Tonebox Recommended Pedals
EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle V2
EarthQuaker Devices has released single-dial stompboxes before, but for the Tentacle analog octave up guitar effects pedal, they scrapped even that single control knob and left only a footswitch. It’s all that it needs, really; the Tentacle does one thing—give you direct standalone access to the octave up effect found in the Hoof Reaper pedal—and does it extremely well. Tentacle V2 introduces Flexi-Switch capability, meaning you can engage the octave up effect with a standard tap on the switch ala latching footswitches or hold it down and release like a momentary-type switch.
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.
MXR Six Band EQ
Covering all the fundamental guitar frequencies, the M109S Six Band EQ from MXR has been revamped with brighter LEDs for improved visibility, true bypass switching, noise-reduction circuitry, and lightweight aluminum enclosure. Each slider is ready to provide +/-18dB of boost or cut for unparalleled control of your sound. The M109S Six Band EQ is capable of eradicating onstage feedback, adding natural-sounding warmth to a quack acoustic pickup, producing scooped-mid rhythm tones with massive low end, and many more.
Vemuram Jan Ray
The Jan Ray overdrive from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Vemuram delivers truly transparent overdrive, an ultra clean boost, and sweet singing sustain minus any stray sonic artifacts and unwanted compression. The Jan Ray lets you juice up your guitar signal with everything from subtle tube amp drive to Blackface-level breakup tones without changing its core tonal characteristics. Sculpt your tone with the dedicated Gain, Bass, and Treble pots and dial in the saturation via a small trimpot.
EarthQuaker Devices Spatial Delivery V2
The Spatial Delivery isn’t your ordinary garden-variety envelop filter; with its latching and momentary switching features, this guitar effects pedal from EarthQuaker Devices gives you unprecedented control over your filter effects’ sound and tone. The Filter knob lets you sweep from Lowpass to Bandpass through to Highpass filter modes, the Range dial controls the response to your unique picking dynamics, and the Resonance control lets you serve up anything from subtle filter effects to balls-to-the-wall mayhem.
Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini
The Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini loads the iconic Tube Screamer sound into a tiny format that can easily fit on your pedalboard, regardless if you have a crazy guitar pedal addiction. With its expressive touch sensitivity and legendary midrange growl, guitarists of different styles will appreciate the Tube Screamer Mini. It comes in classic green paint with three simple controls to dial in a broad range of tones. Adding the Tube Screamer Mini to your rig will prime you for tonal excellence.
Drive Pedals
JOYO Pocket Metal
The Joyo JF-35 Pocket Metal is the stompbox version of a snuke; it’s a pocket-sized weapon of mass distortion. A wide-range Dist knob lets you dial in your preferred hard rock and metal tones while a dedicated Mids control dial lets to scoop out the mids for the perfect screaming shred solo. And with the Dist knob set to you, you’re really going to burn through those notes with insane sustain and an aggressive bite.
Mosky DTC
Mosky Audio’s DTC multi-effects unit is a four-in-one stompbox that combines three different effects with an effects loop function. Even if you don’t count the effects loop as an effect, the four-in-one designation still kinda works since the distortion section is actually split into two voicings: a vintage-leaning Crunch-style sound and a more modern high-gain tone based on the Riot. The DTC also comes with an overdrive section based on the TS9 Tube Screamer and a delay with a range of 25ms to 600ms.
Rowin Tube Drive
The LN-328 Tube Drive is yet another drive stomp from budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin that takes its tonal cues from the legendary Tube Screamer. It comes with two modes, Normal and Boost. The former is a very transparent low peak mode ideal for clean boosting. The latter, meanwhile, is a high peak mode with a more full-bodied low end. When you crank the Gain pot up in Boost mode, the drive tone also gets a little high and mid frequency boost.
TWA Hot Sake
Totally Wycked Audio’s Hot Sake overdrive’s elegantly transparent drive tone ostensibly takes its cues from vintage Japanese drive stomps, but everything else about this pedal is full-on modern. It packs a ton of tone-shaping power that belies its size and prize, with four controls dedicated entirely to tweaking your tone’s EQ: Tone and Mids mini pots, a toggle that lets you engage Low Boost mode, and an internal slider that lets you set either a 60Hz or 100Hz filter for the Low Boost.
Boss BC-2 Combo Drive
With the Boss BC-2 Combo Drive, Boss somehow managed to cram the sound of a classic British combo amp into one small but sweet guitar effects pedal. That’s just the tip of the sonic iceberg, though; the further you move the Sound knob from the Clean setting and closer to the Crunch and Drive ranges and you’ll get more gain than a vintage combo amp is actually capable of mustering. Finally, the Boss BC-2 Combo Drive’s deceptively simple two-knob EQ is sensitive enough to give you a wide range of tonal adjustments.
Keeley D&M Drive
The brainchild of Keeley maestro Robert Keeley and That Pedal Show’s Dan Steinhardt and Mick Taylor, the dual-channel D&M Drive is effectively two pedals in one. One channel acts as a boutique-level high-gain overdrive while the other channel is an independent, highly-tweakable, and stackable boost. Each channel has its own Level, Gain, and Tone controls, plus you can choose which goes first: Drive or Boost. Whether you just want some extra dirt, a sweet sustain-heavy solo, or full-on fuzz-style noise, the D&M Drive can do the job.
Electro-Harmonix OD Glove
In terms of sonic attack, the OD Glove guitar effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix is like a glove filled with sharp rocks. You get a biting, overtone-laden sound that doesn’t get muddy. Onboard MOSFET semiconductors give you a harmonically rich sound that goes from a subtle clean boost to saturated high-gain distortion, while a Shift switch gives your mids a boost for additional punch. There’s also an internal 9V/18V switch that lets you pick between a looser or a more focused tone.
Tech 21 U.S. Steel
Tech 21 has taken their renowned SansAmp system and used it to create the Character Series pedals, stompboxes designed to emulate some of the most highly respected classic amp tones ever heard. The SansAmp Character Series U.S. Steel dirt box, in particular, is reminiscent of a Mesa/Boogie amp, serving up massive metal distortions perfect for chugging riffs and searing leads. A unique Character knob lets you control your tone even further to dial in practically any metal tone you might need.
Creation Audio Labs Holy Fire 9
The Holy Fire Overdrive Distortion Boost pedal from Creation Audio Labs is all about righteous smiting. Featuring highly transparent gain, a smooth and dynamic overdrive tone, and mighty meaty distortion, the Holy Fire is a tube amp in a box that doesn’t muddy up your sound or add unwanted noise to the mix. It’s also highly responsive to your unique picking dynamics. The Holy Fire is so powerful a typical 9V connector won’t be enough to power it; it comes with its own 48V DC power supply.
Electro-Harmonix Bass Blogger
Not just any distortion pedal can handle the bone-shaking bottom end of a bass guitar. The Bass Blogger effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix can, though, and it does the job extremely well. The Bass Blogger gives bass players the cutting fuzz, warm overdrive, and mild, silky distortion that guitarists have long been swimming in. Thanks to intuitive Drive, Volume, and Tone controls, you can easily give your bass tone a heaping helping of fuzzed-out attitude with the Bass Blogger.
Danelectro BC-1 Cash Cow
With massive low end and bright, sparkly highs, the Danelectro BC-1 Cash Cow Distortion guitar effect pedal is a great little addition to any pedalboard. The Gain knob gives you almost every kind of distortion under the sun, from screaming, oversaturated sound to warm, classic tones. You can polish up your tone even further by holding back on the Level knob and using the Treble and Bass knobs to control the top-end sparkle and low-end rumble, respectively.
CNZ Audio Distortion
If you are planning to dive deep into distortion with classic heavy metal or put a slight, rough edge to your classic style, the CNZ Audio Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal is for you! This marvelous pedal comes with three useful knobs—Gain, Tone, and Level— and a three-position Toggle switch that brings three types of distortion. Choose CLASSIC for a very dirty sound, NORMAL for a softer, warmer tone, or TIGHT for more dirt and higher end tone compared to the normal setting.
Donner Stylish Fuzz
The Stylish Fuzz pedal from Donner boasts an impressive and abundant sound comparable to the violin tone. It is the perfect choice if you want sounds within that category. Regarding durability and look, this classic fuzz pedal does not disappoint. It comes in a sleek, compact aluminium-alloy enclosure carrying three simple knobs. The inclusion of a true bypass feature makes it stand out among other fuzz pedals. The Stylish Fuzz produces a sweet and full tone that would allow your emotion to outflow deeply while using this pedal.
Walrus Audio Jupiter
Gritty, thick, and most importantly, loud. That’s the kind of fuzz tone that boutique guitar effects pedal maker Walrus Audio was shooting for when they made the Jupiter fuzz box, and as the resulting stompbox itself shows, they hit the bullseye. This versatile fuzz stomp can dish out a heavy fuzz tone that cuts straight through the mix as well as a more subdued fuzz that fits right in with the rhythm section. A three-way Mode toggle lets you switch between three clipping diode settings for additional tonal flexibility.
