The top 10 stompboxes we can't live without
Delay pedal
Line 6 DL4
Just imagine you could only use one pedal for the rest of your life… what would you choose? Distortion, fuzz, overdrive, chorus, reverb, wah-wah, phaser? It’s perhaps one of the more soul searching questions posed by Ask MusicRadar, and one with an equally perplexing outcome.
The number one choice of pedal, you see, is so simple in its purpose that you might not have seen the wood for the trees. Scroll through to see what we mean.
This is a gallery of the top 10 essential stompboxes as chosen by you. First up: Line 6 DL4…
Overdrive/boost pedal
MXR Micro Amp
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Wah pedal
Dunlop Cry Baby
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Delay pedal
MXR Carbon Copy
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Fuzz/distortion pedal
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
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Compression pedal
Keeley Compressor
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Analogue delay pedal
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
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Compression Sustainer pedal
Boss CS-3
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Overdrive/distortion pedal
Tube Screamer
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Stage tuner pedal