Tonebox Recommended Pedals
ZVex Jonny Octave
The Jonny Octave stomp from boutique guitar effects pedal company Zvex is as quirky as its name.This octave up pedal is designed to make single notes you play on your guitar sound like they’re actually being played further up the neck by one or two octaves. The Jonny Octave is clean and extremely transparent; you don’t have to worry about your core tone getting drowned out by the octave up effect. If you feel the octave volume pots don’t give you enough tone sculpting power, there are four internal gain trimpots that you can adjust for more tonal flexibility.
Fender The Bends
The Bends by Fender is a compressor pedal packed with tone-friendly features. It was meticulously built to give you all the necessary dynamic control for sweetening your tone while preserving the natural response and feel of your instrument. You can fine-tune its incredibly fast recovery ability to achieve your ideal feel. The Bends consists of Level, Blend, Recovery, and Drive knobs. The Blend knob lets you return as much of your untouched signal as you want.
EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids
EarthQuaker Devices built an absolute beast of a flanger pedal when it crafted the Pyramids stereo flanging device. Five presets and eight flanger modes are backed by a multifunction Modify control knob, a positive and negative Feedback dial, and a variable Mix control for an extremely wide range of sweeps, warbles, roars, and jet engine screams. The Pyramids stompbox also comes with tap tempo and tap subdivision features as well as mono and stereo input and output jacks.
MXR Dyna Comp
Heard on countless hits, the Dyna Comp Compressor has been the secret weapon on various stars’ pedalboards for years. This wildly popular compression pedal is capable of adding rich sustain, tightening up your signal, or producing the percussive and clicky sound you have heard on many hit records. The Dyna Comp also delivers a convenient way to balance your volume. Its simple two-knob layout (Output and Sensitivity) lets you set the output volume and at what volume it engages.
Mission Engineering EP-1
The EP-1 by Mission Engineering is a sturdy and reliable expression pedal that enables you to control an extensive range of your effects processors with expression inputs. It is perfect if you want to manage your modulation and delay effects instantly. Built in California, the EP-1 boasts high-quality components and all-metal construction for years of seamless operation and rock-solid reliability. This expression pedal is designed for use with your synthesizers, effects pedals, and other expression-capable products.
WMD Protostar
“Maker of the most powerful and versatile envelope filter on Earth” is a tough claim to prove, but WMD does just that with the Protostar. This so-called harmonic density engine packs quite the list of features. It has a built-in LFO, four different filter modes, a full-featured CV patch bay, and an input jack for an expression pedal / CB. It even tightens up your tone with an onboard compressor section and extends your control further via a dry / wet mix knob.
Drive Pedals
J. Rockett Melody
The J. Rockett Melody OD is an Overdrive and EQ pedal including a post-overdrive EQ. You may utilize it as a standalone EQ with volume and zero gain, or feather in a bit or plenty of gain. The Melody OD consists of Gain and Volume knobs, as well as frequency sliders with 18db of gain or cut apiece. This Mark Lettieri signature drive provides you with a smooth overdrive capable of rock and jazz tones. The Melody OD is ideal for elevating your solo tone, feel, and rhythm.
Carl Martin Bass Drive
The Carl Martin Bass Drive Bass EQ Effect Pedal boasts tweaked EQ and crunch to give a warm “tube” sound to new digital bass rigs and enhance their performance. Achieve that signature John Entwistle tone, round, big and phat with the perfect amount of sustain to position your bass properly within the mix and enable it to “pop” in recording and live situations. Instead of sitting on top, the Drive knob blends with your bass tones evenly and naturally keeps a full bottom-end.
JHS Pedals Morning Glory V4
Built to be among the most transparent overdrives, the Morning Glory is undoubtedly JHS Pedals’ most popular overdrive pedal, receiving more recognitions and bagging more awards than any of its other designs. It gives you all the tonal and responsive nuance your amp is missing. Utilize it if you wish to impart mid- to low-level grit to your crystal-clean tone, add tube-esque touch response to a less-than-ideal amp, or boost a crunchy tone into thicker sustain.
Fuzzrocious Playing Mantis
The Fuzzrocious Playing Mantis pedal is suitable for players who love to stand out from the crowd. Since this pedal is exceptional, you will sound unlike anyone else. You can use the left and right footswitches to activate the quirkiest oscillator and a natural-sounding drive respectively. The Playing Mantis carries a three-way toggle that lets you choose between drive, boost, and distortion. All three settings are jam-packed with volume on tap to push your speakers/amp or other pedals.
Randall FACEPUNCH
The FACEPUNCH from Randall is an overdrive pedal that features true bypass and comes with Smooth, Frequency, and Punch functions. It is a discreet transistor designed frequency-selective boost pedal with a triode overload kind of response. It is well matched to drive the front end of your tube amp to take it into intense gainland through the Punch control’s signal level and the Freq knob to beef up or tighten your tone plus a Smooth control for setting the very top end edginess.
Barber Electronics Gain Changer
The Barber Electronics Gain Changer Silver Sparkle is a compact yet highly versatile drive pedal that gives you warm low-gain overdriven tones, harmonic medium-level distortion, and everything else in between via a single toggle switch. Another toggle lets you cycle through three additional modes, two of which stay true to your guitar and amp’s tonal quality: the LTD SR’s flat EQ, the LTD v2’s fat EQ, and a new setting that adds a little extra fatness to the former.
Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food
The Bass Soul Food overdrive effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix lets you add a layer of overdriven and clean boosted attitude to your bass guitar’s signal without compromising your original sound’s unique character. Dedicated Treble, Drive, and Tone controls let you shape the exact overdrive tone you want, while the Blend dial lets you fine-tune how much of that gets mixed with your original tone. The Bass Soul Food is also useful for guitarists who want to add more crunch and punch to their low end.
Joyo Deluxe Crunch
Joyo wasn’t kidding around with the JF-39 Deluxe Crunch’s name. This compact and budget-friendly guitar effects pedal serves up a warm, aggressive crunch that somehow remains more subtle and a touch less harsh than other distortion pedals. It has both a pre-amp overdrive knob and a dedicated distortion dial for all your gain needs and a tone knob for scratching your tone shaping itch. Whether you play dirty blues, hard rock, or even metal, there’ll be a place for the JF-39 Deluxe Crunch on your pedalboard.
NUX Brownie
Classical British rock tones of the 70s are loaded into the NUX Brownie. By leveraging a hybrid of circuits, NUX produces preamp and power tube distortion components. Get ready to hear the organic and warm tone recreated by it. A BJT input stage makes the Brownie breakup in a way when the preamp tube begins to distort. This distortion pedal also features an asymmetrical clipping circuit that lets you emulate some tube amp characteristics. The Brownie comes in a lightweight yet sturdy aluminum die-cast enclosure.
EBS MultiDrive Studio Edition
The EBS MultiDrive Universal Overdrive Pedal is useful for spicing up your sustain. It is capable of creating distortion, sustain, and tube-like overdrive effects. Use the Mode switch to choose from Flat, Standard, or Tubesim overdrive sounds, and the Volume and Drive knobs to adjust the output level and amount of effect. With guitar, the MultiDrive delivers a somewhat overdriven bluesy sound with plenty of sustain and body. The MultiDrive Studio Edition comes with an optimized signal path, fresh design, new signal relay switching technique, and more.
TWA SC-02
Totally Wycked Audio’s Fly Boys line is a collection of ultra-compact and super affordable mini pedals that pack boutique level tone but without the boutique level price tag. The FB-02 overdrive pedal is a must have for tube amp aficionados and purists. It serves up a tonally transparent and completely organic tube amp overdrive that ranges from subtle drive to full saturation. Switchable Hot and Warm modes open up all-new sonic possibilities, making the FB-02 an even more flexible drive stomp than it already is.
MXR Fullbore Metal
Get the ultimate riff power within a portable MXR stompbox. The Fullbore Metal pedal delivers high-gain distortion, a Scoop switch, midrange sweep control, switchable Noise Gate with internal sensitivity control, and three-band EQ. This compact yet powerful device is all you need to capture exceptional contemporary metal guitar tones. It turbo-charges your signal with enormous amounts of super high gain. That is coupled with an inbuilt Noise Gate to combat the noise related to intense gain levels while giving tightness and definition to syncopated metal riffs.
Lone Wolf Audio Iron Fist
The Iron Fist from Lone Wolf Audio is a highly tuned and refined fuzz built on a hybrid of a Ram’s Head era fuzz, leveraging handpicked old-school transistors for optimum power, featuring a classic non sizzling tone. You get full control of post and pre gain clipping. The Iron Fist is crafted with top-grade component vintage and new in Austin, TX. It consists of Volume, Mids, Tone, Fuzz, and Depth knobs. The added midrange control guarantees you will no longer get lost in the mix.
MXR Siete Santos Octavio Fuzz
The MXR Siete Santos Octavio Fuzz features a searing circuit spec’d from the Jimi Hendrix Octavio Fuzz, revamped for the Reverend Billy F. Gibbons featuring an AC power jack for modern convenience and seven-band EQ for tone shaping. It couples the Octavio Fuzz circuit with seven graphic EQ sliders so you can boost or cut a whole frequency spectrum, from 100Hz to 6.4kHz, by ±18dB. It retains the Fuzz and Level controls from the original unit. The Siete Santos Octavio Fuzz is perfect if you want to borrow some of Rev. Willie’s magic.
Fuzzrocious Grey Stache Civil War Era Muff
The Grey Stache by Fuzzrocious is an all-out fuzz monster faithfully simulating the sound of vintage civil war era muffs. It produces low-end, dark tone, allowing its profound, bassy sound to surround your instrument. Thanks to its excellent low-frequency response, the Grey Stache works perfectly with basses and guitars. Controls for Sustain, Mids, Tone, and Volume provide you with a complete reign over its sound. An LED indicator tells you if the pedal is on or off.
