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Dual Gain Stages

Volta Black Tweed Plus Dual Drive

The Volta Black Tweed Plus is the deluxe/dual version of what was once known as the Nabla Black Tweed overdrive. This is due to the fact that the Italian company that manufactures this pedal recently renamed itself after Alessandro Volta, inventor of something crucial to pedals: the electric battery. As…Click on the title for more

Volta Black Tweed Plus Dual Drive

Cornerstone Imperivm

The Cornerstone Imperivm 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. The new release marries that very circuit with the company's take on the Tube Screamer, aka the Antique…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Imperivm

NUX Queen of Tone

The NUX Queen of Tone is a naughtily named dual overdrive pedal partially inspired by the legendary Analogman King of Tone, which was a dual Blues Breaker-style overdrive. The Queen of Tone borrows the dual channel idea, but marrying the company's popular Klon-style circuit on the left channel (also available…Click on the title for more

NUX Queen of Tone

LPD Pedals Dutch² Dual Overdrive

The LPD Pedals Dutch² is the latest dual overdrive circuit by what's probably one of the most prolific boutique pedal companies of the decade. It's a dual version of a one-channel limited version pedal that you won't easily find in the second-hand market, whose tone is described by some as…Click on the title for more

LPD Pedals Dutch² Dual Overdrive

Audiolithe Extinction Drive

Hailing from France, the Audiolithe Extinction Drive is a heavy yet uber-flexible dual overdrive that can produce a variety of tones, including Fuzz and Octave up sounds. The left channel, controlled by the three knobs and one toggle switch on the left half of the pedal, is a classic overdrive…Click on the title for more

Audiolithe Extinction Drive

Fairfield Circuitry ~900 Fuzz

Canadian builder Fairfield Circuitry released a new 4-knob fuzz pedal that replaces in their roster the now discontinued Four Eyes Fuzz. Based, like its predecessor, on two JFET gain stages, this is an aggressive fuzz with a ton of gain and able to deliver a wide range of sounds through…Click on the title for more

Fairfield Circuitry ~900 Fuzz

Caline Brigade Dual Overdrive DCP-07

The Caline Brigade is a dual overdrive that features the circuits of two of the Chinese company's drive pedals inside one enclosure. The two circuits feature separate controls and footswitch and are an emulation of the Tubescreamer on the left side and a recreation of the Timmy overdrive on the…Click on the title for more

Caline Brigade Dual Overdrive DCP-07

REVV Northern Mauler Distortion

Although it's white and made in peaceful Canada, the REVV Northern Mauler is a pedal for guitarists who are after the "Swedish Chainsaw" tone pioneered by metal acts with vicious names like Entombed, Dismember, Repugnant, Bloodbath, and Fuming Mouth, just to mention a few. Designed in collaboration with (also) Canadian…Click on the title for more

REVV Northern Mauler Distortion

Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Tech 21 is an NYC-based company that, after pioneering the amp-in-a-box-with-cab-simulation concept, more recently has been specializing in analog multi-FX "pedal bars" that provide a portable all-in-one solution for gigging guitarists (and bass players). The Tech 21 Screaming Blonde pedal is a device designed to provide a Fender-style amp-in-a-box tone…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 Screaming Blonde

Now Shipping: Anasounds Full Story Multi-Muff Clone

The Anasounds Full Story is an ambitious new pedal by a French company enamored with wood, that aims at becoming the ultimate all-things Big Muff. It consists of a dual circuit featuring replaceable "tone cards," each recreating specific versions of the venerable fuzz pedal, with a foot-switchable Treble Booster clone…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Anasounds Full Story Multi-Muff Clone

Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

Texas' Jackson Audio is one of the few emerging pedal builders that's bringing innovation to an effect niche that lagged behind others in exciting features: the niche of gain pedals. Packed with features and enhanced by clever digital functionality, the company's pedals retain an analog core while widening the player's…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio The Optimist Drive

Tone Electronix Animalizzer Fuzz

Tone Electronix (aka T.X Pedals) is a one man pedal builder from Portugal. The company's signature pedal is the Animalizzer, a fuzz beast that can recreate all sorts of fuzz sounds thanks to two clipping stages (first LED + Silicon, then Germanium + LED + Silicon) preceded by a boost…Click on the title for more

Tone Electronix Animalizzer Fuzz