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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

Warm Audio Warmdrive (D-Style Overdrive)

Now discontinued, the Hermida Audio Zendrive is still one of the most sought-after pedals inspired by the highly-regarded, hand and custom-made Dumble amplifiers, and the Warm Audio Warmdrive is a faithful replica of it, down to the ying-yang logo, at a fraction of the cost. This type of pedal, often…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Warmdrive (D-Style Overdrive)

New Pedal Kit: Korg Nu:Tekt Power Tube Reactor

The Korg Nu:Tekt Power Tube Reactor is a new pedal by the Japanese builer's subsidiary that focuses on synth and also stompbox DIY kits. The pedals in the kit series, which was launched a few years ago with the OD-S overdrive, all feature Korg's mini-tube creation Nutube, visible through a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Kit: Korg Nu:Tekt Power Tube Reactor

Shnobel Tone Daily Driver Overdrive

Congrats are due to pedal YouTuber Shnobel for launching his first guitar pedal, the Daily Driver Overdrive, after five years of develoment. Created in collaboration with Quimper Electronic Systems, the Daily Driver is an entirely original circuit created with the goal of being able to recreate all the greatest overdrive…Click on the title for more

Shnobel Tone Daily Driver Overdrive

MXR Raw Dawg Overdrive

Blues guitar legend Eric Gales and Jim Dunlop teamed up to create the MXR Raw Dawg, a 3-knob mini overdrive pedal based on an original circuit that delivers Tubescreamer-style tone with a little more bite. The MXR engineers balanced out the midrange and bumped up the gain for a sweeter,…Click on the title for more

MXR Raw Dawg Overdrive

NRG Effects Poker Treblebooster Overdrive

The NRG Effects Poker is a high-end Silicon transistor evolution of the classic Rangemaster-style treblebooster circuit with a couple of tricks up its sleeve. The main difference compared to your regular Rangemaster is that this pedal can overdrive, therefore it's not just a boost. The control layout gets also expanded…Click on the title for more

NRG Effects Poker Treblebooster Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Cusack Screamer V3 Overdrive

The Cusack Screamer V3 is an evolution of - you guessed it - the Tube Screamer with twice the amount of gain and more clarity. It offers also three different voicings through a toggle switch on the right delivering Standard, Crushed, or Asymmetrical LED clipping. The pedal in this third…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Cusack Screamer V3 Overdrive

Caline Brigade Dual Overdrive DCP-07

The Caline Brigade is a dual overdrive that features the circuits of two of the Chinese company's drive pedals inside one enclosure. The two circuits feature separate controls and footswitch and are an emulation of the Tubescreamer on the left side and a recreation of the Timmy overdrive on the…Click on the title for more

Caline Brigade Dual Overdrive DCP-07

Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive

While it's true that the pedalverse is filled to the brim with Tube Screamer clones and variants, it can't be denied that humans have a knack for always finding new ways to improve on something, and the Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive is a testament to that. What's new about…Click on the title for more

Origin Effects Halcyon Green Overdrive

Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

The Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve is a collaborative amp-in-a-box that emulates the tone of the legendary, glassy-sounding Silvertone amp from the '60s that goes by the same name, found in many records and rigs by artists like Dan Auerbach, Beck, and Dave Grohl. The pedal is an…Click on the title for more

Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Dark Driving V3

The Fuzzrocious Dark Driving V3 is the compact evolution of a simple one-knob low to medium-gain overdrive launched by the PA-based company at the dawn of its journey in pedaland. The third interaction of this circuit is an incredibly versatile tone device. While V3 can replicate the overdrive of the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Dark Driving V3

J. Rockett Audio Designs The Dude V2

J. Rockett Audio Designs has built a solid reputation for no-frills amp-in-a-box kind of pedals, and The Dude V2 is their (updated) four-knob Dumble Overdrive emulator. Set your signal strength with the Ratio (gain) and Level controls, and adjust your EQ with Treble and Deep, whose unique sweep adds plenty…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Audio Designs The Dude V2

Way Huge sTo Super Terrific Overdrive

With the release of the STO (an achronim for "Super Terrific Overdrive) Way Huge joins the growing list of builders with a clone of the Nobels ODR-1 in their pedal roster, a simple drive pedal that has found a particularly friendly ground in the Nashville music scene. The original unit…Click on the title for more

Way Huge sTo Super Terrific Overdrive