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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.

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm As Above So Below Shimmer Reverb

The Lichtlaerm As Above So Below is a monumental reverb pedal that transcends traditional effects, offering vast, immersive soundscapes with celestial and subterranean dimensions, as you would expect from a metal-inspired Berlin-based builder! Built on a rich, sculptable reverb core, it features a dual-octave architecture organized in 3 modes: Above…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm As Above So Below Shimmer Reverb

Red Panda Radius Ring Mod

The Red Panda Radius combines a ring modulator and frequency shifter with pitch tracking and an advanced LFO. It is designed around a novel “eight-quadrant multiplier” algorithm that smoothly transitions from ring modulation to frequency shifting and allows different frequency ratios for the upper and lower tones. The pedal offers a spectrum of timbres beyond traditional ring…Click on the title for more

Red Panda Radius Ring Mod

DigiTech HammerOn

At NAMM 2025 it was good to see DigiTech back with some new pedal releases after a few transitional years due to the change of ownership. The HammerOn was one of these new products, announced at the NAMM show but not for sale yet. An evolution of their Whammy-inspired Drop…Click on the title for more

DigiTech HammerOn

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

The Montréal Assembly Count to 5 is a unique delay/sampler with three modes that can create sped-up and slowed-down—as well as forward and backward—tape effects, audio slicing, looping and overdubbing. Quantized pitch-shifting makes it possible to create tones that are harmonized chromatically or in perfect fifths and octaves, or you…Click on the title for more

Montréal Assembly Count to 5 Granular Delay

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Those who like imaginative pedals and have no problem with complexity and seriously BIG stompboxes, should already be familiar with French builder Glou Glou, a company that has embraced the idea that pedals can be full-fledged synths (without keys). They just announced a new pedal and, once again, it's an…Click on the title for more

Glou Glou Loupe` Creative Stereo Looper

Kernom Moho Fuzz

The Kernom Moho Fuzz is the fuzz equivalent of the Kernom Ridge, a pedal that surprised everyone in our community upon release, by offering an incredibly wide palette of tones. The Moho aims at doing the same, for fuzz tones. The clever Mood knob works as some sort of history of…Click on the title for more

Kernom Moho Fuzz

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

Blending layers of delay and reverb is the favorite hobby of a fair slice of guitarists into stompboxes, and - as you can see from our article about the Best Delay + Reverb Combo Pedals article - effects makers are fully aware of that. Philly's boutique builder Champion Leccy, run…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy The Swan Hunter LoFi Echo+Reverb

New Pedal: Blind Panic Devices Reactor Fuzz

At Delicious Audio, we’ve always had a weakness for sonic mad scientists—and the one-man force behind Blind Panic Devices just earned his PhD in chaos. With the Reactor fuzz, this UK-based alchemist joins the ranks of boundary-pushing innovators like Rainger FX, proving that the best audio destruction is still handmade.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Blind Panic Devices Reactor Fuzz

Source Audio C4 Synth Pedal

In 2019, Boston's Source Audio joined the small number of manufacturers offering a true synth pedal design with the release of the C4 Synth, which tracks a monophonic signal and feeds it to up to four parallel oscillators, each assignable to a choice of three waves shapes (sine, square and…Click on the title for more

Source Audio C4 Synth Pedal

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm Audio Nostalgia Lo-Fi Modulator

Described as a "Lo-Fi Modulator", the Lichtlaerm Audio Nostalgia is a chorus/vibrato pedal designed to evoke the textures and emotional weight of aging media formats like tape and vinyl. The circuit builds on the spirit of the German company's now-discontinued Trugbild chorus, offering expanded modulation and a broader sonic range—from…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm Audio Nostalgia Lo-Fi Modulator

New Pedal: Glowfly Pyroglyphs Reverb

Hand-built in the Lancashire, UK, the Glowfly Pyroglyphs is a haunting reverb pedal blending shimmering octave-up effects, glitchy delays, and a unique “wave burning” tremolo for an atmospheric and experimental soundscape. This is how it works: The ‘verb’ knob adjusts reverb size, from subtle ambience to massive, immersive echoes. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Glowfly Pyroglyphs Reverb

New Pedal: Electronic Audio Experiments Mirror House V2

Created through a collaboration between Electronic Audio Experiments and Boston indie band Pile, Mirror House is a pitch-shifting pedal that creates two pitch-shifted versions of your input signal, moving in opposite directions for unique sonic results. The resulting effects range from subtle detuning and chorus to bizarre microtonal clusters, dissonant…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electronic Audio Experiments Mirror House V2