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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

Amplified Nation Bigger Bloom D-Style Drive

The Amplified Nation Bigger Bloom follows in the footsteps of the Big Bloom and the Double Bloom, part of a line of hand-made Dumble-style overdrives built by a family-run business (Taylor Cox and his wife Alyson) based in Boston, MA, whose main focus is high-end guitar amps. With its $479…... Click for more

Amplified Nation Bigger Bloom D-Style Drive

Tsakalis Audioworks Mothership Preamp

The Tsakalis Mothership is a tube overdrive preamp pedal with two identical channels, each featuring a 4 band EQ and 3 gain modes (Low, Medium and High). What's new and interesting, though, is that each channel also allows for two separate Volume/Gain configurations, which can be switched via a dedicated…... Click for more

Tsakalis Audioworks Mothership Preamp

Kasleder Sweet Little Thing Overdrive

Hand-made in Hungary, the Kasleder Sweet Little Thing is a modern evolution of the legendary Tube Screamer overdrive, crafted with passion and precision to deliver authentic vintage tone with modern improvements. Celebrating its 13th anniversary edition, this pedal isn’t just another clone—it’s the culmination of years of refining and enhancing…... Click for more

Kasleder Sweet Little Thing Overdrive

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Cat King Overdrive/Distortion

The rather unique Fuzzrocious Cat King is now available in a new, more compact version, as feature-packed as the original, and yet cheaper than that pedal's going price on the second-hand market. This overdrive/distortion features a momentary feedback switch with control pot curiously mounted on top of the case, plus…... Click for more

New Pedal: Fuzzrocious Cat King Overdrive/Distortion

Walrus Audio Voyager MkII

The Walrus Audio Voyager MkII is the complete redesign of the Oklahoma-based company's very first pedal, launched in 2011. Like for many other young pedal companies, it was a Klon Centaur's clone. The Voyager MkII takes the "Klone" concept to the next level, with a multi-voice approach thanks to a…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Voyager MkII