If you’re looking for cheap pedal deals you need to head over to Amazon - here are 5 awesome stompboxes below the $40 mark

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Black Friday is a great time to bag yourself some cheap pedal deals, and Amazon has some of the best we’ve seen this year

A Donner Verb Square reverb pedal
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If you’re the sort of player who can’t resist a cheap pedal deal, you need to head over to Amazin this Black Friday. With 17 pedals below the $40 mark, it’s the perfect place to pick up a bargain addition to your pedalboard that won’t break the bank. It’s one of the cheapest Black Friday guitar deals we’ve seen this year, and there’s plenty of choice that should cover most guitarists' tastes.

These pedals might be cheap but don’t mistake them for being not good. Many are clones of famous circuits, giving you access to a much more famous pedal for a lot less. Others are just actually great pedals that are capable of delivering some seriously good tones without costing you an arm and a leg.

Here are five great pedals that are completely worth picking up in the sale:

Joyo Splinter Distortion
Joyo Splinter Distortion: was $37.99 now $30.39 at Amazon

Everyone needs a Rat on their pedalboard, and the Joyo Splinter Distortion can do a lot of different Rat tones in one stompbox. It’s uber cheap and gives you lots of options for tone shaping that make it super versatile. It can do stock rat sounds but also has an option to imitate a Fat Rat and has a MOSFET mode too.

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Behringer UC200 Ultra Chorus
Behringer UC200 Ultra Chorus: was $29 now $25 at Amazon

Based on one of Boss’ most famous chorus pedal circuits, the Behringer UC200 Ultra Chorus is essentially an exact clone of the famous blue Boss pedal. You’d be hard-pressed to tell the difference between the two if you were blindfolded and with this reduction in the sale it’s insanely good value for money.

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Monoprice Analog Vintage Distortion
Monoprice Analog Vintage Distortion: was $26.98 now $22.99 at Amazon

You might not have heard of Monoprice before but don’t let that put you off. They actually make a brilliant budget tube amp in the Stage Right by Monoprice, so it’s not surprising to find that their distortion pedal is great value for money too. We really like the fuzzy side of this pedal when you start cranking the settings.

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Joyo American Sound
Joyo American Sound: was $39.99 now $31.99 at Amazon

A genuinely great amp modeler for less than $40? Yes, you’ve read that right. The Joyo American Sound is destined to become a cult classic, delivering the sound of a Deluxe Reverb on a shoestring budget. It takes pedals really well too, making it great for building a pedalboard-based rig without spending loads.

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Donner Verb Square
Donner Verb Square: was $49.99 now $39.99 at Amazon

Reverb pedals are notoriously expensive but the Donner Verb Square absolutely delivers for relatively little money. With 7 different algorithms it can cover a lot of ground whether you want a nice short room tone or something a little more cavernous. It’s the most expensive pedal here but at just below $40, still one of the cheapest reverb pedals you can buy right now.

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Matt McCracken
Matt McCracken
Junior Deals Writer

Matt is a Junior Deals Writer here at Guitar Player. He regularly tests and reviews music gear with a focus on guitars, amps, pedals, modelers, and pretty much anything else guitar-related. Matt worked in music retail for 5 years at Dawsons Music and Northwest Guitars and has written for many music sites including MusicRadar, Guitar World, Guitar.com, Ultimate Guitar, and Thomann’s t.blog. A regularly gigging guitarist with over 20 years of experience playing live, writing, and recording in bands, he's performed everything from jazz to djent, gigging all over the UK in more dingy venues than you can shake a drop-tuned guitar at.