Some guitarists love nothing more than having at least a dozen guitar pedals for their set-up, with trip-hazard cables spewing out all over the place. Some, however, have given thought to going more minimalist in their live rig, to make sound checks less heart attack-inducing and gig travel less nightmarish. This is where multi-effects pedals come in, which can replace your rig and pedalboard entirely.
In the year that is 2024, there is an abundance of these making the claim to be the best guitar effects pedal all-rounders. But does buying a multi-effects pedal mean spending the equivalent of a full array of smaller pedals? Nope! Our first entry will set you back less than £/$200. Or, if our later entries take your fancy, you can splash the cash on those costing above £/$1000. Different strokes for different folks! Let’s sift through all the amp-modelling, reverb, delay, chorus and other goodness and we search for the best multi-effects guitar pedal.