Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Today we’re looking at three extremely affordable new FX pedals from Hartwood: the Everglade Analog Delay, the Chicago Flanger, and the Baltimore Boost!
Hartwood Pedals at Gear4music: tidd.ly/3IUuZgw
Hartwood – for those of you who don’t know – is a Gear4music house brand, and they’ve recently started pumping out great pedals at great prices. Previously, we’ve tried their excellent Beartooth Distortion (which is a ProCo Rat clone), their Blue Ridge Overdrive (a Bluesbreaker), Santa Fe Fuzz (a fuzz face) and Collinsville Chorus – all of which cost around $30/€30/£29 each.
Now joining the range we have the Everglade, Chicago and Baltimore. This new trio follows the standards set by the others: while you obviously can’t expect the world’s best build quality for this price, they’re all housed in nice, solid metal enclosures and the pots and jacks all feel fairly solid and roadworthy.
Don’t be fooled by the budget nature of these pedals, though. In fact, the Everglade is a genuine bucket brigade analog delay… which I never would’ve expected for this price. With its Level, Time, and Feedback controls, the Everglade promises the same warm BBD delay tones as something like the iconic Boss DM-2. For just over $30.
Then there’s the Chicago Flanger, which is clearly inspired by the legendary EHX Electric Mistress. The Chicago has Colour, Rate and Range controls, alongside a Normal/Freeze mini switch. The Normal mode is your standard flanger, while the Freeze mode promises to lock the pedals phasey sweep in place, producing a static, droning flange that adds a unique layer beneath your sound.
Finally, we’ve got the Baltimore Boost. With a Boost knob and High and Low EQ controls to cut and boost your frequencies as desired, the Baltimore could be something of a secret tonal weapon for any guitar or amp setup.
So, while these might not perhaps be the most exciting or feature-rich pedals you’ve ever seen, what Hartwood are offering us here – on paper, at least – are three solid, and super affordable, stompboxes that should find their place on any pedalboard.
How good are they really, though? Time to find out, as I put them through their paces in a variety of musical styles, and I also stack them together to see how they handle that.
Let me know which of the pedals you like best in the comments!
Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:
00:00 Hello!
00:18 Intro and what we’re doing today
01:03 Today’s rig
01:41 Everglade Delay info
02:32 Everglade tones: clean amp
05:50 Everglade tones: with overdrive
07:10 Everglade Feedback control test
07:55 Everglade Time control test
08:36 Everglade self-oscillation test
09:07 My thoughts on the Everglade
10:55 Chicago Flanger info
12:29 Chicago tones
17:16 Chicago Colour control test
17:54 Chicago Normal/Freeze Switch test
18:25 Chicago Rate control test
19:01 Chicago Range control test
19:29 Chicago Freeze tone and wobble test
20:04 My thoughts on the Chicago
21:34 Baltimore Boost info
22:17 Boost tones
26:35 Boost control test
27:06 High and Low controls test
28:28 My thoughts on the Baltimore
30:08 Hartwood Pedals: why they’re worth it
30:51 What other cheap pedal options are out there?
31:52 Why you should buy these pedals and final thoughts
My setup was as follows: I ran the pedals into my Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Classic pedal amp – the Baltimore Boost in the front end, and the delay and flanger in the FX Loop. Then I went from the amp’s Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That’s it. No post-processing on the sounds was done. Here’s some links to those bits of gear:
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At Thomann: thmn.to/thocf/jkhog8l06m
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXqdE0
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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#Hartwood #HartwoodGuitars #Gear4music #HartwoodPedals #DelayPedal #AnalogDelay #Flanger
*Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much!*
@gear4musicguitars
Today we’re looking at three extremely affordable new FX pedals from Hartwood: the Everglade Analog Delay, the Chicago Flanger, and the Baltimore Boost!
Hartwood Pedals at Gear4music: tidd.ly/3IUuZgw
Hartwood – for those of you who don’t know – is a Gear4music house brand, and they’ve recently started pumping out great pedals at great prices. Previously, we’ve tried their excellent Beartooth Distortion (which is a ProCo Rat clone), their Blue Ridge Overdrive (a Bluesbreaker), Santa Fe Fuzz (a fuzz face) and Collinsville Chorus – all of which cost around $30/€30/£29 each.
Now joining the range we have the Everglade, Chicago and Baltimore. This new trio follows the standards set by the others: while you obviously can’t expect the world’s best build quality for this price, they’re all housed in nice, solid metal enclosures and the pots and jacks all feel fairly solid and roadworthy.
Don’t be fooled by the budget nature of these pedals, though. In fact, the Everglade is a genuine bucket brigade analog delay… which I never would’ve expected for this price. With its Level, Time, and Feedback controls, the Everglade promises the same warm BBD delay tones as something like the iconic Boss DM-2. For just over $30.
Then there’s the Chicago Flanger, which is clearly inspired by the legendary EHX Electric Mistress. The Chicago has Colour, Rate and Range controls, alongside a Normal/Freeze mini switch. The Normal mode is your standard flanger, while the Freeze mode promises to lock the pedals phasey sweep in place, producing a static, droning flange that adds a unique layer beneath your sound.
Finally, we’ve got the Baltimore Boost. With a Boost knob and High and Low EQ controls to cut and boost your frequencies as desired, the Baltimore could be something of a secret tonal weapon for any guitar or amp setup.
So, while these might not perhaps be the most exciting or feature-rich pedals you’ve ever seen, what Hartwood are offering us here – on paper, at least – are three solid, and super affordable, stompboxes that should find their place on any pedalboard.
How good are they really, though? Time to find out, as I put them through their paces in a variety of musical styles, and I also stack them together to see how they handle that.
Let me know which of the pedals you like best in the comments!
Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:
00:00 Hello!
00:18 Intro and what we’re doing today
01:03 Today’s rig
01:41 Everglade Delay info
02:32 Everglade tones: clean amp
05:50 Everglade tones: with overdrive
07:10 Everglade Feedback control test
07:55 Everglade Time control test
08:36 Everglade self-oscillation test
09:07 My thoughts on the Everglade
10:55 Chicago Flanger info
12:29 Chicago tones
17:16 Chicago Colour control test
17:54 Chicago Normal/Freeze Switch test
18:25 Chicago Rate control test
19:01 Chicago Range control test
19:29 Chicago Freeze tone and wobble test
20:04 My thoughts on the Chicago
21:34 Baltimore Boost info
22:17 Boost tones
26:35 Boost control test
27:06 High and Low controls test
28:28 My thoughts on the Baltimore
30:08 Hartwood Pedals: why they’re worth it
30:51 What other cheap pedal options are out there?
31:52 Why you should buy these pedals and final thoughts
My setup was as follows: I ran the pedals into my Hughes & Kettner AmpMan Classic pedal amp – the Baltimore Boost in the front end, and the delay and flanger in the FX Loop. Then I went from the amp’s Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That’s it. No post-processing on the sounds was done. Here’s some links to those bits of gear:
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At Thomann: thmn.to/thocf/jkhog8l06m
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXqdE0
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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#Hartwood #HartwoodGuitars #Gear4music #HartwoodPedals #DelayPedal #AnalogDelay #Flanger
*Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much!*
@gear4musicguitars
