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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

EarthQuaker Devices Gray Channel Overdrive

Here's a demo video of the dual channel Gray Channel Overdrive from EarthQuaker Devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--w8rZVzeo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhV145G1pcE The Gray Channel is a real “twofer” of an overdrive. It is based around a classic hard-clipping gray box overdrive (subtle hint, huh), one of my all-time favorites. Coincidentally, this is the very same pedal…Click on the title for more

EarthQuaker Devices Gray Channel Overdrive

Pettyjohn Electronics Gold Overdrive

Here's a new video by Reverb.com of the Pettyjohn Electronics Gold Overdrive, a very dynamic plexi-style amp in a box. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2e2-IapD0 What started as a simple box inspired by classic “Golden amps from Britain” ended up as so much more then just an amp-in-a-box. The GOLD is incredibly touch sensitive,…Click on the title for more

Pettyjohn Electronics Gold Overdrive

JHS Pedals AT+ (Andy Timmons) Drive

JHS Pedals introduced the AT Andy Timmons artist signature pedal in 2016. For 2018, the company is back with the latest iteration of this stomp box, the AT+, featuring an added gain stage boost that is independent, so you can push the pedal just like Andy does. Here's a video…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals AT+ (Andy Timmons) Drive

6 Degrees Amplitude Eleven

We were particularly proud to host in our Stompbox Booth one of the most powerful overdrive pedals presented at the NAMM 2018 convention. We are talking about the 6 Degrees Amplitude Eleven, an extremely flexible two channel overdrive with an added preamp section featuring Gain and 2 way EQ, plus switchable…Click on the title for more

6 Degrees Amplitude Eleven

Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

At NAMM 2018 we caught up also with our friends from Crazy Tube Circuits (part of the numerous contingent of Greek pedal companies participating in the Anaheim convention). The manufacturer showed us their second version of the Ziggy Overdrive, a two -channel Plexi-style distortion that's one of the company's most…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Ziggy V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Ground FX Burning Sunn Preamp Distortion

Here's a pedal for the metal-heads, the Ground FX Burning Sunn Preamp Distortion. This pedal emulates the Sunn Model T amp, which has many fans in the metal/stoner corners. Check out the demo by Reverb.com/Tone Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADVXsFSgPw8Click on the title for more

Ground FX Burning Sunn Preamp Distortion

Nanolog Audio Reinvents Distortion with the WaveFunction Overdrive

Is it possible to reinvent the distortion pedal? Canada’s Nanolog Audio thinks so. The Edmonton, Alberta, pedal maker has introduced the WaveFunction, a versatile pedal that uses both traditional and innovative techniques to produce a range of overdriven tones. At the heart of the WaveFunction is a new approach to…Click on the title for more

Nanolog Audio Reinvents Distortion with the WaveFunction Overdrive

Doc Lloyd Grit ‘N’ Girth Overdrive

Here's an overdrive by a brand new Chicago-based company called Doc Lloyd Audio. Video by Living Room Gear Demos. More info about this pedal here and under the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ez_4hkM9c0&t=28s An amp-like, medium gain overdrive pedal that allows you to select which frequencies are overdriven, allowing you to overcome the…Click on the title for more

Doc Lloyd Grit ‘N’ Girth Overdrive

New at NAMM: Lightning Boy Audio NuVision Overdrive

Taking part in our very own Stompbox Booth, upstate New York builder Lightning Boy Audio will take the opportunity of the NAMM 2018 show to debut a new overdrive pedal called NuVision. Lightning Boy specializes in tube powered designs, and this stompbox is no exception, since it's built around a circuit…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM: Lightning Boy Audio NuVision Overdrive

Quimper Electronics Roadtripper Warm Glow

The Quimper Electronics Roadtripper Warm Glow is an overdrive and boost pedal emulating tube amplifier tone using a proprietary SST (Solid-State-Tube) technology. It can be used in several different ways, check out the manufacturer's suggestions under this video by Shnobel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCa2E64E9BQ There are several ways to use the "Warm Glow"™…Click on the title for more

Quimper Electronics Roadtripper Warm Glow

It takes more than nerve to call your company Gamechanger Audio. You also need groundbreaking ideas to live up to the name. Since launching in November 2015, Latvian company Gamechanger Audio has shown that it has what it takes. The company’s debut product was the Plus Pedal. Introduced at NAMM…Click on the title for more

Pedal Builder Profile: Gamechanger Audio

Paradox Effects Terran Overdrive with Parametric EQ

Here's a really interesting overdrive we shot at our NAMM Stompbox Booth, the Terran Overdrive by Mexican manufacturer Paradox Effects! Terran is a mid/high gain overdrive with a resonant parametric equalizer, inspired by the legendary V4 Amplifier. The purpose of this pedal, is not only to deliver a sculpted tone, precise…Click on the title for more

Paradox Effects Terran Overdrive with Parametric EQ