Fuzzrocious Grey Stache Civil War Era Muff
The Grey Stache by Fuzzrocious is an all-out fuzz monster faithfully simulating the sound of vintage civil war era muffs. It produces low-end, dark tone, allowing its profound, bassy sound to surround your instrument. Thanks to its excellent low-frequency response, the Grey Stache works perfectly with basses and guitars. Controls for Sustain, Mids, Tone, and Volume provide you with a complete reign over its sound. An LED indicator tells you if the pedal is on or off.
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.
Fuzzrocious Heliotropic
The Fuzzrocious Heliotropic delivers a sludgy, grimy distortion which darkens your sound, making it perfect for endless sonic experimentation and heavier playing styles. Controls for Tone, Volume, Sustain, and Pregain help sculpt the doomy mood of the Heliotropic. The Heliotropic also comes in a classy aesthetic, with gold-colored knobs and hand-painted artwork. It features an extremely dirty sound, offering gritty tones that will delight heavy, experimental sound enthusiasts. The Heliotropic is hand-painted and handcrafted in New Jersey.
Maxon Fuzz Elements Ether
The Maxon Fuzz Elements Ether takes the FA10 Air’s Fat channel and couples it with a parametric equalizer to give you infinite variations on the iconic Super Fuzz sound. It consists of Expander and Level knobs, as well as parametric tone circuit with Boost/Cut and Frequency controls. The Ether takes the legendary Super Fuzz sound and updates it with a revolutionary parametric EQ stage capable of creating an endless range of unique fuzz effects. It also includes mechanical true bypass switching.
Tech 21 Boost Distortion
Looking for big, tight, aggressive distortion? That’s exactly what you get with Tech 21’s Boost Distortion guitar effects pedal. Dial in your perfect dirt tone with the dedicated Level, Tone, and Drive knobs then use the unique Sag pot to control the distortion effect’s dynamic pick attack response. The Boost Distortion doesn’t just add dirt to your signal, though; a separate Boost section gives you up to 21dB of punchy, crystal clear signal juice to take your signal over the edge.
Mosky SHO BOOSTER
Some people think the Zvex Super Hard On is the greatest clean boost of all time. Budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Mosky Audio seems to think along those lines, too, hence the Sho Booster. This tiny boost pedal hides massive power, letting you go from unity gain to up to an insane 60 times the original level. The SHO’s boost is also extremely transparent, which means that even if you crank that Gain knob up to the max, your signal will still retain its core tone.
Chase Bliss Audio Condor
The Chase Bliss Audio Condor multi-effect pedal enables control over a broad range of effects, including tremolo, boost, overdrive, EQ, and filter tones. Boasting the ability to store presets and a potent parametric mids control, the Condor proves to be as majestic and powerful as the bird it is named after. This pedal also features a switchable overdrive circuit for shaping the guitar tone you want. The overdrive circuit complements stacking, so using it together with your favorite overdrive stompbox is recommended.
Morley Buffer Boost
The Morley Buffer Boost isn’t a guitar effects pedal, per se. Instead, it’s an essential weapon in the constant battle against tone suck. The Buffer Boost contains a buffer circuit that gives your guitar signal that extra push it needs to maintain its output level and tone, no matter how many pedals you may have in your pedal chain. You can place the Buffer Boost at the front or back of the signal chain and use it as a clean boost with up to 20dB of extra output.
Amptweaker Pressurizer
The Amptweaker PressuRizer compressor is a powerful clean tone tweaker that provides sustain without compression. This mini pedal contains several switches and knobs, including Limit, Bloom, and Boost, all designed to provide you control over dry/wet blending, boost, as well as side-chain compression options. The PressuRizer boasts a 2-Step footswitch. Pressing and holding the switch locks the compressor on, while tapping it kicks in another boost knob, giving you a one-two punch with one button pedal.
Tech 21 Boost Chorus
Tech 21’s Boost Chorus guitar effects pedal owes a lot of its sound to classic chorus effects from the ‘70s, serving up a rich, period accurate vintage chorus. Six dedicated pots give you unprecedented control over the effect’s sound. The Pre-Delay knob alone provides a wide range of tonal flexibility, letting you dial in everything from a vintage chorus to a slapback echo. There’s also a Multi Voice function that fattens up your sound even further with a very natural ensemble-like effect.
MOOER PreAMP Live
The Preamp Live gives you full control over your amp tone wherever you play without having to lug around an entire amp stack. It houses 12 IR-ready preamp channels, each with its own independent boost function that can be placed before or after the preamp section and a workhorse noise gate for keeping signal noise to an absolute minimum. The Preamp Live also comes with serial and A/B effects loops, a Tone Capture feature, and USB and Bluetooth connectivity.
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.
Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra Gold
Whether you are going direct or plugging into a bass amp, the Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 bass preamp pedal from Darkglass is an excellent way to optimize your bass tone. It combines an independently switchable overdrive, powerful preamp, and four-band EQ to bring ample sonic options. The Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 carries Grunt and Attack switches that determine how the overdrive circuit affects your lows and highs. This pedal is great for bolstering your bass tone for recording or performance.
Lehle Sunday Driver SW
The Sunday Driver SW from Lehle is a portable high-end preamp for acoustic and electrical instruments. It allows acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses, as well as other stringed instruments like cellos, double basses, and violins to unleash their musical potential. Boasting a high-quality JFET technology, the Sunday Driver SW lets you switch between two operation modes: D (Driver) and S (Sunday). In off status, the Sunday Driver SW offers two modes of operation—TB (True Bypass) and TS (True Sound).
Two Notes Le Lead Dual Channel Tube Preamp
The Le Lead dual channel preamp pedal from Two Notes is a tube-powered beast, capable of unleashing everything from a subtle drive crunch to in your face metal and over the top fuzz. Use channel A for the crunch, then switch to channel B for a modern high gain sound. 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.
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.
JHS Pedals Space Commander
The Space Commander by JHS Pedals captures the spacey sounds of classic chorus and reverb plus a powerful clean boost on board. It boasts straightforward controls and the ability to utilize each effect individually or engage all three with a single stomp. Every effect is separately engaged by a toggle under the knob, and the Space Commander’s master on/off is the footswitch. The Reverb is a Hall reverb suitable for adding 80s style decay, Chorus is a swirling 80s-esque chorus, and Boost gives more volume to your rig or drives your amp into natural breakup.
Mad Professor Ruby Red Booster
The Ruby Red Booster is two boost pedals in one, with an extra switchable buffer on top. You can use this highly versatile Mad Professor creation as a treble booster, a clean booster, or even as an overdrive unit. You can even use it as all three, at once. The Ruby Red Booster’s Boost circuit is the standout here, providing up to 40dB of extra kick to push an amp from a subtle shimmer to heavy, aggressive dirt.
Walrus Audio Plainsman
When it comes to boost pedals, tonal transparency is perhaps the most important requirement. With the Plainsman, boutique guitar effects pedal maker Walrus Audio has created a dual stage clean boost that doesn’t color your tone with unwanted overdrive overtones when engaged. A Tone toggle lets you bypass the Plainsman’s tone circuit and use it as a clean boost in the purest sense, while a Boost toggle lets you switch between a maximum level boost of +8dB or +15dB.
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.
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.
ZVex Double Rock
Zvex’s dual channel Double Rock, which was originally designed for Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis, is actually two dirt pedals in one, and not because it’s basically a pair of Box of Rock pedals compressed into single stompbox form. You can actually turn either channel into a Super Hard On boost, meaning you get an amazingly wide array of dirt tones just by stacking the channels: two BoRs, two SHOs, a BoR going into a SHO, or vice versa.
Modulation Pedals
Dophix VITRUVIAN MAN
Vitruvian Man is a renowned representation of the ideal human body proportions. It shows how the body can be harmoniously inscribed in a square and circle. That is the Dophix effect which completes the Da Vinci sound experience. The project’s Chorus-Phaser sound has been mixed with the popular Leonardo design for the perfection and roundness of sounds, making it unique. The Vitruvian Man pedal consists of Speed and Depth knobs that let you set the modulation speed and modulation amount put to the input signal.
NUX Rivulet Chorus
The vintage analog chorus has always been warm, but it lacks dynamic completion. NUX’s advanced technology DSP allows the right combination of both worlds: digital and analog. To achieve the Rivulet Chorus objectives, NUX engineers had to create an algorithm that copies BBD chips principles. They picked three essential chorus tones (the 70s, 80s, and modern), each with a voice upgradable with a simple Free Firmware Upgrades. The Rivulet Chorus comes in a lightweight yet durable aluminum die-cast enclosure. It consists of controls for Intensity, Width, and Rate.
Donner Mod Square
The Donner Mod Square is a modulation pedal that lets you have seven modulation effects, including Flanger, Vibrato, Rotary, Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus A, and Chorus B, to add musical color to your tone. It comes in an aluminium-alloy chassis consists of three function knobs (Rate, Depth, and E.Level) for setting the effect level. Use the E.Level control to adjust the effect level, Depth for the effect depth, and Rate to set the effect speed. Mod Square also features a true bypass switch and an LED indicator that displays the working state.
