Tonebox Recommended Pedals
Supro Tremolo
The Supro Tremolo has been configured to emulate two iconic vacuum tube-based modulation effects you can find in 60s American amps. It carries an Amplitude/Harmonic switch that lets you select between the two vintage effects. The Harmonic mode gives you the psychedelic tones of Leo Fender’s vintage blonde and brownface amps, while Amplitude serves up the old-school swampy, tremolo sounds produced by bias modulating the original Supro amps’ power tubes. The Supro Tremolo also consists of Speed, Gain, and Depth knobs.
JAM Pedals RetroVibe
Made for Hendrix/Trower fanatics, the RetroVibe is Jam Pedals’ take on the most iconic Vibe pedal of all time. Jam Pedals originally wanted to emulate the sound of a vintage UniVibe. Upon getting there, however, they looked into leveling it up. The RetroVibe includes novel NOS 2SC828 transistors and carbon comp resistors for an authentic vintage sound. Jam Pedals also incorporated an additional internal trimmer which impacts the effect’s maximum intensity as well as manipulates the RetroVibe’s sound while keeping the pedal’s real vintage character.
Pigtronix Infinity Looper
The Pigtronix Infinity is arguably the most musical looping pedal in the market. Exceptionally powerful and versatile but still easy to use, the Infinity Looper establishes a new world standard for latency-free looping. Pigtronix’s revolutionary looping platform delivers quick record, dub, playback, redo and undo, on two stereo loop pairs configurable in different ways. Besides its performance friendly feature set and unparalleled speed, the Infinity Looper sounds marvelous due to its discreet analog limiter stages, 24bit/48kHz HD recording engine, and transparent analog pass-through.
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.
Death by Audio Evil Fuzz/Filter
The Evil Fuzz/Filter from Death by Audio sounds great with your guitar, synth, or amplified skateboard. It is absolutely psychotic destruction with blooming inverted compression. The CV/Expression in lets you adjust the filter in sync with an arpeggiating synth or manage it using an expression pedal. The Evil Filter is a combination of fuzz/filter with chaos factor that surpasses the sum of its chaotic parts. While you can use filtering and fuzz individually, the two effects are sonic co-conspirators.
Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner
Compact yet tough, the Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner serves as your one-stomp ticket to staying in tune. This gig-bag essential loads exceptional functionality and accurate tuning into a sleek, portable floor unit that is convenient to use anywhere. An innovative chromatic floor tuner with a large LED screen makes it an indispensable tool for bassists and guitarists. When performing live, you will appreciate the Pitchblack’s clear, well-lit display and the large footswitch allows for convenient access. The Pitchblack’s sturdy aluminum enclosure makes it roadworthy.
Drive Pedals
Carl Martin Hot Drive and Boost MKII
The Hot Drive’n Boost MKII by Carl Martin has been meticulously designed to emulate the sound of a delicate vintage distorting Tube-Amp. It is identical to the Hot Drive’n Boost but with a deeper and rougher sound. This two-in-one pedal provides you with an extra “kick” (up to 20db) for that attention-grabbing solos. The Hot Drive’n Boost MKII features an inbuilt regulated (+-12V) power supply. That allows Carl Martin to design top-grade circuitry with maximum headroom.
Keeley Aria
Two of Keeley’s most popular effects, combined in one stompbox. The Keeley Aria guitar effects pedal marries Keeley’s highly-transparent compressor circuit with the touch-sensitive overdrive circuit that powers the Red Dirt pedal. There’s a lot of versatility in this box; you get seven dedicated control knobs, plus the Drive channel has switchable low- and high-gain modes. Oh, and you can choose to put the compressor before or after the drive effect and even insert some other pedals between them.
Dr. No Effects DRIVE-O-MATIC
The Drive-O-Matic is the first and most epic Dr.No stompbox. Everything began as a fun side project while working as a guitar roadie for Peter Pan Speedrock. Witnessing the band perform for years, Peter mentioned he wants a handy booster/distortion to boost his lead gain. Fast forward, Peter now utilizes the Drive-O-Matic in the studio and live, demonstrating its versatility and durability. Dr.No’s first endeavor into the field of effects engineering has been a quick hit.
Death By Audio Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe
The Death by Audio Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe packs two fantastic, all-analog Interstellar Overdriver pedals with additional revamped options. It allows you to slam the first channel into the second for otherworldly overdrive sounds. Death by Audio has also included a six-position selector switch on Channel 2, featuring six different fuzz/overdrive effects. From a nice boost to a jet rocket lift-off, the Interstellar Overdriver Deluxe is the pedal to blow up your sound into the universe.
Lehle Sunday Driver
Maximize your guitar tone with the Sunday Driver by Lehle. This high-end preamp comes in a portable footprint. It boasts JFET-based circuitry and gives you two operation modes. It eradicates signal loss through effects and leads, keeping your signal clear and strong. Position the Sunday Driver preamp between your amp and pedals, select the Driver setting and get ready for tonal bliss—regardless of how many stompboxes you are running. With the Sunday Driver, your sound becomes fuller, livelier, and more dynamic.
Walrus Audio 385 Overdrive
At the heart of Walrus Audio’s 385 overdrive pedal lies the sound of a vintage Bell and Howell 385 Filmosound projector. With dedicated Bass and Treble pots, the 385 gives users free reign over the overdrive’s overall EQ and its unique, dynamic, highly responsive, and amp-like tone. This limited edition retro pedal packs all of the unique overdrive sound of the regular 385 but comes with a special enclosure design with a fully retro sensibility.
EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive Deluxe
The EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive Deluxe is the extended variant of the earlier signature model. It is an all-analog design boasting innovative features to transform it into your signature pedal. Built in collaboration with Billy, this signature pedal provides relatively more gain compared to the original purple version. The Billy Sheehan Signature Drive Deluxe carries Clean, Level, Tone, and Drive knobs, a phase inverter switch, boost drive footswitch, as well as three compressor modes—Mid, High, Off.
Tom’sline Cream Distortion
The legendary fuzz tone of Electro-Harmonix’s well loved Big Muff pedal, packed into a stompbox that literally fits in the palm of your hand. Budget guitar effects pedal maker Tomsline’s Cream pedal is full of rich, creamy fuzz tones that you can shape with its three dedicated control pots: Volume, Tone, and Sustain. Dial in everything from a subtle peach fuzz to full on grit and hair. You get big, saturated distortion from a tiny but sturdy fuzz stomp.
Death By Audio Exit Index
The Death by Audio Exit Index is a 100% analog warped tremolo and dirty distortion. It features controls for blend (Honey), speed (Romance), intensity/shape (Blood), and drive/rate (Fantasy), as well as expression in and two speed range modes. The Exit Index responds to input levels dynamically and is limited to a run of 157 units. Designed in response to the familiar tones created by the majority of tremolo pedals, it takes tremolo somewhere different. Use the Exit Index and hear the influence a reimagined tremolo can give to your sound when the concept is pushed to its limits.
Blackstar LT Metal
Reach for the Blackstar LT Metal distortion pedal when you want some high-gain metal mayhem. It is designed to provide modern guitarists with the aggressive high gain tones they need. This rugged pedal sports Blackstar’s signature ISF tone-shaping feature, which lets you adjust the tone of gain stages for a seamlessly customized sound. The ISF, TONE, LEVEL, and GAIN knobs let you control your tone for maximum impact. Realize that big metal tone in your head with the Blackstar LT Metal distortion pedal.
ZVex ’59 Sound
The ’59 Sound drive stomp from boutique guitar effects pedal company Zvex started out as a Box of Rock pedal. A few components tweaks and tune ups later, and it now delivers a sound that captures the pure magic of the legendary 1959 Tweed Fender Bassman. It features plenty of headroom, very low hiss, and a boost that can go from unity gain to 50 times the gain. The ’59 Sound Vertical’s standard pedal structure makes it easier to slot into your pedalboard.
NUX Metal Core Deluxe
The Metal Core Deluxe from NUX features two heavy distortion voices for classic metal and contemporary intense heavy sound with a tight bottom end. The Bass and Treble controls are highly sensitive. You may carefully twist them for a variety of tones. The Metal Core Deluxe features a tone lock function for keeping the setting safe on stage, true bypass, two-band EQ, and an inbuilt noise gate to keep the noise low while the gain is high.
Way Huge Conquistador Fuzzstortion
Way Huge is going all out with the Conquistador Fuzzstortion pedal. This incredibly simple pedal dishes out a tone described by Way Huge as “a giant Velcro strip being torn apart with great vigor.” While it sure is an aggressively voiced grit box, the controls for fuzz, volume, and tone enable the Conquistador Fuzzstortion to be musically sounding always. If you want a bold-sounding fuzz pedal with a ferocious gated sound, you certainly have to check out the Conquistador Fuzzstortion.
Mojo Hand FX Colossus
Handcrafted in the USA using only top-grade components, the Colossus Fuzz pedal by Mojo Hand FX serves up that classic Muff-esque fuzz you have been wanting. Armed with volume, gain, tone, and full range mids knobs, plus a three-position toggle with different EQ voicings, the ultra-versatile and tweakable Colossus Fuzz lets you dial in and sculpt your sound for various styles and genres. It comes in a sturdy, roadworthy die-cast chassis built to endure years of touring and gigging.
MXR M296
Already in a compact MXR housing, the Classic 108 Fuzz pedal provides you with all the vintage fuzz tones within a relatively tinier footprint. Similar to its bigger counterpart, the Classic 108 Fuzz is equipped with silicon bc-108 transistor for a dirty and round crunch. It also boasts a similar no-frills control layout—simply tweak the fuzz and volume controls to taste and begin riffing. You can utilize the buffer switch to make the fuzz play well with wah pedals.
