metal guitar pedal
Skip it36/100a small market ($54K/yr) — metal guitar pedal doesn't clear our bar today.
Market/yr
$54K
Growth (1y)
+127.5%
Products
11
Brands
7
was 11 a year ago
Sellers
42
Price range
$19.82–$159.55
Returns
3.8%
Rating
4.5★
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Scored 36/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +127.5% year over year.Seasonality
Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Competition
- BOSS65%
- JOYO10%
- AFOT9%
- IOppWin6%
- EX4%
- Behringer3%
- Other (1 brands)3%
The top 5 products capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack. 7 brands and 42 sellers compete here.
Brands
7 falling
was 11 a year ago
Sellers
42
Top 5 brand share
94%
Product shelf
All 11 tracked products in this niche.
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone Distortion Guitar Pedal
BOSS
$107.424.7★1,005 reviews
BOSS MT-2W WAZA Craft Metal Zone Guitar Pedal (MT-2W) Black
BOSS
$159.554.7★521 reviews
AFOT Heavy Metal Distortion Guitar Pedal Realize the Sounds of Metal Rock and Punk Muff Top Boost Distortion Guitar Effect Pedal with 80s or 90s Metal Sounds and Earphone Useable Output Ture Bypass
AFOT
$35.534.2★163 reviews
IOppWin HOLY WAR Heavy Metal Distortion Pedal - 3 Mode (Lo/Hi Boost) True Bypass Mini Metal Casing Guitar Effects Pedal
IOppWin
$19.824.6★33 reviews
JOYO High Gain Distortion Guitar Pedal Analog Circuit with Full Range EQ for Classic Rock to Heavy Metal Tones True Bypass (JF-04)
JOYO
$35.394.4★605 reviews
EX Inferno Death Metal Distortion Guitar Pedal High-Gain Electric Guitar Effects Mini Pedal with 3-Mode Boost Switch True Bypass
EX
$33.834.3★775 reviews
JOYO High-Gain Metal Distortion Guitar Pedal 3-Band EQ with Sweep Mid-Freq & Boost Control for Electric Guitar Bypass (Extreme Metal JF-17)
JOYO
$37.174.1★576 reviews
BOSS DS-1 Distortion | Compact Distortion Pedal | The Benchmark in Guitar Distortion | Hard-edged Attack & Smooth Sustain | Wide Tone Range
BOSS
$62.364.6★4,399 reviews
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Great sound”
“Worth the Money”
“Build quality is nice and solid, not tinny or flimsy at all”
“Perfect for heavy metal”
“works as expected”
“This amp is incredible it can go so loud”
“Very well built”
“Great Distortion Pedal”
“i will be using this for many years to come”
“The EQ helps scoop out my mids so the fuzz pedal doesn't make everything muddy sounding”
What buyers complain about
“First off the pedal is extremely noisy”
“no sound”
“Broke in 2 months”
“Wont turn on :”
“It would turn on but no sound”
“No Adaptor”
“Heavy metal distortion”
“definitely heavy metal”
“It literally wont turn on I even bought 9v batteries thinking my power supply mightve been inadequate”
“Enjoyed it for about 2 days then realized it was overpriced”
Top return reasons
- Audio Quality28%
- Functionality-Overall26%
- Defective Material/Parts9%
- Noise Level8%
- Advertised Vs Actual Product5%
- Amplification4%
- Value For Money4%
- Compatibility-Overall2%
- Size-Overall2%
- Connectivity-Overall2%