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Cornerstone Imperivm

The Cornerstone Imperivm is a new dual overdrive by an Italian company that has built a super solid reputation mostly through one of the best D-Style overdrives on the market, the Gladio. The new release marries that very circuit with the company's take on the Tube Screamer, aka the Antique…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Imperivm

The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type in 2023

Welcome to the most comprehensive article you'll find online about the best overdrive pedals on the market! Since "overdrive" is an umbrella term that includes several types of circuits with their own sonic character, we thought it would be best way to organize this guide by type - because comparing…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type in 2023

Custom Tone Ethos Overdrive Preamp

Designed by Vermont-based builder Custom Tone, the Ethos Overdrive is the original, "deluxe-expensive" version of what became, after its release, a family of increasingly more streamlined pedals inspired by the tone of the uber-boutique Dumble amplifiers - aka D-Style Overdrives. An extremely versatile and tweakable analog device, the Ethos features…Click on the title for more

Custom Tone Ethos Overdrive Preamp

New Pedal: Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Dual Drive

Klon Centaur overdrives and Dumble amps are among the rarest pieces of guitar gear out there, and therefore also the most cloned. The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium gives you both sonic flavors in a dual, stackable overdrive - with an extra voicing for the Dumble side and plenty of tweakability.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Dual Drive

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV is a version of the company's D-Style flagship pedal inspired by the "Slight Return Version" of the Dumble amps, which sports a tweaked circuit featuring modified Bright/Deep and Jazz/Rock switches. Based on model #001 of those legendary amps, it delivers an even glassier and warmer…Click on the title for more

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV

Wilson Effects Angry Goat Dual Overdrive

D-Style and K-Style overdrives (for the unaware, voiced respectively after the Dumble amplifier and the Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive) are among the most sought-after dirt box devices, in part because the originals are incredibly pricey. The Wilson Effects Angry Goat combines them in a single pedal for just $200. Both…Click on the title for more

Wilson Effects Angry Goat Dual Overdrive

Vertex Ultraphonix MkII Special Overdrive

The Vertex Ultraphonix is an overdrive inspired by the sound of the legendary and ultra-rare Dumble Overdrive Special amps, used by legendary players such as Carlos Santana, Robin Ford and Kenny Wayne. It was built using four of those amps built between 1970 and 1990 as a reference. The company…Click on the title for more

Vertex Ultraphonix MkII Special Overdrive

Vertex Steel String Supreme, D-Style 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, D-Style Drive

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

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

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