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I know there are other lists available that serve this purpose but I am finding more companies as time goes on. Many don’t have much of a presence on Reverb or Ebay or they’re underrated and overlooked. Companies based outside China and with product lines containing no clones are acceptable for this list - as long as they’re cheap and have some good pedals.

Please include any companies with identical products (example: Harley Benton and JOYO). Also include any notably great or terrible models and the clones they are of a given pedal.

Caline has proven itself to be an affordable, reliable, and well-made budget effects pedal brand. The Pegasus does all the Klon-type things you would expect. The Caline Pegasus enclosure is slightly larger than a regular pedal and is about the same size as the Klon KTR. The range of pedals that the Pegasus is a part of are all this larger size.

Many of these companies have a “hit and miss” type reputation for any given pedal (the build/ component quality of any given model could occur as random) - which is why some love and some hate Behringer pedals - which is very similar to what PC gamers refer to the “silicon lottery” in reference to the overclockabilty of a CPU.

I will add to my list and descriptions of companies as I am able to.

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