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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.

Hologram Electronics Chroma Console Multi-Effector

If you are a pedal lover and you are not familiar with Hologram Electronics, well, you aren't really a pedal lover. The Nashville-based company has been churning out incredibly creative pedals for over a decade now, with the latest (the Microcosm) becoming a stellar bestseller. They just unveiled their next device,…Click on the title for more

Hologram Electronics Chroma Console Multi-Effector

Meris Enzo Synth Pedal

Born from a rib of Strymon, LA pedal manufacturer Meris has been getting a lot of traction in the last year or so with imaginative stompbox designs (we wrote a profile about them here), and we are thrilled to find out that they have launched a brand new pedal called Enzo.…Click on the title for more

Meris Enzo Synth Pedal

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

From a veteran boutique pedal manufacturer that built its name on tweakability comes one of the most feature-rich and unique fuzz pedals on the market: the Subdecay Noise Theory. Presented as a "Parallel Waveshaper Fuzz," the noise theory combines an analog and a digital fuzz circuit placed in parallel, and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

The Best Crazy, Weird, and Unusual Fuzz Pedals in 2024

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The Best Crazy, Weird, and Unusual Fuzz Pedals in 2024

Haunted Labs Shadow Winds Delay

Unveiled at the NAMM 2023 show, the Haunted Labs Shadow Winds is a delay pedal with three modes and a trick up its sleeve. The builder isn't sharing the modes' names or functions yet, but from the video, we gather that the Invoke knob adds extra "haunted" effects like pitch…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs Shadow Winds Delay

Meris MercuryX Modular Stereo Reverb

*You'll be able to play with this pedal at the upcoming Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo. The Meris MercuryX represents a modular evolution of reverb by California-based company Meris, drawing inspiration from two of their most popular pedals: the Blade Runner soundtrack-inspired Mercury7, and their first forey into the digital/modular…Click on the title for more

Meris MercuryX Modular Stereo Reverb

Warm Audio RingerBringer

The Warm Audio RingerBringer continues the US company's series of pedals inspired by discontinued (or supposedly so) stompboxes brought to you at a lower price point than the original and with very minor sonic compromises, if any. The RingerBringer, as many of you may have guessed, is a clone of…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio RingerBringer

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

The MXR Joshua Ambient Echo bears that name for a particular reason: it aims to offer, in a compact case, the legendary sound of U2's The Edge as heard in The Joshua Tree, a 1987 album that featured a signature guitar sound drenched in a rhythmic yet ambient delay. Extremely…Click on the title for more

MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

New Pedal: Weird Noise Death Spiral

A digital, creative modulated, and fuzzed-up delay based on the PT2399 chip (a semi-obsolete component that still inspires hundreds of boutique pedal builders) the Weird Noise Death Spiral offers two LFOs, a Low Pass filter and a fuzz circuit, along with expression control. The Low Pass filter can help create…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Weird Noise Death Spiral

Walrus Audio Meraki Stereo Analog Delay

The race to build the best stereo analog delay is on, ladies and gentlemen! The Walrus Audio Meraki, released under Reverb.com's multi-builder 2023 Blackout Series initiative, joins the BOSS DM-101 in an effect category that's universally considered hard to crack for its engineering challenges, including the fact that this kind…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Meraki Stereo Analog Delay

New Pedal: AC Noises Ricorda Granular Reverb

The AC Noises Ricorda (which means "remember" in Italian, but sounds a lot like "recording" in English) is a stereo digital pedal that extends the concept of granular synthesis popular in digital delay circuits to the realm of ambient reverb. Granular synthesis consists in a digital memory that reorganizes more…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: AC Noises Ricorda Granular Reverb

StoneDeafFX Rise & Shine Fuzz + Tremolo

The StoneDeafFX Rise & Shine is an octave fuzz that blends vintage tone with modern technology, with a twist. A digitally controlled fuzz pedal, it is at its heart a classic octave-up fuzz, but integrated with a dynamic octapulse tremolo that allows it to go well beyond your typical fuzz…Click on the title for more

StoneDeafFX Rise & Shine Fuzz + Tremolo