Guitar Pedals reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 261 Reddit reviews across 24 subreddits and 48 posts to rank the best Guitar Pedals brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/guitarpedals, r/basspedals, r/Hardcore, r/shoegaze, r/doommetal. Top-rated brands include Boss (4.5/5), Electro-Harmonix (4.4/5), Chase Bliss (4.8/5).
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Reviews261
Subreddits24
Posts48
Brands62
Products77
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#1
Boss
4.5
(57)
"I love my Boss Blues Driver BD-2. Can't go wrong with that. Very versatile IMO."
"It’s called the Midwest Drive, and it’s a modified Boss Blues Drive."
"Boss Digtial Delay DD-6. That‘s what Tom used at some point and I use it, too."
"Boss bd2 blues driver is also great"
"The metalzone is fucking incredible especially in sludge."
"Is probably what you’re looking for"
"Boss, Empress. Wampler."
"Hmm boss, Strymon and analogman!"
"Boss, Alexander, obne would cover all my bases."
"BOSS, OBNE, EQD"
#2
Electro-Harmonix
4.4
(16)
"Other constants are Freeze."
"EHX Small Clone"
"Other constants are EHX Small Stone"
"You can’t go wrong with a big muff, a crybaby, and a EQ pedal never hurts."
"Distortion wise: EHX Big Muff (any model would work)."
"Electro Harmonix Big Muff, ProCo Rat, Boss DS-1."
"Electro harmonix ripped speaker"
"Any Muff"
"Green Big Muff Pi."
"You can get a used EHX Soul Food(klon style boost/drive) for $57"
#3
Chase Bliss
4.8
(12)
"Every Chase Bliss Pedal"
"Anything Chase Bliss really."
"Anything Chase Bliss. Especially the ones that do weird stuff."
"Anything Chase Bliss. Especially the ones that do weird stuff."
"Literally any Chase Bliss pedal, a lot of the Strymon mod and delay pedals."
"Microcosm, OBNE’s Minim, Chase Mood are all good ambient pedals to work with."
"Chase bliss mood, chase bliss dark worlds, walrus audio slo, EQ astral destiny."
"Chase Bliss MOOD and/or the Blooper."
"Chase Bliss, Empress Effects, OBNE"
"A lot of the chase bliss pedals are pretty unique there's not a lot like them"
#4
Proco
4.4
(12)
"My top 3 are RAT, Broadcast, Carbon Copy."
"Rat + Tube Screamer is all you need"
"RAT PEDAL that's it"
"ProCo Rat is a good one"
"A Rat does wonders for keys."
"Turbo rat"
"Rat, Barbershop, Deco"
"ProCo Rat as well."
"I’ve had better luck in the other direction running guitar-oriented RAT"
"Look for cheaper clones of these."
#5
EarthQuaker Devices
4.7
(11)
"A eqd hoof or cloven hoof, fuzzrocious lil fella are a killer combo."
"Is a huge reverb"
"Eqd, Line6, Hologram"
"EQD, OBNE & Boss"
"EQD, MXR/Dunlop, & Boss"
"1. Earthquaker Devices"
"Brands that rule imo... earthquaker ... death by audio (echo master is the bomb)..."
"Earthquaker Afterneath is my shit right now."
"EQD Hoof or Hizumitas (Muff-style doomers but with great articulation)."
"My favorite pedal makers are Earthquaker Devices and Walrus Audio."
#6
Pro Co
4.6
(10)
"A good distortion pedal for beginners is a RAT."
"RAT! Best bass overdrive ever made."
"RAT. if you don't have that. Start with that."
"The only answer is a Rat. Close the thread."
"No one mentioned a Rat yet but imo it covers a LOT of punkrock ground."
"Rat. Probably one of the best distortion pedals for synths."
"Rat, Big Muff, TS9, DS1, metal zone, ML2 are all $100 or less."
"I’ve currently got a RAT, Phase 90, and an old school RE-20 on my board."
"ProCo Rat: Everything."