Joyo Future Chorus
Despite its name, the JF-316 Future Chorus guitar effects pedal from Joyo has a wealth of deep, rich chorus tones that, unlike other chorus pedals, don’t have a metallic, flange-like tinge. Harmonically intricate chorus sounds can be dialed in via the simple Level, Depth, and Rate control knob layout. As an Ironman pedal, the JF-316 Future Chorus is small enough to fit in your front pocket and features a flip cover to keep your control dial settings safe.
Eventide H9 MAX
With 51 effect algorithms that include literally everything Eventide’s TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space pedals can do, the H9 MAX Harmonizer is basically an entire pedalboard in compact effects pedal form. It features reverb, chorus, delay, modulation, pitch-shifting, distortion effects, all of which can be tweaked and edited via an intuitive single-knob interface. The H9 MAX comes preloaded with 99 presets, plus you can get over 500 more for free via the H9 Control app.
Rowin Ensemble
The LN-304 Ensemble chorus pedal serves up the classic sound of a vintage Roland Jazz Chorus thanks to a circuit based around an MN3207 bucket brigade device chip. Budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin managed to pack an impressive pure and warm chorus sound into the LN-304’s tiny chassis and even gave it two distinct voicing modes, Normal and Deep, which you can switch between using an integrated two-way selector toggle. The LN-304 Ensemble also features dedicated Level, Depth, and Rate pots for precise tonal control.
Chase Bliss Audio Condor
The Chase Bliss Audio Condor multi-effect pedal enables control over a broad range of effects, including tremolo, boost, overdrive, EQ, and filter tones. Boasting the ability to store presets and a potent parametric mids control, the Condor proves to be as majestic and powerful as the bird it is named after. This pedal also features a switchable overdrive circuit for shaping the guitar tone you want. The overdrive circuit complements stacking, so using it together with your favorite overdrive stompbox is recommended.
Electro-Harmonix Riddle
Few envelope filter effects pedals can come close to the tone-shaping power and precision that the Riddle: Q-Balls For Guitar brings to the table. This envelope filter pedal from Electro-Harmonix lets you dial in some truly expressive and funky tones using adjustable Q, sweep range, and filter type. Plug in an expression pedal and you get even more control over the Q frequency’s sweeps. There’s also a dedicated Distortion effect that can dish out everything from a subtle bite to an all-out crush.
Lehle DC-Filter
Remove DC voltage from analog signals with the Lehle DC Filter. Audio signals with DC voltage produce annoying switching noise. You can now have both line and high-impedance signals clean, without any loss of sound. Since the DC Filter is of full stereo type, it filters stereo as well as mono signals. This small aid is also capable of processing your balanced signals. The DC Filter requires no power supply as it is a passive filter.
Eventide H9 MAX
With 51 effect algorithms that include literally everything Eventide’s TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space pedals can do, the H9 MAX Harmonizer is basically an entire pedalboard in compact effects pedal form. It features reverb, chorus, delay, modulation, pitch-shifting, distortion effects, all of which can be tweaked and edited via an intuitive single-knob interface. The H9 MAX comes preloaded with 99 presets, plus you can get over 500 more for free via the H9 Control app.
Electro-Harmonix BassBalls
The BassBalls Twin Dynamic Envelope Filter effects pedal from Electro-Harmonix uses not just one but two narrow sweeping filters to process your signal and give your tone a unique vocal quality. Use the Response control knob to modify the very variable sweep range determined by your own picking attack. The BassBalls also comes with an integrated distortion switch to crank up your harmonics. The BassBalls is specifically optimized for bass signals but also works extremely well when used with a guitar.
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.
Eventide ModFactor
When it comes to modulation effects, Eventide’s ModFactor multi-effects pedal is the pinnacle. You get all the classics—Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Rotary, Tremolo, and Vibrato—plus a couple of unique Eventide effects. There’s the dreamy, pulsating Undulator, which combines two delays, two detuned voices, and a tremolo effect. Also included is a RIngMod effect that adds futuristic bell-like overtones to your sound. The ModFactor can hold up to 100 presets, has true analog bypass, and supports real-time control via MIDI or expression pedal.
Caline Lucky 7
The Caline CP-38 Lucky 7 Seven Modes guitar effects pedal packs seven different modulation effects into a tiny, sturdy, and very affordable stompbox. You get high-quality Detune, Flange, Phase, and Vibe effects, plus custom effects including a bias tremolo effect, a classic Roland amp-style jazz chorus, and a U-Vibe effect that simulates an effect close to the classic tonal characteristics of the venerable Uni-Vibe chorus and vibrato pedal. The Caline CP-38 Lucky 7 comes with a true bypass feature.
Ibanez FL9
The FL9 Flanger by Ibanez delivers vintage flanger tones with different controls. It includes knobs for Delay Time, Width, Regen, and Speed. The FL9 boasts a full frequency response, zero clock noise, wide operation range, and durable construction. Similar circuitry and famed flanging effects of the vintage ’80s model but built to closer tolerances for better consistency. If you are in the market for an original, now is the perfect time to bring this ’80s favorite home.
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.
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.
NUX MOD Core DELUXE
The Mod Core Deluxe from NUX is a pro-quality modulation effects pedal featuring eight modulation effects (Phaser, Chorus, Pan, Flanger, Tremolo, U-vibe, Rotary, and Vibrato) with two kinds of algorithms suiting the needs of every musician for sound enhancement and colorization. Add-in Depth and Rate controls to adjust the primary parameters and Tweak knob to set relevant parameters for every effect, and you get more tone-sculpting possibilities compared to other modulation pedals. The Mod Core Deluxe includes a tone lock function to prevent improper operation.
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.
Aguilar Grape Phaser
If you are in the market for a bass phaser that will not zap your low end and is easy to use, check out the Aguilar Grape Phaser. This simple two-knobber produces fat, funky filter effects and liquid-y movement on the fly. The Grape Phaser contains a RATE control that manages your modulation speed and COLOR control that sends a portion of your signal back through the phase-shifting circuit to produce super funky and unique bass sounds. Needless to worry about root notes popping through as its four-stage circuitry maintains your low end.
MOOER Phaser Player
Budget stompbox company Mooer gives the classic phaser pedal a unique spin with the Phaser Player guitar effects pedal. It features three different phaser sounds: a classic phaser effect; a repeating, sample and hold type of phaser; and a phaser with manual wah-like sweeping. Tiny as it is, the Phaser Player also acts as its own expression pedal. It actually has three activation modes: normal latching footswitch, momentary footswitch, and a hybrid mode combining the first two. Not bad for a stompbox you can put in your pocket.
TC Electronic Helix
Whether you are looking for Van Halen-inspired driving sweeps or satisfying Gilmour-esque swirls, the Helix Phaser by TC Electronic provides the versatile and customizable modulation effects you want. Unlike conventional phaser pedals, it comes packed with a DSP to power a broad range of nuanced phaser effects. You may flip between a smooth contemporary phaser sound or a more shimmery vintage mode, plus an onboard TonePrint setting. Besides loading up presets produced by artists, the TonePrint Editor lets you craft your ideal phaser sounds.
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.
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.
Boss TR2 Tremolo
The Boss TR-2 Tremolo guitar effects pedal packs a high-quality, vintage tremolo wallop in its compact stompbox frame. The Boss TR-2 Tremolo pedal’s simple and easy to use three-knob interface gives you all the tone-sculpting tools you need to create mindbending tremolo effects. Use the Rate knob for precise speed adjustments, the Wave knob to go from a triangular LFO waveform to a square, and the Depth knob to control the strength of the tremolo effect.
Mad Professor Mellow Yellow Tremolo
The Mellow Yellow Tremolo hand-wired guitar effects pedal from Mad Professor serves up everything from sine-based ‘50s style soft swing to deep tremolo tremors. It follows the trem effect approach of many vintage amps and uses a sinusoidal oscillator to give your guitar signal symmetrical modulation. What you get is a highly musical and very usable tremolo effect that works well with both a clean sound and high-gain dirt. Add it to your pedalboard and explore new sonic territories.
Electro-Harmonix Super Pulsar
If you thought the Pulsar’s vintage tremolo/vibrato effects weren’t enough, Electro-Harmonix just made it all kinds of Super. The Super Pulsar lets you create unique stereo tremolo effects via selectable sine, triangle, and pulse waveforms. Keep everything in sync via tap tempo and tap divide then save up to eight of them as customized presets. Still not super enough? Plug in an expression pedal for on-the-fly tremolo shaping by taking control of the Rate, Depth, Shape, Phase, or Volume parameters.
Eventide H9 MAX
With 51 effect algorithms that include literally everything Eventide’s TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space pedals can do, the H9 MAX Harmonizer is basically an entire pedalboard in compact effects pedal form. It features reverb, chorus, delay, modulation, pitch-shifting, distortion effects, all of which can be tweaked and edited via an intuitive single-knob interface. The H9 MAX comes preloaded with 99 presets, plus you can get over 500 more for free via the H9 Control app.
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.
