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The Best LoFi Guitar Pedals in 2024: Analog & Digital Artifact Simulators

Welcome to our guide to the Best LoFi Guitar Pedals currently on the market. You can find our coverage of similar devices in our Lo-Fi Pedals category. [lwptoc min="2" depth="4" numeration="romannested" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h4,h5" skipHeadingText="Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] Your Signal's Best Frenemy: the…Click on the title for more

The Best LoFi Guitar Pedals in 2024: Analog & Digital Artifact Simulators

New Pedal: Empty Head Falling Man Lofi Delay

Handbuilt in Germany by a small boutique builder, the Empty Head Falling Man is a simple but intriguing lofi echo pedal that will tickle the fancy of creative guitarists chasing character and texture. Built around the PT2399 chip, an obsolete component found in Karaoke machines that's become incredibly inspiring for…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Empty Head Falling Man Lofi Delay

Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay & Looper

The Electro-Harmonix Canyon is a Tap Tempo-enabled, Mono, compact, multi-mode delay (up to 3 seconds) that does it all, including looping, shimmer, trails and subdivisions. Creative guitarists will appreciate the Sample & Hold Function is "glitch" at its finest. It allows easy access to extra parameters through the Secondary Knob…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Canyon Delay & Looper

Upcoming Pedal: Tefi Vintage Lab Malinconia

Based out of Italy Tefi Vintage Lab is one of the most interesting up-and-coming pedal builders, laser focused on producing creative stompboxes full of character and charm. Their latest announcement, Malinconia (Italian for Melancholy), is a lo-fi pedal simulating all the artifacts of the analog era. Cleverly split into three…Click on the title for more

Upcoming Pedal: Tefi Vintage Lab Malinconia

RAT Pedals and Best RAT Clones in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

With its origins dating back to 1978, the RAT is one of those simple yet unique pedals that are at once legendary, widespread, and affordable. There have been many different variations of the circuit from the original builder, Pro Co, but overall, the line has remained fairly true to the…Click on the title for more

RAT Pedals and Best RAT Clones in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

New Pedal: Spaceman Rumblefuzz II

If you like your fuzz bassy, the Rumblefuzz Fuzzstortion II may be your desired dirt box. It’s designed to work with lower frequencies and offers a warm, fat fuzz that has enough bite to cut through the mix while delivering uncommon touch sensitivity. The Rumblefuzz was the first pedal ever…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spaceman Rumblefuzz II

Interstellar Audio Machines Supernova Zoeldrive

The Interstellar Audio Machines Supernova Zoeldrive is a three-knob, tweed-inspired boost/overdrive pedal offering the typical grit and growl of those vintage amps. A voice toggle offers two distinct tonal options, with the down setting delivering a boosted midrange (which can be in part controlled via the Tone knob), always useful…Click on the title for more

Interstellar Audio Machines Supernova Zoeldrive

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler

Hailing from Canada, the Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler is a flexible high-distortion/fuzz pedal with controls optimized for live use - the parallel fuzz blend allows to mix clean and distorted signal via expression pedal, while a second footswitch will activate a second Gain knob (with embedded noise gate) for even…Click on the title for more

Dr. Scientist Frazz Dazzler

WMD Geiger Counter Distortion/Bitcrusher

When I first took a look at the WMD Geiger Counter pedal I thought for sure that the WMD stood for Weapons of Mass Destruction and thought , "OK, these guys are no joke". Come to find that WMD actually stands for William Mathewson Devices and that he is actually...…Click on the title for more

WMD Geiger Counter Distortion/Bitcrusher

New Pedal: Spun Loud Effects Structures Fvzz

Uniquely inspired by a... beer (the FVZZ IPA by Bellingham, WA's Structures Brewing) the Spun Loud Effects Structures Fvzz is a two-stage, handmade fuzz circuit with germanium clipping and plenty of gain on tap. The peculiar circuit allows tons of flexibility and can act as an overdrive at lower gain…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spun Loud Effects Structures Fvzz

Catalinbread Bitters Multi-FX Processor

Based on a 2004 tabletop effect that wanted to be disruptive and ended up being discontinued (the Alesis Bitrman), the Catalinbread Bitters is a multi-FX pedal that will intrigue musicians with a taste for deranged sonics. Reimagined and improved, the Bitters works well with all instruments, delivering a range of…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Bitters Multi-FX Processor

Electro-Harmonix Andy Summers Walking on the Moon

The Electro-Harmonix Andy Summers Walking on the Moon is a tribute of the NYC-based builder to the sound of the legendary guitarist of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all times: the Police. Realized in conjunction with Summers, the Walking on the Moon is a rather straightforward 3-knob…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Andy Summers Walking on the Moon