Source Audio Kingmaker
The Source Audio Kingmaker Fuzz packs the sizzling tones of more than five decades of overdrive and fuzz technology within a compact chassis. It serves up three killer fuzz tones, including a responsive fuzz that cleans up beautifully with a lowered input signal, an extremely saturated yet pronounced fuzz for violin-esque lead tones and pummeling rhythm, and an octave circuit that delivers a yelling octave fuzz in the form of classic Octavio pedals. The Kingmaker Fuzz consists of Treble, Bass, Level, and Drive knobs.
Death by Audio Fuzz War
The Fuzz War from Death by Audio has all the cut corners on the graphix but never on the sound and components. You get a high-tech fuzz pedal at a budget-friendly price. It comes with three knobs allowing it to create loads of ultimate fuzz, overdrive, boost, and distortion sounds. The Fuzz War includes controls for Tone, Volume, and Fuzz. Hear it for yourself to see what Death by Audio refers to as the “thickest sounding sustaining fuzz pedal we have ever heard.”
Keeley Synth 1
The Synth 1 guitar effects pedal from Keeley is a monophonic synth pedal that reads your signal’s pitch and doubles it using simple synth waveforms. Dial in anything from an instant synth effect to volume swell-style layering using the Filter and Attack knobs, then use the Blend dial, the three-position wave shape selector, and the fuzzed-out Chaos switch to create cool and unique sounds you can use to great effect. Connect an expression pedal for even more control.
Tech 21 Boost Comp
Tech 21 brings together two essential effects into one handy stompbox with the Boost Comp, a combined compressor and boost unit designed for bass. The compressor section helps fill out your sound by letting you rein in wayward signal spikes and give you insane sustain. The separate boost section, meanwhile, helps push your amp over the edge with up to 21dB of extra signal juice. Engage the boost while you’re playing a solo and hear your sound soar.
Laney Black Country Customs Tony Iommi
The Black Country Customs Tony Iommi boost pedal is meticulously handcrafted and designed to satisfy your craving for that coveted extra scream. The TI-Boost has been created in the sonic image of Tony Iommi’s Range Master boost pedal. It will deliver a significant mid boost and a bass cut, injecting a crisp edge to your fuzzed-up or overdriven sound. You are also equipped with additional gain and EQ options, so you are not restricted to one signature sound.
Lone Wolf Audio Outsider
The Lone Wolf Audio Outsider is an advanced take on the very rare and iconic Systech Harmonic Energizer. As seen on Matt Pikes (Sleep, High on Fire) and Dweezil Zappa pedalboards, the original has been employed and mastered by Frank Zappa. The Outsider has been customized and tuned to the strictest detail. It carries a Gain control that adds as much as 35DB of transparent gain which when placed in front or after a distorted signal unleashes an entirely new range of tones. The Bandwidth knob determines how wide the Frequency control could adjust your signal.
Emerson Custom Pomeroy Black
With the Emerson Custom Pomeroy, you get an overdrive with flexible tonal shaping and powerful boost within a pedalboard-friendly, pure analog stompbox. The overdrive side features six clipping options that ensure the pedal will integrate seamlessly into any rig you are running. It also includes an active three-band equalizer for more tone shaping. Meanwhile, the Pomeroy’s boost side boasts up to 24dB of clean, full-range gain for driving your amp or getting louder in the mix.
Donner Giant Metal
The Donner Giant Metal is an invaluable, insane distortion pedal within an aluminium-alloy chassis. The Hi Boost gives you the most expressive metal sound. Showcasing a more flexible and sharper metal sound by selecting three mods and adjusting three sound buttons. That gives you abundant impressive metal sound conveniently. Three modes include Hi Boost, Boost Off, and Lo Boost. Improving the pedal’s high frequency makes the heavy tone-color and hard skills perform better. The Giant Metal enables you to design your unique guitar sound in various live performances swiftly.
TC Electronic Spark
Not merely a one-trick pony boost pedal, the Spark Booster by TC Electronic is a versatile, feature-rich boost pedal ready to rock. While plenty of boost pedals include a volume control only, the Spark Booster gives you intuitive tone-shaping controls that allow you to craft your ideal sound. A boost characteristic switch transforms the pedal from a transparent boost to mid-boosted blow to slice through whatever mix. With 26db of gain, you can push any amp into sonic bliss.
Walrus Audio DEFCON4
Underneath the wicked cool War Games-inspired ‘80s chassis design of the DEFCON 4 lies a super versatile preamp, three band EQ, and boost pedal that makes switching instruments mid-set a breeze. This collaborative effort from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Walrus Audio and musician Ryan Adams lets you cut and boost your low, mid, and high bands plus shape the mid cut even further with a parametric EQ. It also comes with up to 10dB of MOSFET-powered boost and internal mid EQ trim pots for even more precise tone sculpting.
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.
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..
Xotic BB Preamp MB
Xotic’s BBP-MB Custom Shop BB Preamp MB boutique guitar effects pedal takes the original BB Preamp to new heights. The BB Preamp has already made a name for itself by being one of the most amazingly transparent boost and overdrive preamp stomps out there, but the BB Preamp MB ups the ante even further by throwing in a new mid-boost mini pot that can give your signal’s mid frequencies up to 12dB of extra juice.
Mad Professor Simble Predriver
The Simble Predriver effects unit from Mad Professor is more than just a preamp pedal. It pulls quadruple duty as a preamp, a boost pedal, a compressor, and an upper harmonic enhancer. You get a very wide range of tonal control with just one very simple and easy to use stompbox. The Simble Predriver’s tone is also easily adjustable using only your picking attack and guitar volume knob. It also comes with a Hot/Cool selector switch that provides additional boost control.
Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra Gold
Whether you are going direct or plugging into a bass amp, the Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 bass preamp pedal from Darkglass is an excellent way to optimize your bass tone. It combines an independently switchable overdrive, powerful preamp, and four-band EQ to bring ample sonic options. The Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 carries Grunt and Attack switches that determine how the overdrive circuit affects your lows and highs. This pedal is great for bolstering your bass tone for recording or performance.
Empress Effects ParaEq
If you are continuously aiming to improve your tone, it’s about time to unleash the ParaEQ’s power on your instrument. It features a very transparent, sweet-sounding EQ, letting you refine your sound without covering your instrument’s tone. The ParaEQ gives you all the control you need—a switchable Q, 15dB of cut and boost, and over-lapping sweepable frequency selection. The Empress ParaEq w/Boost leverages true bypass to ensure that it will not affect the signal when disengaged.
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.
MXR Micro Amp
Keep your guitar rig’s gain levels at bay with the Micro Amp from MXR. It provides you control over your volume level before your signal reaches the amp. Adding a preset amount of gain with only one knob, the Micro Amp is a perfect way to adjust between two separate guitars with unparalleled output or boost your signal for lead work. It is also capable of giving you a permanent boost in a lengthy effects chain in which signal drop off is an issue.
Electro-Harmonix Screaming Bird
Whenever you need your guitar’s high frequencies to cut through the mix, the Screaming Bird is the right stomp for the job. This aptly-named treble boost guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix can give your top end up to 20dB of pure boost. It also lets you sculpt the center frequency between 1.6kHz and 2.4kHz. Whether you want just the right amount of extra high-frequency bite for shimmering treble notes or push your tube amp to the brink of destruction, the Screaming Bird will definitely get you noticed.
Friedman Amplification Buxom Boost
Taking its cue from Friedman Amplification’s Buxom Betty amp head, the Buxom Boost pedal lets you push a clear, uncorrupted tone to the absolute limit without coloring its tonal characteristics. Use the Buxom Boost’s three-band EQ for a wide range of tonal possibilities, or disengage the EQ circuit stack completely with the EQ Bypass switch for pure, transparent, boosted tone. There’s also a dedicated Tight knob that lets you rein in your low end for added sonic definition while boosting your signal.
Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra
The Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra is capable of transforming your setup into the “rig of doom.” It is a custom-tuned Rangemaster-based treble booster coupled with a Laney Supergroup preamp section. It will bring your tone to the dark side on its own, but you have Volume 4 (named after the album), Gain, Range, and Presence knobs to better fine-tune and shape your sound. The Range knob allows you to select frequency response from treble-only to full-range boost.
Modulation Pedals
Rowin Ensemble Chorus
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 Ensemble Queen Bass
The Ensemble Queen from budget guitar effects company Mooer handles the signature low end rumble of a bass guitar like a total boss. It delivers lush, ambient washes of stereo chorus that enhance your bass tone for a more vivid and dynamic sound. Dedicated Level, Tone, Depth, and Rate pots combine to create a versatile bass chorus pedal that can dish out everything from subtle shimmers to watery choral waves. The Ensemble Queen features true bypass switching.
Rowin Analog 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.
Eventide H9 Core
Eventide H9 Core
The H9 Core acts as the entry-level version of Eventide’s monstrous H9 MAX multi-effects pedal. It comes with 25 presets from the original glitch-heavy, pitch-shifting H910/H949 Harmonizers, plus for a fee, you can augment its effects arsenal via the H9 Control app. You can pick and choose the effects you purchase to make an H9 Core that’s truly unique to your needs, or just go all out and turn your H9 Core into an H9 MAX.
ammoon MOSKY CE-NANO
The Boss CE-2 Chorus Ensemble is widely regarded as among the best chorus pedals ever produced. It’s already a scaled down version of the CE-1, but budget guitar effects brand Ammoon went ahead and made it even smaller, in the form of the CE-Nano Chorus. Like the CE-2, the CE-Nano’s dramatic analog ambiance and dreamy modulated tone are powered by a bucket brigade device. The CE-Nano also features Rate and Depth knobs for tone sculpting.
JOYO Vision
The R-09 Vision guitar effects pedal from Joyo is a modulation maniac’s dream pedal. It features two separate channels, each with its own set of highly tweakable modulation effects, that you can mix and match in parallel or series. Use a chorus on Channel A and an optical trem on Channel B. Phaser on A, Vibrato on B. It’s a giant sonic sandbox for you to play in. The R-09 Vision is an R Series pedal, meaning it also has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
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.
