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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: 1981 Inventions LVL

The 1981 Inventions LVL is the much anticipated second release by a company that made a huge splash with their first pedal, a RAT-inspired drive/distortion with its own character. The LVL is another overdrive, of the low-gain kind this time, hosted in a smaller case and featuring one fewer knob…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: 1981 Inventions LVL

7 of the Best Tube Screamer Clones and Reissues in 2023

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 and Reissues in 2023

New Pedal: Browne Amplification Gritador

The Browne Amplification Gritador is a take on the Tube Screamer overdrive by a Kansas City-based company that was able to earn the trust of tone connoisseurs thanks to a series of simple but great-sounding devices inspired by classic circuits - the Protein above them all. The clue is in…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Browne Amplification Gritador

Aclam Woman Tone

Despite the best efforts of the man himself, the cult of Clapton is still going strong and Barcelona-based Aclam guitars have created a pedal tribute to his "woman tone" from the 1960s. The Woman tone was basically Clapton rolling back the tone control on his SG or Les Paul to…Click on the title for more

Aclam Woman Tone

Zvex Box of Rock

Designed to nail the sound of a dimed Marshall JTM45, the Zvex Box of Rock was one of the early Plexi-style pedals (it was released in the mid aughts), and is still one of the best-selling ones. The controls couldn't be simpler - Drive, Tone, Volume, and a single volume…Click on the title for more

Zvex Box of Rock

VS Audio Platinum Plexi Overdrive

Presented at the NAMM 2023 show, the VS Audio Platinum Preamp and Overdrive uses hand-selected discrete JFETs to create a unique blend of Plexi and Marshall-style tones. Based on the coveted Marshall 1987 Silver Jubilee amp, this circuit provides a similar high gain, dark, and smooth output. The controls are…Click on the title for more

VS Audio Platinum Plexi Overdrive

New Pedal: Fjord Fuzz Loke Tape Echo

If you think that Fjord Fuzz's pedals look all the same and they are all fuzz pedals - "because it's in the name!" - you are at once quite right and quite wrong, although the Norwegian company sure makes a LOT of fuzzes! Enter the Fjord Fuzz Loke, a very…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fjord Fuzz Loke Tape Echo

Diamond Pedals Drive

The next-generation Diamond Pedals Drive is constructed upon the foundation of the Canadian brand's original overdrive and EQ circuits and captures the most coveted aspects of the company's old J-Drive, Blaze, and Fireburst pedals, offering a blend of a warm and versatile overdrive. The drive section, equipped with a Burr-Brown…Click on the title for more

Diamond Pedals Drive

Stomp Under Foot Cosmic Queen Drive

Inspired by a mysterious "two-fuzz" pedal (a reference no one has figured out, at this stage), the Stomp Under Foot Cosmic Queen is not actually a fuzz, but an overdrive that operates at a moderate gain level, offering a natural and transparent tone that preserves the clarity of your guitar's…Click on the title for more

Stomp Under Foot Cosmic Queen Drive

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV Mini

The Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV Mini is the latest iteration of the company's Dumble-in-a-box line of pedals, inspired by the lesser-known Dumble Steel String Singer amp (while most D-Style pedals are voiced after the more popular Special Overdrive amp). The original, extremely rare, insanely expensive Steel String Singer is…Click on the title for more

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV Mini

New Pedal: Messiah Guitars Eddie Boostdrive

The Messiah Guitars Eddie Boostdrive is a Eddie Haddad 2-in-1 signature pedal with a one-knob MOSFET boost placed before a two-mode soft-clipped drive pedal with a 3-band EQ. Each channel has its dedicated footswitch. The two overdrive voicings, accessible via the Mode toggle, are the following: wither silicon diode clipping…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Messiah Guitars Eddie Boostdrive

BOSS SD-1 and SD-1w

Not to be confused with the slightly darker, and more popular DS-1 (a distortion), the super affordable BOSS SD-1 was the Japanese builder's answer to the Tube Screamer, and its circuit was so good that you can still find a new one in the stores unchanged from the original one,…Click on the title for more

BOSS SD-1 and SD-1w