Best pedals on Reddit

275 reviews from r/guitarpedals, r/simracing, r/MTB and 24 more subreddits

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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."

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."

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."

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

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."

#18

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."

#19

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."

#20

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."

#21

Race Face

4.3

(4)

"Race face is having a clearance sale where you can buy their Chester Pedals for $10 with any purchase."

"Try the 2024 race face Chester and they are on sale for $44 a lot of places right now."

"Lotsa suggestions here for the Race Face (make) Chesters (model)."

"Race Face Chester."

#22

Joyo

4.0

(4)

"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."

#23

Fuzz Face

5.0

(3)

"Fuzz Face with the guitar volume rolled down, best overdrive you can get"

"And a mid hump overdrive."

"Or a mid hump overdrive."

#24

Peterson

5.0

(3)

"Great for a pedalboard."

"Will tune anything, any time long after most other tuners have given up."

"Is the best tuner I’ve used"

#25

RaceFace

5.0

(3)

"My wife has used RaceFace Chester for years and they seem bulletproof."

"I love my Raceface Chesters."

"Cheap ish ones that seem to work well are Raceface Chester."

#26

VRS

4.7

(3)

"Gotta be the VRS pedals at that range."

"VRS are in another world. I suggest you research VRS as you read more they have been the high end value leaders for a while."

"People say that VRS are the best out there if you have the patience to set them up."

#27

EarthQuaker Devices

4.7

(3)

"Can’t recommend it enough."

"Is your friend."

"I love the reverb on the dispatch master. So easy to dial in a great sound."

#28

Electro-Harmonix

4.3

(3)

"Boosted/overdriven Muff for me."

"Distortion wise: EHX Big Muff (any model would work)."

"Electro Harmonix Big Muff, ProCo Rat, Boss DS-1."

#29

Look

4.3

(3)

"I plan on sticking with Look Keo for my Zwift bike when it comes in next week."

"You could buy pedals that are Look Delta (Peloton) on one side and SPD on the other."

"Get Look Delta pedals for your Zwift Ride."

#30

Keeley

4.0

(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."

"Most of the Thorpy pedals, especially the 'pulse doppler'.. pretty much every Chase Bliss pedal, they are just too fiddly for a live musician."

#31

DOD

4.0

(3)

"Dod carcosa is worth a look as well."

"DOD Carcosa is a fuzz pedal for about $150 that dooms hard."

#32

Fuzzhugger

5.0

(2)

"Algal Bloom was designed to be a fuzz pedal for chords."

"No fuzz does complex chord articulation better than the Fuzzhugger Algal Bloom imho."

#33

Swollen Pickle

5.0

(2)

"A boosted Swollen pickle is phenomenal."

"Gonna go with the Swollen Pickle, dial it to a crunchy tone."

#34

Simsonn Pedals

5.0

(2)

"Right now I would go with The Simsonn pedals Sim jacks only because I can get the Simsonn pedals on Amazon."

"I absolutely LOVE my Simsonn pedals"

#35

Old Blood Noise

5.0

(2)

"The Old Blood Dark Star is awesome for sci-fi, dystopian tones."

"I use this for super long pads and big swashes of glitchy noise."

#36

DMR

5.0

(2)

"First time with dmr vaults. Hands down grippiest pedal I’ve had."

"DMR Vaults on 4 bikes in this house."

#37

Crankbrothers

5.0

(2)

"I would suggest and encourage you to try the Crankbrothers Stamp pedals."

"I started with a set of Stamp1 pedals from Crankbrothers."

#38

Korg

5.0

(2)

"Korg Pitchblack Advance has absolutely no trouble."

"Has served me and my low A well for many years."

#39

Black Arts Toneworks

4.5

(2)

"Really loving my Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh these days."

"Black Arts Toneworks has another fuzz called Pharoah."

#40

Plumes

4.5

(2)

"Plumes Mode 2 (clean boost opamp mode), pure mid sparkle."

"Plumes AND Morning Glory on the same board."

#41

Tumnus

4.5

(2)

"Tumnus Deluxe (Hot switch) into a EQD Plumes (mode 1) gets a great mid-high(ish) gain blues tone."

