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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

New Pedal: Catalinbread Airstrip Preamp

Hand-built in Portland, Oregon, the Catalinbread Airstrip is a tribute to the legendary custom-built 1972 Trident A-Range console. These consoles relied on discrete transistor circuitry that imparted a signature warmth and character to the signal, and were used on records by iconic British artists such as David Bowie, Elton John,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Airstrip Preamp

DOD Looking Glass Overdrive

Here at Delicious Audio we really, really dig this new trend in the pedal world consisting in bigger manufacturers commissioning pedals to talented boutique stompbox designers. After releasing the Black Arts Toneworks-enginnered DOD Boneshaker at NAMM 2015, at the 2016 edition of the Anaheim convention, DigiTech unveiled a new class-A FET Overdrive called DOD…Click on the title for more

DOD Looking Glass Overdrive

Tubesteader Lightkeeper V2 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 - now updated to a compact V2 - was enough to understand that this is no regular overdrive. First of all, this hand-built baby…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Lightkeeper V2 D-Style Boost/Overdrive

Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp

The Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp is the latest release by a Chinese boutique company that might be the best-kept secret in the pedal realm - in particular for those guitarists who enjoy gain pedals that allow for a variety of tonal options. A Plexi variation to their popular N5+ drive,…Click on the title for more

Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp

KMA Machines Endgame Amp and Cab Sim

The KMA Machines ENDGAME is an amp and cabinet simulator that offers a range of features, including a foot-switchable stereo effects loop, dual cabinet simulation, ambience control, and a foot-switchable true double-tracker with a width knob. The pedal also has switchable tube power amp simulation, flexible internal signal routing, and analog,…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Endgame Amp and Cab Sim

Silktone Overdrive+

From one of the most buzzworthy American boutique amp makers comes a new overdrive with a wide tonal palette, some interesting features, but mostly, a tone likely to seduce many electric guitar connoisseurs. Enter the Silktone Overdrive+. With an original analog circuit utilizing a combination of JFETs, op-amps and a…Click on the title for more

Silktone Overdrive+

LPD Pedals One20Three

The LPD One20Three is a dual channel overdrive that combines features of the company's Fifty5 (a Fender Tweed-style pedal) and Sixty8 (a Plexi-style drive) into one versatile unit. It includes a new soft-touch true bypass switching system, along with order switching, parallel routing, and three programmable bypass modes. While the…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals One20Three

Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker

The Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker is a stompbox that continues in the Greek company's mission to forge uber-tweakable pedal versions of legendary dirt-box + amp-in-a-box combos, a trend launched with their Unobtanium pedals and continued with the recent Hi Power. This time the devices being paid homage are the Schaffer-Vega…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker

Soldano SLO Plus Dual Channel Overdrive

Seattle via L.A. high-gain amp maker Soldano entered the pedal market not long ago with the SLO overdrive, a stompbox version of the (loved by many) Overdrive channel of their two-channel SLO amplifier, based on a cascading gain design. The Soldano SLO Plus pedal reintegrates, in a slightly wider case,…Click on the title for more

Soldano SLO Plus Dual Channel Overdrive

New Pedal: Anasounds Blues Believer DIY Kit

Fans of the Marshall Bluesbreaker circuit with a knack for soldering may want to check out the Anasound Blues Believer, available as a DIY kit for around $135 and a full kit for around $150. This is an evolution of the revered pedal that recreates the magical bright yet transparent…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Anasounds Blues Believer DIY Kit

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

The Kernom Ridge Overdrive is a new pedal concept devised by a French upstart that aims at offering a comprehensive palette of overdrive tones through a six-knob device. Like some sort of multi-mode overdrive without... modes. The central control here is the Mood knob, which is a continuous control that…Click on the title for more

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

Nobels ODR-1 and ODR Mini

German pedal manufacturer Nobels has been in the game for a while, slowly building a cultish following. If you’re not familiar with this company, suffice to say it builds one of the best-kept secrets in the overdrive realm: the Nobels ODR-1 (now also available in Mini version). The stompbox's acid…Click on the title for more

Nobels ODR-1 and ODR Mini