Boss VB-2W Vibrato Waza Craft
The Boss VB-2W Vibrato brings 1982’s classic VB-2 Vibrato pedal to the 21st century, complete with Boss’s signature Waza Craft magic. The VB-2W faithfully recreates the VB-2’s expressive, one-of-a-kind sound using all-analog circuitry and a bucket brigade device (BBD) vibrato line. With the flick of a two-position toggle, you can easily switch from the classic VB-2 vibrato effect to a Custom mode that features a completely new vibrato voicing powered by a unique filter wave.
TC Electronic Shaker Mini
If you want some vibrato in your guitar tone, you have to check out the Shaker Mini Vibrato pedal from TC Electronic. The TonePrint technology allows you access to an infinite variety of vibrato effects, from mild flatters to mind-blowing modulation. The free TonePrint software editor is great for crafting your custom vibrato effects, and it is the key to unleashing this innovative pedal’s full potential. With a compact size that easily fits on your pedalboard, the Shaker Mini Vibrato will be a celebrated addition to your rig.
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.
MOOER Mod Factory MKII
If modulation effects are what you’re looking for, you won’t go wrong with the Mod Factory MKII guitar effects pedal. This tiny wonder from budget-priced stomp creator Mooer packs 11 distinct modulation effects into its tiny, pedalboard-friendly chassis. It lets you dial in everything from a watery chorus to a dynamic auto wah and through to an extreme envelope ring effect. Three control knobs give you enough flexibility to create a wide range of lush sonic soundscapes for each effect mode.
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.”
JHS Pedals Unicorn V2
The Unicorn V2 from JHS Pedals loads the original Unicorn pedal’s lush, syrupy sound into a more compact package to save more space on your pedalboard. It combines a classic photocell modulator with an advanced tap tempo function, allowing you access to vintage vibe effects with hands-free tempo control. You can now always dial in the perfect tempo. The Unicorn V2 carries Depth, Speed, Volume, and Ratio knobs, as well as a Dry/Wet toggle. Its thick, swirling tones bring the distinct sound of a vintage Uni-vibe.
Mooer Pure Octave
The Pure Octave pitch shifter guitar effects pedal from budget stomp creator Mooer creates and blends sub and upper octaves with your original guitar signal for a ticker, wider sound. A rotary dial lets you mix and match a five-octave sonic range for a total of 11 octave modes. You can control the amount of the octave mixes via the Sub and Upper micro knobs while a Dry micro knob controls the level of your dry signal.
NUX Roctary
The term “Roctory” is combined with polyphonic Octave effects and Rotary speaker simulator. Lots of exceptional guitarists are recognized for their sound and playing skills. Many of them have added the rotary speaker to their rigs. The NUX Roctary is a homage to these icons and their sounds. It gives you adjustable horn and bass, brake, speed, overdrive and all the features regarding rotary effects with polyphonic octave effects. You can utilize the Roctary to capture distinctive organ sounds.
MXR Blue Box
Meet the insane effect behind Jimmy Page’s “Fool in the Rain” solo—the Blue Box Octave Fuzz from MXR. It duplicates your guitar signal two octaves down for massive subterranean tones. It features a simple two-knob design consists of Blend and Output controls. Roll the Output control to select the amount of fuzz you desire and utilize the Blend knob to set how much double-octave sound you wish. The Blue Box delivers plenty of fun and chaos, making it perfect for the sonically adventurous.
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.
Aguilar Octamizer
All bassists crave a deep, organic tone. The Octamizer produces an extensive range of musical sounds one octave below your original note. It boasts independent volume controls for both the Octave and Clean sounds, making dialing in the perfect amount of each a breeze. Both discrete signal paths have their tone controls intended to improve and broaden their musical possibilities. The CLEAN TONE control allows for boosting of bass while cutting treble and vice versa, while the OCTAVE FILTER control allows you to shape the octave sound from deep and smooth to aggressive and edgy.
MXR Sub Octave Bass Fuzz
The Sub Octave Bass Fuzz by MXR serves up a roaring low end with earth-shaking fuzz. It combines two distinct fuzzes with a snarling sub-octave signal, boasting a range of controls for fine-tuning your sound, including an individual Dry volume knob to guarantee clean low-end retention. The engineers at MXR combined the Bass Octave Deluxe’s Growl section with a long-forgotten fuzz circuit. With three independent output level controls for dry signals, fuzz, and sub-octave, you can craft your recipe of subterranean tones sans compromising your instrument’s natural sound.
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Timing, Dynamics & EQ Pedals
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.
T-Rex Replay Box
The Replay Box Delay from T-Rex Engineering boasts sophisticated technology that yields an extremely studio-esque delay. It carries stereo in- and outputs, so you can maximize those stereo modulation boxes you occasionally step on. It also consists of a tap tempo footswitch, subdivision switch, and controls for Volume, Mix, Repeat, and Tempo. The Replay Box Delay comes in a relatively small form factor. It features up to three seconds of delay and analog dry signal. It yields a clear and pristine sound.
Wampler Faux Tape Echo V2
Boutique guitar effects pedal maker Wampler took everything you could want in a delay pedal and crammed it into a beautiful dual footswitch box to make the Faux Tape Echo. Thanks to its analog / digital hybrid signal path, you get the warm, natural sound of an analog delay plus the clarity and longer delay times of a digital pedal. When it came time to update the Faux Tape Echo, Wampler wisely kept the original’s best qualities and added in tap tempo subdivisions.
Keeley Memphis Sun
Give the Memphis Sun a stomp and you’ll be transported back to the sound of the 1950s. If a vintage sound gets you going, then this guitar effects pedal will definitely get you hot and bothered. You get three lo-fi effects to start with: Slapback 600 mode features an echo with a long delay, Sun Mode features a shorter slapback echo with automatic track doubling, and Room mode gives you a studio-style reverb. It’s old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll in a modern, versatile stomp.
Joyo D-Seed II
Joyo’s D-Seed II is a ramped-up version of the D-Seed dual-channel digital delay. The original D-Seed’s 1s maximum delay time has been stretched out to 2s, and the four delay modes—Copy, Analog, Modulation, and Reverse—have been reinforced with an additional four modes: Space, Lo-Fi, Filter, and Tape. Rounding out the improvements is a looper function that has up to 3½ minutes of recording time and a tape simulation effect as well as a new ping-pong-style effect toggle.
Alexander Pedals Radical Delay DX
The Radical Delay from Alexander Pedals is a three-mode pedal first launched in 2015 as a homage to the aesthetic and tones of the 1980s. The brand was shooting for neon nights, video games, and perhaps a hint of ALF. The Radical Delay is now back as part of the Neo Series and designed for quirky sounds to make you stand out. The Radical Delay DX is loaded with six delay modes (MOD, BEND, DYNA, REV, ARP, and DUAL) that deliver a broad array of flavors to color your guitar tone.
Wampler Reflection
Wampler’s Reflection reverb guitar effects pedal delivers all the high-quality reverberations that only an overly complicated boutique stomp can dish out but packs it all into a very intuitive and easy to use pedal. You can switch between plate and spring reverb modes using a toggle switch then dial in your favorite flavor of verb via the dedicated Volume, Pre-Delay, Tone, and Decay pots. Feeling the need for more control? The Reflection also features internal switches that control the reverb tails and dry signal mix.
JHS Pedals Alpine
While incredibly versatile and powerful, the Alpine by JHS Pedals maintains ease of use and simplicity, providing you with beautiful reflections and rich overtones that you can easily dial in. It carries Length, Depth, Shift, Highs, and Reverb knobs that give you plenty of tweakability. You can use its Shift function to change between two distinct reverb settings. An EFX Loop Jack allows you to inject other effects into your reverb signal. The buffered bypass reinstates lost signal in your rig for a favorable sound.
Danelectro DJ-4 Corned Beef Reverb Mini
Its name might sound ridiculous, but the warm, classic reverb served up by the Danelectro DJ-4 Corned Beef Reverb guitar effect pedal is anything but. With just two knobs—one for Mix and another for Hi-Cut—the DJ-4 is very easy to use and achieve those reverb tones you can only hear on old 45s nowadays. It’s not a delay pedal, but you can even get some crazy vintage slap-back echo effects with a bit of knob tweaking.
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.
Digitech Polara
The Polara from DigiTech will architect of your soundscape, defining space and giving dimension to your playing. It boasts seven reverb types: Spring, Hall, Halo, Modulated, Reverse, Plate, and Room. The new Halo reverb will add a heavenly glow to your tone. With its vacuum-style footswitch and compact size, the Polara represents the freshest development in DigiTech pedal design. The Polara consists of separate Decay, Liveliness, Level, and Type controls, a soft click footswitch, stereo inputs/outputs, and a reverb Tails on/off toggle switch.
Animals Pedal Bath Time Reverb
The Animals Pedal Bath Time Reverb is a regular reverb effect pedal that adds depth and color to your guitar’s tone. You may choose three kinds of reverb sounds and set them based on your songs and preferences. The MIX knob allows you to adjust the balance between wet and dry sounds, while the TIME control lets you select the reverb reverberation extension time. You can also use the central toggle switch to change the reverb’s tone.
