How to play electric guitar - via amp pedals

Typical pedals that replicate well-known amplifier model types surprisingly well include the Universal Audio UAFX pedal amps or the high-quality effects from Strymon.

These pedals are the smallest and handiest hardware solution (smaller than the complete systems) for playing the electric guitar with external equipment!

Most of the time these amp pedals are reduced to their tone control and perhaps some reverb. However, they can easily be combined with effects pedals and integrated into an existing studio or stage setup.

Advantages and disadvantages of amp pedals

Compared to our five other categories, this solution has the following

advantages:

Budget amp pedals are more affordable than amp and multi-effects pedal solutions.
Perfect for purists who want to integrate and expand their effects device collection.
compact solution
feel of pots and switches
Some amp pedals also offer a USB PC connection for an extended range of functions.

disadvantages:

little to no integrated effects
Pedals that sound very good are usually more expensive.
many effects pedals mean tangled cables

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Which amp pedal do you want?

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Expert opinion:

The only thing even smaller than the amp pedals (to stay on the theme of external equipment) are the headphone amplifiers, like the EarWorm from Kong, which you plug directly into your electric guitar output socket. However, with this variant you trade sound quality and expansion options for maximum mobility.