Guyatone VT-3 Vintage Tremolo - "really cheap price"
This is a vibrato pedal, even though the name doesn't really indicate that at all. Technically it is chorus and vibrato, which gives it a bit of a different feel. There are the standard 1/4" input an…
Danelectro CV-1 Vibe - "low price great sound"
The Danelectro Cool Cat Vibe is a simple tremolo pedal that is suitable with any electronic instrument but designed for electric guitar. The pedal has a standard make up consisting of 1/4" connection…
Danelectro DJ-5 Tuna Melt Tremolo - "hit or miss"
This is a very affordable vibrato pedal that I recently tried for a few days. It has analog technology and only has the simple 1/4" input and output. There are no MIDI or Computer editing capabilitie…
Truetone H2O V1 - "unique sound"
This is an interesting take on delay pedals. It basically is a digital delay. There is a single input and output, which are both 1/4" instrument inputs. This pedal is not capable of being edited with…
Boss OC-2 Octave - "nice features"
This is primarily an octave shifter pedal, with a few extra unique features such as the Polyphonic Effect and a drive mode which features distortion. The pedal uses digital technology. There are two…
Rocktron Rampage Distortion - "rampage!"
The Rocktron Rampage pedal is both a treble and full range booster/overdrive pedal that is designed for use with electric guitar. Hence the name, this is supposed to emulate that vintage British sort…
Vox Brit Boost - "good gain"
This is a unique gain/distortion pedal, in the fact that it is designed to mimic the sound of a distortion pedal with a low or dying battery. In fact, it is so broad with its sounds that it can be us…
Dunlop DVP1 Volume Pedal - "great pedal"
One of the main problems that I have with most volume pedals is the lack of control. I know I'm probably being a huge stickler for quality. I only really bought volume pedals because I thought that t…
TC Electronic G-Major - "nice module"
The TC GMajor is a digital rack unit. It can't be edited through a computer. This effects unit is a combination of reverb, delay, harmonizer/octavizer, vibrato, chorus, phaser, flanger, and almost an…
Boss RC-20XL Loop Station - "Fun for solo instrument loops and ideas"
The RC-20XL is a looping effect system. It only offers the capability of looping phrases/samples, no other effects are on board. This unit cannot be edited through a computer. It uses digital flas…
Dunlop JD-4S Rotovibe - "cheap and good sound"
The JD4s is a vibrato pedal, even though the name doesn't really indicate that at all. Technically it is chorus and vibrato, which gives it a bit of a different feel. There are the standard 1/4" inpu…
Amt Electronics Du Hast - "perfect tones"
This is a pretty basic overdrive pedal, but it has an interesting tone. There are no MIDI/computer editing capabilities. The device is made from analog technology, and its an update on vintage tones.…
Boss PN-2 Tremolo/Pan - "good"
The Boss PN 2 Tremolo is a super small tremolo pedal suitable for use with all electronic instruments but designed for electric guitar. The pedal is an analog one, consisting of 1/4" jacks for input …
Budda Phatman - "budda!"
This is a basic analog distortion pedal, with quarter-inch input and output jacks. This effect is not MIDI capable, and can't be edited with a Mac or PC. It's not rackable. It has a 9 volt power supp…
Zoom TM-01 Tri Metal - "heavy distortion"
This is an analog overdrive pedal that is relatively straightforward in nature (no midi, audio connections, ). UTILIZATION The sound editing is really simple with this pedal, which makes it ideal f…
Akai Professional Head Rush E2 - "nice delay"
The Akai Headrush E2 is a standard digital delay. It's pretty barebones as far as these pedals go. The settings are arguably the most minimal settings on any a Digital Delay, simply being able to adj…
ProCo Sound RAT 2 - Modded by Keeley - "The mods didn't really gel with my rig."
The Rat 2 modded by Keeley is like any other rat, 1/4" input and output, volume knob, filter, knob and gain knob. The Keeley mods give it a BOSS style 2.1mm 9VDC jack which is very convenient. Then i…
Aria TD-1 Platinum Drive - "Tube goodness"
For someone navigating the effects world and looking for a great sounding distortion overdrive pedals it can get quite confusing. There's so many distortion and overdrive and fuzz pedals to choose fr…
ProCo Sound The RAT - "Round and Round!!!"
The pro coat Rat pedal is what is his iconic distortion pedals that it's been one of the most legendary distortion sounds in all of rock history. Much like the boss pedals and even Ibanez tube scream…
Heptode Heavy Tone - "heavy sounding pedal"
The Heptode Heavy Tone is a very “heavy toned” pedal. It has an interesting setup for a pedal of this type. The top of the pedal has a 3-band EQ (which is a really effective EQ at that) as well as a …
Marshall Bluesbreaker - "cool blues pedal"
Given that this company's most well-known product is a portable guitar amplifier, I was surprised to find that they also make pedals. This is one of the distortions they make, it could actually be th…
DOD FX69 Grunge - "awesome"
This is a pretty awesome overdrive considering the price. There are the simple 1/4" input and ouputs as well as the input for a power supply. This is an analog overdrive pedal. This cannot be edited …
Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer - "Love it"
The Boss CS-3 Compression is an analog compressor designed for use with the electric guitar, but is suitable for any electronic instrument. It has both a 1/4 inch input and output and has a specific …
Marshall ED-1 The Compressor - "compression only"
This is a Compression pedal only. They say compression/sustainer, but sustain is a standard option on a compression pedal. I believe this is all analog. There are no visible digital parts at least. T…
Maxon CP101 Compressor Reissue - "great compression"
This is one of my favorite compression pedals out there. It's a relatively simple pedal, but it will cover a broad spectrum of good-sounding compression. There aren't any modern additions to this thi…
