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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

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

Catalinbread Formula 51 Tweed Drive

The Catalinbread Formula 51 is a new addition to the Portland company's family of Tweed-style amp-in-a-box pedals, already comprising the Formula 5F6, voiced after a '57 Deluxe, and the Formula 55, inspired by the preamp section of the Tweed Deluxe. The 51 recreates the tone of a Tweed Champ, a…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Formula 51 Tweed Drive

Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Tech 21 is an NYC-based company that, after pioneering the amp-in-a-box-with-cab-simulation concept, more recently has been specializing in analog multi-FX "pedal bars" that provide a portable all-in-one solution for gigging guitarists (and bass players). The Tech 21 Screaming Blonde pedal is a device designed to provide a Fender-style amp-in-a-box tone…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Volta The Blue Overdrive

Volta Custom is a new Italian pedal builder dedicated to high-end, hand-made, super-tweakable dirt boxes. The Blue is their flagship overdrive, and those of you who are planning on attending Summer NAMM 2021 will be able to check it out at our Delicious Audio Stompbox Booth. As abundantly clear from…Click on the title for more

Volta The Blue Overdrive

Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 Overdrive

The Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 is the second attempt by German pedal builder Ohmless at perfecting the Klon Centaur circuit, with an emphasis on versatility. It expands on the original by adding knobs for Bass and Blend (on top of the three ones found on the original: Level, Gain and Treble)…Click on the title for more

Ohmless Pedals AKC-4 Overdrive

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

With the Archer, in 2015 J.Rockett Audio Designs released one of the most sought-after Klon clones. In the last couple of years, the Nashville-based manufacturer has been playing on that pedal's format by introducing, first, a pedal combining the Archer's overdrive circuit with a graphic EQ, and now, a version…Click on the title for more

J.Rockett Archer Clean Boost

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