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Prototype demo of the Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku D-Style Overdrive

Founded by two German rock guitarists (Matt, the stoner, and Pete, the punk rocker), Demon Pedals specializes in gain designs with Eastern names and graphics. This being said, we'll contradict ourselves immediately by saying that they just released their first pedal whose graphics don't seem to have anything to do…Click on the title for more

Prototype demo of the Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku D-Style Overdrive

ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Based in Merrillville, IN, ProAnalog Devices is a small builder dedicated to building... professional analog devices (as in guitar pedals)! The company has been getting an increasing amount of attention since the 2017 release of their Klon-style Manticore overdrive, described by Riff City as a "fresh take on the topic" in their Best of 2017…Click on the title for more

ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2 Overdrive

Friedman Golden Pearl Overdrive

The Friedman pedal line is probably the biggest success story of the last decade in the challenging and overcrowded field of gain pedals and dirt boxes. In our 2017 survey of the best selling overdrive pedals the LA builder managed to place two of its designs in the top ten, in…Click on the title for more

Friedman Golden Pearl Overdrive

Fuzzrocious lunaReclipse Preamp/Boost/Overdrive

The lunaReclipse from Fuzzrocious Pedals, like the astronomical event it borrows its name from, is a unique stompbox that select between 12 (yes, 12!) different diode configurations to let you clip your signal in the best way that suits you. Needless to say, this all happens in the analog realm.…Click on the title for more

Fuzzrocious lunaReclipse Preamp/Boost/Overdrive

Neunaber Readies Overdrive Pedal for NAMM 2019

We are always intrigued when we see new pedals on the display boards participating in our Stompbox Exhibits, and this year we noticed this not entirely familiar device on the Neunaber Audio board. We asked company owner Brian Neunaber a few questions about it. We noticed this USO (Unidentified Stomping…Click on the title for more

Neunaber Readies Overdrive Pedal for NAMM 2019

SoundBrut DRVA Mk.II Overdrive + Boost

The DRVA, an Overdrive with Boost pedal by Swedish / Turkish manufacturer Soundbrut, was highlighted by Premier Guitar in January 2018 with a flattering review and "Premier Gear" Award. At Summer NAMM 2018 the company unveiled a "MK.II" of the same circuit with these additions: Treble-cut: Treble-cut pot is added…Click on the title for more

SoundBrut DRVA Mk.II Overdrive + Boost

JHS Pedals Bonsai Multi-Overdrive

We were just wondering if JHS was going to announce a new pedal (or two) for this year's NAMM, when the answer was delivered to us through these two video demos of the Bonsai Multi-Overdrive - and what an answer! The JHS Pedals Bonsai offers, reportedly, exact replicas of nine rare, classic…Click on the title for more

JHS Pedals Bonsai Multi-Overdrive

PedalPalFX PAL 959 Plexi Emulator Overdrive

Plexi-style stompboxes, i.e. amps-in-a-box emulating the sound of Marshall amps, never seem to be going out of style, and the 959 Plexi Emulator from Venezuelan builder PedalPalFX PAL is a solid new entry in a crowded field we covered in depth in this Plexi-style pedals shopping guide. The 959 uses the same circuit schematic…Click on the title for more

PedalPalFX PAL 959 Plexi Emulator Overdrive

One Control Launches New BJF Baby Blue and Super Apricot Overdrive Pedals

One Control has introduced the Baby Blue and Super Apricot overdrive pedals to its BJF collection of effects. The Japanese switcher and effect pedal company created the new stompboxes in collaboration with pedal designer Björn Juhl, whose BJF series is rapidly growing. Both pedals are now shipping to dealers. One…Click on the title for more

One Control Launches New BJF Baby Blue and Super Apricot Overdrive Pedals

How to Use Overdrive with Acoustic Guitar

Overdrive is a natural fit with electric guitars. But when used sparingly, it can also lend a bit of gritty warmth to an acoustic guitar and give your tone more mass and power. Acoustic guitarists who use overdrive pedals onstage include Howie Day, Joseph Arthur, Damien Rice, Phil Keaggy, John…Click on the title for more

How to Use Overdrive with Acoustic Guitar

The Five Best Pedals for Reggae

Next to metal, reggae is perhaps the most influential music genre to have entered our culture from another. Jazz, blues, rock, punk, rap…each grew up in its own U.S. subculture, while metal was a predominantly British creation. Reggae, on the other hand, was born in Jamaica in late 1968 and…Click on the title for more

The Five Best Pedals for Reggae

Best New Guitar Pedals of 2018 Readers’ Poll – Results

After this year’s NAMM (which we covered in this über-thorough gallery of new pedal releases), we published this Best of NAMM 2018 aggregate list, compiling the “Best of”s published by 5 sites. We then decided to ask our readers, through this poll, what they thought were the most intriguing new…Click on the title for more

Best New Guitar Pedals of 2018 Readers’ Poll – Results