Dumble Inspired

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

Cornerstone Gladio SC

The original Cornestone Gladio, a two-channel Dumble-Style overdrive pedal that quite literally took the electric guitar community by storm in 2020, placed in the top 10 of the most searched pedals in our blog. The Italian company started 2021 by unveiling a single channel version of that same pedal, the…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Gladio SC

Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

The Vertex Ultraphonix is an overdrive inspired by ultra-rare (and ultra-cloned) Dumble Overdrive Special amp. The HRM (Hot Rubber Monkey) version of this pedal emulates a particularly popular tube mod implemented on a limited number of those amps that resulted in a modification of the mid-range that brought it closer…Click on the title for more

Vertex Ultra-Phonix HRM Overdrive/Distortion

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 Supreme, Dumble-inspired Drive

D-Style overdrives - i.e. pedals recreating the tone of the legendary Dumble amps - are becoming so looked after that their buzz is currently getting very close to Klon Centaur levels. While several pedal builders focused their cloning "laser" on the most famous Dumble amp - the Overdrive Special -…Click on the title for more

Vertex Steel String Supreme, Dumble-inspired Drive

NUX Steel Singer Drive

The most affordable Dumble-style pedal out there (street price is just under $50!), the NUX Steel Singer is an analog overdrive that recreates the tone of less popular of the two Dumble amps (the Steel String Singer) at a tiny fraction of the cost. Expect smooth high end and the…Click on the title for more

NUX Steel Singer Drive

New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive

The most affordable Dumble-style pedal out there (street price is just under $50!), the NUX Steel Singer is an analog overdrive that recreates the tone of less popular of the two Dumble amps (the Steel String Singer) at a tiny fraction of the cost. Expect smooth high end and the…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: NUX Steel Singer Drive

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

Joyo TaiChi Overdrive

The Joyo Taichi is the newest addition to their R series, which is a low gain D-style overdrive with 4 simple controls. Volume, Gain, and Tone are simple enough, but the Voice knob is where the design really gets interesting. It works in conjunction with the Gain and Tone knobs…Click on the title for more

Joyo TaiChi Overdrive

Outlaw Effects Dumbleweed

The Outlaw Effects Dumbleweed is based on a D-style amp, one of the most desired (and expensive!) tones in rock music. 4 simple controls dial it in with Gain, Tone, Volume, and a Voice switch with extra control over the EQ. - Brandon Stoner See more of our pedal demo shot at…Click on the title for more

Outlaw Effects Dumbleweed

Prototype demo of the Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku D-Style Overdrive

Founded by two German rock guitarists (Matt, the stoner, and Pete, the punk rocker), Demon Pedals specializes in gain designs with Eastern names and graphics. This being said, we'll contradict ourselves immediately by saying that they just released their first pedal whose graphics don't seem to have anything to do…Click on the title for more

Prototype demo of the Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku D-Style Overdrive