“DIY shell stickers included”: Behringer be warned – Donner’s $29 Embark series is changing the ultra-cheap pedal game with metal enclosures and customizable designs

Donner Embark Series pedal board.

NAMM 2025: Over the past few years, Donner has gone from budget secret to heavy-hitter in the pedal market – a reputation that certainly rocketed in the wake of last year’s Jack White collaboration, the Triple Threat.

That unit was the talk of NAMM 2024, but now it looks like Donner is set to repeat the trick for 2025, with the launch of its $29 Embark Series pedals.