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Boss

4.1

(44)

"The best metal pedal of all time in my opinion is a Boss HM-2."

"I love my Boss Blues Driver BD-2. Can't go wrong with that."

"It’s called the Midwest Drive, and it’s a modified Boss Blues Drive."

"I always recommend the BD-2."

"Hard to beat a BD2."

"Space Echo. Controls the feedback. Can’t use it without one now."

"Has been faultless."

"I’d start with a DS2. You’ll be shocked with how many solid froosh tones you can get with just that pedal."

"With that you can do 90% of Frusciante’s stuff."

"Got everything you’ll need."

ProCo

4.4

(13)

"Use a proco rat."

"Rat + Tube Screamer is all you need."

"RAT PEDAL that's it."

"ProCo Rat or Ibanez TS-9."

"Rat"

"It’s not the most straight forward solution, but it’s what I always come back to."

"Rat as others have mentioned."

"ProCo Rat is a good one."

"You could probably get a RAT and a decent reverb or delay."

"I’ve currently got a RAT, Phase 90, and an old school RE-20 on my board."

Strymon

3.7

(11)

"I love my Strymon Blue Sky. Simple and sounds great."

"If you want a simple, classic amp reverb the Strymon Flint is unbeatable."

"Mainstay on my board. Sounds great, easy to dial in."

"Love the ensemble mode on the Cloudburst."

"The tremolo alone makes it worth it."

"Strymon blue sky."

"Strymon Deco. It's still on my board, but if somebody showed up and offered me 80% of what I paid for it, I think I'd part with it."

"Great sounding reverb and the ensemble mode was cool."

"Strymon Blue Sky. Nothing really wrong with it."

"It's a little more limited than I expected."

Empress

4.4

(9)

"Are my favorite reverb."

"Get him an empress heavy menace."

"For Death and Black Metal, I would look at the Empress Heavy Menace."

"Is a great option!"

"Empress heavy menace."

"Heavy Menace by Empress."

"Expected to like the Empress Reverb more."

"Empress Heavy Menace, it can sort of do the sweadish chainsaw alright."

Rat

4.0

(8)

"The Rat is awesome. That’s a pedal that will never leave my board."

"Get him a classic dirt pedal like a Rat or SD-1 or Big Muff Pi."

"Believe it or not a Rat works really well for light drive."

"I mostly play a standard Rat for this."

"Thinking of getting the Big Muff Deluxe to pair with it."

Red Panda

4.4

(7)

"It can do so much more than just noise."

"Is a wonderful glutchy looper with time and pitch and direction effects."

"Nothing else I’ve tried comes close."

"I really like everything red panda has made but particularly tensor is my go to."

"RED Panda Context is also good."

"Does delay at the same time as well if you choose."

"It's unfortunately pretty complicated and feels really hard to dial in an amazing sound."

Eventide

4.4

(7)

"If Eventide is out of your budget, the Immerse is good."

"Does everything you could ever need out of a reverb."

"The eventide does it."

"Was a game changer."

"H9 is a super deal."

"Not nearly as lush in person, hard to configure, just…annoying all around."

Simagic

5.0

(6)

"The 2 pedal P1000 are the best pedals available for under $500."

"I would choose the Simagic P500, you have integrated electronics."

"For 50 bucks more you can get (Newly released) Simagic P500 , 3 pedal set with load cell"

"I'd be happy with them for rest of my life."

"The best being simagic P1000 with hydraulic brake and throttle."

"Best choice for you I think comes down to what sort of features and future upgrade ability you care about."

EQD

4.1

(7)

"Is the best OD there is"

"I use an EQD plumes and like it."

"Very versatile for most of my reverb needs."

"It's really simple with just three knobs, but very versatile."

#10

Ibanez

4.0

(7)

"In regards to flexibility the Ibanez Pentatone is one of the best , the eq options are outstanding."

"Ibanez Pentatone PTPRE, can't say enough about this for metal distortion tones."

"Pretty much any Tubescreamer."

"Used Ibanez tube screamer"

"Made my guitar sound like it had adenoids."

