustic guitar. You can conveniently dial up a tone thanks to its user-friendly buttons and knobs as well as bright LCD. The PA-2 boasts three acoustic guitar sound simulations and improves the sound according to the simulation of the guitar body type. You may choose one of the three “Body” simulations and set up your sound by three-band EQ, delay, compressor, reverb, and chorus effects.
Dr. No Effects Black Magic
Are you up for the grimiest, filthiest, dirtiest, and heaviest bass distortion you will ever find? The Black Magic bass distortion pedal from Dr. No Effects is “the box that the Devil made the Doctor build.” Unlike most bass distortions, this stompbox will not destroy your low-end sound. Instead, it will raise it to insanity. The Black Magic will turn your tiny shoebox amp into an infernal legion of Ampeg 8×10 growlers that would shake off your skin.
Eden Glowplug
The Eden Glowplug Bass Tube Warmer Pedal makes achieving an authentic tube tone a breeze. Leveraging tone circuitry designed particularly to improve and complement your bass sound, the Glowplug gives depth and warmth to your sound, unleashing the natural harmonics of your strings. From mild tone warming to a fuller tube roundness, the Glowplug is capable of providing an extensive selection of tune sound to various types of players. It will warm up your bass tone and add some charm and tube character.
JAM Pedals Dyna-ssoR Bass
The Dyna-ssoR Bass is the product of Jam Pedals’ inspiration to combine an MXR DynaComp with a Ross Compressor, leveraging a novel NOS CA3080 chip. You may utilize it as an endless sustainer for droned out bass lines or a squashing compressor. The Dyna-ssoR Bass boasts componentry and design variations to let more low end come through. It also includes true bypass as well as Sustain and Level knobs. The Dyna-ssoR Bass represents Jam Pedals’ commitment to crafting well-tuned circuits.
Nux Scream Bass
The Scream Bass from NUX is an analog overdrive designed specifically for bassists. It features an analog circuit to guarantee the natural overdrive tone. It consists of simple Low, High, Level, and Gain knobs that make it convenient to use and allow you to get the tone from overdrive to fuzz. The Scream Bass also features a true bypass design. It gives you a broad tonal range from light overdrive to fuzz. The Blend control lets you balance overdrive and dry signals.
Tom’sline Digital Reverb
Tomsline doesn’t seem to have put much thought into naming their Reverb pedal, but at least the same doesn’t hold true for its capabilities. The Reverb packs three very usable and versatile reverb modes into its tiny chassis: Room, Spring, and Shimmer. For tone sculpting, it features three highly sensitive and wide ranging control pots. Tone controls the reverb effect’s brightness, Mix adjusts the blend of the dry and wet signals, and Decay lets you set the length of the reverb’s decay.
MXR Sub Octave Bass Fuzz
The Sub Octave Bass Fuzz by MXR serves up a roaring low end with earth-shaking fuzz. It combines two distinct fuzzes with a snarling sub-octave signal, boasting a range of controls for fine-tuning your sound, including an individual Dry volume knob to guarantee clean low-end retention. The engineers at MXR combined the Bass Octave Deluxe’s Growl section with a long-forgotten fuzz circuit. With three independent output level controls for dry signals, fuzz, and sub-octave, you can craft your recipe of subterranean tones sans compromising your instrument’s natural sound.
Boss FV-50L Stereo Volume
Boss has long been known for its durable, high-quality volume pedals, and if you’re looking for some of that Boss magic at a more affordable price point, then the FV-50 series of volume pedals is exactly what you’re looking for. The Boss FV-50L Stereo Volume pedal is the line’s low-impedance stereo model built to directly control keyboards and other guitar effects pedals. It comes with a Minimum Volume knob that lets you set a minimum volume and a handy Tuner-Out jack for quick and easy onstage tuning.
