Effects - Pedals, Multi-Effects, and Floor Boxes

[rinkydinkron]

What would be your top 10 boutique effects pedal manufacturers and why ?

[thom]

Can't think of more than 5 off the top of my head that I think highly of:

EQD 

Wampler

Zvex 

Lovetone

Dr Scientist

Based on inovation, overal quality, pure awesomness, bangforthebuckness, or a combination of those things

[1001gear]

Ethos OD

Hermida Zendrive 2

Mad Professor Amber Overdrive

Weehbo JMP drive

Weehbo Morbid drive

Catalinbread/Zvex and some others' Marshall emulations

They all sound and act amazing - per youtube of course; like the amps they emulate. This list of overdrives could go to 50 prolly but these are my current faves.

What I actually own: Fultone Fulldrive2 Mosfet. I'm in way over my head with just this one but it does everything I try. lol

The original TC Chorus and that's about it for me.

[chrisjnyc]

Lovetone

Klon

Cornish

Everyone else...

[bieke]

ZVex - nice pedals

Foxrox - nice pedals

Catalinbread - nice pedals

Lovetone - nice pedals

Skreddy - nice pedals

D*A*M - nice pedals

Paul Trombetta - nice pedals

Eartquaker Devices - nice pedals

Empress - nice pedals

Pigtronix - nice pedals

...

[bjcarl]

With regards to Zvex, Catalinbread, Lovepedal, etc...doesn't their availability at guitar center and/or their mass-production in Asia kind of knock them out of the boutique category?

[Lou Speed's Alt]

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[GhostLunch]

blackout effectors

[Phil O'Keefe]

Diamond

EarthQuaker Devices

Lovetone

Catalinbread

Malekko

I'll add more in a little bit, as well as my reasons for each.

[Califa]

Was definitely surprised by the lack of Malekko.

[silver-seven]

1. Mojo Hand - for the simple fact that they have nearly everything
2. Strymon - greatness
3. Xotic - RC, AC, SP, EP and the BB
4. Barber - all quality builds LTD and the DDSS are crazy good
5. Wampler - same as Mojo Hand they have something for eveybody
6. Red Witch - great modulation
7. Retro-Sonic - all great gear the phaser is my favorite
8. H.B.E. - often overlooked but still great stuff
9. Cornish - The Timmy!
10. Whoever it is on here that makes the great Klon Clone. Good job man.

[barjv01]

Based on my experience...

Basic Audio-  have Scarab Deluxe, considering Futureman

Black Arts- have Pharaoh, considering Black Forest

CMAT Mods- have Deluxe Signa Comp & Ratified

Mojo Hand- have Colossus

Subdecay- have Liquid Sunshine, considering Quantum Quasar

Foxrox- have Zim

Analogman- have TS9 Silver

all these pedals are of great quality IMO and I can recommend them.

Other builders I have liked:

Diamond

Tortuga (expensive but man does their chorus and phaser sound awesome in demos)

Paul C. (Has anyone done more with one pedal? Never actually tried one but I have a TOD and assuming the Timmy is even slightly better then I get it)

[Blakemore]

Dr. Scientist is always a fun guy to deal with, and I love his pedals. I also love stuff from Klon, Paul C, Strymon, and EHX, and whenever I've talked to those people they've always been super cool too. DMB pedals I've only ever tested the Lunar Echo, but it's great, and Michael is a stand up dude. He replaced me in the band I was in back in Nashville haha.

To sum up, all pedal builders are cool, at least the ones I've had the pleasure of dealing with.