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This year has been no exception, delivering a bumper crop of killer pedals with outstanding original ideas and revived classics thought to be long gone. Explore our list of the best pedals of 2024 below to discover some fantastic new releases from Strymon, KMA Machines, IK Multimedia, Kemper, and more.
The most recent release on our list, Vongon's Paragraphs II delivers rich, dynamic tone shaping capabilities with its four-pole resonant low-pass filter. Featuring stereo inputs and outputs, a ladder-style filter, and improved signal-to-noise ratio, this pedal adds harmonic depth to both clean and distorted tones.
Its bipolar envelope generator offers precise control with adjustable rise and fall times, while the LFO creates natural stereo widening with 180° phase-shifted modulation. MIDI and CV compatibility make it a versatile addition to any setup, whether you’re crafting rhythmic swells, pulsing textures, or subtle motion.
The Neural DSP Nano Cortex packs the power of a complete guitar or bass rig into a compact, ultra-portable pedal. Featuring Neural Capture technology, it creates precise digital replicas of amps, cabs, and drive pedals, delivering unmatched sound quality and feel.
With a fixed seven-slot signal chain, 25 preloaded amp captures, and access to thousands more via Cortex Cloud, Nano Cortex offers limitless tonal possibilities. Its built-in IR loader includes 300 premium cabinet simulations for detailed tone shaping. Lightweight and gig-ready, this pedal is perfect for crafting professional sounds on stage, in the studio, or anywhere inspiration strikes.
Step into uncharted sonic territory with the Noise Engineering Dystorpia, a cutting-edge digital fuzz and overdrive pedal designed for limitless tonal exploration. Inspired by Noise Engineering’s renowned Eurorack designs, Dystorpia blends traditional overdrive with futuristic grit, offering unique sound-shaping tools like wave-folding, harmonic fuzz, and dynamic tone controls.
Add depth with the DOOM switch’s sub-octave power or shape your sound dynamically with the built-in noise gate and envelope response. With an optional Freeze function and expression pedal input, Dystorpia invites you to create everything from subtle warmth to aggressive, chaotic textures.
Universal Audio has been on a roll releasing more of the brand’s best-selling UAFX pedals, including the Knuckles, Enigmatic, and ANTI pedals earlier this year.
Bring legendary high-gain tones to your pedalboard with the Knuckles '92. This powerhouse emulates the iconic Dual Rec amp, delivering searing punk, metal, and alt-rock sounds with precision. Six mic/speaker pairings, built-in boosts, and noise gate offer unmatched versatility, while the UAFX app unlocks advanced customization for total tonal control.
Discover three decades of boutique amp bliss with the Enigmatic '82. This pedal captures the legendary Overdrive Special’s dynamic, touch-sensitive tones—perfect for rock, jazz, and blues. With nine mic/cab options and deep customization via the UAFX app, craft your own heavenly tones or explore iconic vintage settings.
Unleash brutal metal tones with the ANTI 1992. Modeled after a 120-watt tube titan, it delivers scooped riffs, crushing leads, and pristine cleans. Six iconic mic/cab pairings, a TS-style overdrive, and built-in noise gate ensure precise, punishing sound—perfect for Scandinavian Death Metal and beyond.
In addition to the best-selling RingerBringer released at the beginning of 2024, Warm Audio dropped two more popular pedals this year, including the Pedal76 FET compressor and WA-C1 chorus pedals.
Bring studio-grade compression to your stage with the Pedal76. This analog FET compressor delivers rich, dynamic control inspired by legendary 76-style units. With essential Attack, Release, Ratio, Input, and Output controls, plus a custom CineMag transformer, Pedal76 ensures pristine tone and powerful performance for guitar and bass players alike.
Dive into lush, all-analog modulation with the WA-C1. This faithful recreation of a classic chorus and vibrato pedal offers separate Depth and Rate controls, selectable impedance, and rich Bucket Brigade Device tones. From shimmering chorus to wobbling vibrato, the WA-C1 brings vintage modulation to life with modern versatility.
The next stompbox on our list is a versatile chorus pedal from our friends at Echo Fix. Combining the rich sound of analog bucket brigade delays with controls for rate, depth, resonance, and waveshape, the EF-P3 makes it easy to dial in a wide range of sounds, from subtle pitch glides to Leslie-style wobbles. The EF-P3 also includes a Direct Mute Footswitch for Vibrato mode and true noiseless Bypass, ensuring your signal doesn’t click or pop while engaging or disengaging the pedal.
One of the best pedals of 2024 is the Wannabee Belateral Buzz Overdrive Pedal by Beetronics, which combines two beloved overdrive circuits in a unique way. You'll find Beetronics' take on the Bluesbreaker on the left, while the right side features a Klon-inspired offering. Each circuit has a dedicated footswitch and controls, plus a unique routing system based around a three-way switch. When the switch is to the left, the Klon circuit flows into the Bluesbreaker. When it's to the right, the Bluesbreaker flows into the Klon. In the middle, both circuits run in parallel for some tasty results.
While this pedal technically came out in December of 2023, it’s been a favorite at Vintage King since its release and is still getting plenty of use on our pedalboards this year. The Poly Effects Verbs pedal comes loaded with 48 presets to transport your tone to unique spaces.