TC Electronic Spectra Comp
The SpectraComp Bass Compression by TC Electronic is a portable multi-band compressor specifically voiced for bass guitar. Spec’d from the famed MD3 engine from TC Electronic’s System 6000 processor, the pedal delivers transparent and musical compression to tame low-end woof and midrange bark without affecting your dynamics. One-knob compression will have your mind on the music as you perform. An arsenal of signature TonePrint algorithms will keep your creative juices flowing and tones fresh. The SpectraComp boasts studio-quality sounds and a True Bypass output for keeping your input signal clean.
Behringer Compressor Sustainer
Whether you’re usually stroking the strings on a sultry blues lick or running past the frets on an unfettered shred fest, you can add some extra dynamism to your sound at a fraction of a boutique guitar effects pedal’s cost with the Behringer CS400 Compressor/Sustainer. You can dial in the exact amount of compression you need via the Attack and Sustain knobs, set the level of highs via the Tone knob, and control overall output levels with the Level knob.
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.
Orange Kongpressor
A studio-grade optical compressor with incredibly smooth bloom. The Kongpressor from Orange is an analog Class A compression pedal that imparts a natural three-dimensional quality to your rig. It is loosely based on some of the most legendary vintage optical studio units in the world, leveraging a reissue of the revered vactrol VTL5C3 optocoupler, which was behind the sound you hear on numerous hit records. The Kongpressor features 12dB clean boost, transparent buffered bypass, and an internal charge pump.
Electro-Harmonix Bass Metaphors
The Bass Metaphors pedal from Electro-Harmonix packs a staggering amount of bass-specific sound-sculpting functionality into a single stompbox. In one pedal, you get great-sounding distortion, high-quality EQ, and a versatile compressor. Can’t be bothered to lug a big, heavy amp to your gig? Use the Bass Metaphors to plug straight into the board without worrying about mangling your bass tone. The Bass Metaphors features balanced and unbalanced 1/4″ outputs, XLR out, and amp output.
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.
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.
Empress Effects ParaEq
If you are continuously aiming to improve your tone, it’s about time to unleash the ParaEQ’s power on your instrument. It features a very transparent, sweet-sounding EQ, letting you refine your sound without covering your instrument’s tone. The ParaEQ gives you all the control you need—a switchable Q, 15dB of cut and boost, and over-lapping sweepable frequency selection. The Empress ParaEq w/Boost leverages true bypass to ensure that it will not affect the signal when disengaged.
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.
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.
Tom’sline Guitar EQ
Budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Tomsline’s Guitar EQ stomp does exactly what it says on the tin: let you shape the overall EQ and tone of your guitar signal. The five EQ bands—100Hz, 250Hz, 630Hz, 1.6KHz, and 4KHz—can each be cut or boosted by up to 18dB. You also get a single Level pot for controlling the overall volume output. Use the Guitar EQ to brighten up your sound, build a heftier bottom end, or tame any unwanted frequencies in your signal.
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Utility Pedals
Koogo Tuner LT-901
The Tuner LT-901 from Koogo is a compact, high precision tuning pedal capable of being accurate to 0.5 cent. This chromatic guitar tuner is perfect for broad range tuning. It consists of an LED screen that shows you clear, easy to read tuning results and information. It features a real signal, true bypass, and no loss of tune. The Koogo Tuner LT-901 works with most electro-acoustic or electric instruments including five-string bass as well as seven-string guitar.
Carl Martin Tuner
The Carl Martin Tuner is attractive, simple, efficient, and handy for any type of guitarist. Housed in a classic die-cast black enclosure, the Tuner is switchable between standard readout and strobe. Both are clear, bright, and readable from a standing position. The Tuner is an excellent addition to your Carl Martin pedal collection. It features a true bypass on/off for a clean signal path, mute switch for silent tuning, and can be calibrated from 437 to 443.
Donner DT-1
The Donner DT-1 is among the most affordable and best tuner pedals for both live and solo situations. Despite its price range, this chromatic tuner includes a true bypass and insane visibility. At first, it looks faded since it is different from what other tuners give you. You cannot clearly read the letter from afar, but you may still tune your string and recognize when you have hit the right spot. The whole screen becomes green when you are at the perfect frequency. The DT-1 is very handy if you love wandering around the stage.
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.
Rowin Power Tuner
Whether you’re practicing, recording, or performing, it’s important to always make sure that you instrument is in tune. LT-920 Power Tuner from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin is fast tuner with a large display whose chassis is small enough to fit even the most crowded pedalboards. Not only that, but it also pulls double duty as a power supply. The LT-920 Power Tuner can provide power to up to six 100mA pedals and upt to two 500mA pedals.
Korg Pitchblack Advance
The Pitchblack has become a favorite of amateurs and professionals across the globe. Korg has now introduced the new generation model—the Pitchblack Advance. It carries the roster’s easiest-to-read and largest display yet. Nearly twice the size of the earlier model’s display and leveraging high-brightness LEDs, you can view your tuning whether you are out in the bright sunlight or inside a dark club. You will also enjoy the option to utilize the Pitchblack Advance in regular, mirror, strobe, and half-strobe modes.
Rowin Looper
Looper pedals are becoming more and more ubiquitous these days, especially on the pedalboards of solo artists and home recording enthusiasts. Budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin’s LEF-332 Looper is a compact looping pedal that lets you record up to 10 minutes of audio. You can also store and upload pre-recorded audio onto the LEF-332 Looper via USB. Controls are easy; there’s a Volume knob and a single footswitch that controls recording, playback, and overdubs.
Death by Audio Total Sonic Annihilation 2
The Death by Audio Total Sonic Annihilation is regarded as the “most insane pedal of all time,” transforming all your pedals into various effects by force-feeding them back into themselves. Death by Audio has revamped the original circuit to introduce the Total Sonic Annihilation 2. This new variant boasts additional controls and updated functionality that deliver more wildly warped alien space sounds. The Total Sonic Annihilation 2 consists of Stomp Switch, Feedback, On, Phase, Gain, and Limit controls.
Digitech Jam Man
DigiTech’s JamMan Stereo Looper boasts the ability to save 35 minutes of CD-quality loops within 99 internal memories and an SD memory card expansion slot that allows you to store more than 16 hours of material in an added 99 slots. It also includes reverse playback, true stereo looping, and a mic input making it suitable for DJ applications and backing tracks. The JamMan Stereo has USB connectivity and will sync to the JamManager XT software which organizes and records your JamMan Stereo loops to your Mac or PC.
Boss RC-505 Loop Station
As Boss’s flagship tabletop looper, the Boss RC-505 Loop Station is packed full of essential tools and features for serious beatboxers, club performers, and singers the world over. The RC-505 comes with five simultaneous stereo phrase tracks, each of which has its own dedicated controls and independent volume faders, plus you can apply up to three simultaneous effects to both its Input FX and Track FX sections. The RC-505 also features 99 phrase memories, 85 onboard rhythm patterns, external controller support, a USB port, and more.
Rowin Twin Looper
Think of budget guitar effects pedal maker Rowin’s LTL-02 Twin Looper as a looper pedal jacked up on stompbox steroids. This dual footswitch stomp is simple to use yet highly versatile and sophisticated. One footswitch controls the standard loop functions, while the other lets you take direct control and shape your loops to your liking. You can use it to stop, clear, or even manipulate the speed of a loop by using it alongside a dedicated Speed knob.
JOYO O.M.B
Joyo’s OMB Looper and Drum Machine turns you into a one-man band with a single stomp. This single pedal can act as a looper, a drum machine, or a combo looper plus drum machine. The looper function lets you record up to 40 minutes of audio and features unlimited overdubs, auto-align, and count-in. You get seven drum patterns and seven drumbeats in drum machine mode, plus you can add fills to the patterns and use a tap tempo function. The OMB is an R Series pedal, meaning it has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
Source Audio Soundblox2 Multiwave Distortion
The Source Audio Soundblox 2 Multiwave Distortion boasts all of the original unit’s synth-esque and futuristic fuzz and distortion tones, housed within a portable, cast-aluminum enclosure. It features 23 distortion effects along with two user presets, universal bypass, a Clean Boost mode, three-level noise gate, three-band tone control, and a multi-function input jack compatible with an expression pedal, MIDI, or Hot Hand. You can connect a MIDI controller for external access to parameters and presets. The Soundblox 2 Multiwave Distortion includes both single- and multi-band processing.
Source Audio Soundblox Pro Classic Distortion
The Source Audio Soundblox Pro Classic Distortion is a highly customizable and programmable pedal that features four tube amp and eight fuzz box overdrive tones, plus a Clean Boost/EQ mode. The dual drive controls and seven-band graphic equalizer deliver almost infinite tone manipulation possibilities. You can save your modified tones in six programmable user preset stations, available for speedy recall through three footswitches. An expression pedal input enables you to morph from one user preset to another seamlessly.