ZVEX Vexter Fat Fuzz Factory
The Fat Fuzz Factory from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Zvex is versatile enough to keep the fuzz traditionalists happy with everything from subtle fuzz to woolly, gritty hair, while letting the more experimental push the envelope with some of the wildest and most out of this world oscillating fuzz tones imaginable. Whether you’re the former or the latter, the Fat Fuzz Factory will let you dial in your own idea of the perfect fuzz and then tweak it whichever way you like, even on the fly.
Danelectro D-7 Fab Fuzz
The Danelectro Fab D-7 Fuzz guitar effect pedal serves up a massive range of warm fuzz tones to fit your sound. Dial-in anything from vintage to more modern fuzz tones using the stompbox’s simple Volume, Fuzz, and Tone knobs. You get some of the clearest tones out of any fuzz pedal in the D-7’s price range plus loads of output and decent sustain. Slip this into your pedalboard to give your sound a little extra fuzzy kick.
CNZ Audio Fuzz
The CNZ Audio Fuzz Guitar Effects Pedal is capable of delivering the long sustains and additional harmonic richness of a distortion effect while blending in glitchy tones of a sophisticated fuzz pedal all within a single package. It produces a marvelous tone, giving the perfect amount of fuzzy distortion you want while complementing the natural sounds of your guitar. This simple fuzz pedal is an excellent choice for beginners looking to experiment with their music or play some hard rock. Advanced players can also customize it to complement an incredible guitar tone.
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.
MXR Custom Audio Electronics
The Custom Audio Electronics Boost/Overdrive from MXR features a combination of an independent clean boost circuit and dynamic overdrive in a portable pedal. The overdrive section is genuinely classic, imparting punch, warmth, and sustain without coloring your sound. The Custom Audio Electronics cleans up beautifully when you lower your guitar volume, making it highly responsive to picking dynamics and touch-sensitive without thinning your sound. Its top-grade components allow noise-free operation and seamless interaction with other pedals on your board.
J. Rockett Chicken Soup
Created to level up the twang of your Strat or Tele, the Chicken Soup Overdrive by J. Rockett gives you that classic Nashville sound. It carries Tone, Gain, and Volume controls that allow you to dial in any transparent, twangy overdrive you can imagine. Simple yet powerful at creating Nashville tone, the Chicken Soup Overdrive is capable of providing your sound with the Nashville resonance you want. Similar to other Rockett pedals, the Chicken Soup Overdrive is very quiet with true bypass.
Fulltone Catalyst
The Fulltone CT-1 Catalyst guitar effects pedal is one hardworking stompbox. It does the work of four different pedals: it’s a fuzz, distortion, overdrive, and clean boost pedal in one compact unit. If you use these four effects a lot and need to clear up precious pedalboard space, the Catalyst is the answer to your prayers. And don’t worry about the sound; the Catalyst can serve up gobs of ultra-fat non-compressed crunch, distortion, and fuzz sounds easily sculpted to your tastes via a two-band EQ. A true workhorse.
Amptweaker TightBoost
The Amptweaker TightBoost Boost Pedal has more volume, less gain, and delivers a cleaner boost to drive your amp harder. In addition to the famous Tight control, it also has a Mid boost control which gradually provides a Parked Wah tone, allowing you to conveniently add a modulated amount of “vowel” tone to your boost. The TightBoost pedal leverages distortion methods identical to the TightDrive, producing a warm, nice sounding, and tube-like breakup on its own when driven hard. It is nice to further overdrive an overdrive or distortion pedal or for delivering a solo boost to your amp.
NUX DRIVE Core DELUXE
A classic favorite tube-screamer circuit loaded with more dial-up options and features. The NUX Drive Core Deluxe is an analog overdrive pedal capable of carrying your signal in three ways for your basic needs. You may utilize the pedal as overdrive or clean boost. You can also mix up the clean signals and tube heated drive sound. The Tone control gives the final shape to your signal and manages the balance between high and low frequencies. The Drive Core Deluxe carries a three-position toggle switch that lets you select from clean boost, drive, or mix.
MOOER 018 CUSTOM 100
Mooer Audio’s Micro Preamp line of guitar effects pedals is all about giving shoestring budget shoegazers easy and affordable access to the legendary tones served up by classic and boutique amp models. The Mooer 018 Custom 100, in particular, replicates a boutique Plexi-style served with a heaping helping of sweet natural overdrive. It comes with two channels as well as volume, gain, low, mid, and high controls. It also features a cab sim on and off switch.
Donner Black Devil
The Donner Black Devil is an astonishing mini digital preamp pedal housed in an aluminium-alloy stompbox. This versatile dual-channel preamp pedal boasts an organic tube amp sound based on Peavey 6505. The Black Devil consists of seven function knobs labeled as Low, Middle, High, Gain, Reverb, Level, and Cab Sim. The Level, Reverb, and Gain knobs control the effect output, reverb amount, and effect gain amount respectively, while Low/Middle/High is a three-band EQ for tone shaping.
EarthQuaker Devices Arrows
The Arrows Preamp Booster from EarthQuaker Devices is so no-nonsense it’s almost zen. With its lone dial, you can either boost or cut your signal to give overdrive and distortion pedals an extra gain and sustain boost, boost the mids of bass-heavy effects, tighten up your low end and brighten the highs, or just make your guitar signal float to the top of the mix. The Arrows is all-analog, all-discrete, and an all-around essential addition to any pedalboard.
Walrus Audio Voyager Retro Edition
Whip up a full spectrum of overdrive tones with the Voyager preamp and overdrive pedal from Walrus Audio. The Voyager can dish out everything from soft and subtle drive to thick and heavy saturation without losing clarity or tonal transparency even at higher gain settings; crank the gain knob up and you still have enough clarity to bust out a searing hot solo. This limited edition retro pedal packs all of the regular Voyager’s overdrive capabilities but features a special retro enclosure design.
Donner Alpha Acoustic
Distinguished by its remarkable tone, user-friendly form factor, and compact size, the Donner Alpha Acoustic is an effects chain combining three effects in one, including a hall reverb, acoustic preamp, and dreamy chorus. It features an LED indicator that shows you the working state and buffer bypass that gives a transparent tone. The Alpha Acoustic consists of a Reverb module with natural decay and rich spaciousness, Preamp module for tonal improvement, and Chorus module for making the natural sense of space.
MOOER 016 Phoenix
Mooer Audio’s Micro Preamp line of guitar effects pedals is all about giving shoestring budget shoegazers easy and affordable access to the legendary tones served up by classic and boutique amp models. The Mooer 016 Phoenix, in particular, is based on the German Engl Fireball amp. Its modern, dark mid-range gain sound makes it a perfect stomp for chunky metal riffs and screaming shred leads. It comes with two channels as well as volume, gain, low, mid, and high controls. It also features a cab sim on and off switch.
Electro-Harmonix LPB-1
The original LPB-1 circuit was instrumental in the arrival of the age of overdrive in the late ‘60s. Electro-Harmonix has recreated that exact same circuit for its LPB-1 Linear Power Booster pedal reissue. With the LP-B 1, you can achieve full control over the gain and saturation levels of any amp you want. Plug it in ahead of the other effects in your effects chain and you can easily increase their attack and sonic definition.
Bogner La Grange
The La Grange pedal was designed with various tone-shaping tools and to emulate the famed “plexus” amp tones. Guitarists appreciate tools that carry switches for gain, structure, presence, and variance. Controls include tone, gain, volume, and a channel blend simulating the two channels of a 4 input 67-69 plexus amp. Unlike the Ecstasy blue and red pedals, the La Grange features an independent boost with level adjust as well as an expression pedal input that allows you to connect a volume pedal’s output to adjust the La Grange’s gain.
J. Rockett Lenny
Considered a “happy accident,” the Lenny is a reproduction of the iconic Dumble Steel String Singer popularized by Stevie Ray Vaughan. The plan was to build a Steel String Singer being pushed to give color, feel, and texture versus a merely clean and loud tone. It is a highly musical boost that adds color to your tone, in an inspiring fashion like a Neve console. The Lenny features a definite mid character as well as a sound that cuts through a mix. It also takes advantage of the advanced Speed Switch system.
Mission Engineering V-Boost Red
The V-Boost by Mission Engineering is a switchless variable boost pedal that incorporates an integrated buffer, available in overdrive and clean variants. The V-Boost Red provides you with up to 15dB of boost with a little amount of clipping to give some warm, classic overdrive sound. You may utilize the pedal on its own instead of an overdrive or in front of other drive and distortion pedals to raise the input levels and dish out some added grit on the pick attack.
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.
Laney Black Country Customs Steelpark
Boasting incredible versatility, the Black Country Customs Steelpark boost pedal helps you cut through and takes your sound in front of the mix. It works well with gain pedals. You can run it in front of your distortion or overdrive for a more compressed, driven sound or position it after to increase your distorted sound’s volume. The Steelpark consists of four control knobs and a three-way mode switch, allowing you various ways to find the ideal boost for your rig.
Modulation Pedals
MOOER Mod Factory Pro
The award-winning Mod Factory Pro is a massive step up from the Mod Factory MKII. It comes loaded with 16 modulation effects ranging from essentials like a chorus and a phaser through to the more far-out effects such as ring modulators and lo-fi filters. Each of its two modulation engines has its own footswitch, letting you mix and match them to your liking. The Mod Factory Pro also features tap tempo, expression pedal support, and true stereo output.
