Best Overdrive Pedals

2021 UPDATE: The Best Dumble Pedals (or D-Style Overdrives)

Check out also our guides to Klon Clones and Plexi-Style Pedals. Most of us will never get to play through an original Dumble amp, and in all likelihood, nobody reading this article will ever own one. Dumble tone has become legendary, and the fact that these amps sell for the…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE: The Best Dumble Pedals (or D-Style Overdrives)

The 7 Best Tube Screamer Clones and Reissues in 2021: a Buyer’s Guide

The Best Selling Overdrive of All Time A few years ago we tried to figure out which were the best selling overdrive pedals on the market by looking at several online music stores' listings organized by "most popular." The answer we got from the data was unequivocal: the Ibanez Tube…Click on the title for more

The 7 Best Tube Screamer Clones and Reissues in 2021: a Buyer’s Guide

2021 Best Plexi Pedals & Marshall-Style Distortions: a Buyer’s Guide

(Almost) everyone who is familiar with the electric guitar loves the sound of a cranked Marshall amp. From Eric Clapton and Angus Young to Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, Plexi amp and their later, higher gain reincarnations from the JCM series have been used by many guitar players over…Click on the title for more

2021 Best Plexi Pedals & Marshall-Style Distortions: a Buyer’s Guide

Best Klon Centaur Clones in 2021: Replicas and Evolutions

Updated on 08.05.2021 Perhaps the most legendary (and expensive) guitar pedal of all times, the Klon Centaur was one of the first boutique stompboxes and proved that an overdrive could be much more than just distortion. Created by Bostonian Bill Finnegan in 1994, the pedal and its innovative circuit (which…Click on the title for more

Best Klon Centaur Clones in 2021: Replicas and Evolutions

7 of the Best Klon Clone Kits

A Guide to the Best Klon Clone Kits Updated on 05.17.2021. For a more complete list of Klon clones, check our Best Klon Centaur Clones article. As you probably know, the original Klon Centaur is - and has been for several years now - not only the most expensive pedal…Click on the title for more

7 of the Best Klon Clone Kits

Klon Centaur and Klones Top 10: The Andertones’ Blindfolded Challenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tjQXTMfxYY The fine-eared folks at UK guitar shop Andertons had the nerve to rank ten 3-knob Klon-style pedals (including the original Klon Centaur). The result is a truly experience-based "Klon Centaur and Klones Top 10." Watch the full video above or check out the results directly in our interactive gallery,…Click on the title for more

Klon Centaur and Klones Top 10: The Andertones’ Blindfolded Challenge

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama

The Story of the Clark Gainster Clones and the Hoochee Mama The Clark Amplification Gainster and Browntone Hoochie Mama are two overdrive pedals that are rarely mentioned separately. This might be due to the fact that the latter, although inspired by the former, is still able to deliver something different…Click on the title for more

Cult Overdrive Circuits: Clark Gainster Clones, and the Hoochee-Mama

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 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