"I'd probably grab a rat."
#7
Behringer
3.6
(11)
"My absolute favorite is the BEHRINGER SF300. Fuzz mode 1 is amazing."
"Rat, Behringer super fuzz, and if you can find one the parapedal wah from the 70s."
"Behringer super fuzz - cheap as dirt, but it is a great octave fuzz."
"The bang for buck you get on that thing is insane."
"Are great sound for cheap, so those are good for getting some basic effects."
"Behringer SF300, Donner Dark Mouse, Rowin Phaser."
"The ~$30 rip of the HM-2."
"There's also the Behringer Super Fuzz, which is like $30 new."
"Behringer SF300 is a clone of the Boss Hyper Fuzz."
"Behringer Pedals are a great way to make any guitar sound horrible. And they're only $20-$40 each!"
#8
MXR
4.1
(7)
"MXR and EHX. Don’t need no stinking third."
"MXR Blue Box"
"For bass delays."
"MXR Blue Box ; I was gifted one, and I couldn't get any usable sounds out of it. It's perfect, cheap, and small"
"Then it's a coin toss between mxr or ehx and I'd probably land on mxr."
"MXR Carbon copy, Ibanez ES2, EHX Memory Boy, Keeley Hooke, VFE Blueprint."
"Snag a few classic recognizable tone pedals like a small stone phaser and a good wah and echo.. MXR pedals are ske"
#9
Strymon
4.7
(6)
"Anything by Strymon, Eventide or Chase Bliss Audio."
"Strymon Deco, Boss Slicer, Eventide H9/H90, Boss DCw, HX Stomp/One"
"2. Strymon"
"2. Strymon"
"You can't go wrong with the Strymon Deco as a one-stop shop for modulation and (light) grit."
"Strymon makes pedals designed to be used with line level gear."
#10
Walrus Audio
4.5
(6)
"Walrus Audio, EAE, Strymon."
"Walrus, Boss, MXR"
"1. Walrus Audio"
"My favorite pedal makers are Earthquaker Devices and Walrus Audio."
"Walrus, Boss, EQD."
"1. Walrus Audio
2. Electronic Audio Experiments
3. Spaceman Effects"
#11
EHX
4.3
(6)
"Ehx, eqd and mxr"
"EHX, Walrus, Earthquaker"
"EHX OD Glove"
"I'd grab an EHX OD Glove. That would cover a lot of ground."
"EHX, JHS, DOD"
"EHX, DBA and the last one can be anybody that makes a shimmer verb or tap tempo analog delay."
#12
Zoom
4.2
(5)
"It's a real steal for a multi-fx pedal."
"Check out the zoom ms70cdr, you can make your own patches"
"Consider a multi effects unit. You'll have several options in every category of effects."
"Zoom ms70cdr is a good catch all ambient pedal with all kinds of modulation, delays, and reverbs."
"Zoom MS70CDR. Tons of great modulation and reverb sounds on a budget."
#13
Empress
5.0
(4)
"Empresa Heavy and the Empress Heavy Menace."
"Is a great option!"
"Empresa Heavy and the Empress Heavy Menace."
"Heavy Menace by Empress"
#14
TC Helicon
4.5
(4)
"Yes TC Helicon vocal pedal is probably your best option."
"I'd skip the guitar pedals altogether and just get a TC Helicon. They sound really good."
"There are some great fairly inexpensive vocal pedals... Tc helicon I particularly like."
"If you can afford it, get an actual *vocal effects* pedal. I believe TC Helicon is among the top of the line in this market."
#15
Klon
4.5
(4)
"I love bluesbreaker + Klon in either direction"
"And a mid forward lead pedal. - klon or tubescreamer type."
"Klon into a Rat"
"Pair a Klon into a king of tone"
#16
Wampler
4.5
(4)
"Wampler Tumnus Deluxe - best klone out there IMO."
