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D-Style Overdrive

Mad Professor Simble 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

Mad Professor Simble Overdrive
The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type, in 2022

Welcome to our guide to the best overdrive pedals, you may want to also check out our guides to fuzz, distortion pedals and amp/cab simulators. --- [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingText="Best Overdrive Pedals: Our Categories|Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] Updated on September 19th,…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type, in 2022
Cornerstone Gladio D-Style Double Preamp

Whether you call them D-Style pedals or Dumble-inspired overdrives, gain stompboxes attempting to emulate the voicing of the ultra-rare Dumble amps are probably the second most hyped overdrives after the (still unreachable) Klon clones. Based in Varese, Italy, Cornerstone Gear is a family-owned company focused on designing and hand-building guitar…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Gladio D-Style Double Preamp
J. Rockett Audio Designs The Dude V2

J. Rockett Audio Designs has built a solid reputation for no-frills amp-in-a-box kind of pedals, and  The Dude V2 is their (updated) four-knob Dumble Overdrive emulator. Set your signal strength with the Ratio (gain) and Level controls, and adjust your EQ with Treble and Deep, whose unique sweep adds plenty…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Audio Designs The Dude V2
GTown Amps HolyGrail V2 Overdrive

GTown Custom Amps is a Russian pedal builder that's getting noticed for its Dumble-inspired, hand-built devices, including amps. The HolyGrail V2 is their "regular" D-Style pedal, as opposed to the company's 335, which more specifically recreates the tone of Larry Carlton, a renowned Dumble amp user. The HolyGrail, with its…Click on the title for more

GTown Amps HolyGrail V2 Overdrive
2022 UPDATE: The Best Dumble Pedals (or D-Style Overdrives)

Check out also our guides to Klon Clones, Plexi-Style Pedals, and Blues Breaker Stompboxes. 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…Click on the title for more

2022 UPDATE: The Best Dumble Pedals (or D-Style Overdrives)
GTown Amps 335 D-Style Overdrive

D-style overdrives (i.e. drive pedals voiced after the ultra-rare Dumble amps) are extremely fashionable right now, and Russian company GTown Amps has come up with two hand-made pedals in this niche that are getting a lot of attention and praise. The 335 is the single-channel version. Unlike most stompboxes in…Click on the title for more

GTown Amps 335 D-Style Overdrive
Caline Mellow Drive D-Style Overdrive

D-Style Overdrives ("D" stands for "Dumble," the name of a reclusive boutique amp builder with stellar reputation) are extremely sought after by roots and rock guitarists, and because of this several companies offer stompboxes that try to simulate the transparent and smooth tone of the Dumble amps. The Caline Mellow…Click on the title for more

Caline Mellow Drive D-Style Overdrive
Tubesteader Lightkeeper 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 was enough to understand that this is no regular overdrive. First of all, this hand-built baby is inspired by the legendary tone of the…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Lightkeeper D-Style Boost/Overdrive
Vox Nu-Tube ValvEnergy Series

We already wrote in this blog about Korg's new Nu-Tube technology just about one year ago, when Ibanez announced the Nu Tube Screamer, a version of the venerable overdrive featuring the new device KORG had recently developed: a new kind of vacuum tube much smaller than the original ones and…Click on the title for more

Vox Nu-Tube ValvEnergy Series
Vertex Steel String Drive MkII

The Vertex Steel String Clean Drive was voiced after the legendary Dumble Steel String Singer, apparently, the reference unit they had was serial #1. It features just three controls – Gain, Filter (tone) and Volume. It sounds killer with lap-steel guitar. Released in 2020, the MkII version adds a toggle…Click on the title for more

Vertex Steel String Drive MkII
Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

The Hermida Audio Zendrive is one of the first Dumble-style pedals and it's still very well regarded. The compressed-but-not-too-squashed tone of a real Dumble is there, as well as the thick overdrive sounds. The company recently released a V2, which features high voltage FET technology that clones the Tung-Sol 12AX7…Click on the title for more

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

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