DOD Gonkulator
The DOD Gonkulator packs two effects into a single chassis consists of Ring, Frequency, Output, Distortion, and Gain knobs. It is capable of the clangy, robotic sounds of the ’90s original plus the ability to cover distorted experimental ground. The Gonkulator pushes boundaries and makes statements with boundless modulating effects. Other features include an adjustable carrier signal, lighter aluminum chassis, true bypass circuitry, and revamped PSU jack. True bypass lets your tone stay pristine even when the pedal is off.
EBS Bass IQ
The BassIQ by EBS is an analog envelope filter pedal activated by the notes you play. It delivers the most responsive and funkiest sounds within a stompbox. From classic auto-wah to your distinct space-bass or “Funkadelic” sound, the BassIQ does it all. It includes controls for attack and threshold, and operates in three separate modes—Up, Down, and Hi-Q. The BassIQ contains multiple trim pots, including a dynamic high-pass filter mix-in, high-pass filter mix-in, and gain trimmer.
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.
Pigtronix Ringmaster Analog Multiplier
The Ringmaster Analog Multiplier pedal from Pigtronix is among the most playable ring modulators you will hear. Sophisticated real-time pitch-tracking tech makes it an amazingly musical-sounding ring mod effect, and you may also disable the pitch tracking for clanging, atonal ring mod effects. The Ringmaster is capable of becoming a vibrant analog tremolo effect with the flick of a switch. An inbuilt LFO and sample plus hold add animation and movement to the effects. The Ringmaster delivers tremendous sound design potential for guitarists and synthesists.
Eventide H9 MAX
With 51 effect algorithms that include literally everything Eventide’s TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space pedals can do, the H9 MAX Harmonizer is basically an entire pedalboard in compact effects pedal form. It features reverb, chorus, delay, modulation, pitch-shifting, distortion effects, all of which can be tweaked and edited via an intuitive single-knob interface. The H9 MAX comes preloaded with 99 presets, plus you can get over 500 more for free via the H9 Control app.
TC Electronic Dreamscape
Craft unique effects for your electric guitar with the Dreamscape John Petrucci Signature Modulation Pedal from TC Electronic. Leveraging TC Electronic’s revered TonePrint technology, John tailored six distinct tones for the Dreamscape. You get flanger, chorus, and vibrato effects, along with a custom voicing switch that provides you with the “dark” feel of John’s chorus sounds. Since it is a TonePrint unit, you may add new effects presets whenever you desire. It consists of controls for Speed, Depth, and FX Level.
NUX Flanger Core
The Flanger Core by NUX lets you pick between two kinds of flanger effect: Tape and Normal. It features a true bypass design, tone lock function for preventing incorrect operation and a preset save or recall. Effects like chilling vibrato, resonance modification, rotating speakers, jet sounds, and intensified studio flanging with two modes. The Flanger Core comes in an aluminum alloy enclosure, boasting solid construction. It consists of four control knobs: Feedback, Width, Depth, and Rate.
Big Joe B-306 Analog Flange
The Big Joe B-306 Analog Flange guitar effects pedal successfully packs all the screeching and swooshing flanger tones you’ll ever need into a small and sturdy three-knob stompbox. Set the flange effect’s rate with the Speed knob, control the intensity with the Depth knob, and adjust how much of your signal gets fed back into itself to control how pronounced the flange effect is with the Regen knob. Whether you want a super subtle flange or balls-to-the-wall psychedelic effects, the Big Joe B-306 Analog Flange has what you need.
Boss BF-3 Flanger
The Boss BF-3 Flanger effects pedal is all about adding big, thick stereo flanging effects to your guitar or bass signal easily and at an affordable price. The BF-3 draws upon the 20-year history of the classic BF-2 pedal, enhancing its functionality and versatility even further with the addition of two new modes, Ultra and Gate/Pan, to give you the fattest flanging possible while severely limiting unwanted noise. The Boss BF-3 Flanger also comes with tap tempo and a momentary mode that lets you engage and disengage the flange effect with more precision than ever.
Ibanez FL9
The FL9 Flanger by Ibanez delivers vintage flanger tones with different controls. It includes knobs for Delay Time, Width, Regen, and Speed. The FL9 boasts a full frequency response, zero clock noise, wide operation range, and durable construction. Similar circuitry and famed flanging effects of the vintage ’80s model but built to closer tolerances for better consistency. If you are in the market for an original, now is the perfect time to bring this ’80s favorite home.
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.
Maxon Phase Tone
The Maxon Reissue Series Phase Tone pedal provides you with a transparent, smooth phasing that improves the character of your instrument instead of concealing it. Extensive dynamic range and ultra-low noise operation make the Phase Tone extremely useful for recreating the phasing effects heard on various rock classics of the 70s. Each Maxon Reissue Series pedal’s circuit is pure analog and housed within a durable enclosure for trouble-free performance. These units are designed to deliver steady low noise performance.
JAM Pedals Custom Ripple
A sweet, transparent, and smooth classic-sounding phaser pedal with a sleek look. The custom Ripple pedal from Jam Pedals comes in a design by The Simpsons animator John Achenbach. It boasts two-phase stages giving you a subtle and unique phaser pedal with an exceptional vibey sound, which Jam Pedals is super proud of. The custom Ripple pedal includes speed control, true bypass, and runs on a nine-volt battery or 9V boss-type DC adaptor (negative tip).
Ibanez Flying Pan
The Ibanez Flying Pan provides guitarists with the trippiest blend of tremolo, phaser, and stereo pan in all guitardom. By adjusting the pan rate, phase rate, and phase feedback, along with the panning on/off footswitch and phaser on/off footswitch, create your otherworldly cocktail of pure panning, pure phasing, or simultaneous panning and phasing. The Flying Pan features a three-way switch that controls the stereo output. This reissue of the highly-collectible ‘70s Flying Pan is limited to a production of 777 units.
MXR ’75 Vintage Phase 45
The MXR Custom Shop’s ’75 Vintage Phase 45 reissue recreates the Phase 90’s elusive little brother to exacting details. Featuring two stages of phasing, the Phase 45 serves up its musical and subtle voice through a hand-wired circuit board and hand-matched FETs. Authentic tried-and-trusted components and hardware, including CTS pot, Switchcraft jacks, and a Carling switch. The limited-edition ’75 Vintage Phase 45 allows you to texture your tone sans overpowering your sound. It is suitable for far-out rhythms and groovy solos.
Joyo Vintage Phase
The classic far-out phaser sounds of the ‘70s, crammed into a compact and affordable guitar effects pedal. It’s amazing how much tonal depth Joyo was able to pack into the JF-06 Vintage Phase, seeing as this guitar effects pedal only has one control knob. Hold back on the Speed knob for some chunky, phase-tinged rhythm work and then crank it up to the max to get that Pink Floyd-style wide and spacey psychedelic phase vibe.
Skreddy Swirl
Starring a classic 1969 voice, the Skreddy Swirl is a chewy, watery, vibe-esque phaser with exceptional frequency response and clarity versus a clone or vintage specimen. It is an addictive and beautiful tone, swampy enough. The sweep was optimized for optimum intensity and range without being exaggerated. It gives you the ideal balance between a throbbing, asymmetrical and smooth, symmetrical waveform. It features extremely low distortion and noise, preserves natural EQ and volume footprint. The Swirl carries a large knob for effortless foot control.
Electro-Harmonix Super Pulsar
If you thought the Pulsar’s vintage tremolo/vibrato effects weren’t enough, Electro-Harmonix just made it all kinds of Super. The Super Pulsar lets you create unique stereo tremolo effects via selectable sine, triangle, and pulse waveforms. Keep everything in sync via tap tempo and tap divide then save up to eight of them as customized presets. Still not super enough? Plug in an expression pedal for on-the-fly tremolo shaping by taking control of the Rate, Depth, Shape, Phase, or Volume parameters.
MOOER Triangolo
The tiny and affordable Triangolo packs a bigger and more diverse tremolo punch than its size and price would have you believe. This digital tremolo guitar effects pedal from budget stomp maker Mooer features three highly nuanced and musical modes: Triangular, Square, and Sawtooth. You can adjust the tremolo effect speed using the dedicated Speed knob or tap tempo, then engage the Subdivision knob’s five tremolo rhythm patterns for chopped up varying time subdivision tremolo craziness.
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.
Caline Lucky 7
The Caline CP-38 Lucky 7 Seven Modes guitar effects pedal packs seven different modulation effects into a tiny, sturdy, and very affordable stompbox. You get high-quality Detune, Flange, Phase, and Vibe effects, plus custom effects including a bias tremolo effect, a classic Roland amp-style jazz chorus, and a U-Vibe effect that simulates an effect close to the classic tonal characteristics of the venerable Uni-Vibe chorus and vibrato pedal. The Caline CP-38 Lucky 7 comes with a true bypass feature.
Morley Mini Tremonti
The Morley Mini Tremonti A Dying Machine Wah effects pedal packs all of the features in Mark Tremonti’s signature Morley wah into a pedalboard-friendly chassis wrapped in the album art for his album “A Dying Machine.” The hybrid classic-modern sound and sweep of the Mini Tremonti’s big brother is there as well as the extra 20dB of gain muscle. While small, the Mini Tremonti still features Morley’s electro-optical structure, True-Tone Buffer Bypass, and switchless operation.
Donner Mod Square
The Donner Mod Square is a modulation pedal that lets you have seven modulation effects, including Flanger, Vibrato, Rotary, Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus A, and Chorus B, to add musical color to your tone. It comes in an aluminium-alloy chassis consists of three function knobs (Rate, Depth, and E.Level) for setting the effect level. Use the E.Level control to adjust the effect level, Depth for the effect depth, and Rate to set the effect speed. Mod Square also features a true bypass switch and an LED indicator that displays the working state.