"Wampler cuz Brian Wampler is a damn genius, Boss, and EHX"
"I'm gonna get some flack for this but. Wampler strymon jhs"
"Boss, MXR, Wampler"
#17
Ibanez
4.3
(4)
"And a mid forward lead pedal. - klon or tubescreamer type."
"I have an Ibanez AD mini (same circuit as the AD-9 but with double the delay time)"
"BD-2, Tube screamer, carbon copy delays"
"Used."
#18
TC Electronic
4.3
(4)
"TC Electronic Hall Of Fame"
"Weirdly a TC Dark Matter on bass sounds awesome to my ears."
"Occupies the sonic niche between the warm drive of my preamp and the cold chainsaw of said heavy distortion."
"I like the tc electronic stuff because they have an app to tweak them."
#19
DOD
4.0
(4)
"BAT Pharoah > DOD Rubberneck"
"Used and B stock DOD Gonkulators are under a hundred bucks."
"DOD Gonkulator"
"I also love the DOD rubberneck"
#20
Hotone
4.7
(3)
"In Gramo? yes, I use that mode the most as an instant lo-fi junky type thing. and if you drive it with a fuzz it starts sounding a bit more like a flanger. pedal is incredible lol"
"If you want a modern day “computer mic glitching over bad wifi” bitcrushers are your friend. Hotone Krush is one of my favorite bitcrushers, and it is rather cheap even new."
"Hotone Krush sounds like your pedal"
#21
Way Huge
4.3
(3)
"Way Huge Swollen Pickle, boosted by a Boss Blues Driver 😃"
"Way Huge Swollen Pickle, boosted by a Boss Blues Driver."
"Many Way Huge pedals. Green Rhino, Swollen Pickle, Pork Loin."
#22
Keeley
4.3
(3)
"If you want shoegaze in a box, the Keeley loomer is a home run."
"If you want shoegaze in a box, I’d look at the Keeley Loomer."
"Keeley Loomer are combination distortion / fuzz / reverb / modulation pedals."
#23
Mooer
4.3
(3)
"3. Mooer Audio"
"Honest. Mooer, Caline, Joyo, etc. in one place along w some others."
"Mooer make a line of mini pedals that are cheap and reasonably good."
#24
Donner
4.3
(3)
"Delay - donner yellow fall"
"The pedals I use are TS-9, MXR D+, Behringer NR300, MXR P90, Donner Yellow Fall, and Joyo Atmosphere."
"I picked up one of the tiny Donner reverb pedals when it was on sale a while back. Works good enough for my needs."
#25
Caline
4.0
(3)
"Caline Pure Sky"
"All of these are really nice pedals, each one a different flavor."
"Caline Pure Sky"
#26
Nobels
4.0
(3)
"Came here to say odr-1."
"The Nobels ODR-1 overdrive."
#27
Sonicake
4.0
(3)
"The wavecrush is a great pedal"
"Get a Sonicake 5th Dimension pedal (they're around £40 on Amazon), put it on the 'Lo-Fi' setting"
"Check out Sonicake Wavecrush, on radio, or gramophone mode."
#28
Jekyll and Hyde
5.0
(2)
"Jekyll and Hyde is essential for the first album."
"What you want is an Overdrive pedal. The exact one they use for the first few albums is the Jekyll and Hyde pedal."
#29
Revv
5.0
(2)
"The G3 is great, takes my od808 well."
"The Revv G3 (or G4) are really great."
#30
Microcosm
5.0
(2)
"I second microcosm."
"1000%."
#31
Pro Co Rat
5.0
(2)
"Save time, money, and overwhelming options anxiety and just get yourself a used RAT :)"
"Just get a rat, it can do all those things. Its what you want."
#32
Electronic Audio Experiments
5.0
(2)
"Anything by electronic audio experiments. I’m not even a heavy distortion/fuzz guy but their pedals are amongst the greatest I’ve ever tried."
