Let me tell you, back in the day, when we bought an effects pedal, by golly, if it was a distortion pedal, it stayed a distortion pedal. These two newfangled pedals can be reprogrammed to just about any effect you desire. (Without even needing to trudge through the snow, uphill, both ways.) The Digitech iStomp is clearly the better of the two. It’s also remarkably easy to use. Plug the included cable into your iOS device, open up the free Stomp Shop app, and load one of the over 40 effects. Presto, you’ve got a new effects pedal. Every time you load a new effect, it flashes the memory of the device with the new effect. You can adjust the effect with four physical buttons on the pedal, just like a regular effects pedal. The effects in the Stomp Shop range from free to $9.99. The 10 free effects include overdrive, delays, and the like, so they should cover a decent amount of your needs. I’ve got a ton of pedals, and the iStomp produced a nice clean signal in my chain with no hissing.The iStomp was our favorite, but it’s much more expensive and must be plugged in. The iRig Stomp needs AmpliTube running on an iOS device to work, but lets you combine multiple effects.IK Multimedia took a different approach. With the iRig Stomp, you always need your iOS device plugged in, and the AmpliTube app running. Stomp on the pedal, and the active preset in the app will play through your speakers. I really had to play with the presets to get a good sound com
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