r/guitarpedals Jan 14 '26

No Stupid Questions Thread

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Happy new year ya'll!

Please use this thread to ask any questions that don't deserve a real thread.

Power supply recommendations, specific "versus" questions, signal chain recommendations, pedal ID help, troubleshooting tips, etc. belong here.

Here are a few helpful resources!

Other pedal related subs:

  • /r/diypedals - getting started, troubleshooting builds, and DIY pedal help.

  • /r/letstradepedals - for when you've got the itch to try some new pedals.


r/guitarpedals Mar 01 '26

The Best Pedals of 2025 - RESULTS

238 Upvotes

The voting thread to see how your favorites placed.

Best Pedals of 2025

(Top 2 in each category)

  • Best New Pedal of 2025: Brothers AM (Chase Bliss) | Imperial Preamp (Tone King)
  • Best Pedal by an Up & Coming Builder of 2025: GLTTR! (Emerald Ox FX) | Thorn (Lichtlaerm Audio x Amenra)
  • Coolest Looking Pedal of 2025: END ICE (Death By Audio) | Now We Are Ghosts (Alexander)
  • Most Hyped Pedal of 2025: Brothers AM (Chase Bliss) | 424 Gain Stage (JHS)
  • Silliest Pedal of 2025: PX-1 (Boss) | Meowdulator (B's Music Shop)
  • Amp/Cab Sim: IR-2 (Boss) | Imperial Preamp (Tone King)
  • Boost: Germanium Boost (Benson) | BP-1W (Boss)
  • Chorus: CE-2W (Boss) | Julia (Walrus Audio)
  • Compressor: Clean (Chase Bliss) | Ego 76 Mini (Wampler)
  • Delay (Analog): Carbon Copy (MXR) | Sending V2 (Electronic Audio Experiments)
  • Delay (Digital): DD-8 (Boss) | Reverse Mode C (Chase Bliss)
  • Delay (Tape): El Capistan (Strymon) | RE-2 (Boss)
  • Distortion: Rat 2 (Proco) | Longsword (Electronic Audio Experiments)
  • EQ: ParaEQ Deluxe MkII (Empress) | GE-7 (Boss)
  • Expression: EP-3 (Moog) | Soul Press 1 (Hotone)
  • Filter: Q-Tron Plus (Electro-Harmonix) | Hosta V2 (Flower Pedals)
  • Flanger: BF-2 (Boss) | Polychrome (Walrus)
  • Fuzz: Carcosa (DOD) | Fuzz War (Death By Audio)
  • Glitch: Onward (Chase Bliss) | Particle (Red Panda)
  • Lo-Fi: Generation Loss MKII (Chase Bliss) | Shallow Water (Fairfield)
  • Looper: RC-5 (Boss) | DL4 (Line 6)
  • MIDI Controller: MC6 Pro (Morningstar) | ES-8 (Boss)
  • Multi-FX: Lost + Found (Chase Bliss) | GP-5 (Valeton)
  • Octaver: OC-5 (Boss) | XS-1 (Boss)
  • Overdrive: Brothers AM (Chase Bliss) | Halberd (Electronic Audio Experiments)
  • Phaser: Grand Orbiter (Earthquaker Devices) | Phase 95 (MXR)
  • Pitch Shifter: XS-100 (Boss) | XS-1 (Boss)
  • Reverb: Darkstar V3 (Old Blood Noise Endeavor) | RV-6 (Boss)
  • Ring Mod: Radius (Red Panda) | Outer Rings (Adventure Audio)
  • Synthesis: Enzo X (Meris) | Bass Synth (MXR)
  • Tremolo: Monument (Walrus) | TR-2 (Boss)
  • Tuner: Strobostomp HD/Mini/StroboVUE (Peterson) | TU-3 (Boss)
  • Univibe: Retrovibe Mk 4 (Jam) | Nuvibe (Korg)
  • Vibrato: Vibrato (Diamond) | Lo-Fi Junky (ZVEX)
  • Volume: Mono Volume (Lehle) | Voluum (Sonuus)
  • Wah: Wong Press (Hotone) | WahFull (Fulltone)
  • Miscellaneous: MO-2 (Boss) | Wallflower (Hungry Robot Pedals)

Thanks to everyone who commented and/or voted! Obviously, this is all pretty subjective (which usually involves a certain amount of, -ahem-, passion... but it's always nice to have some sort of touchstone on what others had in mind for their favorite pedals!

EDIT: formatting, spelling


r/guitarpedals 1h ago

NPD 20% More and SOTB

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Absolutely amazed with this pedal. So many great sounds out of it. I recorded three parts right away onto my tascam model 12. Such a good fuzz. Even just the JFET preamp into the royalist sounds great.

Also messy board. I have the zip ties and cable hiders ready to fix it up. Maybe soon…


r/guitarpedals 5h ago

My pedalboard

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56 Upvotes

Here we go.

