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The 20 Best Vox-Style Pedals & Vox-In-a-Box Overdrives in 2024

Welcome to our comprehensive guide to the best Vox-Style pedals and Vox-in-a-Box overdrives! If you are interested in pedals inspired by other classic amps, you may want to check out our articles about the best Plexi-Style pedals, Dumble-style drives, and Fender-in-a-box pedals. Coverage of similar stompboxes can be found in…... Click for more

The 20 Best Vox-Style Pedals & Vox-In-a-Box Overdrives in 2024

New Pedal: Tubesteader Roy Vox-Style Tube Preamp

With the Vox-style Tubesteader Roy preamp, fellow Montrealer Olly Balan releases his first compact dual-channel pedal tube preamp - with double emphasis on the "compact," since fitting all of the above in such a small case is a remarkable achievement. Inspired by the vintage Vox AC30 Top Boost amp, Roy…... Click for more

New Pedal: Tubesteader Roy Vox-Style Tube Preamp

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2024

For a more comprehensive take on delays, see our Best Delay Pedals, by Type article. For the guitarists who live and breathe delay and enjoy tweaking and experimenting with this effect’s many variables, the modern multi-mode, digital, stereo delay pedal is the ultimate gift from heaven (and not necessarily…... Click for more

Best Multi-Mode Digital Delay Pedals in 2024

New Pedal: Spruce Effects Badlands

California's Spruce Effects has just released a new addition to their Junior Ranger series of pedals: the Badlands Chorus. Inspired in the name and graphics by the Badlands National Park, this pedal employs an Optical LED to deliver organic-sounding modulation. The controls are unlabeled but straightforward once you memorize them,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Spruce Effects Badlands

New Pedal: Fish Circuits Exploration #1

Hand-made in Montreal, Canada, the Fish Circuits Exploration #1 is the first pedal in a new series by the Quebecois brand dedicated to dirt tone exploration. Designed around BC549 silicon transistors, the pedal offers a wide range of classic overdrive and fuzz tones through the 3 position Texture rotary switch,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Fish Circuits Exploration #1

New Pedal: Nobels Del-Mini Delay

Although German pedal brand Nobels is well-known for its signature overdrive ODR-1, hardly anyone is aware that - at some point in the '90s - the company released a line of pedals including several modulation effects and even a delay. The new Nobels DEL-mini represents a welcome return of this…... Click for more

New Pedal: Nobels Del-Mini Delay

New Pedal: Decibelics Rivus Overdrive

Barcelona-based pedal brand Decibelics has built a name for itself initially through one of the best-regarded Klon clones on the market (and a mini one at that!), and more recently with a recreation of the Bixonic Expandora - both pedals also exist in dual-channel format. This new mini pedal is…... Click for more

New Pedal: Decibelics Rivus Overdrive

The 14 Best Blues Breaker-Style Pedals, Clones & Variants in 2024

A Brief History of the Blues Breaker The original Marshall Blues Breaker pedal was an overdrive released in 1991, but the history of that name dates back to 30 years earlier: Marshall took the name from John Mayall and Eric Clapton’s 1960s band, the Bluesbreakers. Clapton’s guitar tone on…... Click for more

The 14 Best Blues Breaker-Style Pedals, Clones & Variants in 2024

Updated Pedal: Beautiful Noise Endless Sleeper II Delay

Ambient delay and shoegazer fanatics should take a hard look at this pedal by Australian manufacturer Beautiful Noise: the recently updated Endless Sleeper MkII. It's an analog-voiced dual delay effect with modulation and sample reduction. The two delay lines cascade into each other, each contributing between 30ms and 1500ms, allowing…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Beautiful Noise Endless Sleeper II Delay

New Pedal: Beetronics Larva Morphing Phaser

An original poem about the Beetronics Larva Morphing Phaser. Warmth of yesteryears, modern flair, A six-stage phaser, a sonic affair. Tap tempo beats, presets that glide, Where analog tones and features collide. A preamp born of a timeless vein, Larva sings with power, subtle or plain. From gentle warmth to…... Click for more

New Pedal: Beetronics Larva Morphing Phaser

The Best Ambient-Shoegaze Reverb Pedals in 2024

Relevant pages for ambient/shoegazer guitarists are also the Best Reverse Pedals for Shoegaze article and the Modulated Reverb Category. For a more comprehensive article on all types of reverb see our Best Reverb Pedals piece. Updated on Sept. 22, 2023. Once upon a shoe-gazing time, guitarists had few choices when it…... Click for more

The Best Ambient-Shoegaze Reverb Pedals in 2024

Earthquaker Devices Gary Modulated Fuzz + Overdrive

The Earthquaker Devices Gary is a signature pedal of Lee Kieran of the post-punk band Idles. It is a combo pulse-width modulated fuzz and overdrive circuit dreamt up by the British guitarist. Started as a simpler replacement pedal for the company's own Gray Channel overdrive featuring just one channel (the…... Click for more

Earthquaker Devices Gary Modulated Fuzz + Overdrive