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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.

Death By Audio Space Bender Chorus Modulator

Hand-made in NYC, the Death By Audio Space Bender is a chorus pedal that doubles down on intensity, NYC style. Besides your usual Speed and Depth knobs, this pedal features three nifty old-style two-way switches that adjust Delay Time, Modulator, and Intensity. As any pedal geek knows, the chorus is an effect resulting…Click on the title for more

Death By Audio Space Bender Chorus Modulator

Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

If one thing can be said about the folks at Gamechanger Audio is that they don't do normal, and their recently unveiled new products confirm that habit: a stereo, semi-modular pedal series called Auto (originally promoted with the "Mod" name) with a dynamic angle. The Latvian company unveiled three pedals…Click on the title for more

Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

New Pedal: TWA Ladditude Envelope Filter

Because of their unique sonic characteristics, including a smooth, warm low-pass filter sound with a pleasing "fat" character, particularly when pushed into overdrive, the so-called "ladder filters" found in vintage analog synths are still highly sought after, even by guitarists. The TWA Ladditude pedal puts that exact circuit at your…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: TWA Ladditude Envelope Filter

Polyend Step Drum Machine Pedal

Integrating a drum machine into a guitar pedal isn’t a new concept, but the Polyend Step elevates it to a whole new level, drawing on the Polish company’s expertise in synthesis rather than traditional guitar effects. The Step is a stereo, sample-based drum machine in pedal form, controlled via Tap…Click on the title for more

Polyend Step Drum Machine 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

Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall

These days we rarely see effects pedals that do something that hasn't been tried before, and the Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall seems to be exactly that kind of rare device. It's an effect that emulates the natural effect of sympathetic resonance that all musicians experience when they play loudly…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Prismatic Wall

Cosmodio Instruments Gravity Well

Handmade in Massachusetts by a promising up-and-coming builder, the Cosmodio Instruments Gravity Well is an analog tremolo and wavefolder pedal that combines two effects into one unit. It features a tremolo on one side and a wavefolder on the other, with the option to combine them into a unique modulation…Click on the title for more

Cosmodio Instruments Gravity Well

Third Man Hardware & Eventide The Knife Drop

Jack White is at it again with the Third Man Hardware & Eventide The Knife Drop, a stereo combination of sub/high-octave fuzz and analog synth created in collaboration with one of the most established pedal companies in the US, presented through playful graphics inspired by the classic Giallo movies (that…Click on the title for more

Third Man Hardware & Eventide The Knife Drop

Hologram Electronics Chroma Console Multi-Effector

If you are a pedal lover and you are not familiar with Hologram Electronics, well, you aren't really a pedal lover. The Nashville-based company has been churning out incredibly creative pedals for over a decade now, with the latest (the Microcosm) becoming a stellar bestseller. They just unveiled their next device,…Click on the title for more

Hologram Electronics Chroma Console Multi-Effector

Updated Pedal: Red Panda Bitmap 2.1 Stereo Bitcrusher

Among the (not easy to navigate) content of Believe in Music 2021, we somehow missed that Detroit's experimental pedal maker Red Panda had released version 2 of their Bitmap, a Stereo bit crusher with fractional bit reduction and sample rate modulation. The new version features one extra footswitch, an entirely…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Red Panda Bitmap 2.1 Stereo Bitcrusher

New Pedal: SoundLad Liverpool Sketchy Tremolo

The SoundLad Liverpool Sketchy is by far the most fun pedal released so far in 2025 - and maybe this whole decade. Inspired by the immortal 'Etch A Sketch' toy, this is a tremolo pedal like no other. And, of course, a retro sounding one. If you wonder if this…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: SoundLad Liverpool Sketchy Tremolo

New Pedal: Pigtronix Cosmosis I – Morphing Reverb

A compact take on its bigger brother, the Pigtronix Cosmosis I packs the lush, immersive soundscapes of its predecessor into a pedalboard-friendly design, without giving up the stereo feature, offered here via TRS jacks. It features three distinct reverb modes, each of which can store its own preset: Theater, Temple,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Pigtronix Cosmosis I – Morphing Reverb