CNZ Audio Chorus
The CNZ Audio Analog Chorus Guitar Effects Pedal is housed within a sturdy metal body with weighted knobs for durability. This mini-sized pedal is travel-friendly, lightweight, and leaves lots of room on your pedalboard. It can complement any guitar sound or effect by producing several thirds, fifths and octave notes to control the effects. CNZ Audio designed this chorus effect pedal to be simple even for beginners. Thanks to its incredible effects and tone, advanced users can tweak the controls to make a beautiful tone sound even better.
Lone Wolf Audio Viper
The Viper by Lone Wolf Audio is a mad warped chorus with added bit crusher sounding like your worst nightmare. The switchable bit crusher allows you to have only a bit crusher, a chorus, or both simultaneously. The Viper consists of several controls, including Toxicity (secret control), Melt (intensity of the effect), Booze (modulation speed), Spew (wave shape), Warp (how bent the sound is), Goo (depth) and the special Lorinz knob that controls how bit crushed your signal is.
Donner Tutti Love
The Tutti Love by Donner is a straightforward and compact analog chorus pedal that carries a few knobs. The parameters Depth and Level are set by two little black knobs, and a larger one is for the rate of the chorus effect. The Tutti Love comes in a mini and durable aluminium-alloy enclosure. It is described as a classic style chorus pedal, so perhaps not very suitable for producing an exaggerated effect. Other features include true bypass for transparent tone and LED indicator that displays the working state.
Digitech Mosaic
Adding the DigiTech Mosaic to your pedalboard lets you produce lush 12-string sounds with your 6-string amplified acoustic or electric guitar. The Mosaic achieves that by generating doubled high strings and octave low strings that inspire your guitar tone with an extraordinary polyphonic richness and crisp shimmer. The pedal consists of Tone and Level knobs that give you full control over the 12-string effect. You will be amazed by the resonance, richness, and celestial movement the Mosaic brings to your guitar tone.
TWA SC-04
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-04 chorus is all about layering your sound in a classic analog chorus tone brimming with warmth and an organic appeal. Dedicated Rate, Depth, and Blend controls let you dial in the sublimely sculpted chorus tone of your dreams, while a true bypass function keeps the FB-04 from interfering with your pedal chain when it’s disengaged.
Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer
The Frequency Analyzer XO guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix is, at its most basic, a ring modulator, but the sounds it can produce go way beyond what your garden variety ring modulators are capable of. This updated stompbox adds moving harmonies to the notes you play while integrated high order filters enhance the variety of the harmonies and cut down on cross-distortions. Dedicated Blend, Fine, and Shift controls make it easy to dial in the perfect techno-tinged sound for your purposes.
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Bass Envelope Filter
The Soundblox Pro Bass Envelope Filter by Source Audio is a revision of its famed predecessor, the Soundblox BEF. In this Pro variant, you can select from four distinct modulation sources, including a passive expression pedal, selectable LFO waveforms, the Hot Hand motion-sensing ring, and standard envelope filter sweeps. You may use the expression pedal input to control filter modulation similar in a standard wah pedal or various parameters including effect selection, sweep range, LFO speed, etc.
Rowin Mod Station
A ton of high-quality modulation effects, all packed into a small, very affordable stompbox that you can carry around in your pocket. The powerful LEF-3808 Mod Station multi-effects stomp from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin comes with eleven distinct modulation effects, all of which can be further tweaked via its dedicated Level, Speed, and Depth pots. Its footswitch is also multi-functional: pressing down twice will switch between fixed and non-fixed mode while holding it down will let you store a setting you like.
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.
Maxon 9-Series Auto Filter
Maxon’s AF-9 Auto Filter loads the coolest auto-wah and swept filter effects into a portable, user-friendly enclosure. Opto-coupler circuitry emulates the shimmering, watery filtering of iconic vintage units. The AF-9 consists of Threshold and Peak sliders that let you adjust the degree of effect as well as Drive and Range switches that determine the filter sweep’s direction and range. The 100 Hz to 4 kHz frequency range and three selectable filter types (Hi Pass, Low Pass, and Band Pass) enable the AF-9 to work with just about any instrument or input signal.
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.
Rowin Flanger
Budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin’s LEF-312 Flanger is a very versatile, highly musical flanger pedal that punches way above its price class. You can dial in a wide range of psychedelic effects, from subtle spacey textures to full-on vortexes of flanged-out madness. The LEF-312 Flanger comes with a full complement of Color, Rate, and Flange knobs plus a two-way toggle that lets you switch between a normal flange effect and an exaggerated one where the comb filter’s been injected with stompbox steroids.
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.
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.
Alexander Pedals Wavelength
The Wavelength is a massively versatile digital modulation machine in one small, stompable package. The Wavelength has six distinct modulation engines—textured tremolo, bright chorus, eight-stage phaser, flexible flanger, photocell- and lamp-style vibrato, and resonant low-pass filter—all controllable via a customizable LFO. As a NEO pedal, the Wavelength can store up to four presets and up to 16 presets via a MIDI controller. Plug a foot switch into the multi-jack, and you can seamlessly sweep through two different effects settings.
MOOER Jet Engine
Despite its name, the Jet Engine flanger guitar effects pedal from the budget stomp maestros at Mooer can do more than make your guitar sound like a jet doing a low-altitude fly-by. You get two different flanger modes: Hi-Fi mode has a tighter high end while Classic mode serves up a warm, saturated flang effect. It’s also got a secret weapon: hold down the footswitch to engage Extreme mode and make your flanged-out signal soar to insane new heights. The Jet Engine is also one of the few flanger units to come with tap tempo.
Ibanez Paul Gilbert Signature AF2 Airplane Flanger
Get two pedals within a single package with the Ibanez Paul Gilbert Signature AF2 Airplane Flanger. It features two sections: one is an insane flange (Takeoff), while the other is a classic chorus flange (Taxi). The Airplane Flanger consists of Speed (modulation speed), Enhance (feedback), Range (depth of modulation), and Manual (delay time) knobs. It comes in a sturdy, die-cast chassis with a cool retro look. If you are in the market for an extreme modulation effect to include in your arsenal, look no further.
MXR ’74 Vintage Phase 90
The ’74 Vintage Phase 90 from MXR is a faithful reissue of the original with a hand-wired circuit board and hand-matched FETs. The MXR Phase 90 has set the standard for phasers, credits to its rich and thick tone. The in-house workhorse, acquired in the 70s, has been thoroughly spec’d and reproduced as the ’74 Vintage Phase 90. This reissue features a simple single knob operation. It comes dressed in a classic orange paint job and is embellished with the signature Script logo.
Keeley Super Mod Workstation
Pedalmeister Robert Keeley wasn’t kidding around when he named this modulation multi-effects pedal the Super Mod Workstation. It features two banks loaded with eight high-quality modulation effects each, from thick chorus and pristine digital delay to rotary emulation and wah. Mix ‘em, match ‘em, stack ‘em–you have the power. The Super Mod Workstation also comes with a dedicated tap tempo footswitch as well as expression pedal support for real-time parameter control. A truly super stompbox.
Source Audio Soundblox2 Orbital Modulator
Boasting a diverse sound palette, the Source Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator is an ultra-compact, versatile, and sturdy multi-effects pedal. It features a dynamic arsenal of precision-engineered flanger, tremolo, chorus, and phaser effects. Nine adjustable parameters, twelve effect types, and internal/external modulation control elevate it way beyond the sonic limitations of old-school modulation pedals. The Orbital Modulator’s rack-mount power gives you infinite modulation possibilities, including variable notch phasers, rotary speaker simulation, through zero flange, multi-voiced choruses, and many more.
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.
JAM Pedals Ripply Fall Bass
Following years of promoting the Ripple and WaterFall as a match made in heaven, Jam Pedals set out to offer both pedals, packed side-by-side, within one chassis—the Ripply Fall Bass. The WaterFall and Ripple still function as standalone units, but Jam Pedals incorporated several additional features. The combination of both pedals creates a rich and deep modulation making up for some excellent contemporary UniVibe tones. Engaging the middle footswitch lets you discover uncharted territories.
Rowin Vintage and Modern Phaser
The innocuously named LEF-313 Phaser from budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin is a tiny, very affordable, and very versatile phaser pedal that can punch way above its price class. With two distinct phaser modes, it’s already head and shoulders above your bog standard phaser stomps. Use Vintage mode for a warm, old-school phaser inspired by ‘70s sounds. Flip a toggle and switch to Modern mode for a more modern, full-bodied phaser tone with added depth and dimension.
NUX Monterey Vibe
Devised to reproduce the iconic 60s and 70s psychedelic rock guitar sound, the Monterey Vibe boasts all the classic Uni-vibe style selections: Rotary-Speaker, Chorus, and Phaser pedal. NUX revamped the vintage four-stage phaser circuit by replacing it with a revolutionary 32-Bit floating DSP for processing its custom algorithm. The Monterey Vibe produces a distinctive effect tone; a combination of rotary, chorus, phaser, and tremolo. You can find this unique tone in Robin Trower’s “Bridge of Sighs,” Pink Floyd’s “Breathe,” and the haunting audio mood for Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun.”
Rowin Mod Station
A ton of high-quality modulation effects, all packed into a small, very affordable stompbox that you can carry around in your pocket. The powerful LEF-3808 Mod Station multi-effects stomp from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin comes with eleven distinct modulation effects, all of which can be further tweaked via its dedicated Level, Speed, and Depth pots. Its footswitch is also multi-functional: pressing down twice will switch between fixed and non-fixed mode while holding it down will let you store a setting you like.
Blackstar HT-Modulation
The Blackstar HT-MODULATION delivers all the musicality of standard vintage effects, from mild tremolo to roaring jet engine flange. For the convenience of use, the SLOW/FAST control allows you to set the modulation time of the eight modulation effects as you play. You may add harmonics and real tube compression through the SATURATION control. The SLOW/FAST mode footswitch allows seamless control. The eight modulation effects include Phaser 1, Phaser 2, Multi Chorus, Vintage Chorus 1, Vintage Chorus 2, Flanger, Rotary, and Tremolo.
