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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

IK Multimedia X-Drive Multi-Mode Gain Pedal

Italian powerhouse IK Multimedia, a multifaceted builder of hardware and software for musicians, unveiled four new, multi-mode pedals powered by the algorithms of their popular audio plugin Amplitube. This post will take a closer look at the gain pedal in this line, called X-Drive. This is a multi-mode, do-it-all kind…Click on the title for more

IK Multimedia X-Drive Multi-Mode Gain Pedal

Blackstar Dept 10 Dual Drive

British manufacturer Blackstar Amplification initially made a name for itself for their point-to-point tube amps, and even though they expanded on that initial offer, their experience with tube-driven circuits remains an important part of their identity, as proven by the release of a series of tube pedals under the Dept.…Click on the title for more

Blackstar Dept 10 Dual Drive

New Pedal: Mattoverse Solar Sound

With the Solar Sound, Mattoverse may have just created a new pedal niche: stompboxes for outdoors guitarists. The Solar Sound is a two-knob, one transistor-based gain circuit finely tuned to take full advantage of the low current and voltage provided by the solar panel. Admittedly, it can work when a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mattoverse Solar Sound

Wampler Plexi Drive Mini

Wampler has been a dominant force in the Plexi-style overdrive niche for a while with its Plexi Drive series (the original version was so popular that the builder released a Deluxe version in 2015). Wampler recently announced the release of the little brother in the series, the Plexi Drive Mini,…Click on the title for more

Wampler Plexi Drive Mini

Tefi Vintage Lab Maccheroni Bros Mk2 Dual Overdrive

Finally, a pedal that allows us to remind Americans how to spell MACCHERONI properly - it's not "macaroni," folks! Italian-based TEFI Vintage Lab stands out from the crowd of pedal makers because of their hilarious cases that depict Italian "characters" inspired by the tonal character of the pedals they ornate.…Click on the title for more

Tefi Vintage Lab Maccheroni Bros Mk2 Dual Overdrive

Tonality Effects The Drive

The Tonality Effects The Drive is a real tube overdrive with adjustable voltage manufactured by an emerging Berlin-based pedal builder. This stylish stompbox has an ECC83 / 12ZX7 tube embedded in the center-top of the case, protected by an elegant 3-ring metal element. Volume, Drive and Tone controls are joined…Click on the title for more

Tonality Effects The Drive

Airis Effects Savage Drive V5

Extreme tone lovers should give the Airis Effects Savage Drive a try - it's presented by the Canadian builder as "the most aggressive overdrive out there"!! The company just unveiled a v5 that is a full redesign of the circuit. The goal of this box is clear: Every portion of…Click on the title for more

Airis Effects Savage Drive V5

Music Box Pedals Klone

The Music Box Pedals Klone is a high-end Klon clone built in NJ, USA, with top mount jacks using quality components that comes in three different case/knob combinations. Here's the first video of it, we added it to our article about the best Klon clones! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG4WNfviCmA Music Box Pedals Klone,…Click on the title for more

Music Box Pedals Klone

Cornerstone Antique Classic Drive V2

Fans of blues legend John Mayer should lend their expert ears to this preview demo of the Cornerstone | Antique Classic Drive V2, a Tube Screamer evolution engineered to replicate the tone of the Connecticut-born guitarist, known for using both a Klon-style pedal and a TS together. In the early…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Antique Classic Drive V2

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper Overdrive

The ThorpyFX Peacekeeper is not exactly a Klon clone, but the sound and specs of the Klon Centaur were certainly in engineer Adrian Thorpe's mind when he designed this low-gain overdrive circuit. The circuit places an active treble and bass EQ after the overdrive and a Mids/presence control before the…Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper Overdrive

Wampler Belle Overdrive

Indiana's Wampler has an impressive record in the pedal overdrive niche, having released several best-selling units with various voicing flavors, from classic Plexi-style drives to authentic emulations of highly valued circuits like the Centaur Klon and the Dumble Amps. Their release of a new overdrive is therefore a quite eventful…Click on the title for more

Wampler Belle Overdrive

Vntage Tone Bifurcator Dual Overdrive

Vntage Tone (yes, Vntage doesn't have an "i") is a boutique pedal builder out of Mexico, and the Bifurcator Dual Overdrive is their dual overdrive comprising two of their drive circuits in parallel: the Klon-style Prometheus and the VT 4558 Screamer. The Klon-style side (right channel) adds a Body control…Click on the title for more

Vntage Tone Bifurcator Dual Overdrive