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2024 UPDATE! The Best Distortion Pedals | A Buyer’s Guide

This regularly updated page gathers a list of what can be considered the best distortion pedals on the market according to a list of reputable online sources and reviews. Together with fuzz and overdrive, distortion stompboxes fall under what electric guitarists commonly refer to as the "dirt box" umbrella. If…Click on the title for more

2024 UPDATE! The Best Distortion Pedals | A Buyer’s Guide

Browne Amplification Gritador

The Browne Amplification Gritador is a take on the Tube Screamer overdrive by a Kansas City-based company that was able to earn the trust of tone connoisseurs thanks to a series of simple but great-sounding devices inspired by classic circuits - the Protein above them all. The clue is in…Click on the title for more

Browne Amplification Gritador

Walrus Audio Monumental Stereo Tremolo

The Walrus Audio Monumental Stereo Tremolo builds on its predecessor's warm tones while offering additional controls and features to enhance the sonic experience for musicians across all genres. Inspired by the rugged beauty of Monument Valley, the Monumental retains the qualities that made the original mono version so popular while…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Monumental Stereo Tremolo

J. Rockett Audio Archer Overdrive

The J. Rockett Archer is one of the most popular "Klones," i.e. that category of pedals trying to emulate the tone of the famously expensive Klon Centaur (here's our extensive list of Klon Clones, by the way!). J. Rockett went to painstaking lengths to design their take on the Centaur,…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Audio Archer Overdrive

New Pedal: Rush PepBox Fuzz 2.0

Originally built in 1965 by London-based Pepe Rush, the vintage Rush Pepbox is an ultra-rare device that has recently sold for over 2,000 British pounds. It's so rare we can't even find a picture of it online - it was the first fuzz pedal ever manufactured in the UK, and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Rush PepBox Fuzz 2.0

Science Amplification Mother Preamp

The Science Amplification Mother Preamp is the first pedal released by the Washington-state-based company, the labor of love of amp builder Alex Gaziano. It's a recreation of the company's Mother MkIII amp, a dual-channel take on the vintage high-wattage sounds of the early '70s featuring an analog FET signal path…Click on the title for more

Science Amplification Mother Preamp

Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose BB-Style Drive

The Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose is a refined yet affordable rendition of the Bluesbreaker-style OD, of which it delivers the renowned smooth breakup, with all the clarity and dynamics you get from a driven tube amp. This enhanced version comes with 3 input gain options (LIFT toggle), extended EQ, and increased…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose BB-Style Drive

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

From a veteran boutique pedal manufacturer that built its name on tweakability comes one of the most feature-rich and unique fuzz pedals on the market: the Subdecay Noise Theory. Presented as a "Parallel Waveshaper Fuzz," the noise theory combines an analog and a digital fuzz circuit placed in parallel, and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

Haunted Labs Shadow Winds Delay

Unveiled at the NAMM 2023 show, the Haunted Labs Shadow Winds is a delay pedal with three modes and a trick up its sleeve. The builder isn't sharing the modes' names or functions yet, but from the video, we gather that the Invoke knob adds extra "haunted" effects like pitch…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs Shadow Winds Delay

Caroline Guitar Somersault LoFi Chorus/Vibrato

The Caroline Guitar Somersault is an '80s inspired, wide-ranging and creative Chorus/Vibrato with two LFO waves (the classic Triangle the glitchy and pulsing Square) and a Tone knob that can dial in lo-fi tones. Modulation can get extreme at high depth settings, approaching pitch-bended slapback chorus territory. A momentary footswitch…Click on the title for more

Caroline Guitar Somersault LoFi Chorus/Vibrato

Jam Pedals Double Dreamer Overdrive

The Jam Pedals Double Dreamer Overdrive houses the Greek company's two overdrives: the Lucy Dreamer and the Tube Dreamer, but also incorporates an extra high gain circuit that can be triggered through the central footswitch, which can be assigned to either overdrive or both. Internal dip switches allow you to…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Double Dreamer Overdrive

Reeves Electro Facet IZ and FF

Hand-built in a workshop in a garden workshop in Northamptonshire, UK, the Reeves Electro Facet IZ is a (gorgeous-looking) Fuzz Face variant built around a pair of Micro Electronics C1016Y yellow dot silicon transistors. The case is screen-printed using glossy enamel ink. Adding a Tone control to the typical Fuzz Face…Click on the title for more

Reeves Electro Facet IZ and FF