4ms Pedals has been designing and building innovative audio electronics for experimental musicians since 1996.

Are your pedals playing you?
From chaotic noise generators that confound attempts to make the same sound twice, to digital patch bays that are played like an instrument, to feedback-looped multi-effects with over 100 knobs, to insanely unique guitar pedals, we offer alternatives to the traditional musician-instrument relationship.

All of our gear is built by hand in our studio: soldering the printed circuit boards, drilling and applying artwork to the enclosures, and tweaking each unit by ear and oscilloscope. Most of our work is custom built per the musician's specific needs, although we also build in small batches to dealers.

We take time to apply unique artwork to our larger pieces, employing a variety of techniques from digital collage, powder-coating, hand-painting, jeweling, and caustic abrasive destruction.

• All our pedals use high-quality components: 3PDT stomp switches, enclosed jacks, 18 or 24mm potentiometers, die-cast aluminum boxes
• All our pedals use professional PC boards (double-sided "green" boards) and come in powdercoated boxes for durability and dependability
• Custom your style: from adding more controls to a custom paint-job
• Free repairs forever (for the original owner)
• Tested to work with guitar, bass, keys, drum machine, vocals, homemade and exotic circuit bent instruments
• Powersupply included (USA shipments only): 9VDC negative center barrel plug, 150mA or more

Q: Can I barter for my pedal?

See our barter list

Q: Didn't you used be called something else?

A: We're one up! We changed our name from "3ms Pedals" to "4ms Pedals".

A: 4ms pedals is a part of the commonsound collective of audio innovators. Commonsound is a non-profitting group of innovative effects designers, builders, tweakers, connectors, modders, and dreamers who share ideas, teach each other, build and sell electronic instruments and effects.

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