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 Pearl Tremor
The Pearl Tremor from Donner boasts a pure analog phase effect and produces a plump and warm sound. It carries a toggle switch that lets you choose between Vintage and Modern. It also features an LED indicator that shows you the working state and true bypass, which gives a transparent tone. The Pearl Tremor is packaged in a sturdy, aluminum-alloy chassis. It should not be used in direct sunlight, high humidity, high temperature, or subzero environments.
Ernie Ball Expression Tremolo
WIth its rocker-style pedal form, the Ernie Ball Expression Series Tremolo pedal gives you complete and precise control over its sweepable tremolo effects without requiring any extra expression pedal attachments. Choose from five different tremolo waveforms—Slow Rise, Slow Fall, Sine, Square, and Harmonic—and then use the treadle to control the tremolo depth and rate individually or both at the same time. Leave the treadle open in the zero position and you get an ultra-clear transparent signal that doesn’t color your core tone at all.
Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl mkII
The Warped Vinyl mkII is an analog chorus/vibrato pedal built to emulate the sound of warped vinyl and more. It boasts a 100% analog signal path which may be dialed in to produce an infinite palette of chorus and vibrato. Warped Vinyl mkII includes some revisions, including an increased signal to noise ratio and tone knob for shimmery, transparent chorus/vibrato. Moreover, every switch and knob is connected to a digital brain while your guitar signal remains fully analog and not digitally processed.
Sabbadius Tiny Vibe
The Tiny Vibe from Sabbadius Custom Pedal Effects is a more compact variant of the classic Funky Vibe, which emulates the rotary Leslie speaker with four photo coupler. It lets you play the vintage sounds like Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and more. On top of that, you can also play your signature sound. The Tiny Vibe features a true bypass mechanical switch. This condensed version of Funky Vibe comes in a red chassis consists of white knobs.
TC Electronic Shaker
TC Electronic loads plenty of character and vibe into its amazing Shaker Vibrato pedal. This little and very pedalboard-friendly stompbox provides you with vintage vibrato effects ranging from subtle to head-spinning. Utilize the level, rise time, depth, and speed controls to dial in your preferred vibrato effect, then hit the switch. You can also program the Shaker to Latch mode, making it do its thing just while your foot is holding down the switch. The Shaker is equipped with TonePrint technology and a USB connector.
Keeley Monterey
A must-have for anyone on a quest to emulate Jimi Hendrix’s legendary tones. Keeley’s Monterey multi-effects pedal combines a number of Hendrix’s favorite effects into one roadworthy bag of tricks. You get a rotary speaker, a vibe effect, and an auto-wah, plus a heaping helping of thick, highly responsive fuzz and variable octave up and down functions. Got an external expression pedal? Plug it in for manual control over the wah or the modulation speed.
TC Electronic Viscous Vibe
The Viscous Vibe by TC Electronic is a marvelous vibe pedal that allows you to emulate the Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe’s iconic sound in a contemporary, portable piece of kit. It features spot-on accurate reproduction of the unique tones and dramatic swirls of the Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe plus the ease of a modern pedal. It is TonePrint-powered so you can beam beautiful signature tones into your pedal using the free TonePrint App. The Viscous Vibe comes in a durable die-cast metal chassis built for life on the road.
Behringer Ultra Vibrato
Add everything from smooth, subtle detuning to mind-bending psychedelic high-speed modulation to your sound with the Behringer Ultra Vibrato UV300 Classic Vibrato guitar effects pedal. Sculpt and shape the UV300’s overall effect using the dedicated Depth and Rate knobs, then control how fast the full detuning effect kicks in with the Rise dial. You can also use the UV300 as an unlatched pedal, letting you activate the vibrato effect anytime you want without having to step on the pedal again to turn it off.
Voodoo Lab Proctavia
Octavia is a fuzz that produces the octave doubling effect (an octave up) popularized by Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix. The Proctavia from Voodoo Lab is an exacting clone of an iconic Octave pedal, the unit utilized by SRV, and regarded as the most desirable by vintage collectors. It features the same transformer-coupled output stage, germanium diodes, and transistors as the real circuit to create the intense distortion and high octave sound heard on several famous recordings.
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.
smallsound/bigsound Buzzz
The Buzzz by Smallsound/Bigsound is a highly customized take on a classic, incredibly gnarly superfuzz circuit. It retains the standard superfuzz sounds—a clangy and scrambled fuzz featuring noticeable upper octaving and lower harmonics/sub-frequencies—and provides you with more controls to access more subtle dirty boost and drive tones, gated sputter and low buzz-tones. The Buzzz carries interactive controls, including a more extensive gain range, tone-blast toggle, gain modifier toggle, octave on/off, passive LPF, and voltage starve.
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.
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.
Electro-Harmonix SLAMMI
Electro-Harmonix’s Slammi is a completely revolutionary new polyphonic pitch shifter. Its 11-way Max Bend control switch lets you get everything from a slight chorus shimmer to a three-octave up or down bend. You can rock it up and down like your typical expression pedal for smooth pitch shifts or leave it in the heel-down position to keep the effect engaged. And perhaps best of all, the Slammi tracks notes as fast as you play them. Polyphonic divebombs, harmony, and chorus effects have never been easier.
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Timing, Dynamics & EQ Pedals
MXR Carbon Copy 10th Anniversary Analog Delay
In the decade since its introduction in 2008, the Carbon Copy Analog Delay from MXR has become a rock ‘n’ roll mainstay. Its elegant simplicity, a healthy reserve of delay time, and lush bucket-brigade warmth have endeared it to guitarists worldwide. The M169A is a special edition of this bestselling analog delay pedal, featuring a lightweight aluminum enclosure dressed in a metallic silver paint job to celebrate its 10th anniversary. It comes complete with all the Carbon Copy goodness that made it legendary.
Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude
Fairfield Circuitry’s Meet Maude analog delay guitar effects pedal doesn’t just repeat the notes you play, it lets you use dedicated Tone and Feedback controls to mold and shape those reproductions into foreboding growls, heartbreaking wails, or anything else in between. The Meet Maude pedal features bucket brigade circuitry, 50ms to 500ms of delay time, and just the right knobs and switches to turn organic tape echo-style delay effects into mad science experiments in tonal decay.
Alexander Pedals Quadrant
As its name suggests, the Quadrant Audio Mirror combines four unique delay effects—magnetic, analog, digital, and lo-fi—into a sonic space-time stompbox. Complementing the rate (up to 915ms), feedback, mod, and mix controls is a new Glide knob that controls changes in the delay time; set it to low for a seamless shift and crank it up for pitch shifts. The Quadrant Audio mirror comes with expression pedal and MIDI compatibility, tap tempo, and an Auto-Trail setting that lets you control how long your delays ring out when you turn the pedal off.
Behringer Vintage Delay
Achieve true analog delays and vintage slap-back echo effects comparable to much more expensive guitar effects pedals with the Behringer VD400 Vintage Analog Delay pedal. The VD400’s vintage analog bucket brigade device (BBD) circuit can produce delays of up to 300ms, its advanced noise reduction circuit keeps your signal clean as a whistle, and dedicated controls for Repeat Rate, Echo, and Intensity let you sculpt and shape your tone into the exact sound you want.
Xvive Memory
Xvive’s W3 Memory analog delay guitar effects pedal has quite the pedigree. It’s designed by Howard Davis, who was the brains behind Electro-Harmonix’s popular Deluxe Memory Man pedal. Like the Deluxe Memory Man, the W3 Memory delivers clear, lush, beautifully modulated delay repeats of up to 600ms powered by Xvive’s MN3005 bucket brigade device chips. It even features the same preamp as the Deluxe Memory Man. It also packs a punchier delay than most, making it suitable for leads.
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man 550-TT
Electro-Harmonix just made the classic Deluxe Memory Man delay pedal even more versatile and powerful with the Deluxe Memory Man 550-TT. This organic delay and modulation stompbox comes with 550ms of maximum delay time and a Tap Tempo feature so you’re sure to always stay in sync with the music. Electro-Harmonix also bolstered the Deluxe Memory Man 550-TT’s already formidable tone-shaping prowess with support for an external expression pedal and an effects loop for freely injecting additional effects into the wet signal.
Electro Harmonix Cathedral
Give your tone a divine, otherworldy shimmer with the Cathedral Stereo Reverb guitar effects pedal from the fine folks at Electro-Harmonix. This programmable stereo reverb stompbox gives you true stereo input/output, 24-bit AD/DA conversion, eight programmable reverb styles that you can load and save on the fly, and a Tap Tempo button that can initiate an infinite reverb. If you’re looking to bring your tone to a holy space, the Cathedral is your one true ticket.
Seymour Duncan Dark Sun
The Seymour Duncan Dark Sun Digital Delay + Reverb was built based on Mark Holcomb’s favorite sounds from the Silver Lake Dynamic Reverb and the Andromeda Dynamic Delay. It blends a clean, warm digital delay algorithm and a rich Hall reverb, plus the ability to route both in virtually any configuration you desire. You may also sculpt the effect’s EQ, add saturation, or rich choral modulation, or utilize Dynamic Expression to adjust the effect’s mix with your playing.
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.
Strymon BigSky
Serving up a wide variety of reverb effects presently on the market, the Strymon BigSky serves as your go-to pedal for your reverb needs. You can capture twelve reverb types with a roll of a knob and dramatically edit and record the effects in the 300 onboard preset slots. For the best sound quality possible, a tremendously powerful SHARC DSP powers the unit. The BigSky is robust enough to be the last reverb pedal you will ever need.
