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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

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Those wondering why there are so many emulations of the Ibanez Tube Screamer should find a final explanation in this chart of the best selling overdrive pedals of 2017: 35 years after its launch, the green stompbox known as TS9 is still the best selling guitar overdrive on the market,…Click on the title for more

Best Selling Overdrive Pedals of 2017

Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

The WaveFunction is a new stompbox by a young and ambitious Canadian company called Nanolog Audio, which presents its products as revolutionary devices ("It's nanotechnology - the product of years of research and patents. It is the first commercialized example of molecular electronics."). The WaveFunction is an overdrive with switchable…Click on the title for more

Nanolog Audio The WaveFunction Overdrive

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion

Radial's updated V9 amp-in-a-box stompboxes from the Tonebone series are getting a really good reception from the community of pedal lovers. Here's a new video by the Tone Report about the updated plexi-style V9 Hot British unit. Packed into a pedalboard-friendly compact chassis, the Hot-British V9 retains the same soul and…Click on the title for more

Radial ToneBone Hot-British V9 Distortion

Rock Fabrik Effects AQUA LUNG Transparent OD/Clean Boost

Well, it turns out somebody is making guitar pedals even in Turkey! Here's Brett Kingman's demo of the Rock Fabrik Effects' Aqua Lung Transparent OD/Clean Boost. Aqua Lung is a transparent overdrive pedal which has special features such as low-cut and high-cut switches. Also it is overly suitable for clean…Click on the title for more

Rock Fabrik Effects AQUA LUNG Transparent OD/Clean Boost

Baroni Lab Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim

Italian amp and pedal builder Baroni Lab will be at NAMM in 2018 to showcase - among things - their new Amp/Cab simulators in stompbox format. Here's a demoby Brett Kingman of the Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim. The BaroniLab Mini-Amp is a top-of-the-line 4-in-1, stage-ready guitar amplifier. It offers…Click on the title for more

Baroni Lab Mini Amp Custom 50W Amp/Cab Sim

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

A the end of each year, most of us enjoy reading "Best of" lists of all kinds - a habit that helps us simplify choices, in particular when faced with fields overcrowded with products (like the gain stompbox one!). Guitar critics can say whatever they want about what new pedals…Click on the title for more

Best Selling NEW Distortion, Overdrive and Fuzz Pedals of 2017 according to Reverb.com

NUX Tube Man MKII Overdrive

NUX won a Best in Show at the past Summer NAMM, the fact that Mike Hermans picked one of their pedals for his video series is also very promising: here's his demo of the Tube Man MKII Overdrive - quite obviously, a Tube Screamer clone. More gain! That was the overall…Click on the title for more

NUX Tube Man MKII Overdrive

Way Huge WH302 Drive

This limited edition pedal by Way Huge just came out, here's what the manufacturer's got to say about it. Video by Shnobel below. The Way Huge Drive is simply named with a simple three-knob control setup. But on the inside of this pedal is a custom circuit that creates potent,…Click on the title for more

Way Huge WH302 Drive

Seafoam Pedals Lowtide Overdrive

When you think about overdrive pedals these days, the word "clone" springs" to mind almost naturally: "Is that based on a Tube Screamer, a Klon or a Dumble?" Seafoam Pedals, with their Lowtide Overdrive, is instead offering a unique sounding transistor-based overdrive with some very peculiar characteristics - check out the…Click on the title for more

Seafoam Pedals Lowtide Overdrive

Subdecay Vector – Analog Preamp

Portland's Subdecay got us used to some pretty edgy effects with a "synthy" angle, so we weren't expecting their new release: a pedal dubbed as an "analog premp" called Vector. Scratching beyond the name's surface, you'll find that this digital pedal is actually a lot more than just a preamp, providing eleven…Click on the title for more

Subdecay Vector – Analog Preamp

6 Degrees FX unveils the Amplitude Eleven Overdrive at the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit

We blogged about Canadian pedal manufacturers 6 Degrees FX a few months ago and were thoroughly impressed with the 3rd generation of their four pedal line, comprised exclusively of gain stompboxes. We are proud to announce that the company will unveil a new overdrive this coming weekend at our Los…Click on the title for more

6 Degrees FX unveils the Amplitude Eleven Overdrive at the L.A. Stompbox Exhibit

Danelectro Pride of Texas OD and Big Spender Spinning Speaker

We blogged about the new Danelectro pedals a few weeks ago, here's a first third-party demo of two of them, the Pride of Texas OD and the Big Spender Spinning Speaker. You'll be able to try these pedals at the upcoming L.A. Stompbox Exhibit at Sam Ash! PRIDE OF TEXAS OD Aces…Click on the title for more

Danelectro Pride of Texas OD and Big Spender Spinning Speaker