In addition to real-life spaces like the Pool Of The Blackstar, Capricornia Caves, and Santa Lucia Basilica, Verbs also includes captures of vintage reverbs such as EMT140 plates, classic analog springs, 480L digital reverbs, and more.
Unlike most pedals, Verbs doesn’t include any knobs. Instead, all of the settings are controlled via sliders using the intuitive touchscreen interface.
NightVerb is right at home on any pedalboard, but it’s not a stompbox in the traditional sense of the word.
Designed by the visionaries at Erica Synths, NightVerb is a compact stereo desktop reverb powered by a unique algorithm developed by 112db. All of NightVerb’s parameters are controllable via MIDI CC, enabling you to adjust multiple parameters simultaneously for dynamic, evolving soundscapes.
Perfect for synths, drums, and of course, guitars, NightVerb uses extremely long decay tails to achieve truly musical ambience. Advanced controls for Shape, Spin, Width, and more allow you to dial in a wide range of sounds to suit any source.
Specially designed to fit in gig bags and on pedalboards, this miniature version of the original TONEX pedal packs IK Multimedia’s groundbreaking AI Machine Modeling technology into a compact, portable package.
TONEX One comes pre-loaded with 200 Tone Models to get you started, but you can expand your collection with thousands of free user presets or model your own gear to craft a custom tone that reflects your unique sound.
Best of all, TONEX One comes bundled with IK's TONEX SE and AmpliTube 5 SE software, allowing you to take full advantage of the pedal's capabilities. Oh, and did we mention that TONEX One also doubles as a 24-bit/44.1 kHz USB audio interface so you can track directly to your computer without any additional gear?
Strymon’s BigSky reverb pedal quickly became a pedalboard staple when it was released in 2014, but a lot has changed over the last decade. The new BigSky MX builds on the success of the original with significantly more processing power, seven all-new reverb algorithms, and advanced routing options.
Choose from 12 versatile reverbs, including the brand-new Impulse and Chamber algorithms, and the updated Spring, Plate, Hall, Room, and Shimmer settings. For the first time, BigSky MX allows you to use two reverbs at once with Serial, Parallel, or Split audio routing, opening up a whole new world of tonal possibilities to explore.
Perhaps the most unique release on our list of the best pedals of 2024, the KMA Machines ENDGAME is the cherry on top of any pedalboard. Specially designed for the end of your signal chain, ENDGAME is the final boss of guitar pedals.
Sweeten your sound using the foot-switchable stereo FX loop or KMA’s proprietary True Double-Tracker doubler with variable width controls. Fully transform your tone using DUAL IR cab simulation, which offers six classic cabs to choose from. Using the onboard room simulator, you can add natural-sounding reverb to your whole signal chain. There are plenty of versatile routing options, including an Aux input with Bluetooth and 3.5 mm connectivity, which make it easy to integrate backing tracks and other sources from consumer playback devices.
No matter what style or genre of music you play, ENDGAME has something to improve your sound or streamline your performance.
Back in 2018, Moog announced they would be discontinuing their beloved Moogerfooger pedal lineup, including the MF-102 Ring Modular. Warm Audio picked up the ring mod ball and ran with it in 2024 as the brand debuted the RingerBringer. Echoing the shape and size of its inspiration, the RingerBringer provides a broad spectrum of sonic possibilities with controls for LFO, MOD, Frequency, and RATE. Whether you're aiming for smooth tremolo vibes, sweeping sounds, or otherworldly alien insanity, this pedal delivers it all.
Kemper is a leader in amp, cab, and effects simulation, with its renowned PROFILER lineup widely used in touring rigs and studios worldwide. Now, this technology has been distilled down to the pedal form factor. The PROFILER Player provides a vast range of amp tones, FX settings, IR loading, and fast switching capabilities, all controllable via the pedal and Rig Manager app. The pedal features an extensive collection of amp sounds for various genres, with a massive effects lineup including delays, overdrives, wah-wahs, EQs, reverbs, and more. You can store up to 50 custom Rigs in 10 banks of five on the pedal, which has colored LEDs to indicate the active bank.
Clocking glitches are usually the last thing an audio engineer wants to deal with in the studio, but Collision Devices has transformed this concept into an exceptional pedal. The Crushturnal is ideal for producing unique glitchy, bit-crushing sounds from guitars, synths, and other instruments. It features three distinct sections—Sequencer, Digital Repeater, and Ambiance—that let you shape the rate, step size, and mode of your sequences, and then apply effects to craft deeply immersive soundscapes.
Benson's flagship pedal, the Preamp, has received a touch of Germanium magic. The Portland, Oregon-based brand has replaced the pedal's first FET transistor with a germanium stage (borrowed from the Germanium Boost), and now we have the Germanium Preamp. How does it compare to its predecessor? Guitarists can expect richer, clearer tones with slightly lower gain, perfect for getting your amp right to the edge of breakup and beyond.
It's rare to see a new distortion pedal that doesn't borrow from classic topologies, but the JHS crew has managed to innovate with the Hard Drive. Rather than drawing from traditional pedal designs, they've found sonic inspiration in the post-grunge alternative rock movement. Whether aiming for tones reminiscent of Weezer or Rage Against The Machine, the Hard Drive offers a wide range of distortion sounds to explore. The pedal features cascaded gain stages followed by a hard limiting circuit, along with a sweepable midrange and Baxandall bass and treble controls.
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