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Neo
Belying its stature as one of the simplest digital reverb pedals available on the market, the Holy Grail reverb guitar effects pedal lets you add a layer of truly heavenly reverb to your tone. The Holy Grail Neo still features three selectable reverb modes, with one change. The unique flange-tinged Flerb reverb is out, replaced by a divine-sounding Plate reverb. Faithful recreations of classic guitar combo-type Spring and lush, spacious Hall reverb modes round out the Holy Grail Neo’s reverb offerings.
EarthQuaker Devices Disaster Transport SR
Albeit discontinued, the Disaster Transport delay guitar effects pedal remains one of EarthQuaker Devices’ more popular creations. It’s a digital delay with an analog voice that can dish out up to 625ms of delay time and serve up authentic tape echo delay complete with sonic eccentricities. You can boost the delay signal by up to four times its original signal level, while the modulation can go from a subtle warble to a super-fast tremolo effect.
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.
Caline Pressure Tank
Compressor pedals sometimes get overlooked, but the more balanced sound, a beefier tone, and insane sustain they provide make them essential parts of any good pedalboard rig. The Caline CP-47 Pressure Tank Compressor guitar effect pedal does all of that at a very budget-friendly price. It’s easy to use, giving you full control over your guitar signal with only three dedicated knobs: Level, EQ, and Comp. The Caline CP-47 Pressure Tank Compressor also comes with a true bypass feature.
Xvive Bass Squeezer
High quality compressors are essential tools for any musician. The problem is that most of them are pretty complicated and quite expensive. Enter the Bass Squeezer, a dead simple compressor mini pedal that won’t require three masters’ degrees and a whole stack of user manuals to dial in the perfect compression settings for your tone. Xvive and designer Jamie Mallender crafted the Bass Squeezer to be practically idiot proof, so whether or not you’ve used compressors before you’ll be able to plug in, tweak, and play quickly.
Truetone Route 66
The Comp 66’s silky smooth compression and the Route 808’s wide-range overdrive made them two of Visual Sound’s most popular releases. Following the company’s rebrand into Truetone, they’ve taken another look at these two classic stompboxes and given them the modernized reboot they deserve in the form of the Route 66. Aide from combining the functions of the Comp 66 and the Route 808, the Route 66 dual pedal features true bypass switching, independent compression and overdrive inputs and outputs, and clean mix knobs for maximum blending control.
EarthQuaker Devices The Warden V2
You can never go wrong with a good compressor pedal, and the Warden optical compressor guitar effects pedal from EarthQuaker Devices is a no-brainer. The Warden keeps your dynamics well in line, from barely-there compression to ultra-heavy squashing, but doesn’t sacrifice any of your tone’s original musicality when doing so. It rocks a feature set that you normally see only in studio-grade compressors, giving you complete control over your sound’s attack, release, sustain, and ratio.
Diamond Bass Comp Jr
Just like the original BCP1, the Diamond Bass Comp Jr provides a similar high-quality optical compression as well as a simple yet efficient Tilt style EQ control featuring selectable center frequency (250Hz or 900Hz), increased frequency response and high headroom to fit various active or passive 4/5/6 string basses. All that within a more compact and pedalboard-friendly enclosure compatible with a broader selection of pedalboard power supplies. The Bass Comp Jr features true bypass operation, bi-color LED, and premium audio components.
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.
Tech 21 Q-Strip
All the vintage warmth, grit, and punch you recognize from legendary ‘60s and ‘70s sounds, laid right at your feet in the form of the Q\Strip direct input (DI) preamp and EQ box from Tech 21. This compact, road-tough DI gives you all the studio-grade tone shaping power of a 100% analog MOSFET circuit and four bands of EQ inspired by the most highly regarded of console recording modules. Whether you use it onstage or in the studio, the Q\Strip will make you sound good.
Orange Two Stroke
Two Stroke is Orange’s take on the classic clean boost pedal, boasting increased flexibility. With an active dual parametric equalizer coupled with up to 12dB of output boost, the Two Stroke serves as an exceptional tool for fine-tuning your sound or driving the front end of your amp with unparalleled control. The dual-parametric active EQ enables anything from wide, mild cuts and boosts to narrow dips or peaks. The Two Stroke also features transparent buffered bypass and internal charge pump.
EarthQuaker Devices Tone Job V2
It’s not easy to cram the tone-sculpting capabilities of an audiophile-grade stereo preamp into a compact stompbox, but EarthQuaker Devices did exactly that with the Tone Job EQ and boost guitar effects pedal. The Treble, Bass, and Mid control knobs each have up to 20db of cut or boost, so you get a wide range of frequency responses from your signal. And speaking of your signal, the Level knob can kick it up by up to five times its original input level, letting you soar through the mix when you need a boost.
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.
Alexander Pedals Equilibrium DLX
The Equilibrium DLX is Alexander Pedals’ newer vintage modulation pedal—evoking the wobbly, sputtery, buttery sounds of yesteryear. The vintage sounding Equilibrium DLX packs all the “mod cons” into a pedalboard-friendly unit. The Equilibrium DLX draws inspiration from vintage tremolos. Painted in a unique ‘50s style finish and featuring three different modes, it boasts a tremendous appeal in both its tone and look. The Mix, Depth, Rate, and Shape knobs give you better tonal control. The Equilibrium DLX offers only the finest in authentic retro trem/vibe tones.
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TC Electronic Polytune Noir Mini 2
The original PolyTune Noir has set the benchmark for how supercool a tuner could be with its sleek black appearance and compact design. Now the PolyTune 2 Noir is a portable tuner featuring strobe, chromatic, and polyphonic tuning for quick and precise tuning. It comes with an ambient light detector and an ultra-bright 109-LED display that give you a clear and instant readout in any viewing condition. It loads the most groundbreaking tuning technology into an ultra-compact chassis sporting a basic black paint job.
Koogo Magic Tuner
The Magic Tuner pedal by Koogo maintains high precision chromatic tuning. Perfect for broad range tuning, this chromatic tuner lets you experience fast tuning with one cent precision. It comes with a deluxe LED screen that displays clear, easy to read results of tuning. The Magic Tuner boasts an enhanced analog circuit, without loss of tune. You can use it with most electric instruments, including five-string bass or seven-string guitar. Enjoy your vibrant and fun life with the Magic Tuner.
Korg Pitchblack Custom (White)
Housed in a limited edition sophisticated white enclosure, the Pitchblack Custom delivers pinpoint precision and exceptional visibility at your feet. Versatile display modes and three-dimensional lights provide an unparalleled level of visibility. Besides enabling extreme +/- 0.1 cent tuning accuracy, it has true bypass switching which avoids any coloration of your sound. The Pitchblack Custom boasts unprecedented precision and visibility for bassists and guitarists. Its high-efficiency, long-life design enables about thrice longer operation compared to the earlier model.
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.
Carl Martin Buff Deluxe
The Buff Deluxe is built to run alongside huge multiple effects boards with plenty of true bypass effects. The drawback of utilizing true bypass effects is that your guitar signal stays high impedance, leading to the loss of high note because of the several feet of cables running at the pedalboard, and not the slightest from board to amp. The Buff Deluxe features a Mute switch that directs your signal to the Tuner Out. That enables the removal of even the tuner from the signal chain as well as convenient and silent guitar tuning.
Caline Tuner Power
The Caline CP-09 Tuner-Power may not serve up any bizarre, mind bending guitar effects, but it can serve as the literal heart of any pedalboard rig by acting as both a tuner and a power supply device. In Tuner mode, you get a sensitive and stable chromatic tuner with am easy-to-see LED display. Switch it to Power mode and you can power up to six standard 100mA effects pedals and up to two 500ma power guzzlers.
Line 6 JM4 Looper
The JM4 Looper from Line 6 is an incredible looping pedal boasting plenty of features. It provides you with a complete array of exceptional loops and jams to spark your creativity, all loaded within a portable foot pedal-esque enclosure for hands-free operation. It has more than 100 Endless Jam tracks and drum grooves recorded by prominent players. You have as much as 24 minutes of recording time and storage for up to 100 jams, letting you hang onto amazing ideas and riffs.
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.
GOKKO Repeater
The GOKKO Repeater Looper GK-27 guitar effects pedal is a workhorse loop stomp at a price that’s very hard to beat. You get one control dial, one footswitch, and a lengthy 10 minutes of available loop time to craft your own highly intricate, multilayered tracks. Recording a loop and adding unlimited overdubs is simplicity in itself; press on the footswitch once to turn the LED red and you’re recording. Step in it again to turn the LED blue and that marks the end of the loop. Rinse, repeat, and enjoy.
Electro-Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper
Packing twice the recording length of the Nano Looper 360, the 720 Stereo Looper from Electro-Harmonix is the perfect looping tool for both in-studio recording and onstage performances. You can record up to 10 independent loops of high-quality, uncompressed audio thanks to the 720’s onboard 24-bit A/D/A converters. You also get unlimited overdubs, stereo in and out, a jack for an external footswitch, a loop fadeout mode, Reverse and Half-Speed effects, and more.
ammoon Stereo Looper
Budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Ammoon’s Stereo Looper turns you into a one-man band. The Stereo Looper’s feature set is similar to the Electro-Harmonix 720, which incidentally sells at almost twice the Ammoon’s price. The Stereo Looper comes with 10 selectable independent loops, each of which can record up to 10 minutes of high quality uncompressed audio. It also features 24-bit A/D/A, a 44.1KHz sample rate, unlimited overdubs, and undo/redo along with footswitch-controlled reverse, half speed, and fadeout effects.
