BestGuitarEffects.com’s Best 5 Pedals of 2018

$599 | The first Line 6 product to pack all of the Helix‘s amps, cabs, and effects into a stompbox, which is roughly the size of a BOSS Space Echo. It integrates with your studio or live rig, offering over 300 amps, cabs, and effects, including a looper and algorithms from classic LIne 6 pedals like the DL4. It's stereo, fully Midi integrated and can act as an audio interface.

$299 | A guitar synth that can track mono or polyphonic parts, the Enzo also features a pitch-shifter, a deep filter section, a 2 tap delay, and ring modulation. It also works as a compressor or chorus in Dry mode.

$299 - The Red Panda Tensor gives you live reverse and tape stop effects, pitch shifting, time stretching and hold functions you can combine in creative ways. Slow down, speed up and rewind in real time. Stretch or compress time with no pitch change. Loop, overdub, and randomly slice phrases up to 4.8 seconds.

$449 - The bigger brother of the Geiger Counter, it features 256 new wavetables (512 wavetables in total), and extra functions like Wavetable "Morphing," 16 foot switchable and MIDI switchable Presets. It can also be controlled via computer through a VST plugin. Features full MIDI control over all parameters and 2 assignable CV inputs, plus Dry/Wet Mix

$399 | A creative and quirky multi-mode reverb pedal that also delivers some more traditional sounds (like the classic spring reverb and swell). But, as its graphics hint, among its 12 modes there are a lot of bizarro lo-fi, bit crushing and pitch/ring modulating options. Includes CV In.