Best pedal you've bought under £50?

[Yorkshire Bottom End]

Mine - TC Electronic Spark Booster. Full size.

 

(Acutally it was free because I got an Amazon voucher for Christmas!)

[Lozz196]

Behringer BDI21, a great pedal, not just for the money, sounds great, ideal backup to have in the bag for those just in case moments. 

[paul_5]

I’ll see your BDI21 and raise you the ADI21. It’s behringer’s  Paradriver clone and it’s brilliant.

 

I also picked up a DHA VT1 dual custom in need of some TLC from the ‘bay for £50 that eclipses everything. Took me about 6 months of careful circuit tracing and building an active eq circuit for it but it’s easily my best £50 purchase.

Edited February 14 by paul_5

[Lozz196]

I’ll have to check those out, didn’t know they did a Para Driver clone as well.

[dudewheresmybass]

EHX bass soul food - £49 new when I bought it

 

[chris_b]

Sadowsky SBP-2 preamp pedal, a bargain at £50 in the classifieds.

 

So good it almost makes my £200 bass sound like a Sadowsky.

[Bagman]

Boss Brown Bass Limiter LM-2B 

 

Boss Brown Bass Parametric EQ PQ-3B

 

probably cheating with the time frame but I got the Limiter ( my third one) less than 12 months ago IIRC 

[Zbysek]

Nobels ODR mini

TC Spark

[fretmeister]

Errr, I started playing in about 1986 so I've had loads of sub £50 brilliant pedals as hardly anything went over £50 then!

 

f*** I'm getting old!  

[PaulThePlug]

Joyo Korg-a-like Tuner

(As the Behringer Beadyeye has already been mentioned...)

 

But if you want a real bargain for under £50 i've got a Zoom B1on and a B1XOn both FS in the Classified section 😉

[PaulWarning]

On 14/02/2026 at 13:58, paul_5 said:

I’ll see your BDI21 and raise you the ADI21. It’s behringer’s  Paradriver clone and it’s brilliant.

 

I also picked up a DHA VT1 dual custom in need of some TLC from the ‘bay for £50 that eclipses everything. Took me about 6 months of careful circuit tracing and building an active eq circuit for it but it’s easily my best £50 purchase.

I've got an AD121, thought it was for electro acoustic guitar

[PaulWarning]

5 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Joyo Korg-a-like Tuner

(As the Behringer Beadyeye has already been mentioned...)

 

But if you want a real bargain for under £50 i've got a Zoom B1on and a B1XOn both FS in the Classified section 😉

I've used a Zoom B1on for years, prefer them to the B1 four, in fact I recently bought a back up B1on off here and sold my B1 four

[dave_bass5]

Was the BDI21 but currently the Valeton GP-5 which cost £39 on Amazon. 

[ped]

TC Spectracomp. I much prefer it to the big box Cali, FEA Opti and many other super expensive alternatives.

[PaulWarning]

3 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

I've got an AD121, thought it was for electro acoustic guitar

just tried it with my bass, not bad, it adds a bit of overdrive not as much as the BD121, but that was too much for me anyway

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

The ADI21 is rather good on electric upright bass. When I had a Dean Pace it was an always on effect. I've also used it to great effect with my NS-design CR-5M.

[paul_5]

On 16/02/2026 at 14:20, PaulWarning said:

just tried it with my bass, not bad, it adds a bit of overdrive not as much as the BD121, but that was too much for me anyway

I opened mine up and removed the two red LEDs from the board - these are the two clipping diodes that provide the overdrive. Mine’s brilliant now! 😄

[paulo m]

Boss Octaver 1982 ( Bronze Livery £40.

[nick]

Demonfx Mini Chorus, Valeton OC-10 octaver & Joyo Scylla compressor have all impressed me, particularly considering their prices.

[King Tut]

Joyo Orange Juice for me.

[madshadows]

Don't know if you can class it as a pedal but my Sonicake Pocket Master is terrific @ £42.49  

 

John 😎 

[MartinB]

Originals:
TC Electronic Spark Booster

Copies:
Joyo American Sound
Joyo Ultimate Drive
DemonFX Alpha Omicron
DemonFX Microtubes X

[krispn]

EBS Valve Drive with a dodgy foot switch