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OVERDRIVE PEDALS

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• 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

Heather Brown Blessed Mother Overdrive/Boost V2

Heather Brown Electronicals is a new pedal builder founded by Heather Brown, a pupil of Robert Keeley and Mike Matthews. The Blessed Mother is the company's first pedal, a light gain/transparent overdrive with boost featuring a combination of germanium and silicon diodes. On top of the expected Volume/Drive/Treble/Bass knobs, the Immaculator…Click on the title for more

Heather Brown Blessed Mother Overdrive/Boost V2

Spruce Effects The Arborist V2 Overdrive

California's Spruce Effects has been very active in 2020 with a new series of pedals called "Americana Series," but the Arborist is actually an evolution of one of their older designs - and, more precisely, the silicon side of their now discontinued Giganteum Drive. While the original version had three…Click on the title for more

Spruce Effects The Arborist V2 Overdrive

TC Electronic Ampworx 550, Jims 800, and Dual Wreck

Recent advancements have made it possible to achieve lifelike amp-style tones within compact pedal enclosures. The array of choices available for tailoring your sound-shaping tools, whether through physical, virtual, or hybrid setups, has significantly streamlined the process and made it more cost-effective for guitarists to bring their envisioned sounds to…Click on the title for more

TC Electronic Ampworx 550, Jims 800, and Dual Wreck

Missing Link Audio Superb Reverb

The Missing Link Audio Superb Reverb is a Fender Black Face in a box - spring reverb included. Replicating the crisp and articulate tone and the slightly scooped voicing of the original, this pedal provides a wide range of amp-like tones through the simple interaction between your guitar's volume and…Click on the title for more

Missing Link Audio Superb Reverb

Messiah Guitars Eddie Boostdrive

The Messiah Guitars Eddie Boostdrive is a Eddie Haddad 2-in-1 signature pedal with a one-knob MOSFET boost placed before a two-mode soft-clipped drive pedal with a 3-band EQ. Each channel has its dedicated footswitch. The two overdrive voicings, accessible via the Mode toggle, are the following: wither silicon diode clipping…Click on the title for more

Messiah Guitars Eddie Boostdrive

Horrothia Triage Preamp

From a UK-based builder of high-end effects with a less-is-more approach comes the Horrothia Triage Preamp, a discrete transistor pre-amplifier. Born from a rib of the company's low-gain overdrive Teeth, with which it shares some circuit and tonal similarities, the Triage is both a front-end preamp and an overdrive, featuring…Click on the title for more

Horrothia Triage Preamp

New Pedal: Vaderin Pedals Radio Dirtman Fuzz/Drive

The Vaderin Pedals Radio Dirtman is a hybrid fuzz/drive pedal by a Philly-based company, and, although it's not mentioned in the name, this is a v2 of an existing circuit featuring an expanded Tone control that's more useable, wide-ranging, and sweet-sounding, in particular on the lower end of the frequency…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Vaderin Pedals Radio Dirtman Fuzz/Drive

PRS Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive

Although the name might suggest Klon references, the PRS Horsemeat is an overdrive sporting an original circuit that adds harmonic midrange richness without affecting the tone's high-end. Designed by Paul Reed Smith himself to satisfy his own ear, the Horsemeat can work both as an overdrive or a clean boost…Click on the title for more

PRS Horsemeat Transparent Overdrive

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

The FFX Goldmember is a German-made dual overdrive designed to respect your playing dynamics and provide you with maximum tone flexibility. The company's second dual overdrive, the Gold Member features on the right-hand side a drive that can offer a wide range of tones, from clean boost to pushed drive,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: FFX Goldmember Dual Overdrive

Lang Amps Overdrive/Boost

The Lang Amps Overdrive/Boost is the debut stompbox by the Las Vegas-based amp builder and sports an original circuit based on a novel approach to clipping. While four (Level, Tone, Drive and Boost) out of the 6 knobs on the pedal do what's expected in any overdrive with an extra…Click on the title for more

Lang Amps Overdrive/Boost

New Pedal: Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive

The Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive is an affordable, one-knob, one-toggle mini overdrive utilizing Germanium diodes and delivering a warm yet bright saturation to your signal, with plenty of volume on tap to facilitate interaction with your amp's input stage. The 3-way Clip toggle offers three levels of clipping, allowing for a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Coppersound Kingpin Overdrive

New Pedal: Westerlund One Preamp

The Westerlund ONE is the first pedal release by a young Okmahoma-based builder, and it was built to be your "desert island" preamp/overdrive pedal, which implies high-end components, top-notch tone - and a higher-than-average price tag. Designed to integrate perfectly with your guitar and amp, the ONE offers plenty of…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Westerlund One Preamp