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OVERDRIVE PEDALS

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 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 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 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 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 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 for more

Music Box Pedals Klone

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 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 for more

Vntage Tone Bifurcator Dual Overdrive

Reeves Electro Leo Overdrive

Owned and operated by Marcus Reeves, UK's Reeves Electro builds point-to-point pedals like no other builder does. Because of the limited supply of pedals that can be built this way, Marcus opens his shop for orders only once in a while, announcing the date in advance, and placing orders in…... Click for more

Reeves Electro Leo Overdrive

Vanilla Sundae English Toffee Iscream

Based out of Boise, Idaho, Vanilla Sundae Pedals focuses on hand-made compact dirt boxes with names (and colors) borrowed by ice cream classics. The English Toffee Iscream is their take on the classic dual op-amp circuits of the late '70s - early '80s, read Tube Screamer 808. While this pedal…... Click for more

Vanilla Sundae English Toffee Iscream

Maestro Ranger Overdrive

Part of the 2022 relaunch of the Maestro line, the Ranger is a simple 3-knob, two-mode overdrive pedal inspired by the sound of vintage tube amps. Besides your regular Gain/Level/Tone knobs, through a handy toggle switch, the Ranger offers Hi and Lo modes that deliver high and lo-gain tones. This…... Click for more

Maestro Ranger Overdrive

Modal Effects Disruption Modular Pedal

Even though guitar pedals are, in their classic format, already a modular concept, more than one company has flirted with the idea of creating a modular pedal that can host several interchangeable effects. Nashville-based Modal Effects is coming out with a new take on this idea. Their Disruption modular pedal…... Click for more

Modal Effects Disruption Modular Pedal