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Best-Selling Guitar Pedals of 2025: Reverb's Top 10 (and Top Modelers)
Reverb's 10 best-selling guitar pedals of 2025, from the Nano Lizard Queen to the HX Stomp, plus the top-selling amps and modelers. What each pedal does and who it's for.
11/2/20263 min read
Every year Reverb, the biggest online marketplace for music gear, publishes what guitarists actually bought. The 2025 list is a great snapshot of what players want right now: a few classics that never go away, some clever new pedals, and a lot of interest in modelers.
Here are Reverb's 10 best-selling guitar pedals of 2025, what each one does and who it's for, plus the best-selling amps and modelers.
Reverb's top 10 best-selling pedals of 2025
1. EHX/JHS Nano Lizard Queen Octave Fuzz
A collaboration between Electro-Harmonix and JHS, in a compact enclosure: a fuzz with an octave-up character for wild, cutting lead tones. The top spot shows that fun, characterful pedals still sell.
Who it's for: players who want a bold fuzz for solos and riffs.
2. TC Electronic PolyTune 3 Mini
A small, accurate tuner pedal with polyphonic tuning: strum all strings and see which ones are out. Tuners are one of the few pedals every guitarist needs.
Who it's for: anyone building a pedalboard. On a budget? Our free online guitar tuner works in your browser.
3. Boss GE-7 Equalizer
The classic 7-band graphic EQ. Use it to shape your tone, as a clean boost, or to tame a harsh amp. It's been around for decades because it just works.
Who it's for: tone tweakers and anyone fixing a muddy or bright rig.
4. IK Multimedia TONEX One
A mini pedal that loads TONEX captures of real amps and pedals. It's one of the reasons capture technology went mainstream. Read our TONEX One review.
Who it's for: players who want real amp tones on a small pedalboard.
5. Keeley Compressor Plus
A compressor known for being transparent and easy to use, with a blend control to mix in your dry signal. Great for clean funk, country and evening out your playing.
Who it's for: clean and funk players who want more sustain and consistency.
6. Hologram Electronics Chroma Console
A creative multi-effect focused on texture and colour: modulation, filtering, lo-fi and more, combined in one box. A favourite for ambient and experimental players.
Who it's for: players who want inspiring, unusual sounds.
7. DigiTech Drop
A polyphonic drop-tune pedal: play in lower tunings without retuning your guitar. Popular with metal and rock players, and handy for singers who need songs in a lower key.
Who it's for: anyone switching between tunings live.
8. Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
One of the most popular overdrives ever made: dynamic, amp-like and responsive to your picking. It shines on blues and classic rock. Practise it over our blues and rock backing tracks.
Who it's for: blues and rock players who want a natural overdrive.
9. Dunlop Cry Baby Wah GCB-95
The classic wah pedal heard on countless records. Simple, tough and still the reference for wah sounds.
Who it's for: funk, rock and lead players.
10. Line 6 HX Stomp
A compact modeler with the Helix sound engine: amps, cabs and effects in a pedal-sized box. It's the bridge between a full modeler and a pedalboard. Comparing compact modelers? See our Line 6 POD Go review and Valeton GP-5 vs Boss GT-1.
Who it's for: players who want a full rig in a small footprint.
What the list tells us
Classics still sell: the BD-2, GE-7 and Cry Baby have been around for decades and are still in the top 10.
Utility pedals matter: a tuner, an EQ, a compressor and a drop-tune pedal make up almost half the list.
Modeling and capturing are mainstream: the TONEX One and HX Stomp both made the top 10.
Best-selling amps and modelers of 2025 on Reverb
Reverb's amp ranking mixes traditional amps and modelers, and modelers took the top two places:
Neural DSP Quad Cortex
Line 6 Helix Floor
Line 6 Catalyst 100
Positive Grid Spark 40
Line 6 Helix LT
Orange Micro Dark Head
Fender Mustang LT Combo
Fender Rumble V3 Combo
Positive Grid Spark Go
Boss Katana 50 Gen 3
Want to understand the capture side of modeling? Read our guide to Neural Amp Modeler (NAM), the open-source technology now built into many modelers, and our M-VAVE MATRX first look.
FAQ
What was the best-selling guitar pedal of 2025?
On Reverb, the EHX/JHS Nano Lizard Queen Octave Fuzz was the best-selling pedal of 2025.
What was the best-selling amp modeler of 2025?
The Neural DSP Quad Cortex topped Reverb's amps and modelers list, followed by the Line 6 Helix Floor.
What's the cheapest way to get modeled amp tones?
A compact modeler pedal is the cheapest hardware option, but you can also start with an app on your phone and a small guitar interface.
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