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MG Music Midnight Rambler Overdrive

A tribute to the sound of The Rolling Stones (and more specifically their late '60s/early '70s tone), the Midnight Rambler Overdrive, by Brazilian company MG Music, borrows a sophisticated circuit used in high-end preamps to deliver a warm and balanced overdrive with vintage character. A second footswitch adds extra gain,…... Click for more

MG Music Midnight Rambler Overdrive

Echoline Pedals Everest Overdrive

Hand-built in the UK, the Echoline Pedals Everest Overdrive emulates the driven tone of valve amps thanks to an original design featuring two special NOS germanium diodes in conjunction with Texas Instruments Op-Amps for a warm valve amplifier-like feel. Responsive, rich and articulate, this simple three-knob drive might be what the…... Click for more

Echoline Pedals Everest Overdrive

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Demon Pedals is a German manufacturer dedicated, at least for now, to gain pedals. Their popular pedal Ganesha is a versatile, dynamic overdrive that can cover everything from a soft-sounding drive to more aggressive distorted tones. It has a deep tone section that interacts beautifully with the volume pot of…... Click for more

Demon Pedals Ganesha

Engl Alpha Drive

The Engl Alpha Drive produces the vintage overdrive of a tube amp and has a rather unique feature: it can be operated with voltages from 6v to 18v, with results from the very to compressed to the incredibly dynamic. The two-way EQ section lets you add and cuts 7.5 dbs…... Click for more

Engl Alpha Drive

Siren Pedals Juneau Blues Breaker-Style Overdrive

Mythology is a recurring theme in boutique guitar pedals, whether referencing satanic figures in stompboxes targeting Metal players or the more benevolent religious characters from ancient Greece. In their pursuit of sonic goodness, Nashville's Siren Pedals has chosen the brighter, latter path, although the singing half women half fish were…... Click for more

Siren Pedals Juneau Blues Breaker-Style Overdrive

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

The Hermida Audio Zendrive is one of the first Dumble-style pedals and it's still very well regarded. The compressed-but-not-too-squashed tone of a real Dumble is there, as well as the thick overdrive sounds. The company recently released a V2, which features high voltage FET technology that clones the Tung-Sol 12AX7…... Click for more

Hermida Audio Zendrive Overdrive

Maxon Apex 808 Overdrive

Developed with Susumu Tamura, the original designer of the 808, the Maxon Apex 808 incorporates a particularly desirable op-amp, that was sourced for this pedal after listening to over 100 vintage units, to mimic the best of the many versions of this legendary stompbox. At low levels, the Apex808 generates…... Click for more

Maxon Apex 808 Overdrive

Spiral Electric FX Red Spiral Drive Channel

A collaboration with SHOE pedals, the Red Spiral Drive, by Spiral Electric FX, is a three-mode, dynamic overdrive with amp-like character that can do it all: low, mid and also high gain. The Low range is intended for clean boost, dynamic enhancement, and light drive. This is great for boosting…... Click for more

Spiral Electric FX Red Spiral Drive Channel

Kink Pedals Straya Dual Drive

From Australia comes the Kink Pedal Straya, a dual overdrive with an 808-style circuit on the right channel and a modified Gov'nor styled circuit on the left one. Each side has its separate footswitch, Gain, Tone and Volume knobs and a toggle switch giving you two clipping options (harder and…... Click for more

Kink Pedals Straya Dual Drive

Vemuram Jan Ray Overdrive

Japanise builder Vemuram is not the most well-known brand in the world of pedals but has a super-solid reputation among tone connoisseurs for their hand-wired overdrives built with top-notch components and rigorous engineering. The Vemuram Jen Ray drive is probably their most popular pedal, designed to recreate the punchy and…... Click for more

Vemuram Jan Ray Overdrive

Tonewave FX Preset Preamp+Overdrive

Hand-built in Portugal, the Tonewave FX Preset is a 5-knob pedal that gives you the double function of working both as an overdrive and a preamp. Here's how it sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMRcVsWFFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV79-iMNQpU Tonewave's Preset is a preamp but also an overdrive... Your choice! Mainly designed to be an "always on…... Click for more

Tonewave FX Preset Preamp+Overdrive

Sabbadius Triple Trouble Boost/Overdrive/Fuzz

Based in Córdoba, Argentina, Sabbadius is a custom pedal show that also offers some hand-wired stock stompboxes. The Triple Trouble, probably the most ambitious of the lot, is a rather complex beast developed in collaboration with guitarist Tommy Katona of Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute band Texas Flood. A tribute to the…... Click for more

Sabbadius Triple Trouble Boost/Overdrive/Fuzz