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Best Rotary Pedals & Leslie Simulators in 2023: Compare Price and Features

This article is focused on the best rotary pedals on the market. We have a separate article about Uni-Vibe pedals, which are also Leslie-inspired. Most multi-modulation pedals also feature a Rotary/Leslie mode. [lwptoc depth="4" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="" skipHeadingText="A Shopping Guide to the…Click on the title for more

Best Rotary Pedals & Leslie Simulators in 2023: Compare Price and Features

Best New Pedal Releases | Dec. 2022/Jan. 2023

In January we were too busy compiling our Best Pedals of 2022 List that we didn't have the time to post our monthly article about the best December pedals, therefore we are aggregating the releases from that month to the ones of January 2023. They were two rather slow months…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedal Releases | Dec. 2022/Jan. 2023

Ground Control Bread Oath Overdrive

The Ground Control Bread Oath is a new overdrive by the Montreal boutique builder best known for giving guitarists of the world the unique EQ pedal Noodles. An evolution of the first pedal ever built by company owner Sébastien Vézina under the Ground Control label, the Bread Oath is a low…Click on the title for more

Ground Control Bread Oath Overdrive

The Best Reverb Pedals with Modulation or Fuzz/Distortion in 2023

Go Back to List of Categories Strymon Cloudburst An ambient reverb effect followed by a particular effect that goes beyond modulation (referred to as an "Ensemble engine") that continuously analyzes different frequency bands of your signal, generating upper harmonic partials of what it finds in each frequency band. A 3-way…Click on the title for more

The Best Reverb Pedals with Modulation or Fuzz/Distortion in 2023

Warm Audio Warmdrive (D-Style Overdrive)

Now discontinued, the Hermida Audio Zendrive is still one of the most sought-after pedals inspired by the highly-regarded, hand and custom-made Dumble amplifiers, and the Warm Audio Warmdrive is a faithful replica of it, down to the ying-yang logo, at a fraction of the cost. This type of pedal, often…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Warmdrive (D-Style Overdrive)

NRG Effects Poker Treblebooster Overdrive

The NRG Effects Poker is a high-end Silicon transistor evolution of the classic Rangemaster-style treblebooster circuit with a couple of tricks up its sleeve. The main difference compared to your regular Rangemaster is that this pedal can overdrive, therefore it's not just a boost. The control layout gets also expanded…Click on the title for more

NRG Effects Poker Treblebooster Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Cusack Screamer V3 Overdrive

The Cusack Screamer V3 is an evolution of - you guessed it - the Tube Screamer with twice the amount of gain and more clarity. It offers also three different voicings through a toggle switch on the right delivering Standard, Crushed, or Asymmetrical LED clipping. The pedal in this third…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Cusack Screamer V3 Overdrive

Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive

While it's true that the pedalverse is filled to the brim with Tube Screamer clones and variants, it can't be denied that humans have a knack for always finding new ways to improve on something, and the Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive is a testament to that. What's new about…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

The Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive is a tweakable Plexi-style circuit by a rather new company based out of the UK that's getting good reactions from a couple of fine-eared YouTubers like Brett Kingman and the inimitable Henning Pauly . It has a few more EQ controls than your average Plexi…Click on the title for more

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

Victory V1 The Sheriff Overdrive

Designed in collaboration with Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX, the Victory V1 The Sheriff is a high-end amp-in-a-box version of the company's actual guitar amp, inspired by the sound of the Marshall Plexi line of amps. It's part of the first line of compact pedals released by the British builder. The…Click on the title for more

Victory V1 The Sheriff Overdrive

Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop V2 Overdrive

Fairfield Circuitry is an oddball, boutique audio effects company from Canada. I note the canadian heritage in that the physical aesthetic choices as well as the functions of the effects are reminiscent of a backwoods experiment by bearded men with too much time and whiskey on their hands. Fairfield…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop V2 Overdrive

Joyo AC Tone Vox-Style Overdrive

Not all cheap pedals disappoint! The Joyo AC Tone is a well-regarded and insanely affordable take on the Vox-style amp-in-a-box. Surprisingly feature-rich, it can be used as a normal drive / EQ pedal or as an amp sim at the end of your pedal chain into a PA or direct…Click on the title for more

Joyo AC Tone Vox-Style Overdrive