Digitech Jamman Solo XT
After inventing looping many years back, the DigiTech JamMan Solo XT gives you the ultimate stereo looping experience. Increase the energy in your performance and gain new inspiration with almost infinite loops. Smooth transitions between looped phrases make the Solo XT an indispensable device for performing and composing. It features ten pre-loaded drum loops from Pat Mastelotto. Enjoy the stereo looping experience you desire from simple backing loops to complex loop layers with your band or by yourself. Polish your performance with Auto-Quantize, Auto-Record, three Stop modes, and adjustable BPMs.
Joyo Vintage Overdrive
The Ibanez Tube Screamer is one of the most cloned pedals around, but Joyo’s JF-01 Vintage Overdrive goes the extra mile to one-up the original at its own game. This guitar effects pedal is powered by an updated JFC4588 chip and makes the Tube Screamer’s creamy overdrive less muddy in the mids for greater tonal clarity. It also packs a wider gain range compared to the pedal on which it is based and costs much less than other enhanced Tube Screamer clones.
Truetone V3 Jekyll & Hyde
The Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde overdrive is a true classic, having been the first real dual effect stompbox ever released. With Visual Sound’s rebranding into Truetone, they’re releasing an updated version of their popular pedal. V3 of the Jekyll & Hyde drive stomp is a complete redesign that modernizes the original. It features the same warm Jekyll & Hyde tone but with modern conveniences like optional true bypass or Pure Tone buffered bypass, MIDI compatibility, and custom Forever Footswitches.
Source Audio Soundblox2 Orbital Modulator
Boasting a diverse sound palette, the Source Audio Soundblox 2 Orbital Modulator is an ultra-compact, versatile, and sturdy multi-effects pedal. It features a dynamic arsenal of precision-engineered flanger, tremolo, chorus, and phaser effects. Nine adjustable parameters, twelve effect types, and internal/external modulation control elevate it way beyond the sonic limitations of old-school modulation pedals. The Orbital Modulator’s rack-mount power gives you infinite modulation possibilities, including variable notch phasers, rotary speaker simulation, through zero flange, multi-voiced choruses, and many more.
Pigtronix Echolution 2
The Echolution 2 by Pigtronix serves up arguably the most sophisticated collection of delay effects ever. It gives you a delay line with as much as 12 seconds of delay and two taps that you can subdivide into several time divisions to produce cool rhythmical effects. An envelope, LFO, and innovative multimode analog filter allow you to create cool modulation effects. The Echolution 2 features a Halo mode that imparts sparkle to your sound. As if that were not enough, it boasts advanced control options, 60 killer presets, and much more.
Two Notes Le Clean
The tube-powered Le Clean dual channel preamp turns to sunny southern California for its tonal cues. It sports a super clean A channel with a vintage voiced pre-grain EQ and a drive saturated B channel with higher gain levels and a post-gain EQ with mid sweep. These channels can be used independently, in parallel, or cascaded for extreme tonal versatility. Each channel also features its own dedicated control knobs and EQ sections for iron fisted tone tweaking.
Empress Effects Tremolo2
The Empress Effects Tremolo2 is constructed to incorporate revolutionary functionalities sans sacrificing tone. It features an analog audio signal path, but the tremolo effect is controlled digitally through opto tech. Waveform selection, choice of eight rhythms, tap tempo, and complete preset system that can store as much as eight presets are all at your fingertips. The control port enables control of the Tremolo2 through external tap tempo, MIDI, control voltage, and an expression pedal, making the Tremolo2 extremely powerful.
Morley Mini Maverick Switchless Wah
The Mini Maverick Switchless Wah pedal, now updated with Morley’s iconic trapezoid treadle! The Mini Maverick is all about bringing you big sound and expansive features in a tough, compact chassis ideal for crowded pedalboards. It packs a hybrid punch of vintage and modern wah tones powered by a custom MQ2 inductor. The Mini Maverick features Morley’s whole slate of modern wah innovations: it’s electro-optical, it has True-Tone Bypass Buffer circuitry, and it has a switchless operation.
Boss MS-3 Switcher
The Boss MS-3 Multi-Effects Switcher takes the concept of multi-effects processors and pedalboards to a whole new level. Combining six internal pedal effects and seamlessly integrating with up to three external pedals, the MS-3 is both a multi-effects engine and a multi-pedal switch in one tiny, dedicated unit. The MS-3 also allows you to switch between different amp channels, adjust effects on the fly in real-time, connect compatible MIDI devices, and more without compromising for pedalboard space.
Radial BigShot I/O
The Radial BigShot I/O is your bankable buddy when it is time to change instruments during your set. This simple, handy box allows you to connect your two primary guitars, utilizing one out to feed your amp. It makes changing between guitars painless. The BigShot I/O also carries a mute switch which routes your audio to the tuner output, letting you sort out your tunings midshow (a switch for “always on” tuning is available as well). Quit pulling cables out of your guitars now with the BigShot I/O.
Carl Martin Match Box
The Carl Martin Match Box addresses the issues you encounter when utilizing two instruments through one amp. It is an A/B Switch with individual Gain controls for the instrument inputs. You can plug two instruments into Input 1 and Input 2, connect the Output either directly into your amplifier or pedalboard, and adjust the Gain controls on the Match Box so both instruments deliver a similar Output Gain to the pedalboard or amp. That eradicates the need to reset Gain levels on the amp when changing guitars and lets you switch instruments conveniently and quickly during your performance.
Boss ES-8 Switching System
For pedal-obsessed musicians, the Boss ES-8 Effects Switching System is a straight-up gamechanger. You can create elaborate pedal chains and route them however you want with its eight separate loops. You can customize and store up to 800 patches in its onboard memory and add specific control parameters such as patch delay times. You can customize the pedal function assignments. All that plus LCD and seven-segment LED displays, switchable buffers, and an analog circuit that keeps your tone crystal clear.
Big Joe B-406
The Big Joe B-406 A/B Switcher does one thing—let you switch between two different channels—and does it really well. It’s simple to operate, the switch is extremely quiet, and is all passive with virtually no additional overall noise. It also has two bright LEDs that indicate which of the two channels are active, so you don’t have to strain your ears to verify that the right amp is engaged while you’re in the middle of a gig.
Mosky Dec Mini
The Dec Buffer Booster from budget guitar effects pedal brand takes its circuit design and tonal cues from the Wampler Decibel+ buffer and boost pedal. It packs two essential pedalboard problem solvers into one compact pedal: excellent, stable signal buffering and a pristine clean boost. Controls are dead simple; you get one knob that controls the gain level and one footswitch. THe Dec Buffer Booster knows what it’s supposed to do and does it well.
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.
Empress Effects Buffer Plus Stereo
The Empress Buffer+ Stereo seeks to eradicate signal loss due to long, unbuffered cable runs, which has long been an issue for guitarists. Empress Effects has incorporated the features of its Buffer+, including the noise filters, input padding, foot-switchable boost, and variable input loading, along with several new features such as an external switch control, AB/AY switching, and full stereo in/out connectivity. The Buffer+ Stereo boasts 12 operating modes, each with a separate signal routing to deliver supreme adaptability and versatility to virtually any rig.
Mission Engineering VM-Pro (Red)
Housed in a fiery red chassis, the VM-PRO by Mission Engineering is the most sophisticated volume pedal you will find. It addresses several common issues with volume pedals, which result in mismatching and tone sucking problems. It works with your baritone, bass, electro-acoustic, or electric guitars. The VM-PRO is also compatible with other electric and acoustic instruments such as steel guitars, electronic keyboards, and instrument microphones. It incorporates compatibility switches for utilization with passive/active pickups as well as fuzz pedals.
Old Blood Noise Endeavors 3 Band EQ + Buffer
The EQ + Buffer is a special edition of Old Blood Noise Endeavors’ Buffer and 3 Band EQ. Sliders and inverted color scheme provide you with a different visual and tactile experience for a handy circuit you must have in your chain. A switchable 3 Band EQ and always on Buffer. You will appreciate the Buffer when you employ multiple pedals or long cables, while the EQ is perfect for tailoring frequencies to specific parts, guitar switches, or as an always-on EQ.
Radial Elevator
Spec’d from fully discrete circuitry, the Radial Elevator injects a dose of added versatility to your whole guitar rig. It breaks down aptly into two sections: a footswitchable clean boost on the output side and buffer on the input side. The buffer provides you with three modes, including true bypass, flat buffer, and drive setting for some extra gain if necessary. Unlike many buffer pedals, the Elevator has a variable load control that allows you to achieve the cleanest sound possible.
Rowin Noise Gate
Make unwanted signal noise a thing of the past with the LEF-319 Noise Gate from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin. With this in your pedal chain, you can cut out all of the hisses, buzzes, and hums that dirty up your signal without sacrificing your core tonal characteristics. A dedicated threshold knob lets you dial in that sweet spot where you want the gating effects to kick in, while a two-position toggle lets you switch between hard gating and soft gating.
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.
Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Noisy signals are the bane of musicians the world over. That’s why noise suppressor pedals have become pedalboard mainstays, and the Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor is one of the best options available. It uses a unique noise detection circuit that identifies and separates your instrument’s signal from the noise and hum components, eliminating the latter while letting the former shine through with its natural attack and sonic envelope perfectly preserved. You can dial in the precise amount of noise elimination and suppression via dedicated Threshold and Decay knobs.
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.
Koogo Noise Gate
Minimize the noise from your input signal without sacrificing your original signal’s quality with the Koogo Noise Gate. It provides you with a choice between two working modes: Soft and Hard. Soft gives you soft noise reduction effect while Hard delivers hard noise reduction effect. You can adjust the noise reduction degree from -70 to +10dB. Boasting solid construction, the Noise Gate comes in an all-metal chassis that makes it ultra-compact and exquisite, and like other exceptional effects pedals, it features true bypass.
