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The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type in 2023

Welcome to the most comprehensive article you'll find online about the best overdrive pedals on the market! Since "overdrive" is an umbrella term that includes several types of circuits with their own sonic character, we thought it would be best way to organize this guide by type - because comparing…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type in 2023

Best Overdrive Pedals with Boost in 2019 (Under $200) – Compare Prices and Tone

Updated on 09/19/2018 We recently posted this comprehensive list of High End Overdrive pedals with Boost (and also this one of similar Amp-In-A-Box pedals). This below is the guide to the more affordable OD/Boost stompboxes that retail for under $200. We are reposting the intro from the high end article - please…Click on the title for more

Best Overdrive Pedals with Boost in 2019 (Under $200) – Compare Prices and Tone

Best Overdrive Pedals with Boost Footswitch in 2019 (above $200) – Compare prices and tone

This article is a three-part series about overdrive pedals with an embedded boost footswitch. These are the other two articles: OD + Boost Under $200 - Amp-In-A-Box with extra Boost. THE IMPORTANCE OF DYNAMICS Dynamics have become very important in contemporary rock and pop music. Instrument levels and roles can change throughout a song…Click on the title for more

Best Overdrive Pedals with Boost Footswitch in 2019 (above $200) – Compare prices and tone

Best Tweed-Style Overdrives & Fender-in-a-Box Pedals in 2024

Welcome to our comprehensive guide to the best Tweed-Style Overdrives and Fender in a Box Pedals. If you are researching drive pedals inspired by other amps, you may want to also take a look at our articles on the best Plexi-Style pedals, best Dumble-style drives and Vox-in-a-box overdrives. Other similar…Click on the title for more

Best Tweed-Style Overdrives & Fender-in-a-Box Pedals in 2024

Tubesteader Lightkeeper V2 D-Style Boost/Overdrive

Sometimes it feels like the world is giving birth to at least one drive pedal per day, but a quick glance at the new Tubesteader Lightkeeper - now updated to a compact V2 - was enough to understand that this is no regular overdrive. First of all, this hand-built baby…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Lightkeeper V2 D-Style Boost/Overdrive

The 20 Best Vox-Style Pedals & Vox-In-a-Box Overdrives in 2024

Welcome to our comprehensive guide to the best Vox-Style pedals and Vox-in-a-Box overdrives! If you are interested in pedals inspired by other classic amps, you may want to check out our articles about the best Plexi-Style pedals, Dumble-style drives, and Fender-in-a-box pedals. Coverage of similar stompboxes can be found in…Click on the title for more

The 20 Best Vox-Style Pedals & Vox-In-a-Box Overdrives in 2024

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

The Beekeper is the first pedal by Canadian company Tubesteader, a boutique shop that prides itself with building its devices to order - and in embedding real vacuum tubes in them! The circuit is a dual-channel overdrive inspired by the legendary Dumble Special Overdrive amp, famous for delivering a sparkling…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Beekeeper Overdrive

The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (under $100), according to Mr. JHS (New & Used)

A Guide to the Best Budget Overdrive Pedals Recently the guys at JHS Pedals have been stepping up their YouTube channel with videos not necessarily just focused on the company's product, but also on vintage stompboxes and generic advice about pedals. We stumbled upon this video with company founder Joshua Heath…Click on the title for more

The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (under $100), according to Mr. JHS (New & Used)

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues

After compiling and publishing the list of the Best Selling Overdrives of 2017, which features almost exclusively units built by established companies, we were looking for an online "Best Of Lists" featuring mostly smaller manufacturers. This video by Australian videographers In The Blues not only fit our criteria, but it exceeded it:…Click on the title for more

Best “Non-Clone” Overdrive/Distortion Pedals of 2017 according to In The Blues

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Those wondering why there are so many emulations of the Ibanez Tube Screamer should find a final explanation in this chart of the best selling overdrive pedals of 2017: 35 years after its launch, the green stompbox known as TS9 is still the best selling guitar overdrive on the market,…Click on the title for more

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

A the end of each year, most of us enjoy reading "Best of" lists of all kinds - a habit that helps us simplify choices, in particular when faced with fields overcrowded with products (like the gain stompbox one!). Guitar critics can say whatever they want about what new pedals…Click on the title for more

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper Overdrive

The ThorpyFX Peacekeeper is not exactly a Klon clone, but the sound and specs of the Klon Centaur were certainly in engineer Adrian Thorpe's mind when he designed this low-gain overdrive circuit. The circuit places an active treble and bass EQ after the overdrive and a Mids/presence control before the…Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper Overdrive