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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

Mr Black OD-503 Dynamic Amplifier Overdrive

Mini pedals aren't necessarily made in China with cheap components. As a matter of fact, several US-based boutique manufacturers have embraced the format and build them by hand with the best components without outsourcing; Portland's MR. Black is one of them. Their latest mini stompbox is the OD-503, a low…Click on the title for more

Mr Black OD-503 Dynamic Amplifier Overdrive

UME OverUnity Dynamic Drive

From Australia comes the UME debut pedal: the OverUnity Dynamic Drive, a hand-built, analog, uber-flexible overdrive-with-boost "designed to enhance your natural playing style by allowing for both greater dynamic expression and improved tone." It features an original circuit (file under the rare #notaclone tag!) with a range of gain…Click on the title for more

UME OverUnity Dynamic Drive

Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 V2

NYC's Tech 21 was the first company to introduce the idea of a skinny, light, all in one, analog, portable pedal "bar" featuring all the essential effects for the average guitarist. Created with travel in mind, the Fly Rig 5 was the first product of a series that went on…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 Fly Rig 5 V2

Vick Audio Mount Pleasant

Living Room Gear Demos introduced us to Arizona based Vick Audio, a company that specializes in producing reproductions of classic effects for the 60’s and 70’s as well as original effects units. The Mount Pleasant is an overdrive inspired by the Marshall Blues Breaker. Here's how company owner and designer Mike…Click on the title for more

Vick Audio Mount Pleasant

KMA Audio Machines Logan Trascend Drive

German boutique pedal builder KMA Audio Machines has been making waves in the last couple of years with finely engineered stompboxes as complex and creative as the Horizont Phaser and as simple and streamlined as the Queequeg Sub Generator. Their new Logan Transcend Drive (which you'll be able to try…Click on the title for more

KMA Audio Machines Logan Trascend Drive

Aclam Dr. Robert Overdrive

In a market as saturated as the one for overdrive pedals, you need something special to make an impression, and Aclam's brand new Dr. Robert charms your senses right off the bat with its Beatlesesque name and look (the company enlisted Klaus Voormann, the artist of the Revolver artwork, for…Click on the title for more

Aclam Dr. Robert Overdrive

Mythos Pedals – Mjolnir (Upgraded)

Players looking for a classic overdrive sound would be wise to look into Mjolnir, Mythos Pedals' take on the Klon tone. The Nashville, Tennessee company made their presence felt at this year's Summer NAMM with their usual array of options; the new and upgraded Mjolnir is looking to join the…Click on the title for more

Mythos Pedals – Mjolnir (Upgraded)

New Pedals: Garland FX HTX Active Combo Drive

Houston-based Garland FX just released the HTX Active Combo Drive, an overdrive based on their popular Pink Drive with an added, active 3-band EQ triggered by a separate footswitch. The drive circuit mantains the Tone control like in the original. Drive and EQ can be used together or separately.…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Garland FX HTX Active Combo Drive

Handbuilt in Ontario, Canada, the pedals of Airis Effects have earned a reputation for their aggressive tone that offers as much versatility as volume. While the company's effects are flexible enough to handle a variety of styles, they are really designed for players that go for a heavier sound. Everything…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile – Airis Effects

One Control Silver Bee Overdrive

Straight from the mind of the pedal whisperer Bjorn Juhl, comes the Silver Bee OD from Japan's One Control. Bjorn has taken the reins of the popular Honey Bee OD and sculpted it into a highly-expressive rock machine. The Silver Bee OD has a retooled version of the Honey Bee's drive…Click on the title for more

One Control Silver Bee Overdrive

Pettyjohn Electronics Gold MKII Overdrive

Pettyjohn Electronics has recently unveiled an updated version of their popular Plexy-style preamp/overdrive, the Gold MKII, currently on preorder. What's really exciting about this new version, is that, besides some important upgrades like a new 36V dual rail power supply and a new Quiet Bypass system, this pedal features... ...many…Click on the title for more

Pettyjohn Electronics Gold MKII Overdrive

Now Shipping: JAM Lucydreamer Overdrive

We had the chance to check out Jam Pedal's new overdrive called Lucydreamer at our NAMM 2019 Stompbox Booth (see 60 Cycle Hum video at the bottom of this post). The pedal, which is now shipping, updates the company's Tubedreamer Plus and Tubedreamer 72 models, which have the same chip,…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: JAM Lucydreamer Overdrive