"Wampler makes great affordable variations on these circuits with Tumnus/Tumnus deluxe."

#42

Fulltone

4.5

(2)

"If I could choose one I’d go Tweak Fuzz or OCD. OCD does everything well, tons of range."

"Full tone OCD."

#43

OneUp Composite Pedals

4.5

(2)

"I really like the OneUp composite pedals. Good grip, size, durability."

"I use the one up composite pedals for cheap. 60 CAD and I don't care when they break."

#44

VX Pros

4.5

(2)

"You wont find better one in that price range at the moment"

"Got the VX Pros and they ARE really good."

#45

JHS

4.5

(2)

"JHS Morning Glory. I resisted it for years but it’s exactly as advertised."

"I bought the jhs morning glory and it sounds just like neighborhoods to my ears."

#46

Walrus

4.5

(2)

"It’s my go-to."

"It can go pretty subtle with lo-fi reverb and pretty crazy with octave reverb."

#47

Deftraps

4.5

(2)

"Deftraps are my choice."

"Stamp 1 Gen 2, Oneup Composite, or Deftraps."

#48

Origin Effects

4.5

(2)

"The Origin Effects Bass Rig is a pretty ripping Ampeg SVT pedal."

"The Origin Bass rig pedal shown could likely get you almost all the way there."

#49

Source Audio

4.5

(2)

"If you can only have 1 reverb."

"Great reverb delay combo."

#50

TC Electronic

3.0

(3)

"I usually recommend the TC electronic HOF for those on a budget."

"Really Bad: TC HoF"

#51

Timmy

4.0

(2)

"Probably a Timmy with a high amount of bass cut can deliver what you are looking for."

"Second the KoT clones. Timmy or lightspeed too."

#52

OneUp

4.0

(2)

"One ups are great."

"I'd recommend for budget look at OneUp or RaceFace Chester composite pedals."

#53

Friedman

4.0

(2)

"Friedman BE-OD is my forever distortion pedal. It’s is the most realistic and clear sounding distortion pedal I’ve ever used."

"Good pedal, just not for me."

#54

RockBros

4.0

(2)

"Anyone with big feet needs these."

"Would I be a heretic if I said rockbros?"

#55

Nobels

4.0

(2)

"Nobels ODR 1."

"A Nobels ODR-1 is definitely worth a look."

#56

Fender

4.0

(2)

"Inexpensive pedal and it punches above it’s weight."

"I’m really happy with it."

#57

Magnetic Pedals

4.0

(2)

"There are magnetic pedals that give some of the benefits of clipless."

"Someone I know with a severe ankle injury switched from clipless to magnetic pedals."

#58

Chase Bliss

4.0

(2)

"Chase Bliss pedals are all incredible, but I never use them, cuz I don’t have the time or patience to flip switches and turn knobs while I’m playing."

"Chase Bliss in general"

#59

Collision Devices

3.5

(2)

"The demo video of this pedal is great."

"It's astoundingly beautiful and sounds neat."

#60

Vongon

3.5

(2)

"Really dope. But not $400 dope."

#61

DBA

3.5

(2)

"My GOAT reverb pick is DBA Rooms. So many cool sounds out of it, and I use it all the time."

"The high end loss was a dealbreaker."

#62

Meris

3.5

(2)

"In my opinion the Meris Enzo is the king of pedal synths."

"I just couldn’t get it to do what I wanted it to do."

#63

Klon

3.0

(2)

"Klon KTR. Most clones sound identical."

"I couldn’t get any kind of decent sound out of it."

#64

Earthquaker Devices

3.0

(2)

"My favorite pedal makers are Earthquaker Devices and Walrus Audio."

"I thought the designs looked so cool but every one I've tried has kinda let me down."

#65

One Up

5.0

(1)

"One Up composite pedals."

#66

OBNE

5.0

(1)

"OBNE Dark Star v3, awesome pedal"

#67

Deity

5.0

(1)

"Deity Deftrap."

#68

Electro-Harmonix Memory Man

5.0

(1)

"Memory Man with Hazari fed into a fuzz, then modulation (chorus/flange), reverb to taste."

#69

Xotic

4.0

(1)

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