Source Audio Gemini
With the Gemini Chorus by Source Audio, you get three styles of deep, hypnotic chorus—Classic, Dual, and Quad voiced effects. Classic mode produces a single voiced effect conjuring creamy and subtle tones from the initial wave of 70s chorus pedals. The lush and thick Dual chorus serves up a seamless but animated double voiced effect. The spacious and rich Quad chorus emulates that 80s feel with its subdued rack system sound. After finding your chorus, you can dial in the sweet spot using the Tone and Mix knobs.
Donner Mod Square
The Donner Mod Square is a modulation pedal that lets you have seven modulation effects, including Flanger, Vibrato, Rotary, Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus A, and Chorus B, to add musical color to your tone. It comes in an aluminium-alloy chassis consists of three function knobs (Rate, Depth, and E.Level) for setting the effect level. Use the E.Level control to adjust the effect level, Depth for the effect depth, and Rate to set the effect speed. Mod Square also features a true bypass switch and an LED indicator that displays the working state.
Donner Dynamic Wah
The Dynamic Wah from Donner is a compact auto wah pedal housed within an aluminium-alloy enclosure. It is a well-made pedal, wholly controllable envelope filter featuring a unique decay control, precise and quick tracking. The Dynamic Wah consists of Range, Res, Sens, and Decay knobs for controlling the filter frequency range, filter sharpness, sensitivity, and filter frequency fall back to the resting point respectively. It also includes an LED indicator that shows you the working state and true bypass switch.
Boss DD-500 Digital Delay
Filled to the brim with Boss’s most cutting-edge signal modulation technology, the Boss DD-500 Digital Delay is the most muscular and flexible stompbox delay ever produced. This amazing sound creation toolbox provides 12 unique delay modes with outstanding audio quality, plus profound editing controls, graphical display, patch memories, MIDI support, and more. The DD-500 will catapult your sound into sonic landscapes you never imagined, from dead-on emulations of classic delays to extremely lush spatial textures.
Lehle Little Dual
Conquering two tasks simultaneously, the Little Dual from Lehle serves as both your hum eliminator and amp switcher. It lets you feed two different amplifiers at once. Additionally, you may operate the Little Dual in either a stereo capacity or as an A/B switcher, providing you with versatility in the studio or on stage. If you are seeking a spectacular performance from a switcher that will not color your sound, the Little Dual is the way to go.
Tom’sline Liner
Line selectors and channel switchers are never the stars of a pedalboard, but they remain essential workhorses. The Liner selector stomp from budget guitar effects pedal maker Tomsline is a versatile selector pedal, letting your signal flow from A or B to Y or vice versa. This means you can connect two instruments—an electric and an acoustic guitar, for example—to one amp or throw your instrument’s signal to two separate amps for a true stereo attack.
NUX Dual FootSwitch
The NMP-2 Dual Footswitch from NUX is a universal two switch controller with Latch, Open, and Close modes. It is a mix of WTB-005 (momentary) and latch type controllers. This multi-foot controller is intended for arranger instruments (modules, keyboards, effect pedals, and others). This controller allows you to conveniently activate all the primary functionalities of the equipment. The NMP-2 Dual Footswitch is compatible with NUX Cerberus, NUX Loop Core Deluxe, and NUX JTC Drum & Loop PRO.
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.
Xotic X-Blender
Boutique guitar effects pedal company Xotic’s X-Blender is a unique loop unit with a switchable parallel effects loop. That big knob in the middle controls the wet and dry signal mix, giving you complete tonal control over your sound. As you might expect from a high-end boutique effects loop pedal, the X-Blender remains completely transparent all throughout and dutifully preserves your core tone and signal. It features true bypass switching to eliminate any signal interference when you switch it off.
T-Rex Shafter Wah
A sturdy, ultra-versatile wah-wah effect that lets you take control of your pedal not the other way around. The Shafter Wah is T-Rex Engineering’s best shot at an authentic next-generation wah-wah pedal. With plenty of adjustability, a more extensive frequency sweep, greater durability, quieter operation, and three entirely different wah characters, it addresses all the drawbacks of a classic wah. T-Rex Engineering believes it is the best wah-wah ever existed. The Shafter Wah is highly tuneable via Slope and Boost knobs.
Empress Effects Buffer
The Buffer from Empress Effects has been built to serve as the complete I/O interface for your pedalboard while preserving the highest fidelity of your guitar signal. For decades, guitarists have been struggling with signal loss resulting from long, unbuffered cable runs. The Buffer aims to erase that signal loss, making sure that your cables will never affect your tone. Moreover, it consolidates all your pedalboard’s connectivity to make the set up convenient and fast.
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.
ammoon Clean Buffer
Housed in a compact, heavy-duty zinc-aluminium alloy body, ammoon’s Mini Clean Buffer pedal sounds amazing no matter how many pedals you utilize. It includes 1/4” monaural input and output jacks, pure signal path, and ON/OFF LED indicator light. The Mini Clean Buffer pedal is the remedy for weak guitar sound resulting from using multiple pedals. It reduces the loss of guitar signal and tone efficiently. It addresses capacitance issues by delivering the perfect input impedance for your rig. You can now utilize effect pedals, long cable, and speakers with your guitar without experiencing signal degradation.
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.
JHS Pedals Little Black Buffer
The Little Black Buffer by JHS Pedals is the remedy for poor guitar sound resulting from employing numerous pedals. Since it gives the perfect input impedance for your rig, you can quickly notice your guitar sound is reinvigorated with a full, natural tone that sounds like you are connected directly into your amp—regardless of how many pedals you utilize. The Little Black Buffer is your ticket to a sound signal chain and a small price to pay for tonal perfection.
Truetone Pure Tone
Before it changed its name to Truetone, Visual Sound had been making guitar effects pedals for two decades. Among the many innovations it created was the buffer circuit in its pedal releases. Now, under the Truetone moniker, that very same buffer circuit has been made available in pedal form. Put it first in your effects chain and the Truetone Pure Tone Buffer pedal will eliminate cable capacitance and tone suck, common headaches for musicians with long guitar cables.
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.
TC Electronic Sentry
Enjoy a dynamic, noise-free performance with the Sentry Noise Gate pedal from TC Electronic. Leveraging the groundbreaking multi-band System 6000 algorithms, it provides you with smooth, natural-sounding noise reduction. The Sentry Noise Gate comes packed with a classic hard-gate mode sporting a Return/Send loop for dealing with noisy pedals or utilizing it for creative sidechaining. It consists of controls for Decay, Threshold, and Damp. Keep your rig’s noise in check with the Sentry Noise Gate pedal.
Xvive Noise Gate
The innocuously named Noise Gate from budget guitar effects pedal creator Xvive is a wide range noise suppressor that packs an excellent amount of dynamic response. It features 100% attenuation when gated and makes great use of ultra-high speed circuitry to get rid of all the unwanted noise lurking in your signal. Perhaps best of all, it doesn’t require a manual to get the settings right. The Naoise Gate is easy to use, compact, road-tough, and comes with true bypass switching.
GOKKO KULT
Rein in unruly and unwanted signal noise with the Kult Noise Gate GK-28 guitar effects pedal from GOKKO. This budget- and pedalboard-friendly stompbox helps reduce the hums, hisses, and buzzes that invariably show up to pollute your signal when you have a lot of pedals, especially high-gain ones, in your chain. Use the sensitivity control knob to tell the noise gate when to kick in and use the two-way selector switch to choose between a soft, gradual volume cut or a hard and steep drop.
TC Electronic Iron Curtain
Presenting the no-nonsense way to get rid of your sound gremlins, the Iron Curtain Noise Gate by TC Electronic. It is an ultra-fast and efficient noise gate that minimizes unwanted noise from your instrument signal. Its convenient two-knob interface controls decay and threshold. The toggle switch allows you to select between reducing unwanted noise or muting signal entirely. Designed and engineered in Denmark, the Iron Curtain Noise Gate comes in a durable metal chassis. It features a true bypass for supreme signal integrity.
MXR Noise Clamp
Clampdown on excess noise and hiss with the Noise Clamp pedal by MXR. By sensing the dry signal of your guitar, it lowers the noise level in the effect loop, putting the kibosh on even your noisiest signal. A single Trigger dial lets you select the volume threshold at which the Noise Clamp is active, and a green LED tells you whether the gate is on/off. The Noise Clamp can trim noise up to 26dB, preserving riff definition at massive gain levels.
BOSS DB-90 Talking Dr. Beat
Practicing alone becomes a whole new experience with the Boss DB-90 Dr. Beat, the flagship product of Boss’s Dr. Beat Metronome line. This monstrous metronome packs four great metronome sounds—including human voice!— as well as dozens of drum patterns in its tiny, lightweight frame. The Boss DB-90 Dr. Beat also comes with a Rhythm Coach function, a reference-tone tuning function, instrument and MIDI input, and other useful tools for making solo practice less mundane.
Joyo GEM BOX III
The Gem Box III is Joyo’s flagship entry in the guitar multi-effects processor arena, and it packs quite a punch. The Gem Box III features 61 preamp models, 157 effect types, and 300 preset tones. It also comes loaded with 26 impulse responses, to which you can add your own via Joyo’s Studio software. For playing solo, the Gem Box III’s drum machine with 40 presets and 10 metronome rhythms will come in handy along with the 52-second looper. And when it’s time to hit the stage, this sturdy unit will hold up to the rigors of the road.