JHS Pedals Unicorn V2
The Unicorn V2 from JHS Pedals loads the original Unicorn pedal’s lush, syrupy sound into a more compact package to save more space on your pedalboard. It combines a classic photocell modulator with an advanced tap tempo function, allowing you access to vintage vibe effects with hands-free tempo control. You can now always dial in the perfect tempo. The Unicorn V2 carries Depth, Speed, Volume, and Ratio knobs, as well as a Dry/Wet toggle. Its thick, swirling tones bring the distinct sound of a vintage Uni-vibe.
Catalinbread Callisto
The Callisto’s elegant, versatile feature set and compact size make it an invaluable addition to your pedalboard. It integrates several top-grade components to give you the best tonal response possible. It features a reliable, precise Bucket Brigade chip and Burr-Brown op-amp for clean amplification. The Callisto allows you continuous control of Mix, Density, Rate, and Width for 100% organic tones and impeccable impact. You can get wonderfully wobbly vibrato and chimey, glistening chorus effects in one sturdy footswitch-operated chassis.
Boss VB-2W Vibrato Waza Craft
The Boss VB-2W Vibrato brings 1982’s classic VB-2 Vibrato pedal to the 21st century, complete with Boss’s signature Waza Craft magic. The VB-2W faithfully recreates the VB-2’s expressive, one-of-a-kind sound using all-analog circuitry and a bucket brigade device (BBD) vibrato line. With the flick of a two-position toggle, you can easily switch from the classic VB-2 vibrato effect to a Custom mode that features a completely new vibrato voicing powered by a unique filter wave.
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.
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.
Sabbadius Funky Vibe
The Sabbadius Custom Pedal Effects Funky Vibe pedal emulates a rotary Leslie-like rotary speaker and works with four photocells as well as an incandescent light. Used by several prominent musicians, it consists of four controls (Speed, Depth, Volume, and Bias) plus two footswitches (Vibrato/Chorus and On/Off Effect). The Bias control helps you craft your distinct sound. You can tweak it to achieve the best performance. The Funky Vibe pedal comes in a Colonia bronze chassis with custom handmade chicken knobs.
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.
Fuzzrocious KNOB JAWN
The Knob Jawn by Fuzzrocious provides both analog and digital octaving. It carries a large knob that lets you solo or blend analog, monophonic, dirty octave up and digital polyphonic, clean octave up/down. It consists of -/+ and dry:wet knobs, a standard on/off toggle, and two footswitches. The left footswitch enables you to move to the digital octave up/down pot’s opposite throw. For ecological reasons, the Knob Jawn operates on a direct power supply (9V DC 2.1 mm centre-negative adaptor).
MXR Vintage Bass Octave
The Vintage Bass Octave from MXR updates the warm analog sub-bass feels of an old school circuit with cleaner headroom, superior tracking, and versatility required by modern players. It gives you a tremendous range of smooth, musical sounds within a pedalboard-friendly MXR mini housing. The Vintage Bass Octave features a throaty and rich voice and comes in two forms—two octaves down and one octave down. You can dial in each individually using the Oct 1 and Oct 2 knobs. The Vintage Bass Octave is an invaluable device for bassists who wish to plumb their instrument’s sonic depth.
TC Electronic Sub ‘N’ Up
The Sub ‘N’ Up Octaver pedal from TC Electronic is capable of transforming your guitar tone into a ringing 12-string, a mammoth synth-esque sound, and providing loads of control to craft your unique soundscapes. You can dial in earth-shaking lows and glistening upper octaves using the controls for Sub, Sub 2, and Up. You may also broaden the tone with added effects, download artist Sub ‘N’ Up patches, and craft unique presets with the cutting-edge TonePrint software and app.
Electro-Harmonix Octavix
Fuzz and octave effects go together like peanut butter and jelly. The Octavix octave fuzz guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix gives you both in a tiny Nano-form enclosure. Dedicated Volume, Boost, and Octave control knobs let you dial in the exact torn-speaker, self-destructing amp vintage fuzz and octave sound you want. The Octavix also has an interesting switchable 9V/24V power feature; it sounds like a vintage fuzz pedal when you use 9V, while switching to 24V gives you tighter, fatter effects.
EarthQuaker Devices Bit Commander V2
The Bit Commander is EarthQuaker Devices’ love letter to old-school 8-bit beeps and primitive synth sounds. It features four octaves of vintage square wave synth tones which you can sculpt to sonic perfection by adding or subtracting octaves. The Bit Commander lets you easily make your guitar sound like a whole squad of analog synths with a single stomp. The V2 release builds on the original by adding soft-touch relay-based switching for truly silent operation.
Timing, Dynamics & EQ Pedals
Catalinbread Adineko
Old oil can delays have mysteriously cool effects but were inconsistent and maintenance-heavy. That has inspired Catalinbread to create a digital version of oil-filled mechanical delays. It built a simple, reliable delay pedal with modern precision and keeps the swirly sonic goodness and retro vibe of the original oil can unit. The Catalinbread Adineko Delay Pedal gives you the retro feel of mechanical, oil-filled paint cans minus their drawbacks. It consists of Balance, Blend, Reverb, Timing, and Viscosity knobs that are within easy reach.
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.
Caroline Kilobyte Lo Fi Delay
If you are big on Lo-Fi and ’80s digital delay, the Kilobyte Lo-Fi Delay from Caroline Guitar Company is perfect for you. Kilobyte has established itself as among the most comprehensive digital delay pedals available in the market. It features a powerful preamp with +21dB boost, Jack DeVille-designed modulation circuit, all-analog signal path, and a low-fi digital delay chip often used for low fidelity sound equipment such as children’s toys and karaoke machines.
EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master V3
Rich, cavernous reverbs and lush, shimmering delays are a single stomp away with the Dispatch Master digital delay and reverb guitar effects pedal from EarthQuaker Devices. The Dispatch Master lets you serve up delays that don’t degrade despite ultra-long repeats, versatile reverb tones that go from tight to super spacious, or a highly musical and unique combination of the two. V3 bolsters the silent switching added in V2 with EQD’s Flexi-Switch, giving you access to both latching and momentary-style footswitch modes.
Caline Snake Bite Reverb
The Caline CP-26 Snake Bite Ambient Reverb guitar effects pedal is an affordable slimline stomp with a six-knob interface that gives you full tone-shaping control over your sound. Dial in a reverb mode with the RES knob, shape the tone with the CFR knob, and add a little warmth with the LPF knob. Then, use the PRD knob to set the delay time, the MIX knob to control the amount of reverb, and the DECAY knob to set the reverb’s decay length. The Caline CP-26 Snake Bite Ambient Reverb comes with a true bypass feature.
Vick Audio Hypocenter Delay
The Hypocenter Delay by Vick Audio is built around Princeton Technologies’ PT2399 chip. Though digitally based, the chip is usually utilized to simulate the sound of vintage analog-based delays. That delay will work equally great with a distortion unit before/after it in the pedal chain or a clean guitar signal. The Hypocenter Delay consists of controls for Repeats, Mix, Delay, and Volume. It can deliver up to 450ms delay time with an incredibly low noise distortion and repeats from one repeat to endless repeats.
EarthQuaker Devices Levitation
The Levitation reverb guitar effects pedal is EarthQuaker Devices’ ode to the majesty of vintage-voiced reverb tones. Small room slapback effects, vast spatial oscillations, and everything in between are all possible. A dedicated Decay knob that fine-tunes the decay length is backed by a separate two-way Length toggle that offers more broad control over the decay length. The Levitation also comes equipped with Flexi-Switch technology, meaning you can use the footswitch as both a latching and a momentary-type switch.
Source Audio True Spring
The Source Audio True Spring features reverb effects inspired by a mechanical design invented by the Hammond Organ Company during the late 1930s. It lets you blend any of its distinctive spring reverbs with your choice of the pedal’s three tremolo effects. Its tremolos are the same natural effects first heard in the award-winning Vertigo Tremolo. The True Spring Reverb consists of controls for Tone, Level, Dwell, and Mix, as well as a toggle switch that lets you select between Short, Long, and Tank.
NUX Stageman Floor
The Stageman Floor Acoustic Preamp + DI by NUX is an analog acoustic preamp boasting digital effects and looper function. Preamp featured with an extremely sensitive three-band EQ with input gain control, adjustable notch filter, and MID scoop toggle switch. It also offers a massive headroom that gives you the sound all-natural. The notch filter helps you cut the resonating frequency. The Stageman Floor consists of Treble, Middle, and Bass knobs, depending on the speaker/amp characteristic, acoustic guitar’s body type, and playing style, you may tune your sound to your liking.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Procession
Suitable for creating a science fiction soundtrack, the Procession by Old Blood Noise Endeavors features a unique combination of haunting reverb and three modulation settings. It seeks to inspire something different, risky, and fringe. Its intuitive controls run a variety of reverb soundscapes spanning from simple reverb to intricate Sci-Fi filtery echo strangeness. The Reverb and Mix controls adjust the reverb decay and blend of wet/dry signal, respectively. Depth and Speed dials correspond with the preferred modulation mode: Tremolo, Flange, or Filter.
TC Electronic HOF Mini
Get the reverb sound you need while conserving precious pedalboard real estate with the marvelous Hall of Fame Mini Reverb from TC Electronic. Powered by groundbreaking TonePrint technology, the Hall of Fame Mini allows you to load up iconic reverb styles produced by several prominent guitarists. You will find Cathedral, Plate, Room, Hall, Spring, and several other exceptional reverb styles all available in the Hall of Fame Mini. The free TonePrint Editor software lets you craft your signature TonePrint voices for your pedal.
Mooer Woodverb
The Woodverb from budget stompbox maker Mooer is a reverb guitar effects pedal tuned specifically for expanding the tonal palettes of acoustic guitars. The Woodverb comes with three reverb modes, all selectable via a three-position toggle switch. First is the classic, lush space of the pedal’s magnificent plate reverb. The second mode adds a subtle chorus effect to the reverb. The third and final mode adds mild filtering into the mix for a snappier attack.