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.
Digitech Jamman Solo XT
After inventing looping many years back, the DigiTech JamMan Solo XT gives you the ultimate stereo looping experience. Increase the energy in your performance and gain new inspiration with almost infinite loops. Smooth transitions between looped phrases make the Solo XT an indispensable device for performing and composing. It features ten pre-loaded drum loops from Pat Mastelotto. Enjoy the stereo looping experience you desire from simple backing loops to complex loop layers with your band or by yourself. Polish your performance with Auto-Quantize, Auto-Record, three Stop modes, and adjustable BPMs.
Joyo JAM BUDDY (Black)
There are a lot of guitar multi-effects processor units that have headphone jacks now. The Jam Buddy from Joyo one-ups them all by having both a headphone jack and built-in speakers. The Jam Buddy’s two 2” 4W speakers have enough power for a quick practice session without bothering the neighbors, and its rechargeable battery will let you extend the jam session to up to three hours. The Jam Buddy also features footswitchable clean and OD channels, a built-in delay, and Bluetooth connectivity for playing along to an audio track.
Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini
The Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini is a drummer within a guitar pedal enclosure. It provides entirely hands-free, creative control of the beat. No matter what instrument you use, you can easily transition from verse to chorus, insert fills, throw in drum breaks, add accent hits, and more to yield an unparalleled live drummer effect. Utilized in the music programs of Berklee College of Music and Frost School of Music, the BeatBuddy Mini is arguably the most efficient way to enhance your rhythm and master different genres while improvising and having a great time.
Mooer Micro Drummer
Rock, pop, jazz, R&B, funk, latin, metal, blues, reggae—whatever style of music you play, the Micro Drummer can serve up a pretty authentic drum track emulation for it. This digital drum machine guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox masters Mooer is packed with 121 different drumbeat patterns spread across 11 genres. Just pick a genre with the rotary selector, dial in your preferred volume, speed, and tone, and then use the tap tempo to get the beat you want.
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.
Joyo GEM BOX III
The Gem Box III is Joyo’s flagship entry in the guitar multi-effects processor arena, and it packs quite a punch. The Gem Box III features 61 preamp models, 157 effect types, and 300 preset tones. It also comes loaded with 26 impulse responses, to which you can add your own via Joyo’s Studio software. For playing solo, the Gem Box III’s drum machine with 40 presets and 10 metronome rhythms will come in handy along with the 52-second looper. And when it’s time to hit the stage, this sturdy unit will hold up to the rigors of the road.
Other Pedals
Mooer WPH1
Budget stompbox company Mooer gives the classic phaser pedal a unique spin with the Phaser Player guitar effects pedal. It features three different phaser sounds: a classic phaser effect; a repeating, sample and hold type of phaser; and a phaser with manual wah-like sweeping. Yeah, the Phaser Player, tiny as it is, can be used as a sort of expression pedal. It actually has three activation modes: normal latching footswitch, momentary footswitch, and a hybrid mode combining the first two. Not bad for a stompbox you can put in your pocket.
JAM Pedals Wahcko Bass
A wah pedal like no other. The Wahcko Bass by Jam Pedals is a product of lengthy and painful research. This real, vocal and vintage-sounding wah pedal features a retuned filter frequency spectrum to suit the register of the bass. The Wahcko Bass is equipped with carbon comp resistors, a RED Fasel inductor for a pure vintage sound, six-position rotary switch for various frequency sweep range, mini LED, and internal trimmer for setting the input gain.
JOYO MULTI-MODE WAH
Joyo’s WAH-II Multimode Wah and Volume pedal gives you two modes to choose from: a Wah with True Bypass and a combined Wah + Volume pedal. The Wah is pretty versatile; you can tweak the effect’s Q values, the sweep’s width, and the frequency range. The Volume side is comparatively more barebones, with just a dial for setting the minimum volume. It’s just barely larger than the average compact pedal, too, so you have more flexibility when choosing where to put it on your pedalboard.
Morley Mini Michael Amott Wah
Morley has gone and captured metal legend Michael Amott’s favorite wah tone and sweep and bottled it in the form of the Mini Michael Amott Wah effects pedal. Built to handle Amott’s brutal high-gain tone, the Mini Michael Amott Wah sounds as good as it looks. This pedalboard-friendly mini wah features Morley’s signature electro-optical circuit design, True-Tone Bypass Buffer, and switchless operation. Pedals with the epic blood spatter and Arch Enemy-inspired Morley logo are limited to 500 pieces worldwide.
EBS WahOne
The WahOne by EBS lets you produce anything from vintage classics to contemporary wah-wah sounds with depth and warmth. This genuinely versatile wah-wah pedal is specially developed to level up your bass groove. The WahOne is built on the classic wah-wah concept plus additional features. It includes various cool options such as an inbuilt tube simulator circuit. Boasting a convenient dial-in design, the WahOne keeps you in control. Employ it as a volume pedal, wah-wah, or envelope filter.
Morley Power Wah Volume
The Morley PWO Power Wah cranked up to 11 by the addition of a new volume control circuit. The PWO Power Wah Volume comes equipped with a custom HQ2 inductor that brings the classic funk and a volume control section with a silky smooth audio taper. Morley’s innovative electro-optical circuit design makes worn out pots a thing of the distant past while True-Tone Bypass Buffer technology keeps your tone pure and pristine in both wah and volume mode.
JOYO D-SEED
The Joyo D-Seed guitar effects pedal is a dual-channel digital delay that serves up a bevy of highly musical delay tones. You get 17ms to 1000ms of delay time plus four delay modes. First is Copy, which just plays back the notes you play without any additional effects. Analog emulates the warmth of an analog BBD delay pedal and Modulation adds a splash of chorus to the delay effect. Finally, there’s Reverse for when you want to get really weird and trippy. Great delay effects at a similarly great price.
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.
Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
Want to dive into a soft and sweet acoustic ballad in the middle of a set but don’t have the slightest inclination to bring along a big and bulky acoustic guitar? The Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator lets you travel light. With its powerful Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) technology and four different acoustic simulation modes, you can turn any electric guitar into a variety of warm and bright acoustics using the Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator.
Danelectro D-8 Fab Delay
The Danelectro Fab D-8 Delay guitar effect pedal dishes out up to 600ms of amazingly musical delay at an unbeatable price point. Proving that you can get a lot of flexibility out of a mere three control knobs, you can use the dedicated Delay, Time, and Repeat knobs to dial in anything from a quick and fast slapback effect to long, spacey delays. A worthy digital delay to add to any budget-conscious musician’s everyday pedalboard setup.
MOOER Lofi Machine
The LoFi Machine guitar effects pedal from budget stompbox masters Mooer takes your guitar signal and reduces its sample rate to create everything from subtle grunge with a sprinkling of glitch to full-on digital squawk effects. The sample rate and wet/dry signal mix are controlled via dedicated mini-knobs while the big Bit knob dictates the sampling depth. The LoFi Machine also has a three-way toggle switch for optimizing the effect for guitar, bass, and synth inputs.
Rowin LT-901
A tuner is arguably the most important tool a musician can have in their arsenal. The tiny LT-901 mini chromatic guitar tuner from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin is an ideal fit for those who want to make efficient use of space on their pedalboards. Short of a clip-on tuner, the LT-901 is one of the most inconspicuous and affordable tuners available on the market. Don’t let its small size deter you, though; it’s fast and has a large display so you won’t have to squint.
Aguilar AGRO
Aguilar’s AGRO is based on the saturation channel of its famed AG 500 bass head. It can produce anything from warm, tube-like overdrive to extreme distortion, delivering the grind you want without sucking out your low end. The AGRO provides various overdriven sounds within a user-friendly, 4-knob layout. It includes CONTOUR control that lets you dial in a scooped or more powerful boosted midrange sound, SATURATION control which introduces a tremendous range of distortion, output LEVEL control to ensure that you get your desired distortion, and PRESENCE knob for adding the perfect amount of “attack.”
TC Electronic Spectradrive
The SpectraDrive Bass Preamp and Line Driver packs some of TC Electronic’s most sought-after tone-shaping options: a clean, powerful, modifiable, transformer-balanced DI and an arsenal of intelligent practice features into one enclosure. The four-band EQ makes short work of fixing all tonal deficiencies in your instrument or creating a certain aesthetic. SpectraComp (compression) and TubeDrive (drive/distortion) sections provide you with almost endless options to transform your tone. An inbuilt BonaFide Buffer ensures your signal stays full and bright amid lengthy cable runs.
Darkglass Vintage Microtubes
The Darkglass Vintage Microtubes allows you to produce natural-sounding warm, tube-like tones. Playing through this pedal gives an organic compression evocative of vintage tube amps and tape machines. The Vintage Microtubes features Blend, Drive, and Level knobs you can utilize to dial in and fine-tune its overdriven and clean signals. The pedal boasts an Era knob that delivers anything from ’70s midrange warmth to contemporary metallic punch. The Vintage Microtubes might be just what your tone has been missing.
Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra
The Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 builds on its predecessor’s sonic tenacity and provides extreme versatility for your bass tone. At the request of several players, Darkglass has incorporated a balanced XLR output with switchable cabinet emulation—you can get whole, amp-like tone by merely going straight to the recording chain or sound system. You may also connect to your PC or Mac using a USB to load up various virtual cabinet emulations. From your rehearsal to recording or performance, the Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 is a handy bass preamp pedal.
Donner DI Box
With the Donner DI Box, routing your signal straight to a pro audio system or mixer has never been as better-sounding and easier. It consists of Balanced/Unbalanced output, Cabinet Simulator for replicating onstage speaker setups, GND Lift function, and a Gain switch for boosting low-level signals (-20db, 0dB, +20db). It also features a true bypass output so you can still connect to your amp. The GND Lift button can help you eradicate hum or ground loops.