Digitech 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.
Nux Loop Core
The NUX Loop Core is a turbocharged variant of the original and already the most versatile Looper in the market. NUX covered all the essentials in a Looper that lets you record and play back several layers, but now it incorporated a different level of goodies. Boasting 99 personal-user memories, 40 inbuilt drum patterns and now, a new range of well-thought-out user assists. Whether you compose, rehearse, or play live gigs, you will appreciate the innovative features of the Loop Core.
JOYO O.M.B
Joyo’s OMB Looper and Drum Machine turns you into a one-man band with a single stomp. This single pedal can act as a looper, a drum machine, or a combo looper plus drum machine. The looper function lets you record up to 40 minutes of audio and features unlimited overdubs, auto-align, and count-in. You get seven drum patterns and seven drumbeats in drum machine mode, plus you can add fills to the patterns and use a tap tempo function. The OMB is an R Series pedal, meaning it has cool ambient LED effects built into it.
Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini
The Singular Sound BeatBuddy Mini is a drummer within a guitar pedal enclosure. It provides entirely hands-free, creative control of the beat. No matter what instrument you use, you can easily transition from verse to chorus, insert fills, throw in drum breaks, add accent hits, and more to yield an unparalleled live drummer effect. Utilized in the music programs of Berklee College of Music and Frost School of Music, the BeatBuddy Mini is arguably the most efficient way to enhance your rhythm and master different genres while improvising and having a great time.
Other Pedals
Dunlop 95Q Cry Baby
The 95Q Cry Baby Wah Wah is Dunlop’s iconic Cry Baby with three of its most popular and highly-requested upgrades: the Auto-Return function which instantly engages the effect when you step on the pedal, Volume Boost for up to +15dB of added gain, and the renowned “Q” Control to vary the wah effect’s intensity. All that adds up to a flexible, incredible sounding tone monster that keeps the original Cry Baby’s fast-reacting properties. The 95Q is powered by 9V battery or Dunlop ECB-003 AC adapter.
Dunlop GCB95F
Add an authentic vintage sound to your rig with Dunlop’s GCB95F Cry Baby Classic! It leverages the original Italian-made Fasel inductor—similar to that of the first wah pedals, including the iconic Cry Baby, which are among the most coveted effects of all time. It sports the familiar, heavy-duty, time-tested Cry Baby body style, featuring a Hot Potz potentiometer and heavy die-cast construction. You can be sure that your Cry Baby Classic perseveres its incredible sound after years of stomping.
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.
MOOER Redkid Guitar Talk Wah
The RedKid’s sound sits halfway between a conventional wah and a talkbox. You use the pedal like you would a wah, but it has a distinguishing throaty impact that makes it stand out a bit more. You get two distinct voicing characteristics, plus Mooer’s expression activation technology lets you activate the RedKid immediately just by touching the wah or by using the traditional click style. Built-in foot rings unfold to give you a larger surface area to work with, and once you’re done rocking out you can fold them back in to save room.
Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah
It’s Fulltone’s popular Clyde Standard wah pedal, but more versatile. The Clyde Deluxe Wah enhances the original Clyde’s Vox-style wah voicings and added a 10-step variable input level control pot and three new selectable modes. You get a Wacked mode, a Jimi mode that recreates the Clyde Standard sound, and a Shaft mode for fighting your way to the top of Funk Mountain. The Clyde Deluxe Wah also features true bypass and is powered by the most authentic and most quiet ’60’s Vox type inductor available.
Morley Classic Wah
A classic and much-imitated wah tone repackaged in a new electro-optical pedal unit. The CLW Classic Optical Wah lets you serve up classic old-school Morley wah tones ripped straight from the ‘70s and ‘80s. It has a dedicated On/Off switch, so you can just find your personal wah sweet spot and leave the pedal at that sweep point. It can also handle a wide variety of input signals; plug in a guitar, bass, or keyboard and it’s off to funk heaven.
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.
Rowin Ocean Verb
The LEF-3800 Ocean Verb earns its name thanks to the watery reverberations it conjures up. This compact and extremely affordable stompbox from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin is a versatile workhorse. It features a full complement of Mix, Tone, and Decay pots for shaping the reverb effect, of which there are three selectable via a three-way toggle switch: Room, Spring, and Shimmer. If you want to add depth and dimension to your tone, you won;t go wrong with the LEF-3800 Ocean Verb.
Boss AD-2 Acoustic Preamp
Many guitar pickup systems can’t quite reproduce an acoustic guitar’s warmth and depth, covering them instead in harsher-sounding tones. That’s where the Boss AD-2 Acoustic Preamp guitar effects pedal comes in. Whether you’re onstage or in the studio, you can draw out more of your acoustic-electric’s natural and woody tones with a twist of the Acoustic Resonance knob. You can also use the Ambience knob to add reverb and cut annoying feedback noise using the Notch dial.
Mooer Acoustikar
The Mooer Acoustikar does just what you’d expect a pedal with that name to do: give your electric guitar the strummy, woody sound of an acoustic. It shines at giving your guitar signal the shortened, glassy resonance that characterizes a good acoustic guitar. Of the Acoustikar’s three modes, Standard is pretty much your basic acoustic sound. The sound of a full-body dreadnought guitar is simulated by Jumbo mode. A Piezo mode rounds out the three voicings.
MOOER 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.
TC Helicon Play Acoustic
The Play Acoustic by TC Helicon combines everything you need to make a live acoustic performance standout: best-selling guitar effects, pristine backing harmonies, lavish vocal sounds, and innovative processing that makes your six-string sing harmoniously with your voice. It treats your guitar with well-deserved respect. Tailor-made guitar FX gives a delightful touch of magic, and the BodyRez provides you with a fuller, acoustic tone while playing via a PA. The Play Acoustic has been designed and engineered in Canada.
Dunlop Cry Baby Bass
Designed by bassists for bassists, the Dunlop 105Q Cry Baby bass pedal allows you new ways to groove. It concentrates on the top end and midrange of your tone, keeping your lows solid and intact so your sound remains powerful and thick. It also features an adjustable Q that allows you to set how extreme the wah effect is. This amazing pedal is used by acclaimed bassists such as Robert Trujillo, Doug Wimbish, Flea, and several others.
Darkglass Microtubes X7
Bassists playing various styles love the flexibility of the four-band graphic EQ on the Microtubes X7 pedal. Regardless of how many vocalists, keyboards, and guitars you are working with, you can dial in the ideal midrange character to sit perfectly in the mix. You get low and high shelving bands, along with sliders for 1kHz and 500Hz. A master level slider lets you compensate for intense boosts or cuts. Equipped with a four-band graphic EQ for nailing your midrange character, the Microtube X7 pedal offers strong, tight, defined tones with any bass.
Rowin Plexion Distortion
Budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Rowin’s LEF-324 Plexion is basically a Marshall plexi amp stuffed into a tiny pedalboard- and budget-friendly stompbox. It turns your sound into a British flavored beast, running through the gamut from super subtle dirt to rip roaring edge of breakup overdrive with insane sustain. The LEF-324 also features a two-way selector toggle that lets you switch between the warm and full-bodied Normal overdrive mode and a high frequency heavy Bright mode.
Source Audio Soundblox2 Multiwave Bass Distortion
The Source Audio Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion repackages all the Soundblox Multiwave Bass Distortion’s low-end retaining fuzz and distortion tones into a portable, cast-aluminum chassis. It gives you 23 non-traditional and traditional synth-esque effects plus two user presets, a Clean Boost mode, individual Clean and Distortion Mix knobs, three-band tone control, three-level noise gate, universal bypass, and a multifunction input compatible with MIDI, Hot Hand, or the Source Audio Dual Expression Pedal. The Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion includes both single- and multi-band processing.
ammoon Mini Chromatic Tuner
It might not be the most glamorous of guitar effects pedals, but a good tuner is a must-have essential for any and all musicians. Whether you shred a six-string or slap a bass, you can make sure you always stay in tune with the Mini Chromatic Tuner from ammoon. Its big, bright LED display lets you know your exact tuning easily even when you’re playing on a dark stage surrounded by dry ice fog, and its true bypass switch means you won’t have to worry about your guitar signal getting corrupted.
Dr. No Effects Black Magic
Are you up for the grimiest, filthiest, dirtiest, and heaviest bass distortion you will ever find? The Black Magic bass distortion pedal from Dr. No Effects is “the box that the Devil made the Doctor build.” Unlike most bass distortions, this stompbox will not destroy your low-end sound. Instead, it will raise it to insanity. The Black Magic will turn your tiny shoebox amp into an infernal legion of Ampeg 8×10 growlers that would shake off your skin.
