One cool thing about Livingroom Gear Demos‘ “Best of Pedals” lists is that they always feature more than one unexpected stompbox – overdrives in particular.
Here’s Eirik’s list of his favorite pedals of 2017 (from the video streaming at the bottom of this page). It’s organized in our usual interactive gallery format, with pictures linking to the author’s own videos – at least when possible! Read excerpts of Eirik’s descriptions with a mouse-over.

1. JHS Pedals Kilt V2
$199 - "A pedal that can do boost, overdrive, distortion and an amazing spitty, blown up fuzz sound. Love the red remote function as well."
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

2. Keeley D&M Drive and Boost
"I really like the concept of dual drives, perfectly voiced, with an amazing EQ"
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

3. Hamsted Odissey Overdrive
"Very flexible gain pedal with multiple clipping diodes and other options. It feels like the most professional OD I've ever used"
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

JPTR FX Jive Reel Simulator
"A pedal based on the gain structure of a tape machine that adds anything from light distortion to fuzz sounds through various gain stages"
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

5. Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl mkII
"I like to make vintage, broken sounds with it, especially on clean parts"
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

6. Demon Pedals Ganesha Overdrive
"It sounds amazing for low, medium and high overdrive sounds"
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

7. Doc Lloyd Photon Death Ray Opto Compressor
"No matter how you turn the knobs on this pedals it sounds really good. Very low noise floor."
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

9. Matthews Effects Architect V2
$130 - An evolution of the Klon that adds flexibility with a three-way clipping toggle and a full 3-band active EQ.
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video

10. Ohmless Boar Fuzz
"A unique fuzz that lets you dial in a lot of good tones"
1st tap: info, 2nd tap: video