Darkglass Vintage Ultra
Enjoy broader sonic options for live and studio applications with the Darkglass Vintage Ultra V2 pedal. At the request of players, the Vintage Ultra V2 has an individual switch for the overdrive section, letting you toggle it without changing your other settings. Every mid control includes a three-way toggle switch for six distinct mid-emphasis settings in total. The Master volume control allows you to adjust your signal. Boasting a switchable impulse-response cabinet emulation for realistic direct tone, the Vintage Ultra V2 serves as a one-stop shop for an awesome bass tone.
Morley Little Alligator Volume
The linear taper in Morley’s Steve Vai Little Alligator optical volume pedal is Vai specified, stamped, and approved. This means you get a dependable and sturdy volume pedal with a smooth and seamless sweep that works equally well in your effects loop or straight into a front amp input. The Little Alligator’s electro-optical circuit design means you won’t have to worry about worn out pots and it can handle both guitar and bass signals perfectly.
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.
Big Joe Volume
The Big Joe B-602 Volume guitar effects pedal is a uniquely-buffered active design volume pedal featuring true bypass. A three-way switch lets you choose between three operation modes: the normal classic buffered volume mode, a -12db cut mode that gives you finer volume control, or a customizable Program mode that lets you dial in the precise dB parameters you want, from 6db to 18db of gain and -6bd to max signal off cut. The Big Joe B-602 Volume can handle both high and low impedance signal loads.
DOD Mini Volume
The passive DOD Mini Volume pedal provides you with a complete range of volume control, without taking up a lot of pedalboard real estate. Despite its extremely compact package, its rugged steel construction, non-slip rubber base, and gear drive mean there are no strings to break. The Mini Volume boasts the same footprint as most pedals that are double its size and price. It also has a high-quality 500k potentiometer that makes it suitable for all volume pedal applications.
Ernie Ball 250k Mono Volume Pedal
Get complete and precise volume control right at your feet. The Ernie Ball 6166 250k Mono Volume Pedal is an excellent hands-free option for controlling your volume. It features a super-smooth sweep and has a micro taper switch that lets you choose between two different volume swell rates. It’s calibrated specifically for the perfect handling of passive audio signals and comes with an independent tuner output for unobtrusive onstage tuning. The 250k’s rugged aluminum construction means it can withstand the rigors of constant use.
Death By Audio Soundwave Breakdown
Now boasting an external volume control, the Soundwave Breakdown from Death by Audio turns the idea of a screaming fuzz pedal inside out. It leverages reversed matched transistors to achieve its bombastic sound. The very positions of the controls produce entirely different sounds ranging from grind, fuzz, and buzz to bleeps, synth sounds, and more. The Soundwave Breakdown grants you a massive universe of gnarliness and creates the alien to your amp. Be warned though as it is always only grizzled psycho fuzz.
Mission Engineering EP1-L6
Manage all your Line 6 gears that incorporate expression inputs with the EP1-L6 expression pedal from Mission Engineering. You will appreciate the EP1-L6 if you love to whammy and wah with your Pod HD or other Line 6 equipment. Built in the USA, the EP1-L6 boasts a stainless steel and all-aluminum construction as well as high-quality components for years of seamless operation and rock-solid reliability. It features a non-slip rubber pedal surface so it will stay in place during your highly energetic performances.
Mission Engineering SP-25L-Pro Aero (Black)
The Aero design’s extended sweep makes it an outstanding, versatile expression pedal for volume and effects parameter controls. The rear cut away as well as extended length curved surface have been ergonomically designed for ease of use whether you are sitting or standing. The SP-25L-PRO includes dual 25K outputs with polarity selection and a latching toe switch that works with various devices for acoustic instruments, keyboards, and guitar both in the studio and live. The SP-25L-PRO comes in a black stealth style powder coat finish.
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 Expressionator
Get more from your expression pedal with the Mission Engineering Expressionator Multi-Expression Controller. It lets you connect a single expression pedal with as much as three expression-enabled effects and manage them either separately or simultaneously. It samples the input from a standard expression pedal, digitally manipulates it, keeps it, then converts the signal back to three analog outputs through CV or digital potentiometer. It works with expression pedal inputs on most multi-effects units, stompboxes, and MIDI controllers.
Mission Engineering SP-H9 Eventide
Thanks to the SP-H9 Eventide from Mission Engineering, you can now optimize your H9 Harmonizer. Connects to your H9 via a single TRS cable, this pedal calibrates smoothly with the H9 and provides pitch transitions and delay without glitch through an expression controller with an integrated switch. For added flexibility, the SP-H9 Eventide is fitted with a jack for an external AUX switch. Jointly developed by Eventide and Mission, the SP-H9 will make your H9 Harmonizer even better.
Mission Engineering EP-HR
The EP-HR by Mission Engineering is a secondary expression pedal specially built for your Headrush Guitar Amp/FX Modeler. You may connect to the Headrush’s EXPR2 port with a single TRS cable. The EP-HR works in conjunction with the onboard pedal in both Advanced and Classic mode. Utilize one pedal for wah and the other for volume, or configure advanced functions in real-time such as distortion level or delay repeats. The EP-HR comes in a sturdy, flat black chassis.
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.
Pigtronix Rototron
It is virtually impossible to achieve realistic dual-rotor cab sound until the Rototron came. This pure analog rotary speaker effect merges phase shifting, frequency modulation, bucket brigade-based chorusing, tremolo, and a three-position crossover all carefully voiced to nail unparalleled, three-dimensional rotary realism within a portable, user-friendly pedal. Designed by David Koltai and Howard Davis, the Rototron faithfully emulates the intricate acoustic sensation of the iconic dual rotor 122 and 147 cabinets as utilized by the Beatles, Danny Gatton, and Peter Frampton, among several others.
Carl Martin Rock Bug
The Rock Bug by Carl Martin is an amp/speaker simulator and headphone rehearsal unit running on a single 9v battery. Simply plug your guitar into the unbalanced 1/4″ input of the headphone amp, connect your favorite headphones to the unbalanced 1/4″ output, and off you go. You can choose between closed and open cabinet simulation through the mini-toggle switch, adjust your guitar’s volume using the Guitar knob, and wail away thanks to the privacy of your headphones.
T-Rex Viper
The Viper by T-Rex Engineering is an attractive, phenomenal-sounding effect pedal taking the classic swirling vibe sound and delivering some added bite with more voltage hurling your instrument’s sound across the room. Pulsating, shimmering, whirling, and spinning, it is meant to join other award-winning T-Rex pedals as a contemporary classic, yielding sounds from the heyday of rock ’n’ roll to the 21st century. The Viper is controllable using the Mode, Speed, Level, and Depth controls.
Joyo JF-310
Despite its tiny size, Joyo’s JF-310 Orange Juice amp sim pedal packs the full, in-your-face British-flavored power and attack of a vintage Orange amp. It perfectly captures an Orange amp’s dynamic, highly defined, and aggressive overdrive assault. Dedicated Drive, Tone, and Voice control pots give you plenty of built-in tone sculpting tools to dial in the exact tone you want. Whenever you need to layer some dirt onto you signal, the JF-310 Orange Juice will deliver.
JOYO CAB BOX
Calling the Joyo Cab Box an amp modeler and IR loader is technically accurate, but it does so much more that it stretches the definition. You get four different tube amp models, 20 cabinet models, and 11 classic mic models. Tweak the model parameters, load up to 30 impulse response (IR) files, and then save all your personal presets in up to 128 cab memory slots. The Cab Box also comes with a three configurable five-band post-EQs for guitar, bass & parametric.
Earthquaker Devices Data Corrupter
EarthQuaker Devices’ Data Corrupter puts your guitar signal through a meat grinder, mangling it beyond all recognition—and in this context, that’s a good thing! A modulated monophonic PLL circuit turns your tone into a three-voice synth with a heaping helping of thick fuzz, and with six dials, two rotary selectors, and two toggle switches you get all the tone sculpting tools you’ll ever need. If you really want your guitar to stop sounding like an actual guitar, plug it into the Data Corrupter and watch the sonic sparks fly.
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.
Pigtronix Mothership2
Transform your bass or guitar into a three-voice analog synthesizer with the Mothership 2 pedal from Pigtronix. It consists of five custom dual-concentric knobs that give you incredible control over synth parameters, including separate level controls for square wave, triangle wave, and sine wave oscillators. Paired with your clean guitar tone, you have a massive synth voice capable of covering three octaves. It accurately tracks your instrument’s pitch and amplitude. The Mothership 2 will unlock a different world of creative potential for your bass or guitar.
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.
Seymour Duncan FOOZ
The FOOZ pedal from Seymour Duncan transforms your guitar into an over-the-top analog synth. It leverages an extremely saturated square-wave fuzz to turn your instrument into the “oscillator,” geared to be shaped by other blocks—it also makes for an exceptional fuzz tone alone. It consists of Depth, Speed, Wave, Shape, Freq, Resonance, Level, and Gain controls. Inspired by synth flexibility and iconic guitar tones, the FOOZ imparts the spirit of synth creativity in your guitar.
Electro-Harmonix Ravish Sitar
The lush harmonics and dynamic flexibility of a sitar is a first-class ticket to mystic city, and with the Ravish, you can make your guitar sound like one. This sitar emulator guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix features a polyphonic lead voice and tunable sympathetic string drones that are highly responsive to your pick attack. You can set the decay time for the former and create your own custom scales for the latter. You don’t have to buy a sitar and learn how to play it. Just plug into a Ravish.
