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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

New Pedal: Craftros Trident Overdrive

The Craftros Trident is a high-end, solidly built transistor-based drive made in Japan that delivers amp-like tones from low to high gain - there aren't any diodes in the circuit. The company is relatively new and currently has three dirt boxes on its roster. The controls are pretty straightforward, with the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Craftros Trident Overdrive

New Pedal: Victory V4 The Sheriff 180w Amp

The Victory The Sheriff V4 180w Amp is part of a series of 5 power amp pedals able to power pretty much any cabinet (although you may want to be careful with 16 Ohms ones!). It is the Plexi version of the bunch and features cab sim circuitry courtesy of Two…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Victory V4 The Sheriff 180w Amp

Joyo JF-14 American Sound Tweed-Style Drive

$40 | The build might not be the finest out there, but at under $40, the Joyo JF-14 American Sound sells like candy and gets 4.5 stars out of 5 on both Amazon and Reverb. An amp-in-a-box pedal with a large gain range, it emulates a classic ’57 5e3 Deluxe.…Click on the title for more

Joyo JF-14 American Sound Tweed-Style Drive

New Pedal: That New Pedal Company 70’s Overdrive

The That New Pedal Company 70's Overdrive is a vintage-inspired drive manufactured by four dudes based in Galacia, a region in Spain. Built by hand using the best possible components, the '70s Overdrive features two knobs (Volume and Gain) curiously placed on the back on the case, and is voiced…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: That New Pedal Company 70’s Overdrive

DemonFX Prince of Sound

The DemonFX Prince of Sound is a super-affordable clone of the very much sought-after (and roughly 4-5 times more expensive) Analogman Prince of Tone - which is a take on the Marshall Blues Breaker. We couldn't figure out where DemonFX is based, but it's obviously laser-focused on creating clones of…Click on the title for more

DemonFX Prince of Sound

Gurus Doubledecker MkII

The Gurus Doubledecker MkII is a reduced version of the original, a beastly 4-footswitch, dual Marshall-in-a-box that alone would occupy half a pedalboard. This new version trims a bunch of functions overlooked by most players while keeping intact tone, two-channel configuration, and sculpting features. Sporting a real, high-voltage tube at…Click on the title for more

Gurus Doubledecker MkII

Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 Overdrive

The Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 includes several improvements to the circuit of this overdrive + boost pedal developed in collaboration with LA-based post-hardcore band Touche Amore, including noise reduction and refined bypass switching functionality. The goal here was to create an op-amp overdrive that could deliver both chimey and…Click on the title for more

Electronic Audio Experiments Limelight V2 Overdrive

Tsakalis AudioWorks Room #40 Marshall-in-a-Box

Evidently, among electric guitarists, the sonic thirst for Plexi-style overdrives is hard to quelch. Athens' Tsakalis AudioWorks is the latest stompbox builder to release a Marshall-in-a-box pedal inspired by the tones of that company's legendary tube amps that defined the sound or rock'n'roll. Using jfet technology, the Room #40 can…Click on the title for more

Tsakalis AudioWorks Room #40 Marshall-in-a-Box

Kourbis Plexivibe Preamp/Overdrive

Marshall-inspired pedals are still among the all-time favorite of rock guitarist, and the Kourbis Plexivibe, hailing from Greece, is a solid, hand-built take on the format, featuring two 12AX7 tubes inside the case, and vintage NOS materials as a true Marshall amp. The PlexiVibe has three modes, accessible through a…Click on the title for more

Kourbis Plexivibe Preamp/Overdrive

Cornerstone Gladio D-Style Double Preamp

Whether you call them D-Style pedals or Dumble-inspired overdrives, gain stompboxes attempting to emulate the voicing of the ultra-rare Dumble amps are probably the second most hyped overdrives after the (still unreachable) Klon clones. Based in Varese, Italy, Cornerstone Gear is a family-owned company focused on designing and hand-building guitar…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Gladio D-Style Double Preamp

UAFX Ruby ’63 Top Boost Amplifier

Part of a three amp-in-a-box pedal addition to the Universal Audio pedal line, the UAFX Ruby '63 Top Boost Amplifier is an authentic emulation of a Vox AC30, with 3 x Amp modes, 3 x Cabinet emulations and 2 x Boost modes that capture the sparkling cleans and rich overdrive…Click on the title for more

UAFX Ruby ’63 Top Boost Amplifier

Vs Audio BlackBird Deluxe Drive + Tremolo

The Vs Audio BlackBird Deluxe expands on the Greek company's Blackbird overdrive, adding several features (including a bias tremolo) to this amp-in-a-box circuit replicating the tone of Brownface and Blackface Fender amps. Voiced after the liquid-sounding and touch-sensitive tremolo circuit of the Brown Deluxe, the Vibrato has its own separate footswitch…Click on the title for more

Vs Audio BlackBird Deluxe Drive + Tremolo