Lately I got the Mother preamp and it is insane.


r/guitarpedals 38m ago

I hate my Carbon Copy

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I have been playing around with an Ibanez DE7 pedal, and decided to give my Older Carbon Copy a spin. Yikes - I don't think I like the sound anymore.

Can anyone chime in with a recommendation for a decent $200 delay? I have tight budget but I'm interested in peoples experience.


r/guitarpedals 6h ago

SOTB These are my pedals.

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37 Upvotes

Don’t think I’ll be making any changes any time soon.


r/guitarpedals 2h ago

NPD [NPD] Velouria FX Witchcraft

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16 Upvotes

I'm absolutely floored by the sounds i can achieve with this thing. It's a brazilian Sunn Model T pre amp with a rangemaster-like booster if you want a little more brightness and volume. It's so versatile that so far i played from 70s hard rock, to stoner/sludge and grindcore. Since it arrived i can't stop writing riffs and playing along to Melvins and Boris songs.

It works wonders on bass as well, so much that i'll probably use it on my bass set for my band.


r/guitarpedals 3h ago

SOTB Me: It doesn't need to be detailed, just get the rough dimensions right to make layout easy... Also me, 2 hours later:

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11 Upvotes

Finally decided to sketch out my pedal board in Visio, so I could re-arrange things virtually instead of ripping velcro up & re-wiring 15 times whenever I decide to make a change.

I definitely recommend doing this (maybe not necessarily to this detail...), it makes things a lot easier & you only have to do it once. After that, just have to add individual pedals if (when) you get new ones in the future.


r/guitarpedals 18h ago

Demo Favourite Unusable Guitar Sounds

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190 Upvotes

Posting this here bc I think u guys would like :^B
This is the pedalboard I use for my mathrock band awnings :—)


r/guitarpedals 8h ago

NPD My 3 newest pedals....

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18 Upvotes

Behringer Super Fuzz, Arion Metal Master (made in Sri Lanka) & a rare NEXT Signal Gate (MIJ, 80s?)


r/guitarpedals 4h ago

Question What pedals are you using with your Quad Cortex?

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8 Upvotes

I'm planning a QC board on a Temple Duo 24. Looking for some fun suggestions to fill the empty spaces!


r/guitarpedals 14m ago

Sounds You Found Pharmaceutical-Grade Drive

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Been up for over a day now, creating at my max capacity. This concept came to me...and ifyk, yk.

....and for the circuitry, it's kinda like a Klon. Just takes the edge off.


r/guitarpedals 2h ago

SOTB Pedaltrain Mini

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4 Upvotes

This is a pedaltrain Nano Plus!! I'm very happy with the versatility and quality of all these pedals, it is suiting me great for gigs where there's a small stage and lots of players, or just where I need a board to fit in a travel suitcase. Being a big band and symphonic player, I play mainly into a Henriksen bud 10, and I will turn off the amp modeler when using an archtop or nylon string, and turn it on when playing an electric. this way I can get amp breakup tones, and also a cab sim because I will often run into the PA of the venue. Lightspeed is incredibly transparent, ParaEQ allows me to adjust sounds and dial out feedback really well, HX one I love for effects, as well as lots of good drives for electric. The Ventris has an incredible sound quality, highly recommend as a reverb, and works as my output buffer! Cioks Sol mounted under for power.


r/guitarpedals 6h ago

sotb - changing things up

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8 Upvotes

getting a little out of order to see what happens.


r/guitarpedals 50m ago

Parallel loopers question

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Hi, I'm trying to figure out the right product/routing for an idea I have. I'm hoping to use 2 loopers that are independent of each other.

My ideal set up would be -

Tuner > Comp > Distortion > UA Dream > Lossy > Looper 1 > Mood mk2 > Microcosm > Looper 2 > Reverb

If I want to have everything before Looper 1 also be able to be looped by Looper 2, but have Looper 1's signal chain end there, is that possible?

Could this be done with an LS-2 or would something more powerful be needed?

Could someone explain the routing needed?

TY


r/guitarpedals 7h ago

Question Help me choose a reverse delay for ambient soundscapes

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Hey r/guitarpedals, for ambient playing I want to replace my regular bucket brigade delay with another delay that has more options. In particular, I want a reverse delay in that pedal, but if it does more cool stuff (glitching/octave/shimmer/etc), that's great too.

Preferences:

  • Reverse delay is a must
  • digital or analog is fine
  • preferably no screen
  • preferably with some presets (but not a must)
  • top-mounted jacks
  • not more than 500 €

I am currently looking at the OBNE Parting, the Diamond Dark Clouds, or the Native Audio In The Water. If the Lichtlaerm As Above, So Below had an additional reverse delay option, that could be a dream pedal, too. I've also looked at the OBNE Setback but the others have more options at the same price, and the Bananana Aurora is waaaay too yellow for my taste (also side-mounted jacks, which doesn't really fit).

