Pedals reviews from Reddit

"RC-300 on your serious board, but both work well."

"As someone with the Boss RC-5, it's an amazing looper that I recommend."

"Ditto+ or RC-5 is the best simple one"

"Ditto+ is amazing, very straightforward and has massive storage and many memory slots"

"RC-5 with additional external footswitch (Nux NMP-2) for better control and dedicated stop and overdub"

"TCE Ditto+ in my opinion. Small, easy to use, and has some helpful features including being able to save a lot of loops."

"I’ve got two ditto pluses one for bass and one for guitar and they’re great"

"Love mine too, as long as it gets enough power, I’ve had no issues"

"The best (to me) is the RC-300. The ease and simplicity is unmatched."

"Just received and been enjoying the new Ditto 2 looper. simple and solid."

"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."

"The Meris LVX and Strymon Volante and Timeline have loopers."

"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."

"Are my favorite reverb."

"Get him an empress heavy menace."

"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."

"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."

"Eventide h9"

"H9 is a super deal."

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

"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."

"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."

"720 has always done right by me."

"I love my holy grail."

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

"I'm happy so far with the EHX 720."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Recent boomerang convert here. Its a massive improvement over the ditto and i couldn’t be happier."

"Boomerang is by far the best for live"

"The boomerang is my favorite."

"Boomerang has always been my favorite."

"If you don't require loop storage, then the Boomerang is probably the best looper."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Meris big box pedals are insanely versatile, flexible, and sound stupid good."

"Meris boxes. Every each one."

"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."

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

"And a mid hump overdrive."

"Or a mid hump overdrive."

"Deftraps are the best composite pedals ive ever used."

"My personal favorites are the deity deftraps."

"Deity Deftrap."

"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."

"Great for a pedalboard."

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

"Is the best tuner I’ve used"

"Love my Oneup composites, for the price they are amazing."

"One Up composite pedals stick to my shoe like glue."

"One Up composite pedals."

"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."

"A boosted Swollen pickle is phenomenal."

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

"Swollen Pickle seems to work well with active basses too."

"Can’t recommend it enough."

"Is your friend."

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

"Boosted/overdriven Muff for me."

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

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

"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."

"Darkglass or derivatives will do good for all kinds of drives"

"Anything from Darkglass."

"I have had great luck with the Chesters."

"RF Chester are my go-to platform pedals."

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

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

"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."

"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"

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

"DMR Vaults on 4 bikes in this house."

"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."

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

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

"Pigtronix Infinity/Infinity 3 are great midi controlled loopers."

"Pigtronix III is my next one."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"If you can only have 1 reverb."

"Great reverb delay combo."

"It’s my go-to."

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

"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."

"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."

"These are among the best pedals I've ever owned"

"Nukeproof Neutron Evo pedals are really cheap if you can still find them, and ridiculously grippy."

"Best pedals ever. I'm not sure why they aren't more popular. They have a very durable mechanism (unlike CB) Great mud performance ,and very crisp engagement You have to like a stiff release spring though because they aren't adjustable"

"FUNN Ripper pedals. I've swapped out the pins for some big bike proof fuckers. Adjustable spd clip, adjustable pin heights. Basically running it with as light a clip as possible and as much pin contact as possible. Can get in and out super easy. Not light, but they're an excellent flat-ish feeling clip pedal."

"The ROCKBROS ones amazon sells are surprisingly good"

"The Rock Bros ones seem like the best on there right now at that price."

"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"

"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."

"One ups are great."

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

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

"I’m really happy with it."

"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."

"I currently own a Boss RC-1 and a Blooper which are the best for me."

"Blooper was tricky to learn, but now that I get how it works, it’s super fun and versatile."

"Anyone with big feet needs these."

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

"Nobels ODR 1."

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

"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."

"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."

"Really dope. But not $400 dope."

"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."

"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."

"Klon KTR. Most clones sound identical."

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

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

"Really Bad: TC HoF"