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OVERDRIVE PEDALS

OVERDRIVE SHOPPING GUIDES:
• The 3 Best Overdrive Pedals per Type
• The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (New & Used)
• Best Tube Screamer Pedals and Clones
• 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

J. Rockett Audio Archer Overdrive

The J. Rockett Archer is one of the most popular "Klones," i.e. that category of pedals trying to emulate the tone of the famously expensive Klon Centaur (here's our extensive list of Klon Clones, by the way!). J. Rockett went to painstaking lengths to design their take on the Centaur,…Click on the title for more

J. Rockett Audio Archer Overdrive

2023 UPDATE! The Best Distortion Pedals | A Buyer’s Guide

This regularly updated page gathers a list of what can be considered the best distortion pedals on the market according to a list of reputable online sources and reviews. Together with fuzz and overdrive, distortion stompboxes fall under what electric guitarists commonly refer to as the "dirt box" umbrella. If…Click on the title for more

2023 UPDATE! The Best Distortion Pedals | A Buyer’s Guide

Caline CP-81 10 Band EQ

Made in China, the Caline CP-81 10 Band EQ is a simple and very affordable graphic EQ stompbox (with an overdrive "twist") that provides 10 bands at the competitive price of just over $50. This true bypass pedal works well also with bass and lets you sculpt frequencies in these…Click on the title for more

Caline CP-81 10 Band EQ

Ground Control Bread Oath Overdrive

The Ground Control Bread Oath is a new overdrive by the Montreal boutique builder best known for giving guitarists of the world the unique EQ pedal Noodles. An evolution of the first pedal ever built by company owner Sébastien Vézina under the Ground Control label, the Bread Oath is a low…Click on the title for more

Ground Control Bread Oath Overdrive

Pedal Update: Nordvang Wingman V2.0

Nordvang is a Norwegian company that seems focused on building high-quality dual-channel overdrives in which at least one side is a Klon-style circuit. The Nordvang Wingman V2 is the updated version of the one pedal in the company's roster that features two of them, so it's technically a dual Klone.…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Nordvang Wingman V2.0

Warm Audio Warmdrive (D-Style Overdrive)

Now discontinued, the Hermida Audio Zendrive is still one of the most sought-after pedals inspired by the highly-regarded, hand and custom-made Dumble amplifiers, and the Warm Audio Warmdrive is a faithful replica of it, down to the ying-yang logo, at a fraction of the cost. This type of pedal, often…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Warmdrive (D-Style Overdrive)

New Pedal Kit: Korg Nu:Tekt Power Tube Reactor

The Korg Nu:Tekt Power Tube Reactor is a new pedal by the Japanese builer's subsidiary that focuses on synth and also stompbox DIY kits. The pedals in the kit series, which was launched a few years ago with the OD-S overdrive, all feature Korg's mini-tube creation Nutube, visible through a…Click on the title for more

New Pedal Kit: Korg Nu:Tekt Power Tube Reactor

Shnobel Tone Daily Driver Overdrive

Congrats are due to pedal YouTuber Shnobel for launching his first guitar pedal, the Daily Driver Overdrive, after five years of develoment. Created in collaboration with Quimper Electronic Systems, the Daily Driver is an entirely original circuit created with the goal of being able to recreate all the greatest overdrive…Click on the title for more

Shnobel Tone Daily Driver Overdrive

MXR Raw Dawg Overdrive

Blues guitar legend Eric Gales and Jim Dunlop teamed up to create the MXR Raw Dawg, a 3-knob mini overdrive pedal based on an original circuit that delivers Tubescreamer-style tone with a little more bite. The MXR engineers balanced out the midrange and bumped up the gain for a sweeter,…Click on the title for more

MXR Raw Dawg Overdrive

NRG Effects Poker Treblebooster Overdrive

The NRG Effects Poker is a high-end Silicon transistor evolution of the classic Rangemaster-style treblebooster circuit with a couple of tricks up its sleeve. The main difference compared to your regular Rangemaster is that this pedal can overdrive, therefore it's not just a boost. The control layout gets also expanded…Click on the title for more

NRG Effects Poker Treblebooster Overdrive

Updated Pedal: Cusack Screamer V3 Overdrive

The Cusack Screamer V3 is an evolution of - you guessed it - the Tube Screamer with twice the amount of gain and more clarity. It offers also three different voicings through a toggle switch on the right delivering Standard, Crushed, or Asymmetrical LED clipping. The pedal in this third…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Cusack Screamer V3 Overdrive

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