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Sabbadius El Toro Overdrive

Argentinian company Sabbadius was able to build a solid reputation for their modern take on classic vintage circuits. Their new El Toro Overdrive is their own take on the Tube Screamer. The New Old Stock TOSHIBA 1S1588 diodes give it a glassier tone, and it also offers more output than…... Click for more

Sabbadius El Toro Overdrive

Way Huge Green Rhino MKV Overdrive

[caption id="attachment_176780" align="aligncenter" width="612"] https://imp.i114863.net/c/2536674/794166/11319?u=https://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=way+huge+green+rhino[/caption] The Way Huge Green Rhino comes to us from the company that was given a new lease on life by Jim Dunlop Electronics after being defunct for several years. The company of note is Way Huge Electronics, founded and run by mister Jeorge Tripps in the…... Click for more

Way Huge Green Rhino MKV Overdrive

ChiralityAudio Splinter Drive

A dirt box by Italo-Irish pedal company ChiralityAudio, Splinter is a hand-made 3-knob (Drive/Level/Tone) Tube Screamer 808-inspired overdrive with a host of tweaking options, mostly affecting the lower end. The tweaking happens through two 3-way toggle switches. The one on the right delivers three different amounts of low end, with…... Click for more

ChiralityAudio Splinter Drive

Moustache Audio Razor Boost/Fuzz

Moustached people are rarely boring, and pedal builder Moustache Audio keeps faith to that trait with pedal circuits that defy expectations. Their Razor is a boost that also double as... fuzz, using only two knobs and two toggle switches. The Gain knob delivers a wide range of tones from clean…... Click for more

Moustache Audio Razor Boost/Fuzz

Wrought Iron Effects Sting Overdrive

Based in Amery, Winsconsin, Wrought Iron Effects is one of those custom guitar gear builders that isn't shy to try all sorts of new things, from effects hosted in vintage radio enclosures to straps for vegetarians that look just like leather. The Excalibur-themed Sting Overdrive is probably one of the…... Click for more

Wrought Iron Effects Sting Overdrive

BJPress BlueTonic Bluesdrive Overdrive

The BJPress BlueTonic Bluesdrive Overdrive is a simple three-knob overdrive with a toggles switch that tightens up the sound and delivers more gain in the right position. As you may have gathered from the name, this Korean, hand-made stompbox targets blues guitarists with its wide range punchy tone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuz3HBhSxg BlueTonic…... Click for more

BJPress BlueTonic Bluesdrive Overdrive

TC Electronic MojoMojo Paul Gilbert Edition

known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr. Big and voted number 4 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time", Paul Gilbert has long been a fan of TC Electronic's affordable MojoMojo overdrive. The Danish builder took the…... Click for more

TC Electronic MojoMojo Paul Gilbert Edition

Fuzzlord Effects FET120 Overdrive

The FET120 overdrive is one of the most popular pedals of Fuzzlord Effects, a company laser-focused on creating pedals for Doom and Stoner Metal players. As hinted in the name, this is a pedal that reproduces, using FET technology, the classic tone of vintage 120 Watt amps of the '70s…... Click for more

Fuzzlord Effects FET120 Overdrive

Catalinbread Dreamcoat/Skewer Box Set

Stompbox collectors lately have increasingly become the object of attention of pedal builders, who realized that releasing special, limited-edition versions of existing models represents an easy way to integrate their income in between original new releases. But a special edition doesn't necessarily have to involve already released circuits... Catalinbread's Dreamcoat/Skewer…... Click for more

Catalinbread Dreamcoat/Skewer Box Set

VS Audio Aftermath Distortion

The VS Audio Aftermath is a distortion pedal with a separate boost footswitch voiced after the sound of tube amps. It can deliver a wide range of tones, from smooth overdrive to massive distortion crunch, with dynamic touch-sensitive frequency response. The independent clean Boost has up to +12dBs to get…... Click for more

VS Audio Aftermath Distortion

Nux Fireman Plexi-Style Distortion

Success, in the world of manufacturing, comes at a cost, and one of these costs is finding out that competing companies are creating products similar to yours. In the pedal realm, where 80% of new devices are "inspired" by existing ones, this is a particularly common practice. But while most…... Click for more

Nux Fireman Plexi-Style Distortion

JD Analog Tone of the Gods

Since boost pedals are supposed to do a very simple job, we have grown to assume that they don't need to be very big. New Zealand builder JD Analog begs to disagree. With its 4-in-1 concept, their Tone Of the Gods is a four-footswitched, twelve-knobbed beast that aims at being…... Click for more

JD Analog Tone of the Gods