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OVERDRIVE PEDALS

OVERDRIVE SHOPPING GUIDES:
• The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type
• The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (New & Used)
• Best Tube Screamer Pedals and Clones
• Best Blues Breaker Clones and Evolutions
• Best Klon Centaur Clones
• Best Plexi Style Overdrives
• Best Dumble-Style Pedals
• Best Tweed-Style Overdrives
• Best Vox-Style Pedals
• Best Clark Gainster/Hoochee-Mama Clones

Below, the latest news about fuzz pedals

Crazy Tube Circuits Venus Overdrive

At NAMM 2025, Greek pedal brand Crazy Tube Circuits introduced the Venus overdrive, a real tube overdrive inspired by all the pedal and rack versions of the Butler Tube Driver. The Venus is now shipping. It's a compact, modern take on classic tube-driven overdrive and distortion, offering a range of…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Venus Overdrive

New Pedal: LPD Bedlum Overdrive

The LPD Bedlum Overdrive is a meticulously crafted analog recreation of the legendary #102 D-style amp, famously used by Robben Ford on his Talk To Your Daughter album and tour. Designed to capture the tone and feel of that era, it features straightforward controls: Master (output level), Drive (preamp gain),…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: LPD Bedlum Overdrive

New Pedal: Mojo Hand FX Rock City Dual Overdrive

The Mojo Hand FX Rock City dual overdrive evolved from an effort to refine the company’s discontinued Odessa pedal, but slowly morphed in a highly interactive and tweakable dual-channel drive. During development, the addition of series/parallel switching opened new tonal possibilities, allowing users to shape their sound with precision. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mojo Hand FX Rock City Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: Reeves Electro Leo Twelve

The (mini) Reeves Electro Leo Twelve is a Tweed-voiced overdrive that packs the company's (big) Leo’s magic into a compact daughterboard PCB, with hardwired favorite settings. Its gain control blends a sparkling clean boost with saggy, blown-out tweed grit, powered by vintage ’79 Phillips BC549c transistors and sleek Vishay resistors.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Reeves Electro Leo Twelve

New Pedal: Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive

Inspired by the AnalogMan King of Tone, the legendary dual overdrive pedal that, one may say, started the trend of high-quality, multi-function dual-channel dirt boxes, the Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive is a reinterpretation and expansion of that circuit, designed in collaboration with its original creator, Mike Piera. Also a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive

New Pedal: Spaceman Apollo VIIB Overdrive

The Spaceman Apollo VIIb is a compact overdrive and preamp pedal, derived from the Voyager tremolo series. It delivers medium-gain overdrive with natural tone, sparkling highs, and rich harmonic textures. This revamped version corrects deviations made after Spaceman founder Zak Martin’s 2019 departure, restoring his intended design upon his 2024…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Spaceman Apollo VIIB Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Mad Professor Simble MkII Overdrive

One of the most convincing D-Style compact pedals, the Mad Professor Simble, just like a real Dumble, lets you EQ the signal before or after the overdrive. The Accent control adjusts the brightness before the drive, and Contour sets the brightness after the drive stage. It can really sing with…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Mad Professor Simble MkII Overdrive

Cornerstone Colosseum Dual Overdrive (Klon + BB)

Emilio at Cornerstore Gear has released a fair number of dual overdrive pedals but for the Cornerstone Colosseum he wanted to do something to please his company's most involved fans, letting them choose the two types of drive included in the circuit. The response was overwhelming: they wanted a Klon…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Colosseum Dual Overdrive (Klon + BB)

New Pedal: Blammo! Electronics Payola Drive

The Blammo! Electronics Payola Drive redefines the coveted concept of versatile overdrive, blending transparent clarity with harmonically rich grit. Its secret? A hybrid soft/hard clipping design that outperforms standard low-gain pedals. With Tube Screamer-inspired mids and Timmy-esque voicing (but fixed EQ), this pedal offers everything from clean boosts to saturated…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Blammo! Electronics Payola Drive

New Pedal: Westminster 2716 Deluxe (Seth Morrison signature)

Born through a tightly knit collaboration with Seth Morrison (the guitarist of Grammy nominee recokers Skillet) the Westminster 2716 Deluxe thakes the original "non-deluxe" circuit to the next level, improving versatility and precision. The Deluxe adds the Physician Overdrive circuit before the 2716 V2 one, which also features a 3-way EQ…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Westminster 2716 Deluxe (Seth Morrison signature)

Rude Tech Dude Alert! Overdrive

Developed in collaboration with guitarist Brian Klemm of SoCal band Suburban Legends, the Rude Tech Dude Alert! is a tube-screamer-style overdrive pedal with a fun NON-GREEN look and a few tricks up its sleeve. Besides your expected Level, Drive, and Tone knobs, it features a Whoa!/Woah! Switch that gives you…Click on the title for more

Rude Tech Dude Alert! Overdrive

New Pedal: Aclam Go Rocky Go Overdrive

Following on the Barcelona-based company's Beatles-inspired sonic journey that led to the creation of the Dr. Robert drive, the Aclam Go Rocky Go is a tribute to the Liverpool band's iconic guitar sound from their psychedelic years, inspired by the Vox Conqueror amp (S/N 2004) used during Magical Mystery Tour…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Aclam Go Rocky Go Overdrive