Mission Engineering VM-PRO
Not your dime a dozen volume pedal, the VM-PRO by Mission Engineering is a multi-output, buffered, adjustable volume pedal that is ready for action. Imagine it as an excellent starting point for your signal chain. Suitable for your acoustic-electric guitar, bass, and electric guitar, you can set the VM-PRO’s input jack for active or passive instruments. The buffered output guarantees proper frequency response via your pedals and lengthy cable runs. The VM-PRO volume pedal can handle whatever rig you are running.
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.
Boss FV-50H
Boss has long been known for its durable, high-quality volume pedals, and if you’re looking for some of that Boss magic at a more affordable price point, then the FV-50 series of volume pedals is precisely what you’re looking for. The Boss FV-50H Volume pedal is the line’s high-impedance stereo model designed to be placed before other guitar effects pedals in your signal chain. It comes with a Minimum Volume knob that lets you set a minimum volume and a handy Tuner-Out jack for quick and easy onstage tuning.
Morley Mini Volume
Need a good volume pedal but you’re already running out of pedalboard space? The Morley Mini Volume turns the volume pedal, a pedalboard essential that unfortunately often takes up so much space, into a small but road-tough workhorse that won’t let you down in the studio or on the road. It features a smooth, quiet audio taper for perfect and seamless volume control, Morley’s signature electro-optical circuit structure, and glow-in-the-dark treadle rubber and toe-end logo designs.
Morley Volume Plus
Guitar, bass, keys, and whatever else—the Morley PVO+ optical volume pedal can handle any and all comers. This all-purpose pedal serves up two volume control modes. In standard mode, it works just like your typical full-range volume pedal. Switch over to audio taper mode and you can do violin-like volume swells. A switchable minimum volume control lets you set separate rhythm and lead tones while Morley’s famous electro-optical circuit design means you won’t have to worry about wearing down your pots ever again.
Zoom FP02M
Get a pitch bender, a wah pedal, and a volume pedal in one with the FP02M expression pedal from Zoom. Plug it into your bass effects device or guitar to add real-time command over the pitch, wah, or volume, as well as effect parameters like distortion gain, modulation rate, and reverb or delay level. Sturdy enough for the road, the FP02M comes in a metal enclosure and includes a ¼” to ¼” connection cable. It works with various Zoom effects processors.
Ernie Ball Ambient Delay
The Ernie Ball Expression Series Ambient Delay pedal gives you access to lush digital delay and plate reverb effects. Intuitive controls let you dial in a delay time ranging from 50ms to 1s, delay feedback, and reverb level. Since the Ambient Delay already comes in expression pedal form, you don’t need to plug in an external expression pedal to control the sweepable effect levels. Leave the footswitch open for a clean, transparent tone and rock the treadle forward to increase the amount of delay and reverb.
Tapestry Audio Bloomery Active Volume Pedal (White)
Save precious pedalboard real estate with the Tapestry Audio Bloomery, an efficient, compact, and user-friendly active volume pedal. It boasts several differences from a standard volume control pedal. It is machined out of steel, getting that tough solid feel. A slide potentiometer is paired with a direct shaft drive, eradicating the need for pesky strings. The active model lets you avoid tone loss at high-end frequencies and preserve a clean instrument tone. With a smooth volume curve, you get a more nuanced pedal sweep.
DOD Mini Expression
Useless to worry about not having enough space for an expression pedal, the DOD Mini Expression perfectly fits your pedalboard—and budget! Gear drive, non-slip rubber base, and sturdy all-steel enclosure mean it is capable of enduring severe gig abuse. This compact pedal boasts the same throw and feel as other pedals double its size. The Mini Expression carries a TRS/TS/RTS selector that makes it versatile to work with virtually any gear with expression pedal inputs.
Fender EXP-1 Expression Pedal
The Fender EXP-1 Expression Pedal manages the volume or amp/effect parameters on the Mustang Floor multi-effects unit as well as Mustang III, IV, and V amps. By stepping on the pedal’s toe end, you can move between Expression and Volume modes. Green and red LEDs show you the mode in use. The EXP-1 allows you exceptional tonal control and delivers a revolutionary way to make your Mustang multi-effects unit or amplifier more expressive, versatile, and exciting.
