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OVERDRIVE PEDALS

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• 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: KittycasterFX Meerkat Wide Range Boost

Presented as a Wide Range Boost, the KittycasterFX Meerkat is a high-end evolution of the Rangemaster Treble Booster, used by legendary guitarists of the '70s to impart a more edgy quality to their tone, particularly during solos. Belonging to the company's FXCORE series, consisting of handmade, reimagined versions of classic…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: KittycasterFX Meerkat Wide Range Boost

Best Treble Booster Pedals & Rangemaster Clones in 2025

This article is entirely focused on the best treble booster pedals & Rangemaster clones on the market. The coverage of other boost stompboxes can be found in the boost pedals category. [lwptoc depth="3" hierarchical="0" numeration="roman" numerationSuffix="dot" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingLevel="h4,h5" skipHeadingText="Our Categories|Rangemaster Clones Videos|Related…Click on the title for more

Best Treble Booster Pedals & Rangemaster Clones in 2025

New Pedal Line: Peavey Amp & Preamp Pedal Series

A US brand known for love-them-or-hate-them (but mostly under-appreciated) solid-state guitar amps, at the NAMM 2025 show Peavey has introduced the Amp & Preamp Pedal Series, transforming some of its most iconic amplifier circuits into compact, road-ready stompboxes. The line, announced but not released yet, include these five pedals, in…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Line: Peavey Amp & Preamp Pedal Series

New Pedal Line: Marshall Overdrive Pedal Collection

At NAMM 2025 British amp maker Marshall has unveiled the Overdrive Pedals Collection, distilling some of its most popular amp tones into five stompboxes. The lineup includes the 1959, DSL, JCM800, JCM900, and JVM, each capturing the tone of the namesake amplifier. Fully analog and designed to be played through…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Line: Marshall Overdrive Pedal Collection

New Pedal: AmpMojo Sol Drive

We were excited to have the folks from AmpMojo at our latest Los Angeles Synth & Pedal Expo. They used our show to introduce their launch pedal, the Sol Drive, an overdrive sporting a dual triode pre-amp (real) tube. A medium gain overdrive, the Sol Drive uses top-notch components and four…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: AmpMojo Sol Drive

J. Rockett PXO Phil X Signature Overdrive

The J. Rockett PXO is a Signature Overdrive (with boost) designed in collaboration with Phil X, known for being the main guitar force behind Bon Jovi's music. This pedal is a comprehensive tool for tone sculpting, akin to a studio-quality channel strip for your guitar, built with the best possible…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett PXO Phil X Signature Overdrive

New Pedal: Catalinbread Airstrip Preamp

Hand-built in Portland, Oregon, the Catalinbread Airstrip is a tribute to the legendary custom-built 1972 Trident A-Range console. These consoles relied on discrete transistor circuitry that imparted a signature warmth and character to the signal, and were used on records by iconic British artists such as David Bowie, Elton John,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Airstrip Preamp

DOD Looking Glass Overdrive

Here at Delicious Audio we really, really dig this new trend in the pedal world consisting in bigger manufacturers commissioning pedals to talented boutique stompbox designers. After releasing the Black Arts Toneworks-enginnered DOD Boneshaker at NAMM 2015, at the 2016 edition of the Anaheim convention, DigiTech unveiled a new class-A FET Overdrive called DOD…Click on the title for more

DOD Looking Glass Overdrive

Tubesteader Lightkeeper V2 D-Style Boost/Overdrive

Sometimes it feels like the world is giving birth to at least one drive pedal per day, but a quick glance at the new Tubesteader Lightkeeper - now updated to a compact V2 - was enough to understand that this is no regular overdrive. First of all, this hand-built baby…Click on the title for more

Tubesteader Lightkeeper V2 D-Style Boost/Overdrive

Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp

The Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp is the latest release by a Chinese boutique company that might be the best-kept secret in the pedal realm - in particular for those guitarists who enjoy gain pedals that allow for a variety of tonal options. A Plexi variation to their popular N5+ drive,…Click on the title for more

Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp

KMA Machines Endgame Amp and Cab Sim

The KMA Machines ENDGAME is an amp and cabinet simulator that offers a range of features, including a foot-switchable stereo effects loop, dual cabinet simulation, ambience control, and a foot-switchable true double-tracker with a width knob. The pedal also has switchable tube power amp simulation, flexible internal signal routing, and analog,…Click on the title for more

KMA Machines Endgame Amp and Cab Sim

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+