gear giveaway

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

Fender MTG Tube Distortion

Designed with amp guru Bruce Egnater, the Fender MTG delivers true tube saturation and distortion from a US-made NOS 6205 preamplifier tube. Complete with a 3-band EQ and a Tight control to focus your tone, the MTG is basically a tube preamp pedal — you can run it into the…Click on the title for more

Fender MTG Tube Distortion

New Pedals: Loophole Pedals Greymatter

The fruit of two years of meticulous testing and development, the Loophole Pedals Grey Matter consists in two circuits emulating the classic (and grey) ‘77 DOD250 preamp that can be run individually or stacked. The footswitches are close enough together so you could set one as a textured boost and…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Loophole Pedals Greymatter

M.D. Effects The Timber Overdrive

Released in 2017, the M.D. Effects The Timber is a boost and low gain overdrive featuring two toggle switches that give access to two different boost levels and two different clip modes. Here's the video of it by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0iMGo7Ybhs OVERDRIVE, REIMAGINED The M.D. Effects Timber is a dirt pedal…Click on the title for more

M.D. Effects The Timber Overdrive

LPD Javelina Overdrive Boost

RJ Ronquillo test drove the LPD (Lawrence Petross Design) Javelina Overdrive Boost, which features 26dB of boost and a little roll off on the low frequencies to keep things nice and tight. Check out the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om0f1xDbg9I The Javelina boost is a single control boost. There is a light…Click on the title for more

LPD Javelina Overdrive Boost

The King of Gear’s prototypes at the BK Stompbox Exhibit ’19: Oxford Drive and Filter

At the latest Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, David from The King of Gear showed us some prototypes of upcoming pedals, check out the video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZDi-7vg5AClick on the title for more

The King of Gear’s prototypes at the BK Stompbox Exhibit ’19: Oxford Drive and Filter

Matthews FX Architect V3 Foundational Overdrive

V3 of the Matthews FX Architect Foundational Overdrive adds an independent boost circuit to the company's classic circuit, with two diode flavor options: Silicon or Mosfet. These other features are inherited from the previous version: ACTIVE 3 BAND EQ The EQ in the Architect V3 gives you active control over…Click on the title for more

Matthews FX Architect V3 Foundational Overdrive

Dr. Z Z-Drive (collaborative pedal with EarthQuaker Devices)

It seems like more and more amp manufacturers are falling into the temptation of building stompboxes, which invariably end up emulating their most popular amp models. Not all manufacturers though happen to have EarthQuaker Devices' Jamie Stillman as a neighborhood... The DR. Z Drive, a collaborative effort involving Stillman, features…Click on the title for more

Dr. Z Z-Drive (collaborative pedal with EarthQuaker Devices)

Fuzzlord Sky Master High Gain Overdrive

Based on the legendary DOD 250, the Fuzzlord Effects Sky Master is a high gain overdrive designed to have huge amounts of low end and sustain and retain presence and high-end attack. Its op-amp gain staging, paired with hard diode clipping, deliver a classic overdrive that can push your amp…Click on the title for more

Fuzzlord Sky Master High Gain Overdrive

Umbrella Company Hitchhike Drive

The Japanese Hitchhike Drive by Umbrella Company is an overdrive/preamp that delivers the tone of vintage Tweed Amps. Its three emulations, accessible from the "Amp Type" toggle switch, are based on the rich sound of the tweed Deluxe, the bassier '59 Bassman, and the '60s Twin, famous for its headroom and…Click on the title for more

Umbrella Company Hitchhike Drive

Kartakou Warmer Overdrive

The Kartakou Warmer Overdrive is a highly tweakable Tube Screamer inspired pedal from Belarus that features a bass boost toggle switch and an asymmetrical clipping mode that gives you a slightly crunchier tone. It comes with five different chips you can change yourself: original JRC4558D, NE5532, TL072, TL062, LM358. Every…Click on the title for more

Kartakou Warmer Overdrive

Farm Pedals AB Double Drive

The peculiar pedal building / farm running company of Farm Pedals caught many ears' attention at the 2018 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit. Here's a demo of their Boost + Overdrive AB Double Drive. It features the circuit of their now discontinued Peach Drive on one side and a clean boost on…Click on the title for more

Farm Pedals AB Double Drive

Greer Amps Tomahawk Deluxe Drive

A straightforward medium gain “second stage” overdrive pedal, the Greer Tomahawk Deluxe Drive barks and snarls, but it can also lean back and simply shift your tone just a bit. Here are a few demos of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF-QKtATmHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI_x78HruyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U6-zfxWCaU This is Mike Hermans' take on this pedal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy5NBBo9T2g Nick Greer…Click on the title for more

Greer Amps Tomahawk Deluxe Drive