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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

LPD Pedals One20Three

The LPD One20Three is a dual channel overdrive that combines features of the company's Fifty5 (a Fender Tweed-style pedal) and Sixty8 (a Plexi-style drive) into one versatile unit. It includes a new soft-touch true bypass switching system, along with order switching, parallel routing, and three programmable bypass modes. While the…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals One20Three

Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker

The Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker is a stompbox that continues in the Greek company's mission to forge uber-tweakable pedal versions of legendary dirt-box + amp-in-a-box combos, a trend launched with their Unobtanium pedals and continued with the recent Hi Power. This time the devices being paid homage are the Schaffer-Vega…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Heatseeker

Soldano SLO Plus Dual Channel Overdrive

Seattle via L.A. high-gain amp maker Soldano entered the pedal market not long ago with the SLO overdrive, a stompbox version of the (loved by many) Overdrive channel of their two-channel SLO amplifier, based on a cascading gain design. The Soldano SLO Plus pedal reintegrates, in a slightly wider case,…Click on the title for more

Soldano SLO Plus Dual Channel Overdrive

New Pedal: Anasounds Blues Believer DIY Kit

Fans of the Marshall Bluesbreaker circuit with a knack for soldering may want to check out the Anasound Blues Believer, available as a DIY kit for around $135 and a full kit for around $150. This is an evolution of the revered pedal that recreates the magical bright yet transparent…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Anasounds Blues Believer DIY Kit

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

The Kernom Ridge Overdrive is a new pedal concept devised by a French upstart that aims at offering a comprehensive palette of overdrive tones through a six-knob device. Like some sort of multi-mode overdrive without... modes. The central control here is the Mood knob, which is a continuous control that…Click on the title for more

Kernom Ridge Overdrive

Nobels ODR-1 and ODR Mini

German pedal manufacturer Nobels has been in the game for a while, slowly building a cultish following. If you’re not familiar with this company, suffice to say it builds one of the best-kept secrets in the overdrive realm: the Nobels ODR-1 (now also available in Mini version). The stompbox's acid…Click on the title for more

Nobels ODR-1 and ODR Mini

MXR Sugar Drive M294

The MXR Sugar Drive is the company's take on the Klon Centaur mania! One of the few mini-klones available on the market (at least for now), the Sugar Drive 's simplicity is deceptive. The drive knob in this circuit blends the clean guitar signal with the overdriven one as…Click on the title for more

MXR Sugar Drive M294

Vahlbruch Kaluna II Tube Overdrive

German pedal builder Vahlbruch has just unveiled an update to their tube overdrive, the Kaluna II, a high voltage original circuit operating at 250v, and featuring an ECC83/12AX7 tube. The tube requires a little 30-second warm-up, during which the status LED will flash while the pedal remains in bypass mode.…Click on the title for more

Vahlbruch Kaluna II Tube Overdrive

Universal Audio UAFX Knuckles Rev F Double Rectifier

With the Knuckles '92, Universal Audio continues its series of stereo, amp-inspired stompboxes (part of the broader UAFX line) with what has now become a signature format blending a compact footprint with a noteworthy amount of tweakability. The guitar amp subject to pedal cloning (or sound snatching!) is the venerable…Click on the title for more

Universal Audio UAFX Knuckles Rev F Double Rectifier

One Control Dyna Red 4k Plexi Drive now shipping

The One Control Dyna Red Distortion 4k is an upgrade to the previous Barefoot version of this full-on Plexi pedal, featuring an extra Presence knob that tames some of the hard mid-range. It's designed to deliver an organic distortion reminiscent of the early to mid-70s UK voiced amplifiers, cranked up…Click on the title for more

One Control Dyna Red 4k Plexi Drive now shipping

Wampler ReWired Brent Mason Signature Drive+Distortion

A refined version of the Brent Mason signature dual channel the Hot Wire V2, the Wampler ReWired features enhanced tonal options and added versatility, a specialty of the house. Its dual-channel design covers a wide range of dirty tones, from amp-like overdrive (right channel) to saturated plexi-style distortion (right channel).…Click on the title for more

Wampler ReWired Brent Mason Signature Drive+Distortion

REVV G2 Distortion

The REVV amps G2 Distortion delivers the expressive and organic warm lead tones delivered by REVV amps' Green channel with three voicing options through the middle toggle switch: Off gives you a full-range boost with 3-band EQ suitable for enhancing your clean tone or boosting your amp. Blue is the…Click on the title for more

REVV G2 Distortion