Source Audio Reflex Universal Expression Controller
The Reflex Universal Expression Controller from Source Audio serves as a standalone command center for your every expression pedal need. This programmable expression pedal can control DAW software via USB and connect to any rack system, effects pedal, or synthesizer with an expression or MIDI jack. Its outputs include a USB port, MIDI five-pin DIN in/out connectors, three 1/4 ” analog expression outs, and the proprietary 1/8″ Sensor Out. The Reflex is capable of sending six LFO wave shapes with expression control over the depth, beat division, or modulation speed.
Joyo British Sound
The JF-16 British Sound rounds out Joyo’s early series of compact and affordable amp simulator pedals. It comes packed full of a Marshall amp’s Brit-flavored crunch, from the warm, vintage overdrive of early ‘60s Marshall amps to the high-gain tube scream of the JCM800 and JCM900 amp heads. The JF-16 British Sound features a three-band EQ for flexible tone sculpting, plus it has a unique Voice dial that opens your tone up to more exciting sonic possibilities.
Joyo Boogie Master
The JF-309 Boogie Master guitar effects pedal from Joyo is a Mesa Boogie amp sim that gives you that trademark “roided-out Marshall” sound without having to spend over a thousand bucks on an actual Mesa Boogie amp. Crank the Drive knob up for a high-gain Mesa sound or stay clean to hew closer to a Boogie. The JF-309 Boogie Master is an Ironman pedal, so it’s small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover to keep your control dial settings safe from stray stomps.
Suhr A.C.E.
The A.C.E. Analog Cabinet Emulator has been configured to provide guitarists with a convenient and portable way to capture the intricate qualities of a guitar speaker cab for different recording (in a studio or silent) and live performance applications without using a mic. The A.C.E. leverages a sophisticated Multi-StageFiltering (MSF) network to yield lifelike speaker cabinet simulations that bring to life or capture all the punch, warmth, and character of a mic’d speaker cabinet to whatever performance without DSP assistance.
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.
MOOER Radar
The tiny Radar guitar effects pedal from budget stomp maker Mooer might just be the next mainstay on your pedalboard. It’s a full-featured pro-grade cab sim that comes packed not only with 30 different cab models, but it also features 11 mic models and 4 power amp models. You can store and recall up to 36 user presets, connect it to a computer via USB, or plug in headphones when you want to squeeze in a quick practice sesh.
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.
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.
ZVex Super Ringtone II
The Super Ringtone II is boutique guitar effects company Zvex’s juiced up 16 step version of the original Ringtone sequencer. This insanely versatile ring modulator can deliver everything from subtle, hypnotic detunes through to otherworldly laser battle sounds and all points between. You can use it no matter the time signature you’re playing in by choosing between 16 steps in the sequence. The Super Ringtone II also features tap tempo control, MIDI sync, a hold feature, eight programmable memory banks, and delta speed control.
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.
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.
EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine V2
Lose yourself in the mesmerizing, mind-altering sounds conjured up by the Rainbow Machine from EarthQuaker Devices. Every sound you can dish out with the Rainbow Machine is frankly unnatural, making this polyphonic pitch mesmerizer the perfect tool for musicians who want to experiment and push the sonic envelope. V2 sports double the output level, longer delay times, and deeper chorus compared to the original. Both the Activate and Magic footswitches have also been upgraded to Flexi-Switches, so you can use them as both latching and momentary-type footswitches.
Emma Electronic OKTO-NOJS
The Okto-Nøjs from Emma Electronic gives you two pedals in one! It combines dead-on, fast-tracking Octave down (the Okto) with a dynamically sensitive, synth-like Octave-Fuzz (the Nøjs). Both circuit sides are all-analog and boast true bypass switching and high-quality buffers to give you the best sound quality possible. The Okto Nøjs transforms your signal into pure subsonic fire. It allows you to enter a world of never-heard-before tones. You may use the Octaver and Fuzz together or individually.
