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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

New Pedals: Animals Pedal Vintage Van Driving is Very Fun

Animals Pedal is an emerging Japanese pedal company known for their colorful pedal art and quirky names, which has attracted attention in the USA with their recent design collaborations with American builders Skreddy Pedals and Wren and Cuff. Their latest device is a, simple, affordable and flexible overdrive/boost called "Vintage Van…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Animals Pedal Vintage Van Driving is Very Fun

Abasi Pathos High Gain Overdrive

Founder and lead guitarist of prog-metal band Animal as Leaders, Tosin Abasi has recently unveiled the first pedals under his company Abasi Concepts. It's a flexible high gain overdrive called Pathos he engineered with the help of Brian Wampler of Wampler pedals. Voiced after the classic sound of American tube…Click on the title for more

Abasi Pathos High Gain Overdrive

Daredevil Drive BI

New from Chicago's Daredevil Pedals, the Drive BI is a raw sounding dual channel, op-amp gain circuit designed to cover medium to high level amp style drive. The HI/LO switch selects between the two gain channels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odxgoLYd-qI The Drive – Bi is a dual channel, op-amp gain circuit. Designed to…Click on the title for more

Daredevil Drive BI

Robert Keeley Aria Compressor + Drive

Robert Keeley’s new Aria Compressor Drive combines two essential guitar effects in one versatile pedal. The Area Compressor Drive combines the tone and blend features of Keeley’s Compressor Plus pedal with a two-mode overdrive. The order of the compressor and drive can be swapped instantly with a flick of a…Click on the title for more

Robert Keeley Aria Compressor + Drive

Mythos Pedals Runestone Overdrive

In just a few years, Nashville's Mythos Pedals was able to build a solid reputation for their roster dirt boxes and gain pedals, so much so that Riff City Guitar asked them to collaborate on an exclusive overdrive to be launched at NAMM 2019 - you'll be able to see…Click on the title for more

Mythos Pedals Runestone Overdrive

The Best Gain Pedals Released at NAMM 2019

GO HERE FOR NON-GAIN PEDALS --- ATTENTION! Not all pedals have a video link! We will keep adding pedals and videos during the 4 days of NAMM (and beyond). NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS: On Desktop Devices: 1. Mouseover gets you the pedal's description. 2. Click gets you streaming video or larger…Click on the title for more

The Best Gain Pedals Released at NAMM 2019

Cusack Screamer Fuzz

Including all of the aspects of the V2 (sans Tone knob), the Cusack Screamer Fuzz is a versatile germanium fuzz pedal that can dial in a number of dirt sounds between a Tubescreamer-style overdrive and a fuzz. Controls are set via Level, Scream (gain), and Fuzz controls with a toggle…Click on the title for more

Cusack Screamer Fuzz

Pettyjohn Chime MKII

The Pettyjohn Electronics Chime MKII makes some major advancements to this now-classic low-to-medium gain drive unit. Along with the surface changes, the updates are mostly under the hood. A new 36-volt power supply kicks things into high-headroom territory, letting your tone breathe and also greatly increasing the pedal's stacking ability. Feed…Click on the title for more

Pettyjohn Chime MKII

Outlaw Effects Dumbleweed

The Outlaw Effects Dumbleweed is based on a D-style amp, one of the most desired (and expensive!) tones in rock music. 4 simple controls dial it in with Gain, Tone, Volume, and a Voice switch with extra control over the EQ. - Brandon Stoner See more of our pedal demo shot at…Click on the title for more

Outlaw Effects Dumbleweed

New at NAMM 2019: EBS The Ultimate v3 B. Sheehan Signature Overdrive

Combining some of the most necessary elements of a bass rig in a single stompbox, the 3rd edition of the EBS Ultimate Billy Sheehan Signature Drive includes overdrive, compression, tone-shaping, and boost. The signal is split via two parallel audio paths, one clean and one dirty – so it’s like…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM 2019: EBS The Ultimate v3 B. Sheehan Signature Overdrive

Ibanez Tube Screamer 40th Anniversary

The Ibanez Tubescreamer needs no introduction. It is perhaps the most legendary overdrive pedal of all time, and a design from which countless other overdrives came. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the beloved pedal, Ibanez has released a special edition with all of the elements that made the 808…Click on the title for more

Ibanez Tube Screamer 40th Anniversary

Thermion Breakthru and Uprising

Spain's Thermion has burst onto the scene with four pedals at this year's NAMM, two of which are gain-based---the Breakthru and the Uprising. The Breakthru is based on fiery, cranked British combo amps, delivering a one-two punch of classic crunch that can be manipulated in any way you choose. Featuring…Click on the title for more

Thermion Breakthru and Uprising