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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.

Dwarfcraft Devices Hax 2 Ring Modulator

During NAMM 2018 Ben from Dwarfcraft Devices came to see us at our Stompbox Booth to shoot the video of the Hax 2 you can see at the bottom of this post (we kept the blurb we wrote at the time, under this one). The pedal is finally officially out and…Click on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Hax 2 Ring Modulator

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

This is a quirky, creative sampling audio mangling stompbox by Alexander Pedals that got a lot of attention at Summer NAMM. An enhanced "Arcade Game" style effect inspired by the 8-bit sounds of the early videogames, the Syntax Error delivers grainy, lo-bit tones reminiscent of vintage videogames, and includes many…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Syntax Error

Vongon Paragraphs Resonant Filter

We just stumbled upon the video by Fireghosting about the Vongon Paragraph and were instantly mesmerized by the sound this resonant filter device can produce. Vongon is a small builder based in Oakland with three pedals in its roster, of which the Paragraph is the more "normal-looking" one. The Paragraph…Click on the title for more

Vongon Paragraphs Resonant Filter

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

Pedal companies in the last couple of years have been frantically competing to make synth guitar pedals more compact and feature-heavy. BOSS, by all measures the leading manufacturer in this niche, just came out with a new, polyphonic synth pedal (the SY-1000) that looks and sounds like a bold statement:…Click on the title for more

BOSS SY-1000 Guitar Synth Pedal

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion

The 4 Track Syndicate Niagara, the fruit of a collaboration between Rare Buzz Effects, SoundsliceFX and Shoneswood Effects, is presented as a "Bitstortion," i.e. a bit crusher / distortion combo. While the controls for the overdrive (on the top right of the pedal) as pretty straightforward, the two knobs for…Click on the title for more

4 Track Syndicate – Niagara Bitstortion

New Pedals: Flower Pedals Hosta

Earlier this year we came to the (in hindsight, rather obvious) realization that synths are more or less 90% just effects. If you take out the oscillators (and whatever's needed to trigger them), all you are left with is signal manipulation. In subtractive synths (i.e. 95% of the synths on…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Flower Pedals Hosta

Best Delay, Reverb and Looper Pedals with CV In – 2022

Here's a list of time-based pedal effects with CV Input for synth integration, click on the following links to jump to the This page is linked to this article about pedals with CV Ins. You can find other CV integrated pedals in this article featuring the Best Modulation, Lo-Fi and…Click on the title for more

Best Delay, Reverb and Looper Pedals with CV In – 2022

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator

The Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay is a reboot of one of the NYC company's most rare pedals from the '80s. The new version is smaller than its predecessor, but the circuit is expanded for additional options. It is known as a tape reverse simulator, and the newest version can do some…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator

Alexander Pedals Marshmallow Artificial Sweetener (Dual Modulated Pitch Shifter)

Alexander Pedal has a knack for releasing creative and playful pedals, and their new creation pushes the limits in both realms. With colorful, cartoonish illustrations likely to make any toddler want to steal it from you, the company’s brand new Marshmallow is a rather ‘out-there” take on dual modulated pitch shifting, featuring six modes (listed under…Click on the title for more

Alexander Pedals Marshmallow Artificial Sweetener (Dual Modulated Pitch Shifter)

WMD Geiger Counter Pro

WMD (a name that plays with the two acronyms for Weapons of Mass Destruction and William Mathewson Devices) has been at the vanguard of the stompbox / Eurorack cross-pollination phenomenon, although in recent years they company has been mostly focusing on the modular synth side of things. In the late…Click on the title for more

WMD Geiger Counter Pro

Hologram Electronics Dream Sequence

Hologram Electronics brings a prolific new box to the pedal game with a sophisticated workstation called the Dream Sequence which spans a host of capabilities including octaves, arpeggiation, sequencing, and sampling. You can use the pedal effectively as a sound designer to create full chord sweeps, pitch shifts, envelope filters, echoes,…Click on the title for more

Hologram Electronics Dream Sequence

Montréal Assembly Purpll

The stompboxes by MTL Assembly might not be for everyone, but they generate instant buzz among a growing number of musicians with experimental leanings. Company owner and circuit designer Scott Monk is showcased at our SNAMM 2019 Stompbox Booth his latest creation, which kept him busy for a couple of…Click on the title for more

Montréal Assembly Purpll