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items The perfect and best pedals for a pedalboard, I highly recommend all these products! Mainly focused for high gain metal/rock tones. ALL tones come with a minimum 1-year warranty!
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Distortion/Overdrive Pedals
Delay Pedals
Fuzz Pedals
Reverb Pedals
Flanger Pedals
Phaser Pedals
Distortion/Overdrive Pedals
A great affordable distortion pedal for high gain. Dial in and find that perfect crunch/chug tone!
BOSS DS-1 Distortion Effects Pedal
A world class distortion used by the likes of Nirvana, Jeff Beck, Metallica, David Gilmore and Oasis!
ProCo RAT2 Distortion Effects Pedal
The ‘Holy Grail’ for distortion. Any band that uses high gain have definitely used and recorded with the TS. Absolute timeless gem
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Effects Pedal
One of the most underrated/overlooked distortion pedals, however with the EQ knobs, there's unlimited tone possibilities
GAMMA Hades Metal Distortion Effects Pedal
A seriously versatile DS pedal used by many influential bands, such as Korn, Megadeth, Children of Bodom and even Prince on his rock songs!
BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone Effects Pedal
OG vintage TS-1 go for a serious amount of money but this reissue allows for a guitarist to reap the benefits of the vintage gain, while staying at an affordable price
Ibanez TS808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue Overdrive Pedal
For all the EVH fans! The closest pedal you will find to emulate Eddie's iconic sound. 3 band EQ allows for versatile tones!
MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive Guitar Pedal
For the metal fans who want a reliable DS pedal without breaking the bank. Only $25 and you will have all the gain you need!
Behringer UM300 Ultra Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal
$65 for an iconic overdrive pedal. This pedal provides a creamy reminiscence of a cranked tube amp. Iconic for the 70s/80s drive
BOSS SUPER OverDrive SD-1 Pedal
Underrated distortion pedal, captures the 90s-00s gritty, heavy and punchy tone, Great for boosting clean tones too. Used by bands such as Type O Negative and a lot of shoegaze/goth/doom metal
Warm Audio WA-CV Centavo Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal Gold
Delay Pedals
A top-selling delay for a reason! Such a fun pedal to experiment with, endless possibilities!
BOSS RC-1 Loop Station Effects Pedal
Wide range with 11 different delay colours. A highly rated pedal, my brother uses this when we jam and it makes me want to buy it for my collection
BOSS DD-8 Digital Delay Effects Pedal
Very popular and used by many famous bands, MXR carbon copy gives your tone a sense of depth and space, better than digital pedals
MXR M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal
Waza Craft make a serious delay pedal! A re-issue after '84 that offers an organic warm and comforting delay. Customisable modes from 20-600ms delay.
BOSS DM-2W Delay Waza Craft Guitar Effects Pedal
One of the best delay pedals on the market. A staple in the '70s, that has a switch to add vibrato or chorus, alongside 550ms of analogue delay!
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy Delay Guitar Effects Pedal
Fuzz Pedals
Most notorious fuzz pedal there is! Can be used to recreate 70s rock tone, all the way to current day RHCP tones. Such a fun pedal, highly recommend
Electro-Harmonix Classics USA Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer Guitar Effects Pedal
A reliable reissue of the ‘78 Big Muff, yet still highly rated by the likes of Billy Corgan from ’Smashing Pumpkins'. A real iconic sound
Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff Pi Fuzz Effects Pedal
For $25, you can accurately recreate iconic fuzz tones, ranging from 60s rock to 00's grunge. This pedal can do it all
Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz Effects Pedal
For the Thick-Slash like fuzzy tone, his signature pedal has internal and external controls like the sub-octave/octave up to really dial in the 70's/80's rock fuzz!
Dunlop Slash Octave Fuzz Guitar Effects Pedal
For those trying to be like David Gilmour - The best fuzz I ever used for lead playing! It matches existing amps and EQ settings and blends perfectly!
TC Electronic Rusty Fuzz Effect Pedal
Reverb Pedals
A reverb pedal with multiple different presets for how the sound will resonate, from Spring to Hall reverb. Amazing ambience and resonance
BOSS RV-6 Digital Delay/Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal
Excellent $39 budget reverb pedal with 6 different settings. Even with a 3-EQ settings to cut and boost frequencies. Great for gigs!
