Cab Simulator Pedals

Cab simulator pedals are designed to imitate the sounds of guitar cabs. Perfect for players who prefer compact rigs, cab sim pedals can be easily mounted onto pedalboards and are more practical than cumbersome real-life cabs. Offering a number of convincing mic’d up cabinet and speaker sounds (often referred to as ‘impulse responses’), these handy units can be connected directly to PA systems or recording interfaces.

An impulse response is a sonic measurement of the sound of a speaker, room or microphone in relation to a sound source. Used to harness the sounds of guitar cabinets, cab simulator pedals rely on impulse responses to reproduce real cabinet tones and speaker configurations. They are often loaded up with multiple presets, and some of these units even let you import your favourite third-party impulse responses.

Just like how a real guitar cabinet would be the final stage of your rig, a cab simulator pedal should be placed right at the end of your pedalboard's signal chain. By doing this, you can therefore send your entire processed guitar signal to a front-of-house PA system or audio interface with a convincing mic'd cab sound.