#11

EAE

3.9

(7)

"I currently use an EAE Limelight, though I might have to make a difficult decision between that and the Coriolis Hail to the King."

"EAE Limelight. One of the absolute best at clarity with a fair bit of gain."

"It seems like the obvious choice."

"I guess it sounded good but it didn’t “feel” right."

"I actually only like it for low-mid gain."

#12

Heusinkveld

4.8

(5)

"Extremely reliable, customisable, amazing customer service"

"Microcenter has HE Sprints 2 pedal on sale for $350 at select locations."

"Sprints are an endgame device. Been using them for 2 years now."

"Great quality and reliability."

"I have the HE Sprints, they don’t have a high load cell rate but I don’t think i’ll ever hit 65kg pressure."

#13

Caline

4.4

(5)

"The Caline Pure Sky is hard to beat for the price."

"Caline Pure Sky. Worth the $30 gamble and I love it more than some boutique ODs I've had."

"If you're on a budget the Caline Pure Sky is a great Timmy clone."

"Caline Pure Sky, Joyo Splinter, Joyo Uzi/Dark Flame."

"Caline Pure Sky."

#14

EHX

4.4

(5)

"I love my holy grail."

"EHX HOLY GRAIL- excellent spring and hall sounds at an excellent price."

"The pitchfork tracking is fantastic."

"EHX pitchfork and use it like a whammy."

"He used the Super Overdrive and an EHX Holy Grail Max early Schlag era."

#15

Greer

5.0

(4)

"I stack my Greer Lightspeed with my Analogman Sunface and that is a BEAUTIFUL combination."

"Can’t go wrong with a Greer Lightspeed!"

"It's literally the only pedal I can think of that hasn't changed years."

"Greer. Lightspeed. Just. Do. It."

#16

VRS Pedals

5.0

(4)

"I got the VRS pedals last week and they are amazing."

"Dont ever buy fanatec v3. I‘d say go VRS if you want zero problems."

"VRS pedals👏 worth the extra cash if you can."

"VRS pedals, look them up. Boosted media has an good review about them."

#17

Joyo

4.0

(5)

"I just got a Joyo Dark Flame and I feel like it handles the modern metal sound pretty well."

"Is a good, cheap bass distortion pedal."

"You could try a Joyo Double Thruster, which is a cheap but pretty good knockoff of the Darkglass B3K."

"Joyo Splinter (Rat) is a good choice."

"Joyo splinter is a good rat clone."

#18

Big Muff

3.2

(6)

"Would definitely suggest a big muff or tone bender mk ii/iii."

"Although I love the tone, you get buried in the mix with the rest of the band."

"It can't clean up with the guitar's volume knob like a Fuzzface."

"I can't wrap my head around how it's as in demand as it is."

#19

MXR

4.8

(4)

"A modulated delay (I love my MXR Carbon Copy, Old Noise Black Fountains are also great)"

"The real secret of my sound was just my MXR Carbon Copy going into the red channel of my 5150."

"Look for a used MXR Super Badass distortion pedal."

#20

P1000

4.5

(4)

"Love the p1000s. The haptic break pedal. So amazing."

"I love my P1000’s. Plus there is a bunch of potential as far as upgrade paths go."

"I'd personally get P1000 with haptics."

"Let me be a contrarian and save you some money since everybody in here wants you to spend more."

#21

Digitech

3.6

(5)

"Either a digitech whammy which is somewhat expensive or a tube screamer I think"

"Digitech's Bad Monkey."

"Digitech's Bad Monkey + Xotic's SL Drive for a delicious grungy (90's rock) tone."

"It's a great pedal, I just saw myself using it a lot more than I actually do."

"I like it but, it takes some work to get them to sounds good."

#22

Race Face

4.3

3.5

(2)

"Likely I'll still get Donner or Caline for a small set up."

"You listed the Donner pedal as the same price as the Boss SD1."

#65

4.0

(1)

"Metal Muff Nano with the noise gate is great, I use it for classic metal sounds."

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