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J Rockett Melody EQ/Overdrive Pedal

As many of our readers have learned from this popular post, an EQ pedal is a powerful tool for sculpting precise tones from your favorite overdrive stompbox. J. Rockett Audio Designs clearly appreciates the power of that combination. The company has just introduced Melody, a signature EQ/overdrive pedal designed for…... Click for more

J Rockett Melody EQ/Overdrive Pedal

JCA Texas Flood Boost/Overdrive

The JCA Texas Flood is a high-quality boost/overdrive pedal hand-made in Germany that encapsulates the sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan - or, as some say, it's an "SRV in a box." The reference tone for this stompbox is obviously the guitarist's debut album reference in its name, considered by many…... Click for more

JCA Texas Flood Boost/Overdrive

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

The Canadian folks at Tubesteader don't mess around with the build of their pedals, maybe also because they like to fit them with rather fragile tubes to deliver the best possible tone. The Sunkeeper, a dual-channel preamp/overdrive recreating the sound of the Orange amps, is the third stompbox in the…... Click for more

Tubesteader Sunkeeper Preamp

New Pedal: Limetone Audio Jackal High Gain Drive

The Limetone Audio Jackal is a high gain drive hailing from Japan and based on an original four-stage FET design somewhat inspired by the sound of a Bogner amp. We can't find any info translated in English about this pedal, but from the looks of it, it has a fair…... Click for more

New Pedal: Limetone Audio Jackal High Gain Drive

JET Pedals Mr Jax Overdrive Chris Rocha Signature

The JET Pedals Mr Jax is a Chris Rocha signature high-gain overdrive with a wider than usual tonal range, in particular for a three-knob dirt box. This is because there is an awful lot going on under that red hood: A Tone knob that sounds transparent at noon but that…... Click for more

JET Pedals Mr Jax Overdrive Chris Rocha Signature

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV is a version of the company's D-Style flagship pedal inspired by the "Slight Return Version" of the Dumble amps, which sports a tweaked circuit featuring modified Bright/Deep and Jazz/Rock switches. Based on model #001 of those legendary amps, it delivers an even glassier and warmer…... Click for more

Vertex Steel String Supreme SRV

Catalinbread Tribute Low-gain Overdrive

The Catalinbread Tribute is the new low-gain overdrive from the Portland-based company and - if memory doesn't betray us - the first device in their roster featuring a parametric EQ since the VariOboost, the very first pedal released by Catalinbread, a now-discontinued boost pedal that inspired this new model. This…... Click for more

Catalinbread Tribute Low-gain Overdrive

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

The most popular pedal in the transistor-based overdrive category, the BOSS BD-2 Blues Driver features a circuit consisting of cascading gain stages, delivering natural and responsive dynamics. It famously delivers a creamy and crunchy drive tone that's perfect for blues-rock tones and it's more transparent than the - also extremely…... Click for more

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

Siren Pedals Etana Overdrive (Lindsay Ell signature)

Siren Pedals is a Nashville-based pedal company that's moving fast! Founder Scott Schwertly bought his first pedal in 2018, and became so obsessed by the format that in early 2020 he already had a company with a first pedal release! We stumbled upon them at Summer NAMM 2021 and heard…... Click for more

Siren Pedals Etana Overdrive (Lindsay Ell signature)

Master Effects Vintage Germanium Boost

The Master Effects Vintage Germanium Boost is a treble booster variant with hand-picked 2N1306 germanium transistors and a rather unconventional range knob. It boosts the same frequencies as the original when turned all the way to the left, and adds lower frequencies to the boost as you turn it clockwise,…... Click for more

Master Effects Vintage Germanium Boost

Hamstead Soundworks Comet Interstellar Driver

In the global race to build an overdrive pedal that's "versatile, transparent, dynamic and/or full of character" (those are the words that everyone's after in this niche) Cambridgeshire's Hamstead Soundworks is faring very well indeed, having released a couple of very well-received drive pedals. The brand new Comet can be…... Click for more

Hamstead Soundworks Comet Interstellar Driver

New Pedal: Handy FX Minotaur Klone

The Handy FX Minotaur Overdrive is a new addition to the ever-growing family of K-style overdrives, aka Klon Centaur clones, aka Klones. The Klon Centaur is the most buzzworthy guitar pedal out there, with original units selling for over $5,000. Although the Minotaur shares the simple 3-knob layout of the…... Click for more

New Pedal: Handy FX Minotaur Klone