Behringer DR600 Digital Stereo Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal
Another classic by eletcro-hamronix, a 3-way switch between hall, spring and flerb, to offer a wide ambience, without messign up your guitar tone
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal
3 way pedal, that offers spring, studio, and plate reverb, that offers a wide variety of shimmering or an ambient vibe to your track
GAMMA Cumulus 3-Way Reverb Effects Pedal
A great budget reverb pedal that offers dreamlike, rich ambience. 4 tone knobs, including mix and shimmering, can allow for endless possibilities to give your guitar an angelic-like tone
TC Electronic Flourescence Reverb Effects Pedal
Flanger Pedals
Top-selling flanger pedal for those swirly-alien sounding tones, has 2 new modes (Ultra/Gate pan), to create extra depth and thickness!
BOSS BF-3 Flanger Effects Pedal
A vintage 80's pedal with two standout controls (speed/regeneration) to control the rate and intensity of the flanger. Micro size, so great for using at gigs!
MXR M152 Micro Flanger Guitar Effects Pedal
For $35, you can receive an excellent budget flanger, to obtain that psychedelic rock reminiscence. Has knobs to adjust depth, rate, and feedback to really capture the 'swirl' you want
TC Electronic Thunderstorm Flanger Effects Pedal
Phaser Pedals
A fine fitting pedal to create that psychedelic aura. Two modes (45/90) to offer iconic phaser sounds from subtle to warbly/swirly. Common pedal for those 70s rock bands!
MXR M290 Mini Phase 95 Phaser Guitar Effects Pedal
Iconic 6-stage phase shifting rates. Knobs to freeze the phasing, and to change the oscillation in the ‘warble’. A staple in the 70's vintage rock
Electro-Harmonix Bad Stone Phase Shifter Guitar Effects Pedal
Chorus Pedals
Ideal pedal for keyboardists/guitarists who want that shimmering wide tone to fill the room. Excellent pedal and a true gem for having chorus on your rig!
BOSS CH-1 Super Chorus Effects Pedal
A $29 chorus pedal for those guitarists who want to create that room-filling, ambient tone on a budget. 4 accessible settings to change the dimension
TC Electronic 3rd Dimension Chorus Effects Pedal
Boost Pedals
For $39, a top-selling, highly rated mini boost pedal. Up to 20Db of gain, while offering insane clarity to your guitar tone! Best pedal for it's price!!
TC Electronic Spark Mini Booster Guitar Effects Pedal
Mini pedal for a CLEAN rich boost. Offers a harmonic clean boost to drive your amp that extra mile. Perfect when paired with an overdrive boost too!
Keeley Mini Katana Clean Boost Guitar Effects Pedal
Premium upgrade from the standard BOSS-BD. New ‘custom’ mode, allowing for improved gain-range and a fuller tone, as a result of it's boosted frequencies
BOSS BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft Guitar Effects Pedal
Wah pedals
The world's most infamous Wah pedal. Perfect for all players and genres, affordable and extremely reliable pedal that had been used by most band since the '60s
Dunlop Cry Baby Standard Wah Effects Pedal
My first and last Wah pedal! Absolutely love it. Comes with a boost knob to crank the gain and volume and also an EQ and tone knob to change and dial in the perfect Wah to sound like Dime!
Dunlop DB01B Dimebag Cry Baby from Hell Wah Effects Pedal
Perfect for beginner guitar players who want to sound like their idols! Has an EQ setting to really dial in frequencies, all while being within a solid budget. Great first wah-pedal
Behringer Hellbabe HB01 Optical Wah Wah Pedal
Whammy Pedal
World famous and arguably the best whammy pedal you can get. Many options ranging from dropping octaves, climbing up octaves, harmonies, drop tuning, and divebombing. This pedal can do it all
DigiTech Whammy Pitch Shifting Guitar Effects Pedal
The exact same settings mentioned in the last review, however all for a BASS guitar instead. Really adds a dynamic, unique style to a bass player's vibe
DigiTech (BASS) Whammy Effects Pedal