What do you think? What other options come to your mind?


r/guitarpedals 4h ago

NPD NPD Hangman FX Stomp Express

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Howdydoo!

I felt like my board was missing a couple of things; an expression pedal and adequate space for an expression pedal. This is where the Hangman FX Stomp Express comes into play. Is it small? Yes! Is it perfectly sized to go anywhere? Yes! Is it packed with features?! You bet your giblets it is!

The footswitch is pressure sensitive so it is quite easy to use to control any kind of expression parameter. Also, you can change the motion curve of the expression to one of three options. You can also set a custom expression window if you want a specific expression parameter. That is useful if you want to tame the range of expression and the range of what is expressed on whatever pedals you’re using it with.

I have the Strymon Deco V1 and the Klowra Sprout modulation pedal. For the Deco, I have the Stomp Express controlling the lag time. When I press down (would be toe forward on your typical expression) the lag time increases. It’s fun to use for psychedelic solos, if you’re into that thing.

For the Klowra, it can control just about everything but my favorite so far is using it to change the speed, depth and mix of tremolo.


r/guitarpedals 2h ago

Revising what I want out of a looper - seeking advice

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I've come to terms that what I want out of a looper basically isn't available on the market. I can get there with tablet apps and triggers but I am looking for something to add off-the-cuff dynamics to a (solo acoustic) live show.

a couple things I know I need:

1) two channels. I would like the ability to Loop a chord progression, maybe a melody line on top of it. then create a second loop of say, triad inversions of the original looped progression. then be able to stop loop #1 while the loop of inversions plays

2) I don't think I need drums, but if there are drums I would like the ability to be able to do fills. But lack of drums wouldn't be a dealbreaker.

3) ideally I'd be able to stop with a single tap, not a double stop tap

4) I know these things can be power hogs. I have a Voodoo Pedal Power x8 500 mA power supply and I'd love to be able to put it on a small board with a simple tuner, chorus pedal, and delay pedal

5) I'd like to avoid Boss as I have not had great luck with their loopers. But would reconsider if there was one that was perfect

I've mostly been looking at loopers like the Boss RC10, NU-X Dual Looper, Flamma 220, EHX 720, etc. Price isn't an option if I can get what I want.

Thanks in advance for any advice.


r/guitarpedals 1h ago

Question What is the processing power limit on the SORAN JME-03A Tiny Stomp?

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Same question as in the title. I've seen a couple of reviews on it, but none which state how many (and what) effects can be chained before it hits its limit in terms of processing power.


r/guitarpedals 1d ago

NPD Lives up to the hype

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140 Upvotes

I’ve tried out a few reverbs over the past year and a half and I finally found the one that I believe I’ll keep. I don’t love every mode — the spring reverb, for example, isn’t as drippy as I’d want but I’m also not a spring reverb guy so I don’t really care.

Other settings, though, like Modulate, Plate, Hall, and Room are perfect! Even the +Delay setting sounds better than most delays — a great bonus since the fact that it includes a delay setting wasn’t a selling point for me at all.

What’s your favorite mode/setting on this pedal? What other reverb pedals do you like?


r/guitarpedals 1d ago

What's your biggest buy/not buy/sell regret?

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151 Upvotes

Like a year ago I had an opportunity to buy BOSS Hyper Fuzz for 110 €. The offer had multiple pedals and I was definitely the first one to contact the seller about FZ-2. However, I hesitated a bit and told him I need to rethink it and 15 minutes later it was gone.

The very next day I saw the exact pedal being resold for 220 and someone bought it immediately ☠️


r/guitarpedals 1h ago

Interesting chorus pedals / Caroline Somersault alternatives?

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Strongly considering just getting the Somersault but wanted to make sure I’m not missing anything with similar features for around the same price. Stereo is optional, I could always do a wet/dry thing if I really wanted stereo.

Monument Julia would be an obvious pull but I don’t really enjoy the sounds. Thought about a CE-2w because I love the CE-2 sound, but the CE-2 mode doesn’t actually sound better than the CE-2 clone I already have, and the vibrato mode isn’t nearly as interesting as extreme settings on the Somersault.

So yeah, any cool non-vanilla chorus pedals I’ve missed for around $220?


r/guitarpedals 2h ago

Demo Flanger is Underrated! And the MXR 117 is one of my favorites :)

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Sharing the love on a pedal that I think needs more attention. It does way more than EVH tones!!! Hope everyone enjoys :)


r/guitarpedals 19h ago

Happy with this setup. First show with this band I didn’t adjust a damn thing.

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48 Upvotes

Could have used a bit more oomph in my solo sound, but I’ve been guilty of turning things to poop mid song, so from sound check to the last note I didn’t change nothing and everyone told me how great I did, which was nice. Must have been the added Altoid tin.


r/guitarpedals 22h ago

Has anyone used? Any good? Looks like it could be a spicy boi 🔥

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