Welcome to DEMONIC MACHINES!

Boutique guitar pedals

Our Story

Demonic Machines started in 2019 when Lucky (the monster) started a band and wanted to experiment with guitar pedals, but had no money to buy them. This website documents the resulting obsession and offers the best boutique guitar pedals for the price.

What we do (TL;DR we build the best guitar pedals)

We do all kinds of work at Demonic Machines, from repairs to custom builds to amplifiers. You may or may not be familiar with The Demonic Machine. It was one of our first custom builds and holds its ground against the Earthquaker Devices Life Pedal V2. You may be here for the Dragonaut doom fuzz, a black hole heavy preamp overdrive. Or maybe you’re here for the 87 Series, our budget-priced boutique pedal line.

Quality

Here at Demonic Machines, we have a passion for innovation and creativity, and you can be sure that any pedal you buy from us is a quality hand-crafted circuit. We select only the highest-quality parts for our circuits, which makes for very little variation in tone between guitar pedals of any given model. We try to offer the best boutique guitar pedals on the market.

Also, because our pedals are ROHS-compliant, so you don’t have to worry about lead or other toxic metals!

Handmade in Sunny San Diego

Each pedal is built by Lucky or Scott in our workshop in San Diego, California. Are you also in town? Send us a message and you can pick up your order in person. We’re located in North Park/University Heights area.

ARTICLES

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  I’m making guitar pedal demos now!
  Overcoming my fear of sucking I’m not a great guitar player. I haven’t made many demos because some asshole inevitably comes on the video just to shit on my skills. Then I get embarrassed. Then I don’t post anything for months while my workbench gathers dust. People are hesitant to buy pedals they haven’t heard. […]
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  4 Reasons to Bypass Boutique
  Running a boutique pedal business is difficult enough as it is, but there is a certain type of customer that makes it unbearable at times. They’re typically older men, maybe in their 60s, and they want the perfect pedal in 2 days for 50% off the asking price. They’re the type of people who think […]
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  You Can Win This Demonic Machines Fukt Fuzz, And Trust Me You Want It – Guitars For Idiots
  As part of the big Instagram giveaway to support Electric Love Pedals, you can win this Fukt Fuzz as the second place prize! And let me use this informal pedal review to show you why you want this pedal. You Can Win This Demonic Machines Fukt Fuzz, And Trust Me You Want It – Guitars […]