MXR Super Comp
Taking the legendary Dyna Comp even further, the MXR Super Comp compressor delivers an invisible boost to intricate licks, giving life to your sound and allowing you to lock in like never before. With the Sensitivity and Output knobs, you can dial in the ideal setting to keep your parts in place. The new Attack Level knob retains your original volume without compromising sustain. It guarantees that initial bite and chunk are not squashed, so you can run searing pickups and hear your dynamics.
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.
Electro-Harmonix Freeze
The Freeze Sound Retainer guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix has one job—let you freeze any note or chord for nigh-infinite sustain—and it does that job to perfection. Hit a note or chord then step on the Freeze’s momentary / nonlatching footswitch and you can sustain that note or chord to oblivion. Lift your foot off the switch and you’re ready to sample again. Or just step on the switch repeatedly for a chopped, stuttering effect. The Freeze also comes with a Latch mode as well as Fast and Slow decay modes.
MXR Dyna Comp Deluxe
Spec’d from one of the most legendary guitar compressor pedals of all time, the Dyna Comp Deluxe from MXR gives you the classic Dyna Comp tone while delivering more sound-sculpting potential. Leveraging the CA3080 “metal can” circuit, the Dyna Comp Deluxe boasts an exceptional dynamic range, superior transparency, and silent operation. The Attack switch lets you choose between fast and slow attack times, while the Tone knob allows you to fine-tune your sound. The Dyna Comp Deluxe also carries a Clean control for blending your dry sound with the compressed signal.
Donner Alpha Bass
The Donner Alpha Bass is a mini effects chain that features three types of bass guitar effects, including a rich chorus, a versatile bass drive, and an opto-voiced compressor. Distinguished by its user-friendly form factor, portable size, and remarkable tone, the Alpha Bass is perfect for any music style. It features an LED indicator displaying the working state, buffer bypass that offers a transparent tone, and classic-voiced bass drive with a broad tonal range.
MXR Studio Compressor
The Studio Compressor by MXR gives you recording-quality compression within a pedalboard-friendly package. It boasts Constant Headroom Technology and true bypass switching for clear, transparent performance. It consists of Ratio, Release, Attack, Input, and Output knobs that allow you to fine-tune your compression level with visual feedback from a vibrant LED gain-reduction status meter. It comes in a sturdy, Phase 90-sized, lightweight aluminum enclosure. With the Studio Compressor, you get studio-style control over your guitar dynamics.
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.
MXR KFK1 10-Band EQ
If you are not contented with your MXR Ten Band EQ, check out its wicked twin—the Kerry King Ten Band EQ. This beastly, tattoo-covered unit gives you tone and level control identical to the M108, but the Kerry King is capable of punishing two amps simultaneously, credits to its dual outputs. Designed in collaboration with the iconic Slayer guitarist, you can use it to produce thrash approved, scooped-mid rhythm tones or as a boost for solos. Ten sliders allow for a cut or boost up to 12dB.
Walrus Audio DEFCON4
Underneath the wicked cool War Games-inspired ‘80s chassis design of the DEFCON 4 lies a super versatile preamp, three band EQ, and boost pedal that makes switching instruments mid-set a breeze. This collaborative effort from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Walrus Audio and musician Ryan Adams lets you cut and boost your low, mid, and high bands plus shape the mid cut even further with a parametric EQ. It also comes with up to 10dB of MOSFET-powered boost and internal mid EQ trim pots for even more precise tone sculpting.
Donner Equalizer
Whether you want to adjust your tone finely or connect to complete range pedals, you can get a master volume control of different frequencies with precision from Donner’s Equalizer pedal. The frequency centers include 100Hz, 250Hz, 630Hz, 1.6 kHz, and 4 kHz. Uniquely crafted for guitarists, this 5-band graphic EQ has a ±18 dB alterable gain range per band, helping you sculpt your sound across five frequencies to prevent feedback resulting from extra distorting effects. The Equalizer carries a Volume knob so you can flexibly adjust the volume.
Caline 10 Band EQ
As its name suggests, the Caline CP-24 10 Band EQ gives you nigh-unprecedented tonal control over your instrument’s sound. This essential stompbox features a massive range of channels: 31.25Hz, 62.5Hz, 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1k Hz, 2k Hz, 4k Hz, 8k Hz, and 16k Hz. Apart from those 10 channels, it also has a Gain channel, plus each EQ slider has its own LED light, so you know exactly where you’ve set each channel.
Chase Bliss Audio Condor
The Chase Bliss Audio Condor multi-effect pedal enables control over a broad range of effects, including tremolo, boost, overdrive, EQ, and filter tones. Boasting the ability to store presets and a potent parametric mids control, the Condor proves to be as majestic and powerful as the bird it is named after. This pedal also features a switchable overdrive circuit for shaping the guitar tone you want. The overdrive circuit complements stacking, so using it together with your favorite overdrive stompbox is recommended.
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Utility Pedals
TC Electronic Polytune 2 Mini
Ever since the PolyTune’s introduction in 2010, TC Electronic has been looking to make tuning speedier, better, and more impressive. The PolyTune 2 Mini guitar tuner does all of that in abundance. With 109 super-bright LEDs, it is easily readable at any stage condition. The PolyTune 2 Mini is an incredibly compact tuner with chromatic, strobe, and polyphonic tuning for precise and fast tuning. Polyphonic tuning lets you tune all your strings simultaneously, while speedy chromatic tuner delivers 0.5 cent precision.
Koogo Tuner LT-901
The Tuner LT-901 from Koogo is a compact, high precision tuning pedal capable of being accurate to 0.5 cent. This chromatic guitar tuner is perfect for broad range tuning. It consists of an LED screen that shows you clear, easy to read tuning results and information. It features a real signal, true bypass, and no loss of tune. The Koogo Tuner LT-901 works with most electro-acoustic or electric instruments including five-string bass as well as seven-string guitar.
Donner DT Deluxe
The DT Deluxe from Donner is an exceptional chromatic tuner that comes in a classic design and compact size so it will not hog your pedalboard space. It includes true bypass, which is fundamental for this type of pedal, and a new strobe mode with +/- 1 cent accuracy. This guitar tuner pedal has a huge LCD that shows you what is going on. The footswitch lets you turn the tuner on/off, and will instantly mute your signal once the pedal is activated. The DT Deluxe is convenient to use and makes for a great entry-level tuner.
BOSS TU-3s Tuner
The Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner is the go-to stompbox tuner for any and all serious musicians, and its little brother the Boss TU-3S Compact Chromatic Tuner serves up everything the TU-3 can, in a more compact form factor. Everything from the bigger TU-3’s performance and durability to its tuning functions and display are recreated in the TU-3S, minus the actual pedal switch. If you’re running low on precious pedalboard space, the Boss TU-3S Compact Chromatic Tuner is what you need.
Xvive PT-05 Pedal Tuner
Xvive’s PT05 chromatic tuner pedal is built to be unobtrusive but easy to see when you do need to use it. Its small chassis makes it easy to find space for it on any pedalboard, while its color display lets you tune your guitar without having to bend over and squint. Whether you’re playing on a dark stage, outdoors on the street, or in the comfort of a studio, you’ll be able to tune your instrument quickly and painlessly. It’s small, speedy, and straightforward—the three S’s that make for a great chromatic tuner pedal.
Joyo Irontune
Your pedalboard may have the best-sounding and most expensive effects, but it won’t do you any good if you don’t even have a reliable guitar tuner. The Joyo JF-326 Irontune is a tiny, budget-friendly pedal that does the very important job of making sure your guitar is in tune. It’s fast, too, plus an easy to read LED display lets you know how in-tune or how far off you are. As one of Joyo’s Ironman pedals, the JF-326 Irontune is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover for keeping your control dial settings safe.
Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai
Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews says that “Hazarai” means “all the extra stuff.” That’s exactly what they crammed into the Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai. This guitar effects pedal is a multi-tap delay pedal, an echo with a reverse function, and a looper with up to 30 seconds of loop time. It also features tap tempo, vintage tape echo filtering, and you can store and load up to eight programmable presets. Definitely everything but the kitchen sink.
Radial Tonebone Loopbone
Devised to be the “master control” for pedalboards, the Loopbone by Radial lets you add two independent pedal effects chains and detach them when not needed. It is convenient to use, portable and provides incredible control over the pedalboard. It features entirely discreet components and Radial’s legendary Class-A circuit for exceptional dynamics and natural tone. The Loopbone also includes an innovative post-effects variable-gain power booster for straight signal boosting or post Loop-1/Loop-2 boost for soloing.
Boss RC-202 Loop Station
The Boss RC-202 Loop Station is the perfect weapon for always-mobile beatboxers, club performers, and electronic musicians. With powerful looping and multi-effect functions packed into a compact tabletop unit, this two-track version of the popular RC-505 Loop Station features four Input FX and four Track FX, the ability to save loops to memories in real-time, and expanded foot control and MIDI capabilities. The Boss RC-202 Loop Station gives you full creative freedom whether you’re on stage or off.
Boss RC-1 Loop Station
Simple, user-friendly, and highly effective, the Boss RC-1 Loop Station is the perfect starting point for any musician who wants to start experimenting with their own loops. A newly-designed loop indicator lets you know at a glance whether you’re in Record, Overdub, or Play mode, while stereo recording time can run for up to 12 minutes. The recorded phrase is also automatically stored in the RC-1’s onboard memory so you don’t lose it even when you turn the stompbox off.
TC Electronic Ditto Stereo Looper
The most exceptional and intuitive looper known to musickind has made a comeback. The Ditto Stereo Looper loads an abundance of stellar creative features that will see you jamming along with the best in music now through the revolutionary StarJam feature while producing multilayered masterpieces in seconds flat. With the Ditto Stereo Looper, TC Electronic takes some of the most legendary features of the bigger two-switch Ditto X2 Looper into a more compact enclosure without sacrificing the essential functionality that has made the Ditto Looper extremely popular.
