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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.

TKOG Mini Glitch

The King of Gear is a site "devoted to how Radiohead make all of those funny noises" in their late '90s/early aughts records. The site also builds a pedal called Mini Glitch, inspired by the desire to reproduce Jonny Greenwood’s random Max/MSP “stutter” effect, but that actually does a lot more…Click on the title for more

TKOG Mini Glitch

Bardic Audio Bootgazer Fuzz/Modulated Delay

If adding a longish delay to your fuzzed-out guitar tone triggers incommensurable pleasure, you owe it to yourself to check out this new pedal by Bardic Audio and Galvanize Designs: the Bootgazer. It offers the two effects in one box, with a routing order option one stomp away (center footswitch…Click on the title for more

Bardic Audio Bootgazer Fuzz/Modulated Delay

Shift Line Prism II Stereo Filter Pad

First of all, let us say that this new stereo version of the Prism by Russian builder Shift Line looks rad, and gorgeous-looking devices brighten our day. But that brightness fades in comparison to the blinding beam of creativity it might inspire in the adventurous/unconventional guitarist. The Prism is a…Click on the title for more

Shift Line Prism II Stereo Filter Pad

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb

Italian stompbox maestro Mastro Valvola unveiled the company's edgier device so far: the LEM (an acronym for Lysergic Emotion Module), a tap-tempo and preset enabled ambiance machine with 8 delay and reverb modes. Here's a graph that shows you all the modes, accessible through the Mode knob: As you can see…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola LEM Ambient Delay/Reverb

Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII

When Joel Korte of Chase Bliss Audio touched down in Portland, Oregon and began peppering his Instagram feed with pictures of him noshing with Chris Benson of Benson amps, there was much speculation to be had. That speculation manifested at 2019’s NAMM show with the Preamp MKII, a slider-equipped brushed…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII

KMA Audio Machines Cirrus Delay / Reverb

German emerging builder KMA Audio Machines just unveiled a new "spacial machine" called Cirrus. The device appears to be a Tap Tempo enabled Delay + Reverb with Modulation, Octave and Filter options heavy in features (and knobs, and switches...) so, for efficiency's sake, for now we'll just paste here the…Click on the title for more

KMA Audio Machines Cirrus Delay / Reverb

12 Creative, Unusual, Inspiring Guitar Pedals by Small Boutique Builders

Here at Delicious Audio we like to organize guitar pedals according to effect type (in our shopping guides). But what about those guitarists who are simply looking for something inspiring, without necessarily having a specific effect in mind? We created this list with them in mind. Here are 12 recently…Click on the title for more

12 Creative, Unusual, Inspiring Guitar Pedals by Small Boutique Builders

Greenhouse Effects Logos Creative Chorus

You'll be hard-pressed to find a company as imaginative than Roy Zichri's Greenhouse Effects. In the early aughts, the Israeli pedal engineer first built a reputation as a PCB designer, collaborating with companies such as JHS Pedals and Darkglass Electronics. When the time felt right in 2010 he then started…Click on the title for more

Greenhouse Effects Logos Creative Chorus

Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

We all need a mood boost these days, and although pedals in general help (a lot) in that department, this is the first time we stumble upon a device that promises to directly mess around with our mood! Enter the Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator, a ginormous stompbox hand built by…Click on the title for more

Joy Circuit Mood Manipulator

Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2

Unconventional, creative, hybrid pedals that borrow from synths have become a niche in itself in the pedal realm - by far the most exciting one. Bananana is a quirky Japanese builder that focuses on designing original effects that spark inspiration, and one may say that their products' supercool minimalistic graphics…Click on the title for more

Bananana Effects TARARIRA Pitch Shift Sequencer V2

Old Blood Noise Visitor Multi-Modulation

The Visitor is a parallel multi-modulation pedal by Old Blood Noise Endeavors featuring three different primary modulation modess (tremolo, chorus, and phaser) and two parallel secondary ones (tremolo and chorus) that interact with each other. The secondary modulation circuit is mostly controlled by the primary one, with the Secondary knob…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Visitor Multi-Modulation

Polarbear Effects Young Hearts Creative Delay

The PT2399 chip is a chip found in many creative digital delays, including the Polarbear Young Hearts, a lofi echo pedal with modulation and several other interesting and unusual features provided by its Feedback and VCR Toggle Switches, which allow Tape Rewind and Fast Forward modes and also changes in…Click on the title for more

Polarbear Effects Young Hearts Creative Delay