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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

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

The Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive is a tweakable Plexi-style circuit by a rather new company based out of the UK that's getting good reactions from a couple of fine-eared YouTubers like Brett Kingman and the inimitable Henning Pauly . It has a few more EQ controls than your average Plexi…Click on the title for more

Bispell Audio Saxon Overdrive

Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive

The Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive is the second release by a pedal builder who was able to create a name for herself with her only release before this one, the Blessed Mother overdrive. The new device is a very tweakable blend of fuzz and overdrive that can deliver the best…Click on the title for more

Heather Brown Sensation Fuzzdrive

New Pedal: 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

New Pedal: Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Preamp

Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

Texas' Jackson Audio is one of the few emerging pedal builders that's bringing innovation to an effect niche that lagged behind others in exciting features: the niche of gain pedals. Packed with features and enhanced by clever digital functionality, the company's pedals retain an analog core while widening the player's…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

Victory V1 the Copper Drive

The Victory V1 The Copper is an amp-in-a-box that completes the three-member family of pedals inspired by the British company's Copper V35 amplifier, which, in turn, is voiced after the Vox AC-30. Released in a V1 line comprising four more pedals, this compact pedal version was designed in collaboration with…Click on the title for more

Victory V1 the Copper Drive

New (Sold Out) Pedal: JHS Germanium Boost

The JHS Germanium Boost is possibly the fastest-selling-out pedal in the history of pedals (it sold out in 7 minutes during the live broadcasting of this video). But in all likelihood, you'll be able to find one on Reverb or eBay soon for around twice the original price of $249.…Click on the title for more

New (Sold Out) Pedal: JHS Germanium Boost

Victory V1 The Sheriff Overdrive

Designed in collaboration with Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX, the Victory V1 The Sheriff is a high-end amp-in-a-box version of the company's actual guitar amp, inspired by the sound of the Marshall Plexi line of amps. It's part of the first line of compact pedals released by the British builder. The…Click on the title for more

Victory V1 The Sheriff Overdrive

Blue Colander Crooked Axis Boost/Drive/Fuzz

The Blue Colander Crooked Axis is a pedal that belongs squarely in the increasingly trendy "multipurpose gain device" category, able as it is to deliver tones ranging from boost all the way to fuzz. The circuit is based on the Colorsound Power Boost, which is reflected in the top three…Click on the title for more

Blue Colander Crooked Axis Boost/Drive/Fuzz

New Pedal: Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Dual Drive

Klon Centaur overdrives and Dumble amps are among the rarest pieces of guitar gear out there, and therefore also the most cloned. The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium gives you both sonic flavors in a dual, stackable overdrive - with an extra voicing for the Dumble side and plenty of tweakability.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Dual Drive

MXR Power 50 Overdrive TBM1

Yes, we were there, in our early twenties, when Rage Against The Machine released their debut LP. We were part of a generation of young semi-rebels with an impeccable taste for alternative rock, whose minds were blown by the tense, explosive sound of that band and by the incredibly inventive…Click on the title for more

MXR Power 50 Overdrive TBM1

Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop V2 Overdrive

Fairfield Circuitry is an oddball, boutique audio effects company from Canada. I note the canadian heritage in that the physical aesthetic choices as well as the functions of the effects are reminiscent of a backwoods experiment by bearded men with too much time and whiskey on their hands. Fairfield…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop V2 Overdrive

Orange Guitar Butler Dual Preamp

The Orange Guitar Butler is a two-channel preamp pedal that offers a Clean and a Dirty channel voiced after the UK builder's popular guitar amps, and that can work in conjunction with any amp or PA to provide the unmistakeable character of the Orange amplifiers. The trick in the sleeve…Click on the title for more

Orange Guitar Butler Dual Preamp