Nux Loop Core
The NUX Loop Core is a turbocharged variant of the original and already the most versatile Looper in the market. NUX covered all the essentials in a Looper that lets you record and play back several layers, but now it incorporated a different level of goodies. Boasting 99 personal-user memories, 40 inbuilt drum patterns and now, a new range of well-thought-out user assists. Whether you compose, rehearse, or play live gigs, you will appreciate the innovative features of the Loop Core.
Mission Engineering EXP1-PRO
Boasting a sturdy, all-metal construction, the Mission Engineering EXP1-PRO is a professional quality expression pedal compatible with expression pedal inputs on keyboards, MIDI controllers, multi-effect units, and stompboxes. It carries an input level knob that enables adjustment of minimum level from zero to 80%. The EXP-1-PRO incorporates a custom made 10K Ohm linear, wholly sealed potentiometer that works nicely with various devices, and is rated at over a million operations for durability and excellent response.
Chase Bliss Audio Brothers
Designed in partnership with Resonant Electronic, the Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Analog Gainstage pedal boasts 33 routing options and two independent JFET/IC analog channels, providing you full control over stacking and combining the circuits of your choice. This pedal crams six unique fuzz, drive, or boost circuits within one compact enclosure, making it an excellent choice for gigging musicians looking to build a tiny, diverse pedalboard for travel or smaller shows. Players with single-channel amps seeking more variety will love the Brothers Analog Gainstage pedal.
Strymon Timeline
Explore your creativity with the TimeLine from Strymon. It serves up twelve distinct delay machines, each with far-reaching control of sonic character and vibe. You may go from clear and crisp, studio-grade digital delays to the fluctuating and saturated sounds of tape delay machines. Capture fuzzy and warm analog style repeats to sparkling, crystalline, and shimmery ice delays. Tweak to your liking and record up to 200 presets of your favorite sounds. Top it off with a routable, 30-second stereo looper and full MIDI implementation, and you are en route to delay bliss.
ZVex Vexter Super Seek Trem
The Super Seek Trem is the juiced up 16 step version of boutique guitar effects company Zvex’s original Seek Trem sequencer. Zvex’s enhancements to the already versatile Seek Trem have made the Super Seek Trem and even more flexible machine that gives you complete control over its sequencing capabilities. You can use it no matter the time signature you’re playing in by choosing between 16 steps in the sequence. The Super Seek Trem also features tap tempo control, MIDI sync, expression pedal compatibility, eight programmable memory banks, and delta speed control.
Mission Engineering EP-25-Pro Aero Expression
Featuring the Mission Aero design, the EP-25 PRO expression pedal is perfect not only for guitar, but also acoustic instruments, keyboards, and both studio and live use. At only 1.7 lb, the pure aluminum Aero is half the weight of a regular Mission pedal, suitable for fly rigs and weight-sensitive applications. The EP-25 PRO includes individual polarity switches for every channel. That enables compatibility with a wide variety of pedals, modeling amps, MIDI controllers, keyboards, rack effects, and other expression controlled devices.
Chase Bliss Audio Thermae
The Thermae from Chase Bliss Audio is an innovative analog pitch and delay shifter capable of manipulating your signal without digitally processing it, ensuring your guitar signal stays 100% analog. It introduces four reissued versions of the famed MN3005 bucket-brigade delay chips, a digital brain enabling multi-functional controls, and a bank of dip switches allowing you to come up with infinite creative and unique settings. The Thermae represents a unique approach to analog delay and harmonization and is an excellent choice as your main delay pedal.
DigiTech FS3X
The FS3X is a valuable addition to various DigiTech products, including Expression Factory, the JamMan, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and others. It boasts improved functionality and hands-free control of UP/DOWN choice of models, loop selection, mode adjustments, auto START/STOPS, as well as arms auto record where appropriate. Portable and compact, the FS3X’s mini footprint occupies minimal space inside your gig bag or on stage. The DigiTech FS3X features a durable three-button metal chassis construction and 10′ stereo TRS cable.
MOSKY TAP SWITCH
The Tap Switch doesn’t do anything to your guitar signal by itself, but it’s an indispensable tool for musicians who have a lot of tap tempo pedals like delays and modulation effects. The Tap Switch is normally open, which means stepping on the footswitch will close the circuit; the tap is registered on the down switch instead of the other way around. You can still use it with a pedal that requires normally closed switches, although you’ll have to remember that with those pedals, taps are registered upon release.
Orange Amp Detonator
Running two amps is an accepted way of capturing bigger tones in the studio and on stage. No matter if it is changing between two amps for their characteristics or employing them simultaneously for vast walls of sounds, professionals have been using this setup for years. The Amp Detonator by Orange is arguably the tiniest active, wholly functional, buffered ABY pedal available. The transformer output was painstakingly engineered to become as transparent as possible, while the two outputs are buffered with a low-noise, linear circuit. Drive lengthy cable to your amplifiers without clarity loss and change quietly between them.
Boss ES-5 Footswitch
The Boss ES-5 Effects Switching System opens up unlimited possibilities for your limited pedalboard space. This pedalboard-friendly version of the ES-8 gives you access to five loops, letting you go hog-wild in creating elaborate guitar effects pedal chains. The Boss ES-5 Effects Switching System’s onboard memory can store up to 200 patches that you can engage with a single toe tap, its switcher functions can be heavily customized, and its analog circuitry ensures that your tone remains pure and crystal clear.
Throne Room Pedals Push To Talk
Tonebox isn’t just about giving guitarists and bass players all the toys they could ever want; we have stuff for vocalists, as well. The Push To Talk Box from Throne Room Pedals is a prime example. It’s an innovative take on an A/B switcher box; instead of an instrument, you plug a mic into its XLR port and use the latching footswitch to switch between channels. You can use it to engage effects on a secondary channel or to talk to your sound tech even during the middle of a performance.
Walrus Audio Two Channel Remote Switch
Walrus Audio’s Two Channel Remote Switch is built specifically to give you remote control over the Descent and Vanguard’s preset and bypass footswitches. This means you can stick either of those two stompboxes at the back of your pedalboard and use the Two Channel Remote Switch to free up valuable space at the front. The preset footswitch lets you cycle between presets. The bypass engages and disengages the effect when used as a latching switch, but it can also act as a preset save switch when held down until the preset LED starts flashing.
Empress Effects Buffer Plus
The Buffer+ by Empress Effects features an incredibly handy set of features that will make your life a little better. Switchable clean boost, noise filters, input loading, and input pads are all potent tools you can find on the Buffer+. It was constructed to become the perfect I/O interface for your pedalboard while keeping the highest fidelity of your guitar signal. It will eliminate the signal loss caused by long, unbuffered cable runs, guaranteeing that your tone stays unaffected by your cables.
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.
NUX Lacerate
A tiny pedal with a ginormous boost, the Lacerate FET Boost from NUX features two bypass modes (True Bypass or Buffer Bypass), two boost options, and a simple control-knob. Its surprisingly simple user interface comes from NUX’s intricate dual FET circuit design. It allows you the choice between two boosting modes: Clean and Crank. The Lacerate FET Boost pedal includes an integrated voltage-doubler that automatically converts 9V to 18V, providing you with massive headroom and dynamic.
Orange Amp Detonator
Running two amps is an accepted way of capturing bigger tones in the studio and on stage. No matter if it is changing between two amps for their characteristics or employing them simultaneously for vast walls of sounds, professionals have been using this setup for years. The Amp Detonator by Orange is arguably the tiniest active, wholly functional, buffered ABY pedal available. The transformer output was painstakingly engineered to become as transparent as possible, while the two outputs are buffered with a low-noise, linear circuit. Drive lengthy cable to your amplifiers without clarity loss and change quietly between them.
Wampler dB+
Tone suck—it’s what happens when you have too many cables between your guitar and your amp. Your tone suffers and loses those sweet natural high frequency notes, giving you a muddy overall sound. Wampler’s Decibel Plus solves that problem by delivering top of the line independent buffering and full frequency boosting without taking up a lot of space on your pedalboard. Not only do you get to keep those natural high frequencies, you also get a clean boost to make sure your guitar floats above the mix.
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.
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.
Carl Martin Noise Terminator
The Carl Martin Noise Terminator is designed to maintain the original tonal characteristics while eliminating unwanted noise occurring from using multiple effects. It outperforms traditional noise gates by allowing you to switch between two threshold settings—Hard when more radical settings are necessary or Soft with less noisy equipment. Using the remote jack, you can connect the Noise Terminator to an external midi switching system that lets you go between Hard and Soft settings conveniently. The Noise Terminator is a 9V-battery-powered pedal featuring an AC adapter jack.
JOYO Noise Gate
The JF-31 Noise Gate guitar effects pedal from Joyo is the bane of the unwanted buzzes, hums, hisses that infect your guitar signal. With just a lone Threshold knob, its control scheme is so simple and no-nonsense that it’s practically zen. It’ll take some experimentation with your overall input level and the Threshold knob, but when you find that silent sweet spot the JF-31 Noise Gate will definitely be a worthy addition to your pedalboard.
Electro-Harmonix Hum Debugger
Signal hum can be a source of headaches and frustrations for all musicians. Throw a Hum Debugger into your effects chain, though, and you can kick that annoying sound to the curb. This hum eliminator isn’t a noise gate, and neither is it a noise suppressor, but it extracts hums and buzzes from your signal and turns it into dead silence via some sonic voodoo courtesy of Electro-Harmonix. Accurate and precise noise elimination has never been easier to achieve.
MOSKY Noise Reduction
The Noise Gate is budget guitar effects pedal maker Mosky Audio’s offering to those musicians who are having headaches dealing with unwanted buzzes, hisses, and hums in their signal. It takes you guitar’s dry signal and eliminates the noise level by up to 26dB within your effects loop. You can set the minimum volume threshold where the pedal’s functions kick in via a dedicated Gate knob. Just dial in your preferred threshold, hit the footswitch, and enjoy noise-free playing.
