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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

TWA Source Code Overdrive

For decades, the TubeScreamer has been a staple on pedalboards worldwide. Now, prepare for its ultimate evolution. Totally Wycked Audio has unveiled the Source Code, a next-generation soft-clip overdrive designed by none other than Susumu Tamura, the original creator of the legendary TS808. This isn't just another clone; it's a…Click on the title for more

TWA Source Code Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

In 1994, Bill Finnegan built eight thousand magic boxes, coated them in epoxy so nobody could peek inside, and changed guitar tone forever. Thirty years later, original Klon Centaurs trade for seven grand, and the epoxy didn't stop anyone forever—just slowed them down until 2009, when Martin Chittum finally scraped…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

Mad Professor Simble MkII Overdrive

One of the most convincing D-Style compact pedals, the Mad Professor Simble, just like a real Dumble, lets you EQ the signal before or after the overdrive. The Accent control adjusts the brightness before the drive, and Contour sets the brightness after the drive stage. It can really sing with…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Simble MkII Overdrive

New Pedal: LPD Sixty8X Overdrive

The LPD Sixty8X is a limited-edition 10th-anniversary evolution of the 2016 Sixty8 Drive. This Marshall-style overdrive and preamp preserves the original’s tonal identity while refining its internal circuitry for a more authentic 1968-inspired amplifier response. Central to the redesign is an updated phase inverter clipping circuit that more closely replicates…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: LPD Sixty8X Overdrive

New Pedal: Wampler Golden Jubilee Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Brian Wampler looked at the 1980s and saw two kinds of fire-breathing monsters. California boutique amps—smooth, articulate, punchy, the kind of gain that lets you bend a note and hear every microtonal ghost in between. British high-gain stacks—saturated, muscular, that cranked-Plexi crunch that made the decade sound the way it…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wampler Golden Jubilee Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

The Mad Professor Royal Blue is engineered to be more than a simple gain pedal; it’s an expressive amplifier-in-a-box designed for dynamic response. Unlike heavily compressed drives, its circuit allows your guitar’s natural character and playing dynamics to shine through. The amount of breakup is directly controlled by your picking…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago. The AP version of it, recently updated to the dual version, named Broadcast AP-II, is an evolution of the original design engineered in collaboration…Click on the title for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

New Pedal: JHS Morning Glory Clean Overdrive

The Morning Glory Clean is not a new pedal. It is the same Bluesbreaker-style overdrive JHS has been building for years, but with one significant architectural change: a parallel clean blend integrated at the circuit level rather than tacked on as an afterthought. Most clean blends are simple mix knobs.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: JHS Morning Glory Clean Overdrive

New Pedal: REVV Dirtdog Joey Landreth Signature Overdrive

The Revv Dirt Dog is a soulful, amp-like overdrive born from necessity. When Joey Landreth recorded The Bros. Landreth’s Dog Ear album, he relied on a heavily modified vintage-inspired amp he built himself—a small, quirky Fender Princeton-style circuit that delivered exquisite, harmonically rich breakup but proved too fragile for touring.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: REVV Dirtdog Joey Landreth Signature Overdrive

DOD Badder Monkey Overdrive

Following a surge of interest spurred by a viral demonstration video, the long-discontinued DOD Bad Monkey overdrive has been resurrected in a significantly expanded form by its original creators at DOD. The Badder Monkey is far more than a simple reissue; it’s a comprehensive reimagining that retains the core green-voiced…Click on the title for more

DOD Badder Monkey Overdrive

Warm Audio Fulff Drive

The Warm Audio Fulff Drive is a purpose-built collaboration between Warm Audio and metal guitarist Ryan "Fluff" Bruce. It takes the foundational circuit of a classic 1980s high-gain overdrive and re-engineers it with specific modifications for modern, extended-range guitar playing. The core circuit utilizes premium analog components, including JRC4558 op-amps…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Fulff Drive

DSM Humboldt Dumblifier Overdrive Special

The DSM & Humboldt Dumblifier Overdrive Special is a comprehensive, all-analog preamp pedal designed to capture the elusive feel and tone of the legendary Dumble Overdrive Special (ODS) amplifier. Unlike digital modelers, it aims to replicate the amp's legendary dynamic compression, touch sensitivity, and harmonic complexity through discrete analog circuitry.…Click on the title for more

DSM Humboldt Dumblifier Overdrive Special