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Instead of having a dedicated buffer in front of chain. This is a good idea since tuner is mostly put at the front of the chain. Although it is $15-20 more expensive than polytune 2 but for extra buffer option I consider it is a no brainer for those who have a lot of pedals and long cables.

My favorite bluesbreaker pedal. I believe it was designed to emulate original marshall bluesbreaker pedal with very reasonable price. It works really well as my low gain overdrive and it is my first gain pedal in the chain. I usually set it the gain knob between 9-10 o'clock, volume around 3-4 o'clock and tone between 11-1 o'clock. The drawback is probably it has low output and I prefer the gain knob to be kept not higher than 1 o'clock. Also, I prefer to add boost pedal or 2nd stage overdrive after it instead of before. Definitely will stay at my board. Playing it with Epiphone Les Paul II and Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Amp.

I think this pedal works really well as clean boost. It has a big gain knob and 3 small knobs (bass, treble and volume) if you want to set your EQ. I personally think simple function pedal shouldn't take too much space on board. This will do and for the price it is worth trying. Can't comment of the build quality yet as I only have it for a month but so far still good. The power jack is made of plastic and might be the weak link of this pedal.

I think this is a great compact delay pedal with up to 8 presets. Four presets for tape, lo-fi and ambient delay layer setting and another 4 for multi-head delay layer setting. I don't need a lot of time to understand how to use it properly and the manufacturer also provides downloadable pdf manual which is very informative. I also have Source Audio Nemesis Delay at the same time so it helps me to understand how they work. This is more simple than nemesis delay since it doesn't have mobile apps or desktop editor and also less delay variations compared to nemesis delay. I love both clockwork delay v2 and nemesis delay, one will give me quick setting if I am on a rush and another one gives me deeper editing capability. I found a used one for $160-180 which is basically almost the same price as most new non-preset capable digital pedal like boss DD7 or TC Electronic Flashback. Clockwork delay v2 doesn't have time knob (as in miliseconds measurement) but instead its time knob is to select tap division (quarter, dotted eight, eight, etc). Also it seems that to change preset (ie. from preset 1 to 2) you need to tap twice, first tap is to change preset selector and the second tap to confirm the change. Also 4 taps minimum are required for the tap tempo to take effect. Having said that, it is a great pedal and the auro regen sweep feature is a plus too as it feels like having someone turns the regen knob (number of repeat) while you are playing. It gradually increase the repeat and slowly subsides after releasing select-tap/variation switch.

Sturdy bypass looper switcher pedal with strong enclosure. The only drawback is possibly the default images at the face of the pedal.