Effects Pedals
Vintage stompboxes: fuzz, phase, chorus, delay, compression, and wah.
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Browse 48 effects pedals
- Electro-HarmonixFuzz
Big Muff Pi
1969 · Fuzz
Guitarists wanting the thick, singing sustain fuzz heard across classic rock recordings.
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Phase 90
1974 · Modulation
Guitarists wanting an instant, classic swirling phase texture with zero tweaking required.
$BudgetCompare - BossChorus
CE-1 Chorus Ensemble
1976 · Modulation
Studio guitarists wanting the original lush analog chorus tone before it was miniaturized.
$$$PremiumCompare - IbanezOverdrive
Tube Screamer TS808
1979 · Overdrive
Guitarists wanting the warm mid-boosted overdrive behind countless classic blues-rock leads.
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Deluxe Memory Man
1976 · Delay
Ambient and post-rock guitarists wanting warm, degrading analog delay trails.
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Dyna Comp
1972 · Compression
Country and funk guitarists wanting that classic squashed, sustained compressed tone.
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DM-2 Delay
1981 · Delay
Guitarists wanting a compact, classic warm analog slapback/short delay.
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V846 Wah-Wah
1967 · Wah
Guitarists wanting the definitive vocal-like classic wah sound heard on 60s/70s rock records.
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CE-2 Chorus
1979 · Modulation
Guitarists wanting a compact, classic analog chorus tone for a pedalboard.
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Small Stone Phaser
1974 · Modulation
Guitarists and keyboardists wanting a deep, resonant vintage analog phase sweep.
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OD-1 Overdrive
1977 · Overdrive
Guitarists wanting the warm, historically foundational analog overdrive tone that started the Boss compact-pedal line.
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Electric Mistress
1976 · Modulation
Guitarists wanting the deep, classic analog jet-flange sweep heard on 70s psychedelic rock.
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Distortion+
1973 · Distortion
Guitarists wanting the raw, aggressive vintage op-amp distortion sound that shaped later pedal designs.
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Fuzz-Tone FZ-1
1962 · Fuzz
Guitarists and historians wanting the exact raw germanium fuzz tone that started the entire pedal category.
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250 Overdrive Preamp
1970s · Overdrive
Guitarists wanting an affordable, brighter-voiced alternative to the classic Tube Screamer overdrive sound.
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DS-1 Distortion
1978 (ubiquitous through the 90s) · Distortion
Guitarists wanting the exact cheap, ubiquitous distortion tone behind a huge swath of 90s grunge and alternative rock.
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Whammy
1991 · Pitch Shifter
Guitarists wanting the exact expressive, real-time pitch-shifting sound behind a huge amount of iconic 90s rock.
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DL4 Delay Modeler
1999 · Delay
Guitarists wanting one affordable box covering an entire history of classic delay sounds, plus a genuine live looper.
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Tube Screamer TS9
1982 (reissued and popularized through the 90s-2000s) · Overdrive
Budget-conscious guitarists wanting a genuinely close, more affordable alternative to the pricier original TS808.
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MT-2 Metal Zone
1991 · Distortion
Metal and hard-rock guitarists wanting the exact scooped, aggressive distortion tone behind a huge amount of 90s heavy music.
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SD-1 Super Overdrive
1981 (ubiquitous through the 90s-2000s) · Overdrive
Guitarists wanting a classic, smoother alternative to the Tube Screamer family for pedal-platform amp setups.
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Holy Grail Reverb
1996 · Reverb
Guitarists wanting a genuine piece of stompbox-reverb history in a dead-simple, single-knob package.
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RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
1996 · Delay
Guitarists wanting an overlooked mid-90s combo reverb/delay pedal with genuine stereo I/O.
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OCD
2004 · Overdrive
Guitarists wanting a genuine 2000s boutique overdrive with a wider gain range than the classic Japanese circuits.
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