What do you think is the BEST pedal of this decade?

Hard to pick just one...for me it's a tough choice between the EHX Synth9 and the Dr Scientist Bitquest.

 

Vertex Wah

 

Spaceman Gemini IV

 

That's tough but I'd say something from Kingsley. For me personally, it would be the Kingsley Harlot. There is nothing else like it for me. A true extension of my amp.

 

I do double duty on bass & guitar, so this is a pretty hard choice given I have multiple pedalboards.
For me it's gotta be Free the Tone Black Vehicle. It's a bass overdrive with a boost, but it sounds ripper on guitar too, especially if you like heavy stuff.

 

That deliberately scarce fuzz where the guy put $20 worth of parts & effort into it for $300. I think it was called the Ripoff.

 

Probably still a ts9 or ProCo Rat
Kingsley Jester is pretty nice also.

 

The EHX Synth pedals should be in the running

OCD may take a nod

Strymon's Big Sky kicked off a bit of a revolution

Hudson Broadcast or Duelist sort of broke the chains of diode clipping drives

 

Only going on pedals I've owned, Catalinbread Belle Epoch. Man, why did I sell that thing?

 

I vote Strymon Timeline.

I think it was launched in 2012, and still a market leader. I'd like to know how many units have been sold in the last 8 years.

 

The decade...
Well some drives that dominate come to mind like the OCD or KOT but it seems like the last decade really saw some great leaps in digital effects like Strymon is producing. My Timeline still blows my mind.

 

Miku

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Analogman Beano Boost

 

I have only tried an insignificant fraction of the pedals from this decade, so this question must be for a very small elite. So much great stuff has come out!

My best buy is the Origin Cali76 CD, getting an 1176 on my pedalboard has been a revelation!

 

There are so many it’s well nigh impossible to pick one, but for me the Drybell Unit67 is up there with the best of them. It is such a work horse. Boost, treble boost, compressor and EQ all in one - so useful, so good. I wish they would release a deluxe model with separate footswitches to engage different things.

But, because I am a fuzz guy more than anything else, I will say the Vemuram Myriad, because it is the best fuzz pedal out there.

 

After collecting many great overdrives over the past year (king of tone is the one I haven't gotten my hands on yet) i have to also say Kingsley pedals. I've not found anything that has the feel, dynamics and string separation at gain.

But the revival drive is right there also. Being able to to sound like different cranked non-master volume amps at any volume with a small pedal is a game changer (and I hate that term).

 

line 6 helix

 

v3 Timmy FTW!

 

Strymon Timeline. The 'game changer' moniker gets thrown around a lot here but the Timeline had a huge impact on the market.