Pigtronix Gatekeeper
The Gatekeeper from Pigtronix is a lightning-fast, studio-grade noise gate pedal that eliminates any unwanted noise from your rig. Carrying Threshold and Release time controls, the Gatekeeper gives you 100% attenuation with unparalleled response time, making it the most efficient and valuable noise gate pedal available. It leverages high-speed JFET circuitry to fully get rid of hiss, buzz, hum, and other non-musical sounds from your signal path. The Gatekeeper will let you crank up your volume without worrying about hearing the disgusting 60-cycle hum or white noise common to high gain rigs.
Nux Loop Core
The NUX Loop Core is a turbocharged variant of the original and already the most versatile Looper in the market. NUX covered all the essentials in a Looper that lets you record and play back several layers, but now it incorporated a different level of goodies. Boasting 99 personal-user memories, 40 inbuilt drum patterns and now, a new range of well-thought-out user assists. Whether you compose, rehearse, or play live gigs, you will appreciate the innovative features of the Loop Core.
MOOER Groove Loop
Budget pedal maker brings together the Micro Looper and the Micro Drummer into one affordable, pedalboard-friendly guitar effects pedal. The Groove Loop makes for the perfect portable jamming companion, letting you use its looper and drum machine features either independently or simultaneously. The looper features 20 minutes of recording time and can sync automatically with the drum track. The drum machine comes with eight groove styles, each of which has two variations for a total of 16 different grooves.
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 (Orange)
With its pair of built-in 2” speakers packing 4W of output each, the Jam Buddy is Joyo’s solution for musicians looking for a quick way to practice without having to lug along a big and heavy amp. Bluetooth connectivity also lets you connect your phone or media player to the Jam Buddy so you can play along to a song or rhythm track. This floor-based multi-effects unit also features clean and overdrive channels,
JOYO O.M.B
Joyo’s OMB Looper and Drum Machine turns you into a one-man band with a single stomp. This single pedal can act as a looper, a drum machine, or a combo looper plus drum machine. The looper function lets you record up to 40 minutes of audio and features unlimited overdubs, auto-align, and count-in. You get seven drum patterns and seven drumbeats in drum machine mode, plus you can add fills to the patterns and use a tap tempo function. The OMB is an R Series pedal, meaning it has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini
The Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini is a drummer within a guitar pedal enclosure. It provides entirely hands-free, creative control of the beat. No matter what instrument you use, you can easily transition from verse to chorus, insert fills, throw in drum breaks, add accent hits, and more to yield an unparalleled live drummer effect. Utilized in the music programs of Berklee College of Music and Frost School of Music, the BeatBuddy Mini is arguably the most efficient way to enhance your rhythm and master different genres while improvising and having a great time.
Other Pedals
Dunlop JH-1B Jimi Hendrix
The wah pedal utilized by Jimi Hendrix was a 60s design by the Thomas Organ Company, manufactured by JEN. That was the distinctive wah tone heard on Hendrix classics such as Little Miss Lover, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Up From the Sky, and Still Raining, Still Dreaming. The Dunlop JH-1B Jimi Hendrix Signature Wah simulates Jimi’s famous timbres with impressive preciseness. From its attention-grabbing appearance to its astounding sound, everything about this wah pedal yells Hendrix.
MOOER Free Step
The Free Step is an innovative little guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox masters Mooer that pulls double duty as a vintage analog wah and a versatile volume pedal while being less than half the size of a regular expression pedal. You can shape the wah tone to you liking via the side-mounted Q dial. In volume mode, you can set the minimum volume from 0% to 50% using the Min. Vol. dial located on the pedal’s side.
Keeley Sfocato
Powered by a dual BC109 transistor fuzz circuit paired with a classic wah circuit design, the Keeley Sfocato guitar effects pedal serves up an aggressive fuzz and wah combo. The Sfocato’s Italian inspiration shines through, from its elegant chassis design to the sound of its auto-wah. Go from classic Knopfler to whacked-out Zappa-flavored tones through to unique, experimental weirdness. The Sfocato isn’t for the faint of heart, so if you want to kick subtlety to the curb then this little beast deserves a spot on your pedalboard.
Dunlop Kirk Hammett Cry Baby
Dunlop’s KH95 Kirk Hammett Signature Cry Baby Wah Pedal lets you add Kirk Hammett’s legendary wah tone to your rig. Developed alongside the metal guitar legend himself, the Kirk Hammett Cry Baby was meticulously tweaked and tuned to provide you with the wah-wah sound that has transformed metal solos. The engineers at Dunlop have taken Kirk’s tone, EQ, and volume settings and recreated them with supreme precision. The Kirk Hammett Cry Baby features a full dynamic range and thick top end.
Behringer Hellbabe Wah-Wah
Versatile, impressive tonal control, built to last, and affordable—the Behringer Hellbabe HB01 Ultimate Wah-Wah pedal is the perfect wah pedal for the guitar hero on a budget. Thanks to the Hellbabe’s fully optical controls, there are no mechanical pots and switches always in danger of wearing out in the middle of a gig. It also comes with an adjustable spring-back mechanism that you can remove if you want a more standard approach to your wah pedal’s operation.
Mission Engineering ReWah Pro
Featuring a metallic candy purple finish, the ReWah Pro by Mission Engineering is the new generation pure analog wah pedal. It has been built around an inductor of the type utilized in extremely high-end audio amps. The resistance and inductance are similar to the classic halo inductors, which are sought-after for wah pedals. The ReWah could be rewired with four circuit modifications to adjust the tonal characteristics through a tiny internal switch block. Switches can be used together or individually for sixteen tonal variations overall.
NUX Stageman Floor
The Stageman Floor Acoustic Preamp + DI by NUX is an analog acoustic preamp boasting digital effects and looper function. Preamp featured with an extremely sensitive three-band EQ with input gain control, adjustable notch filter, and MID scoop toggle switch. It also offers a massive headroom that gives you the sound all-natural. The notch filter helps you cut the resonating frequency. The Stageman Floor consists of Treble, Middle, and Bass knobs, depending on the speaker/amp characteristic, acoustic guitar’s body type, and playing style, you may tune your sound to your liking.
GOKKO SPANISHFLY
The GOKKO Spanish FlyGK-32 acoustic guitar pedal does double duty as a preamp and a direct input (DI) box. You get dedicated Treble and Bass knobs for tone shaping plus an Input dial for setting the input level. There’s also a cool Anti-Feedback footswitch with its own dedicated Antu-Feedback dial for cutting out volume feedback. And since the Spanish Fly is a DI box, you can use the XLR Out jack to directly connect your guitar to a mixer.
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.
Joyo Wooden Sound
Despite its name, the simulated acoustic sounds served up by Joyo’s JF-323 Wooden Sound guitar effects pedal are far from stiff and flat. You can coax rich, natural acoustic tones from your electric guitar without any signal squish, especially when you’re strumming out a rhythm. As one of Joyo’s Ironman pedals, the JF-323 Wooden Sound is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover for keeping your control dial settings safe from stray stomps. Way better than lugging around another guitar to a gig.
Mooer Woodverb
The Woodverb from budget stompbox maker Mooer is a reverb guitar effects pedal tuned specifically for expanding the tonal palettes of acoustic guitars. The Woodverb comes with three reverb modes, all selectable via a three-position toggle switch. First is the classic, lush space of the pedal’s magnificent plate reverb. The second mode adds a subtle chorus effect to the reverb. The third and final mode adds mild filtering into the mix for a snappier attack.
MOOER Slow Engine
Mooer has done all musicians a big favor by faithfully recreating the incredibly expensive Boss Slow Gear SG-1 guitar effects pedal and turning it into the Slow Engine, a budget-friendly pedal barely bigger than a roll of quarters. The Slow Engine silences the attack of your guitar signal to give you a classic volume swell effect that you don’t have to execute using your hands. The Slow Engine’s simple control layout features sensitivity and attack knobs, plus it comes with true bypass.
Radial Bassbone OD
Many players, including Bootsy Collins and Victor Wooten, rely on Radial for exceptional tone with or without an amplifier, and same goes with the Bassbone OD. It is a bass preamp pedal that provides you with two instrument input channels that feature passive EQ, level control, and low-frequency filter for sculpting your bass tone. Multiple outputs allow you to feed PA pre/post EQ, send a signal to a pedal, and connect to your amp on stage simultaneously with several instruments.
Source Audio Soundblox Multiwave Bass Distortion
The Source Audio Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion features all the low-end preserving fuzz and distortion tones of the original unit, repackaged in a portable, cast-aluminum chassis. It has 23 non-traditional and traditional synth-esque effects plus a three-band tone control, two user presets, Clean Boost mode, independent Clean and Distortion Mix controls, a three-level noise gate, Universal Bypass, as well as a multi-function input compatible with Hot Hand, MIDI, or the Source Audio Dual Expression Pedal.
Mission Engineering Rewah Pro Bass
Built around a custom inductor similar to the Rewah Pro for guitar, the Rewah Pro Bass incorporates a specially crafted circuit design suited for bass instruments. Both the large-core custom inductor and JFET output buffer work to minimize unwanted noise and distortion, maintaining the low end of your keyboard or bass even with the effect engaged. If you are in the market for a quality wah designed for bass, be sure to check out the Rewah Pro Bass from Mission Engineering.
Darkglass Microtubes B7K V2
The Darkglass Microtubes B7K V2 bass preamp pedal goes beyond an exceptional DI. It is a pedal-sized preamplifier and aggressive-sounding drive. It leverages the exact dynamic saturation circuit, four-band EQ, and balanced line driver that has earned Darkglass its place on numerous bassists’ boards. The V2 boasts exceptional tonal shaping abilities thanks to its Attack and Grunt controls as well as two mid-frequency selector switches. The dual outputs make parallel processing and running your signal into a mixing console or PA system a breeze.
Xvive W2 Overdrive Fuzz
The Fuzz Overdrive from Xvive delivers a tube-style drive that goes from subtle dirt to a screaming, highly compressed edge of breakup tube amp sound. It packs an insanely long sustain fuzz while giving you plenty of iron fisted tonal control. The Fuzz Overdrive also features impressively enhanced picking dynamics that you don’t usually hear in normally compressed fuzz and drive boxes. You can mix and match the Fuzz Overdrive’s effects any way you want.
