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Seymour Duncan PowerStage 100 Stereo

The Seymour Duncan PowerStage 100 Stereo is a compact power amp that provides high-headroom class-D amplification to guitarists looking to deliver the sound of their preamp, pedal chain, or amp modeler to the masses. The PowerStage 100 Stereo provides features demanded by the modern guitarist, including stereo inputs and outputs that…... Click for more

Seymour Duncan PowerStage 100 Stereo

New Pedal: Spaceman Apollo VIIB Overdrive

The Spaceman Apollo VIIb is a compact overdrive and preamp pedal, derived from the Voyager tremolo series. It delivers medium-gain overdrive with natural tone, sparkling highs, and rich harmonic textures. This revamped version corrects deviations made after Spaceman founder Zak Martin’s 2019 departure, restoring his intended design upon his 2024…... Click for more

New Pedal: Spaceman Apollo VIIB Overdrive

Browne Amplification Protein V3 Dual Overdrive

Kansas City's Browne Amplification has been very busy hand-building pedals since the introduction of their Protein Dual Overdrive. Designed in collaboration with guitarist/producer Adam Sniegowski with the goal of creating a dual overdrive that would sound great with any backline, the Protein features a Blue side inspired by the classic…... Click for more

Browne Amplification Protein V3 Dual Overdrive

New Pedal: Concrete Sound Lab Slab

The Concrete Sound Lab Slab is an all-transistor gain pedal designed to produce a range of tones from cleanish overdrive to saturated fuzz. Its circuit combines a JFET-based preamp with a James tone stack—a configuration that allows precise control over frequency response before the signal hits the gain stage. This…... Click for more

New Pedal: Concrete Sound Lab Slab

New Pedal: Shotmaker The Healer Overdrive

In today's market saturated with mass-produced effects, Shotmaker's The Healer Overdrive stands apart as a handcrafted tribute to classic overdrive tones. Housed in a distinctive solid oiled wood enclosure, this pedal combines artisanal aesthetics with carefully selected vintage-style components designed to deliver what builders describe as "soulful" response. At the…... Click for more

New Pedal: Shotmaker The Healer Overdrive

UAFX Ruby ’63 Top Boost Amplifier

Part of a three amp-in-a-box pedal addition to the Universal Audio pedal line, the UAFX Ruby '63 Top Boost Amplifier is an authentic emulation of a Vox AC30, with 3 x Amp modes, 3 x Cabinet emulations and 2 x Boost modes that capture the sparkling cleans and rich overdrive…... Click for more

UAFX Ruby ’63 Top Boost Amplifier

New Pedal: Pedal Tree Retro1 Classic Overdrive

A peculiar-looking pedal based on the classic Electra Distortion circuit, the Pedal Tree Retro1 is an overdrive that adds an extra gain stage to the original circuit, together with a modified Big Muff Pi tone stack for unconventional tone results. It delivers the organic crunch of vintage tweed amps, perfect…... Click for more

New Pedal: Pedal Tree Retro1 Classic Overdrive

Greer Lightspeed Overdrive

When a pedal with just three knobs and a $200 price tag features in the chart of the top 10 best-selling overdrives on Reverb.com, you can be sure it's there because of the way it sounds. Enter the Greer Lightspeed overdrive, handmade in Athens, Georgia. Rather ironically, what makes this…... Click for more

Greer Lightspeed Overdrive

Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

The Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve is a collaborative amp-in-a-box that emulates the tone of the legendary, glassy-sounding Silvertone amp from the '60s that goes by the same name, found in many records and rigs by artists like Dan Auerbach, Beck, and Dave Grohl. The pedal is an…... Click for more

Silvertone & Jackson Audio 1484 Twin Twelve

Fortin Fourteen Overdrive

Mike Fortin's FOURTEEN overdrive pedal takes his popular amp modifications and puts them in a dual-channel format, in essence, packing his best custom tweaks in one pedal. The pedal is designed to give players a lot of control over the amp's tone and push it into higher gain territory, as…... Click for more

Fortin Fourteen Overdrive

PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive V4

The PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive is one of those ever-green pedals that keep getting better and better with each new version. This Hot Rod JMC800 in a box was recently updated to V4, and the new features are relevant enough to push it up in our comprehensive article about the…... Click for more

PedalPalFX PAL 800 Gold Overdrive V4

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Imperium V2 Dual Drive

The Cornerstone Imperivm V2 is a new dual overdrive by an Italian company that has built a super solid reputation mostly through one of the best D-Style overdrives on the market, the Gladio. This circuit marries that very circuit with the company's take on the Tube Screamer, aka the Antique…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: Cornerstone Imperium V2 Dual Drive