"Check out electronic audio experiments they are expensive but some of them are the greatest heaviest pedals to ever exist"
#33
Origin Effects
5.0
(2)
"Origin. Boss. Nordeland"
"3. Origin Effects"
#34
Paul Cochrane
4.5
(2)
"Other constants are Timmy"
"I like a fairly flat eq gain - Timmy, ODR, barber gain changer or direct drive, light speed etc."
#35
G3
4.5
(2)
"I love my G3! I play all my favorite older Mastodon and Converge riffs with it."
"I like the g3 a lot. Blends well with other drives and distortions and sounds super sweet on its own."
#36
Mosky
4.5
(2)
"Distortion - mosky king rat"
"4 rat type distortions on 1 pedal for $50."
#37
Old Blood Noise Endeavor
4.0
(2)
"Makes a cool pedal called the Dark Star."
"Old Blood Noise Endeavor makes a cool pedal called the Dark Star."
#38
Greer
4.0
(2)
"Greer Lightspeed"
"I like a fairly flat eq gain - Timmy, ODR, barber gain changer or direct drive, light speed etc."
#39
Joyo
4.0
(2)
"Has few very plausible darkglass clones."
"Also Joyo and Behringer make good cheap pedals."
#40
Old Blood Noise Endeavors
4.0
(2)
"If you're searching for an 'all in one' package, the OBNE Screen Violence."
"It was made for keys as much as, if not more than, it was made for guitar."
#41
Devi Ever
4.0
(2)
"Love my Torns Peaker. It’s so bad it’s good. And it does all sorts of things that you’d not expect."
"Devi Ever Torn’s Peaker goes for this effect if you wanna go the pedal route."
#42
Dunlop
4.0
(2)
"Any Fuzz Face"
"I have a Dunlop 535Q Cry Baby > Way Huge Pork"
#43
Browne Amplification
5.0
(1)
"This is probably my favorite overall low-mid gain overdrive pedal out there."
#44
Longsword
5.0
(1)
"The longsword is just one of the best overdrives out there"
#45
EAE
5.0
(1)
"I’ve got a few pedals from EAE, all of them are perfect for what they do"
#46
Zio
5.0
(1)
"Zio boost - versatile, sounds great. Can get loud with 18v"
#47
BOSS
4.0
(1)
"If you just want a cheap all in one, beginner friendly, look into BOSS GT-1."
#48
M-Wave
4.0
(1)
"The Mini Universe from M-vave got some nice reviews by guitar players so I had to check it out."
#49
Barber
4.0
(1)
"I like a fairly flat eq gain - Timmy, ODR, barber gain changer or direct drive, light speed etc."
#50
Pelitaur
4.0
(1)
"Pelitaur"
#51
Broadcast
4.0
(1)
"My top 3 are RAT, Broadcast, Carbon Copy."
#52
Darkglass
4.0
(1)
"Darkglass Compressor - I use as a boost and as a great subtle or over the top compressor"
#53
Cooper FX
4.0
(1)
"Cooper fx deserve an honourable mention when citing the generation loss"
#54
Benson
4.0
(1)
"Benson Germanium Boost"
#55
Jackson Audio
4.0
(1)
"Jackson Audio Golden Boy are also starting up go for decent prices but they’re a bit complicated for some."
#56
Mojohand
4.0
(1)
"Mojohand Magpie is going cheaply used recently and I love stuff Cusack has a hand in."
#57
Red Panda
4.0
(1)
"Red Panda Particle"
#58
Shoegazer
4.0
(1)
"I have a Shoegazer, and the TP side is just a really gritty OD/fuzz I haven’t heard other pedals try."
#59
Dr. No Effects
4.0
(1)
"The TURD Fuzz pedal houses a excellent extreme cool fuzz effect"
#60
Xotic
4.0
(1)
"Xotic BB preamp (the very first serie not the sh..ty last ones or AT)."
#61
Dr Boogie
4.0
(1)
"I'd suggest the Dr Boogie, which is a DIY kit but you can buy them prebuilt too if you prefer."
#62
Marshall
3.0
(1)
"Marshal new “amp in box pedals” worth checking, delay like boss dd3 some reverb"
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