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New Pedal: Tsakalis AC Master Boost + Overdrive

Athens isn't the first place you think of when someone says "cranked British amp." But Tsakalis AudioWorks is making a strong case for reconsidering that assumption. The AC Master is two classic circuits sharing a single enclosure: a VOX AC30 Top Boost overdrive and a Rangemaster-style treble booster. Not a…... Click for more

New Pedal: Tsakalis AC Master Boost + Overdrive

New Pedal: SoloDallas CD65 (CompanDrive 65)

Here's a pedal that admits what most overdrives pretend isn't true: your favorite records sound the way they do because of noise reduction. The CompanDrive 65 (aka SoloDallas CD65) is a compander. Compress on the way in, expand on the way out. That's what Dolby did to tape in 1965.…... Click for more

New Pedal: SoloDallas CD65 (CompanDrive 65)

New Pedal: Wilson Effects Capstone Overdrive

A transparent overdrive that admits it might get fuzzy. That's refreshing honesty. Most pedals in this category promise to be nothing but a clean volume lift with maybe a little hair. Then you turn them up and they turn into something else entirely. The Wilson Effects Capstone just tells you…... Click for more

New Pedal: Wilson Effects Capstone Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

In 1994, Bill Finnegan built eight thousand magic boxes, coated them in epoxy so nobody could peek inside, and changed guitar tone forever. Thirty years later, original Klon Centaurs trade for seven grand, and the epoxy didn't stop anyone forever—just slowed them down until 2009, when Martin Chittum finally scraped…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Harby Pedals Centauri MkII

New Pedal: LPD Sixty8X Overdrive

The LPD Sixty8X is a limited-edition 10th-anniversary evolution of the 2016 Sixty8 Drive. This Marshall-style overdrive and preamp preserves the original’s tonal identity while refining its internal circuitry for a more authentic 1968-inspired amplifier response. Central to the redesign is an updated phase inverter clipping circuit that more closely replicates…... Click for more

New Pedal: LPD Sixty8X Overdrive

New Pedal: Wampler Golden Jubilee Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Brian Wampler looked at the 1980s and saw two kinds of fire-breathing monsters. California boutique amps—smooth, articulate, punchy, the kind of gain that lets you bend a note and hear every microtonal ghost in between. British high-gain stacks—saturated, muscular, that cranked-Plexi crunch that made the decade sound the way it…... Click for more

New Pedal: Wampler Golden Jubilee Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

The Mad Professor Royal Blue is engineered to be more than a simple gain pedal; it’s an expressive amplifier-in-a-box designed for dynamic response. Unlike heavily compressed drives, its circuit allows your guitar’s natural character and playing dynamics to shine through. The amount of breakup is directly controlled by your picking…... Click for more

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

The Broadcast preamp pedal from UK builder Hudson Electronics has a stellar reputation and made several best-of lists when it came out a few years ago. The AP version of it, recently updated to the dual version, named Broadcast AP-II, is an evolution of the original design engineered in collaboration…... Click for more

Hudson Electronics Broadcast AP-II

New Pedal: REVV Dirtdog Joey Landreth Signature Overdrive

The Revv Dirt Dog is a soulful, amp-like overdrive born from necessity. When Joey Landreth recorded The Bros. Landreth’s Dog Ear album, he relied on a heavily modified vintage-inspired amp he built himself—a small, quirky Fender Princeton-style circuit that delivered exquisite, harmonically rich breakup but proved too fragile for touring.…... Click for more

New Pedal: REVV Dirtdog Joey Landreth Signature Overdrive

Warm Audio Fulff Drive

The Warm Audio Fulff Drive is a purpose-built collaboration between Warm Audio and metal guitarist Ryan "Fluff" Bruce. It takes the foundational circuit of a classic 1980s high-gain overdrive and re-engineers it with specific modifications for modern, extended-range guitar playing. The core circuit utilizes premium analog components, including JRC4558 op-amps…... Click for more

Warm Audio Fulff Drive

Flatley The Joker Overdrive/Distortion

The Flattley Joker is a FET-based overdrive engineered to emulate the dynamic response and harmonic richness of a 12AX7 tube stage. Its design philosophy prioritizes touch sensitivity and tonal transparency, functioning as much as an expressive clean boost as it does a versatile drive. With the Gain control down, it…... Click for more

Flatley The Joker Overdrive/Distortion

Strymon Fairfax Drive

Strymon, a name long synonymous with cutting-edge digital processing, has entered the analog arena with the Fairfax Drive, a pedal that intriguingly presents itself as a full amplifier circuit in miniature form. While inspired by a classic 1960s tube design, it substitutes valves with JFETs and employs a custom circuit…... Click for more

Strymon Fairfax Drive