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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

Line 6 POD Express

Those who've been around "long enough" will have fond memories of the day in 1998 when they saw, and then heard the very first Line 6 Pod. It was the first mass-produced device to deliver, in a rather small package and rather faithfully, the tones of a myriad of different…Click on the title for more

Line 6 POD Express

New Pedal: Couch Electronics Baker’s Dozen

Hailing from Slovenia, the Couch Electronics Baker's Dozen is a truly homemade overdrive pedal based on the Blues Breaker. Every single component you can see (case, knobs, switches) was designed by the company's owner Slobodan and made custom for this pedal. The knobs, for example, were crafted from a solid…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Couch Electronics Baker’s Dozen

Beetronics Wannabee Beelateral Buzz

The Beetronics Wannabee Beelateral Buzz represents the LA via Brazil company's entry into not only the expanding market of the dual channel overdrive but also the multifaceted universe of "Klones:" the pedal comprises a Blues Breaker-style circuit (aka Circuit #0) and one inspired by the Klon Centaur (aka Circuit #1),…Click on the title for more

Beetronics Wannabee Beelateral Buzz

Danelectro Nichols 1966 Fuzz

The Danelectro Nichols 1966 is a modern re-creation of the Liverpool Fuzz-Tone, which was the first fuzz created by FOXX pedals founder and current Danelectro owner Steve Ridinger. The Nichols 1966 houses a unique three-transistor circuit that produces a distinctive sound that falls somewhere between a fuzz and a distortion. The…Click on the title for more

Danelectro Nichols 1966 Fuzz

Updated Pedals: Dawner Prince Diktator MKII

Coming to us from the Croatian sensation Dawner Prince Effects is the Diktator MkII, a complete redesign of the original unit released over ten years prior in 2013. Presented as a Preamp/Overdrive/Distortion, this is a pedal that can put your guitar through an evolution of drive stages all the way…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedals: Dawner Prince Diktator MKII

7 of the Best Tube Screamer Clones, Variants and Reissues in 2024

Welcome to our super-thorough buyer's guide to the best Tube Screamer clones and reissues, including TS-inspired variants/evolutions. For a wider perspective on all types of drive pedals, you may want to check out our article about the best overdrives organized by type, or navigate to our overdrive category. --- [lwptoc…Click on the title for more

7 of the Best Tube Screamer Clones, Variants and Reissues in 2024

New Pedal: Catalinbread SideArm Overdrive

A Tube Screamer variant, the Catalinbread SideArm Overdrive is one of two new pedals featured in the launch of the 6-pedal "''70s Collection" series, also including four older circuits with fresh (green) new looks. The immediately noticeable difference between this pedal and a regular Tube Screamer is the addition of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread SideArm Overdrive

Browne Amplification Carbon X Dual Bluesbreaker

Pedal connoisseurs - in particular those deeply invested in the quest for the best overdriven tone - should be familiar with Kansas City's own Browne Amplification, a boutique builder of high-end dirt boxes. The Carbon, a Blues Breaker variant, was the pedal that put them on the map; the Carbon…Click on the title for more

Browne Amplification Carbon X Dual Bluesbreaker

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+

Benevale Colt 45 Overdrive

Built by a boutique NYC-based company, the Benevale Colt 45 was designed with recording in mind - to achieve that perfect level of touch-sensitive breakup when playing through a tube amp. It can also work as an always-on foundational pedal pushing other overdrives and fuzzes to higher gain levels. If…Click on the title for more

Benevale Colt 45 Overdrive

NUX ‘6ixty5ive Overdrive

The NUX ‘6ixty5ive Overdrive is the latest amp-in-a-box by a Chinese builder that's getting an increasing number of fans in the US of A. Just like the overdrive pedal it takes inspiration from (in tone and color), the Vemuram Jan Ray, it's voiced after the Black Panel Fender amps of…Click on the title for more

NUX ‘6ixty5ive Overdrive

Updated Pedal: 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

Updated Pedal: Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II