overdrive pedals

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“This slant on the Bluesbreaker offers real flexibility at a manageable price point”: Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose review

By Trevor Curwen published 14 March 24

We have a gander as Electro-Harmonix debuts its enhanced take on Marshall’s Bluesbreaker overdrive sounds

“This is a great utility pedal to have on your ’board, something that could really increase your sound’s scope”: Beetronics Nectar Tone Sweetener review

By Trevor Curwen published 19 February 24

Beetronics’ latest will expand your pedalboard dirt options with drive and fuzz in one small pedal

“Didn’t want to re-invent the wheel, just wanted to make a wheel that could sound beautiful... or rip faces off”: Silktone unveils the Overdrive+, a drive/boost twofer that plays naughty or nice

By Jonathan Horsley published 8 February 24

Dial in some tone-sweetening heat or high-gain saturation for ripping leads, the choice is yours... Neat. But it's the “Strangle/Raw” boost modes that make this a very different animal

NAMM 2024: “We want to do for the guitar community what Fulltone has always done – make amazing products for working class guitar players”: Fulltone has been resurrected by Jackson Audio – and the OCD is coming back

By Phil Weller published 24 January 24

Having ended its large-scale production in 2022, Fulltone has been given a second life through a collaboration with Jackson Audio, with old favorites and new inventions on the way

“This is the sort of pedal you may wish to keep on all the time”: Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive review

By Trevor Curwen published 18 January 24

A low-gain drive from the Finnish pedal specialist that makes all your strings sound good, not just the B(ee)

“A rare opportunity to own a piece of tone shaping history”: Wampler brought back the Tumnus using the same germanium diodes found on the original Klon Centaur – but it’s already sold out

By Matt Owen published 8 December 23

A small stash of the Klon's elusive diodes were uncovered after “a massive hunt” – resulting in quite possibly the most authentic Klon clone ever

Crazy Tube Circuits hi-power wish you were here

"The almighty power boost meets the blistering high-headroom tube amp": Crazy Tube Circuits delivers the sound of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here in a pedal with the Hi Power

By Phil Weller published 7 December 23

The amp-in-a-box overdrive pedal painstakingly replicates David Gilmour’s Hiwatt amp and Colorsound pedal combo, which shaped the tones of the classic Pink Floyd album

J. Rockett HRM V2 review: a beautifully voiced Dumble-style drive pedal of the sort that encourages you to keep playing

By Trevor Curwen published 17 October 23

With its latest HRM V2 pedal, J. Rockett refines the Hot Rubber Monkey-modded Dumble sound

Are your drive pedals sounding the best they could? Here are 19 ways to get more from your overdrives, distortions and fuzzes – and make them work with your rig

By Chris Bird published 29 September 23

Whether you’re using overdrive, distortion, boost or fuzz, there are plenty of ways you can tweak your setup for maximum tone

Billie Joe Armstrong: MXR has reissued his signature Dookie Drive for 2023

Get Billie Joe Armstrong’s explosive Green Day tone in a compact pedal as MXR brings the Dookie Drive back – again – for a limited time only

By Jonathan Horsley published 17 August 23

New enclosure art, same great amp-stack crunch – the limited run sees the return of the punchy drive that was first launched in 2019 to celebrate 25 years of the band's landmark Dookie album

The Halcyon Gold Overdrive just became the most exciting Klon-inspired pedal on the market – because it’s so much more than just a clone

By Michael Astley-Brown published 8 August 23

Thanks to Adaptive Circuitry, Origin Effects’ latest overdrive can go far beyond the capabilities of the original Centaur

Korg Nu:Tekt TR-S Power Tube Reactor and HD-S Harmonic Distortion review

By Trevor Curwen published 20 July 23

You won’t put assembly-line workers out of a job, but you will get some cool sounds from Korg’s Nutube-powered pedal kits

Fake Klon Centaur pedals are being sold “for big money”, warns designer Bill Finnegan

By Michael Astley-Brown published 20 July 23

The legendary overdrive pedal is worth up to $5,000 on the used market – and now copycats are taking advantage

J. Rockett Archer Select review

By Trevor Curwen published 22 June 23

Has J. Rockett built the ultimate Klon clone?

DOD Overdrive Preamp 250 review

By Alex Lynham published 14 June 23

A cult classic returns. But is this yellow-boxed drive still worthy of the hype?

Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium review

By Trevor Curwen published 9 May 23

Dumble and Klon-inspired tones united in one awe-inspiring overdrive pedal

Browne Amplification The Fixer and The Carbon review

By Paul Riario published 26 April 23

Two pedals that exemplify Browne's excellence: The Carbon is a Bluesbreaker-inspired drive based on the Protein pedal's “Blue” channel, the Fixer a super-useful buffer/boost

Warm Audio Centavo Professional Overdrive review

By Jonathan Horsley published 14 April 23

If it looks like a Klon and sounds like a Klon, is it really a Klon? Not at this price...

Josh Scott holding a Klon Centaur and DigiTech Bad Monkey

Prices for DigiTech's $59 Bad Monkey overdrive skyrocket to $650 after Josh Scott shows how indistinguishable it sounds from a Klon Centaur

By Matt Owen published 15 March 23

The humble pedal from 2004, which has received “extremely mixed” reactions over the years, has seen its price increase tenfold in some cases after an eye-opening demo video from the JHS Pedals guru

EarthQuaker Devices White Light Overdrive reissue

EarthQuaker Devices debuts all-new Legacy Reissue Series with updated version of the elusive White Light Overdrive

By Matt Owen published 14 March 23

At $159, the new-and-improved White Light is cheaper than the remaining original units, which can only be found on the used market