Boss FV-50L Stereo Volume
Boss has long been known for its durable, high-quality volume pedals, and if you’re looking for some of that Boss magic at a more affordable price point, then the FV-50 series of volume pedals is exactly what you’re looking for. The Boss FV-50L Stereo Volume pedal is the line’s low-impedance stereo model built to directly control keyboards and other guitar effects pedals. It comes with a Minimum Volume knob that lets you set a minimum volume and a handy Tuner-Out jack for quick and easy onstage tuning.
Morley Mini Power Wah Volume
A classic wah tone paired with smooth and seamless volume control, packed into a tough, compact chassis ideal for crowded pedalboards. The Mini Power Wah Volume pedal from modulation master Morley gives you two versatile and essential pedal effects without taking up as much space as a regular expression pedal. It comes packed with Morley’s modern wah innovations including electro-optical circuitry and true-tone bypass, plus a custom HQ2 inductor that gives you more funk for your buck.
Morley Mini Volume
Need a good volume pedal but you’re already running out of pedalboard space? The Morley Mini Volume turns the volume pedal, a pedalboard essential that unfortunately often takes up so much space, into a small but road-tough workhorse that won’t let you down in the studio or on the road. It features a smooth, quiet audio taper for perfect and seamless volume control, Morley’s signature electro-optical circuit structure, and glow-in-the-dark treadle rubber and toe-end logo designs.
Boss FV-30L
Built like a tank and small enough to save valuable real estate on your pedalboard, the Boss FV-30 series of foot volume pedals is the epitome of the workhorse volume pedal. These volume pedals built using 100-percent professional-grade, aluminum die-cast units with smooth pivot action that registers even the most subtle of volume changes. The Boss FV-30L foot Volume pedal is a low-impedance pedal with stereo input and output specially designed for other stompboxes and digital instruments.
Morley Volume Plus
Guitar, bass, keys, and whatever else—the Morley PVO+ optical volume pedal can handle any and all comers. This all-purpose pedal serves up two volume control modes. In standard mode, it works just like your typical full-range volume pedal. Switch over to audio taper mode and you can do violin-like volume swells. A switchable minimum volume control lets you set separate rhythm and lead tones while Morley’s famous electro-optical circuit design means you won’t have to worry about wearing down your pots ever again.
Dunlop Volume X Mini
With the DVP4 Mini Volume (X) Pedal, conserving space does not mean sacrificing functionality or durability. It lets you manage volume and FX parameters without congesting your pedalboard. It is capable of anything the larger DVP3 does. For ultimate precision and convenience, the DVP4’s rocker tension is adjustable. The AUX output merges tuner and expression functionality into a single jack which can be toggled with a switch on the pedal. You no longer need to give up control of your volume level and FX pedals when employing a travel-sized board, thanks to the DVP4 Volume X Mini.
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-HR
The SP-HR by Mission Engineering is a switching expression pedal purpose-built for your Headrush Gigboard. It allows you seamless, expressive control over whammy, wah, volume, and any number of assignable parameters. The SP-HR features an ergonomic design that combats foot fatigue while giving an expressive throw, which will be intuitive for all guitarists to utilize. It also incorporates a toe switch toggle that enables you to change pedal assignments on the fly. The SP-HR delivers everything you need to take charge of your HeadRush Gigboard.
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.
Mission Engineering EP1-KP
Get the most out of your Kemper Profiler and Remote with the EP1-KP from Mission Engineering. This switching expression pedal features a linear potentiometer matched precisely to the Kemper Profiling Amp’s specs for a natural and accurate response. Even better, the EP1-KP carries a toe switch that you may connect to your Kemper Profiling Amp to turn effects on/off without needing a separate footswitch. Right down to its beautiful green finish, the EP1-KP pairs nicely with your Kemper amp.
Mission Engineering EP-11
The EP-11 by Mission Engineering is the most suitable expression pedal for the Pro Tools Eleven Rack. For a natural and accurate response, the linear potentiometer is matched precisely to the Eleven Rack’s specifications. Simply connect to the Exp. Pedal input on the Eleven Rack’s rear panel with a 1/4″ TRS cable, then choose EP-11 on the Eleven Rack expression pedal settings. If you are leveraging the Eleven Rack with a MIDI controller, flip the EP-11’s toggle switch then plug it into an expression pedal input.
Tapestry Audio Bloomery Passive Volume Pedal (Black)
The Bloomery passive volume pedal from Tapestry Audio features some very unique differences from a regular volume control pedal. This compact (measures only 7.8″ x 2.25″), convenient to use, and efficient passive volume pedal comfortably fits on your pedalboard. The Bloomery is machined out of steel for a tough, durable solid feel. A slide potentiometer alongside a direct shaft drive eradicates the need for annoying strings. With a smooth volume curve, you get a more nuanced pedal sweep. The Bloomery quickly turns tuner output into an expression output.
Mooer TresCab
The TresCab lets you plug directly into a soundboard without sucking the life out of your tone. This speaker sim from budget guitar effects pedal maker Mooer even helps make your tone sound full by way of five different cab type sounds: small 1×8″ and 1×10″ combo amps, open 1×12″ and 2×12″ cabs, and a closed-back 4×12″ stack. You also get two additional modes for fine-tuning: EQ mode for sculpting high and low frequencies and Mic mode for adjusting the mic placement.
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.
Fender The Pinwheel
Stomp on Fender’s The Pinwheel to inject vintage organ speaker and amp effects to your performance. You can create astonishing sounds with three distinct rotary speaker voices, including Fender’s Vibratone effect. Switchable fast and slow speeds allow you to spin up the perfect effect, while the onboard overdrive gives your tone some texture. You may also adjust the modulation rate based on your playing dynamics with the Sensitivity control. The Pinwheel boasts unparalleled sonic textures, thanks to Fender’s all-original circuit.
Two Notes Torpedo Captor 8
The 8 Ohm Torpedo Captor from boutique guitar effects pedal maker Two Notes is the minified version of the award winning Torpedo Reload reactive loadbox. Using Two Notes’ reactive technology, the Captor can mimic the impedance of a speaker perfectly, making you sound like you’re connected to a real amp cabinet even when you’re plugged straight into a PA, a mixer, a recording station, or even a pair of headphones. Use it with the Torpedo C.A.B.’s virtual cabinet collection for an even wider array of ampless tonal possibilities.
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.
Joyo Golden Face
It’s tiny, it’s tuney, but the British-flavored crunch Joyo packed into the Ironman JF-308 Golden Face guitar effects pedal is anything but loony. This extremely small pedal that you can literally carry in your front pocket serves up massive Marshall stack sounds for rocking any audience to their knees. One issue that really small pedals usually face is the control knobs getting accidentally stepped on and mangled. The JF-308 Golden Face fixes that by using a flip cover to keep them safe.
EarthQuaker Devices Rainbow Machine V2
Lose yourself in the mesmerizing, mind-altering sounds conjured up by the Rainbow Machine from EarthQuaker Devices. Every sound you can dish out with the Rainbow Machine is frankly unnatural, making this polyphonic pitch mesmerizer the perfect tool for musicians who want to experiment and push the sonic envelope. V2 sports double the output level, longer delay times, and deeper chorus compared to the original. Both the Activate and Magic footswitches have also been upgraded to Flexi-Switches, so you can use them as both latching and momentary-type footswitches.
Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine
It’s always fun to make a guitar sound like a completely different instrument. If old-school organ tones are your thing, then the B9 Organ Machine from Electro-Harmonix is the perfect guitar effects pedal for you. It doesn’t just work with a guitar either; plug in a modern keyboard and you can make it sound like it came straight from a ‘60s recording studio. The B9 comes with nine classic organ-voiced presets, setting-specific modulation effects, and a dedicated control knob for percussive click sounds.
Empress Effects ZOIA
Empress Effects’ ZOIA is loaded with a massive collection of modules to realize virtually anything you can imagine. LFOs, oscillators, bit crushers, filters, envelope followers are only some of the available modules which may be connected in almost any way you desire. Essentially a modular synthesizer in pedal form, the ZOIA offers the modules required to build a tremolo or delay from the ground up. It allows you to craft your custom effects, midi controllers, synthesizers, and digital pedalboards. Empress Effects has also developed modules for all your common guitar effects.
ZVex Super Ringtone II
The Super Ringtone II is boutique guitar effects company Zvex’s juiced up 16 step version of the original Ringtone sequencer. This insanely versatile ring modulator can deliver everything from subtle, hypnotic detunes through to otherworldly laser battle sounds and all points between. You can use it no matter the time signature you’re playing in by choosing between 16 steps in the sequence. The Super Ringtone II also features tap tempo control, MIDI sync, a hold feature, eight programmable memory banks, and delta speed control.
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.
EarthQuaker Devices Organizer V2
The Organizer is a polyphonic organ emulator that makes your instrument sound like a massive, old-timey church organ. The Organizer’s Leslie-style warbles give your sound a decidedly haunting atmosphere, whether you plug in a guitar, a bass, drums, synths, or even a mic into it. Create brand-new sonic soundscapes quickly and easily with the Organizer’s six control knobs, including Up and Down controls for the octave effect and a Choir knob that lets you dish out an additional two octaves up, two octaves down, and slightly delayed direct signal for that full church organ sound.