EBS OctaBass Studio Edition
The EBS OctaBass Triple Mode Octave Divider identifies two to three-note chords and triggers the lowest note. It takes the vintage octave pedal and loads it with new features. Capable of adding a Korg-esque quality to the sound for dance-punk or sending a bass signal falling into stoner metal lows, this handcrafted pedal performs the job of three different octaves and plays nicely with other effects for more innovative sounds. The OctaBass can also work well with distortion.
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.
Morley M2 Passive Volume
The M2 Passive Volume guitar effects pedal from Morley gives you an audio level taper that’s as smooth a silk. Its response is consistent, it’s easy to use, and it’s very expressive. And since the M2 Passive Volume is a passive pedal, you don’t have to stick a battery in it or connect it to a power source in order to use it. Simply plug in and you’re good to go. This is plug and play volume control at its finest.
Lehle Mono Volume
If you want a powerful and precise volume pedal, the Lehle Mono Volume pedal is worth your while. This premium volume pedal belongs to any type of rig. Omitting the usual potentiometer-driven design, Lehle employed a magnet-controlled VCA design for unprecedented accuracy in a volume pedal. Using the gain control, you can select the volume range from -92dB to 0dB, as well as add a +10dB boost if necessary. A direct output allows you to send your unaffected signal to another amplifier, a mixer, or a tuner.
Boss FV-30H
Built like a tank and small enough to save valuable real estate on your pedalboard, the Boss FV-30 series of foot volume pedals is the epitome of the workhorse volume pedal. These volume pedals built using 100-percent professional-grade, aluminum die-cast units with smooth pivot action that registers even the most subtle of volume changes. The Boss FV-30H foot Volume pedal is a high-impedance pedal with a built-in tuner specially designed to handle direct guitar or bass connections.
Ernie Ball VPJR 25K
Much like Ernie Ball’s larger volume pedal offerings, the Volume Pedal Jr 25K is an excellent hands-free option for controlling your volume. It features a super-smooth sweep, a 25k ohm potentiometer resistance calibrated specifically for the perfect handling of active audio signals, and an independent tuner jack for unobtrusive onstage tuning. The 25k’s rugged and roadworthy construction means it can withstand the rigors of constant use despite being a very compact unit with a small pedalboard footprint.
Donner Vowel Mini
The Donner Vowel Mini is a two-in-one Wah/Volume pedal that delivers an exceptional Wah response based on the original Crybaby response along with a Volume function. Donner gives you all that within a footprint smaller than a standard Volume or Wah pedal. Press the footswitch to shift between Volume mode and Wah mode. The Vowel Mini includes two LED lights that show you the current mode: red for Wah and green for Volume. As a Volume pedal, the Vowel is capable of fulfilling the strict demands of each guitarist.
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.
Mission Engineering EP1-KP Kemper
Utilize the EP1-KP switching expression pedal from Mission Engineering to maximize your Kemper Profiling Amp. It incorporates a linear potentiometer that has been matched exactly to the specs of the Kemper Profiler for a natural and accurate response. It also includes a toe switch so you can turn effects on/off without needing a separate footswitch. The EP1-KP comes in black or green finish and is compatible with both the rack and head variants, as well as the Remote floor controller.
Mission Engineering EXP1-PRO
Boasting a sturdy, all-metal construction, the Mission Engineering EXP1-PRO is a professional quality expression pedal compatible with expression pedal inputs on keyboards, MIDI controllers, multi-effect units, and stompboxes. It carries an input level knob that enables adjustment of minimum level from zero to 80%. The EXP-1-PRO incorporates a custom made 10K Ohm linear, wholly sealed potentiometer that works nicely with various devices, and is rated at over a million operations for durability and excellent response.
Ernie Ball Expression Overdrive
Silky smooth transitions from clean to tube-style overdrive are made super easy by the Ernie Ball Expression Series Overdrive pedal. No need to play around with a guitar, pedal, or amp dial mid-song; it’s all hands-free so you can smoothly pile on the gain even in the middle of a complicated solo. Dial-in natural, tube-like overdrive via the dedicated Drive, Tone, and Boost knobs and then rock the treadle forward to effortlessly increase the foot-sweepable gain. Leave the treadle open and you get ultra-clear transparency that doesn’t color your core tone at all.
Mission Engineering EP-1 (Red)
Sporting a vibrant red finish and all-metal construction, the EP-1 by Mission Engineering is a professional quality, one channel expression pedal compatible with an extensive range of stompboxes, MIDI controllers, digital amps, and effects processors. You can utilize the EP-1 anywhere would use a Boss FV500, M-Audio EXP, Roland EV-5, or similar pedal. The EP-1 comes in a sturdy metal enclosure and purpose-designed sealed 10K linear potentiometer. It is a conventional style full-range sweep expression pedal.
Mission Engineering EP1-KP
Get the most out of your Kemper Profiler and Remote with the EP1-KP from Mission Engineering. This switching expression pedal features a linear potentiometer matched precisely to the Kemper Profiling Amp’s specs for a natural and accurate response. Even better, the EP1-KP carries a toe switch that you may connect to your Kemper Profiling Amp to turn effects on/off without needing a separate footswitch. Right down to its beautiful green finish, the EP1-KP pairs nicely with your Kemper amp.
Electro-Harmonix Lester G Deluxe
The Lester G is a full-featured Leslie-style rotary speaker emulator enhanced with a specially designed compression circuit that can further boost the rotating speaker effect when you use it with a guitar. This guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix also features Fast and Slow modes controllable via footswitch, an Acceleration dial that lets you control the transition rates between the different speeds, and a tweakable tube-style overdrive section for giving your tone extra grit and hair.
Joyo Rushing Train
The JF-306 Rushing Train guitar effects pedal from Joyo is all about big Vox sound, specifically that of Vox’s much-loved Night Train amp series. With four dedicated control knobs for tone shaping, you get pure British-flavored tube amp crunch that’s highly sensitive to picking dynamics. As part of Joyo’s Ironman line, the JF-306 Night Train is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover to keep your control dial settings safe.
Koogo Dumbler
Boasting high build quality and robust strength, the Koogo Dumbler is a classic Dumble amp simulator that delivers a distinctive vintage overdrive sound. Sculpt your sound using the Tone, Gain, and Volume dials (these functions offer supreme control of your ideal effect). The Dumbler also includes a Voice dial that gives a crisp bite and enables you to customize the color of your overdrive sound. The heavy-duty and durable true bypass footswitch engages it with a smooth action sans affecting the natural tone.
ammoon AROMA
Can’t be bothered to pack an acoustic guitar along with your electric? Go unplugged in a single stomp with the ammoon AROMA AAS-5 Acoustic Guitar acoustic simulator pedal. This pedal comes with three guitar modes—Piezo, Standard, and Jumbo—and has dedicated knobs for controlling volume, gain, and the body resonance of the acoustic guitar you’re simulating. The AROMA AAS-5 also features true bypass, letting your guitar signal pass straight to the amp without losing tonal integrity, strength, or frequency.
Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble
The rotary speaker has long been a staple of the classic sound of many legendary guitar heroes. With the Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble twin pedal stompbox, Boss lets you add that same vintage effect to your arsenal. Powered by Boss’s Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) technology, the RT-20 accurately reproduces the classic sound of a spinning, swirling rotary cabinet. The Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble also features onboard overdrive effects, adjustable transition times, and a virtual rotor display.
Two Notes Torpedo Captor 16
The 16 Ohm Torpedo Captor from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Two Notes is the minified version of the award winning Torpedo Reload reactive loadbox. Using Two Notes’ reactive technology, the Captor can mimic the impedance of a speaker perfectly, making you sound like you’re connected to a real amp cabinet even when you’re plugged straight into a PA, a mixer, a recording station, or even a pair of headphones. Use it with the Torpedo C.A.B.’s virtual cabinet collection for an even wider array of ampless tonal possibilities.
Empress Effects ZOIA
Empress Effects’ ZOIA is loaded with a massive collection of modules to realize virtually anything you can imagine. LFOs, oscillators, bit crushers, filters, envelope followers are only some of the available modules which may be connected in almost any way you desire. Essentially a modular synthesizer in pedal form, the ZOIA offers the modules required to build a tremolo or delay from the ground up. It allows you to craft your custom effects, midi controllers, synthesizers, and digital pedalboards. Empress Effects has also developed modules for all your common guitar effects.
Dwarfcraft Devices HAX2
Dwafcraft Devices has mastered the art of crafting guitar effect pedals that do many things extremely well, and the HAX2 ring modulator is no different. Lightyears ahead of the original HAX circuit it’s based on, the HAX2 combines ring modulation, an envelope follower, and a filter in one sturdy stompbox that can serve up everything from deep tremolo-style effects and psychedelic modulation to a pleasant, sparkly chorus. Four dials and four toggle switches give you all the control you could ever need.
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.
Sabbadius Mostro Synthesizer Fuzz Modulator
A significant fuzz pedal created using top-grade materials and silicon transistors. The Sabbadius Mostro Synthesizer Fuzz Modulator was designed and inspired by Dante Spinetta, who asked Nico if he could devise a pedal for his band, IKV, and said he wanted one that is capable of delivering an explosive fuzz sound yet very deformed. The Mostro Synthesizer Fuzz consists of Wah Wah Trick, Bias, Fuzz, and Synth Controller knobs, as well as a toggle switch that lets you select from Normal or Deform settings.
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.
WMD Geiger Counter Civilian Issue
This is the future of digital dirt. WMD’s Geiger Counter boutique distortion guitar effects pedal delivers a cornucopia of dirt tones, from the classic and recognizable to some insanely twisted, octave folded lo fi fuzz that brings to mind the irradiated wind that follows in the wake of a mushroom cloud. The Geiger Counter Civilian Issue is a stripped down version of the original, featuring 32 preset sounds and a far less complicated control layout.
