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CREATIVE GUITAR PEDALS
On this page, you will find a list of pedals that defy categorization or have particularly original functions.

OUR SHOPPING GUIDES:

• Best Creative Delay Pedals
• Best Reverb Pedals For Ambient and Shoegaze
• Best Granular, Glitch and Stutter Pedals
• Best Bitcrusher Pedals
• Best Ring Modulation Pedals
• Best Pedals for Synths with CV In

Below, the latest creative pedals releases.

Cosmodio Splinter Twin Time Modulator

The Cosmodio Splinter Twin Time Modulator is less a single pedal and more a laboratory for sonic discovery. It functions as a master delay-line manipulator, cloning your signal and warping its time, pitch, and texture before blending it back with the original. This process unlocks the DNA of classic modulation—flanging, chorus,…Click on the title for more

Cosmodio Splinter Twin Time Modulator

New Pedal: Blind Panic Devices Bad Signal

Forget pristine, studio-polished echoes. The Bad Signal from Blind Panic Devices is a hand-delivered felony against sonic purity. This isn't a delay pedal; it's a corrupted broadcast from a parallel universe where your guitar signal got hijacked, scrambled by a dying CRT television, and spit back out through a glitching…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Blind Panic Devices Bad Signal

Mojo Hand FX SMPLoFi

Before the era of orchestral video game scores, a sonic revolution was quietly brewing inside the Super Nintendo. The sonic identity of that gaming console is unmistakable. Its S-SMP audio system broke from its predecessors by using playable digital samples, a technique that created a world of iconic, memory-laden sounds. The…Click on the title for more

Mojo Hand FX SMPLoFi

New Pedal: Mentha Works Monk Echo

Alright, gearheads, strap in. For those who live and breathe inventive circuit design, the name Gamechanger Audio should immediately set your spidey-senses tingling. They're the mad scientists who brought us the Plasma Pedal and the Motor Synth. Well, that same wellspring of Latvian innovation has spawned a new venture. Founded by former…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mentha Works Monk Echo

Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MkII

Chase Bliss has just announced an update to its popular supercreative, granular ambient loop + reverb pedal: the Chase Bliss MOOD MkII, which will start shipping in late April but can be ordered now. The original version, the product of a collaboration with Old Blood Noise and Drolo, was very…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Audio MOOD MkII

Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal

True to their legacy of radical invention—from the Plasma Pedal to the Motor Synth—Gamechanger Audio has done it again. The Motor Pedal brings the raw, electromagnetic soul of their groundbreaking Motor Synth into a standalone pedal format, offering a truly unprecedented level of electro-mechanical synthesis at your feet. This isn’t…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Motor Pedal

Benson Amps+Non-Human Audio Florist Dynamic Modulator

The Florist Dynamic Modulator is a collaboration between Portland's established boutique amp and pedal brand Benson Amps and lesser-known Non-Humnan Audio, based in Albuquerque, NM. The owners of the two companies met at a pedal show in Oklahoma where a friendship was born from a mutual admiration for each other's…Click on the title for more

Benson Amps+Non-Human Audio Florist Dynamic Modulator

Poly Trails Stereo Delay

Just like its reverby brother Verbs, the Poly Trails - a delay, as you may have guessed - is built for discovery. This innovative, stereo unit ditches traditional knobs for a responsive touch interface, putting seven deeply creative effects at your fingertips. Each algorithm is a destination in itself, designed…Click on the title for more

Poly Trails Stereo Delay

BOSS XS-100 Poly Shifter

For decades, if you wanted dramatic, foot-controlled pitch bends, there was really only one game in town: the Whammy. It was iconic, but it could be noisy and fussy with chords. The BOSS XS-100 feels like the spiritual successor we’ve been waiting for—it takes that same thrilling concept and elevates…Click on the title for more

BOSS XS-100 Poly Shifter

New Pedal: Death By Audio Infinity Verb

The Death By Audio Infinity Verb is a stereo ambient powerhouse that masterfully balances immediate usability with profound sonic depth. On the surface, its operation is elegantly simple: three knobs control the essential reverb parameters. The MIX knob balances your dry signal with the effect, TIME adjusts the decay from…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Death By Audio Infinity Verb

Old Blood Noise Bathing Liminal Delay

The Old Blood Noise Bathing Liminal Delay from is not just another delay pedal—it’s a sonic exploration tool that defies traditional categorization. Combining delay, phaser, and reverb-like textures, it creates an immersive, ever-shifting soundscape that exists in a liminal space—somewhere between familiar effects and something entirely new. The term "liminal"…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Bathing Liminal Delay

New Pedal: Intrepid Audio Crossflow Stereo Tremolo

The Intrepid Audio Crossflow redefines what a tremolo pedal can be. It’s a studio-grade modulation hub that combines an analog signal path with deep digital control, offering everything from classic amp-like pulses to complex, sequenced movement, all while acting as a master clock for your entire pedalboard. At its core…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Intrepid Audio Crossflow Stereo Tremolo