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Dream Theater's John Myung teams up with Ashdown for new signature Double Drive pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Double Drive features two distortions – one subtle and one that can be turned up to "face-melting" levels – that can be stacked for intense levels of gain

Pigtronix aims to offer a buffet of tone-boosting capabilities with its new Gamma Drive pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
Boasting a simple control layout and housed in a 'board-friendly chassis, the Gamma Drive is said to be perfect for everything from subtle clean boosts to aggressive distortion

Vertex Effects promises Dumble-style 'drive tones in a pedalboard-friendly package with its updated Ultraphonix pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
A slimmed-down version of its predecessor, the MKII Ultraphonix pedal also features a new Level control

Becos Effects teams up with Hot Crazy guitarist Jordan Ziff for miniature Ziffer Overdrive pedal
By Matt Owen published
Ziff, who also plays in Marty Friedman's band, has been treated to a sleek, minimalist signature pedal complete with "vintage Tube Screamer essentials"

IK Multimedia ventures into the world of hardware guitar effects for the first time with the AmpliTube X-Gear pedal range
By Matt Owen published
The software stalwart's first-ever 'board-friendly effects family offers up overdrive, reverb, modulation and delay pedals, each boasting 16 all-new algorithms, USB compatibility and versatile preset saving powers

Way Huge aims to capture the magic of a Nashville session favorite with its new STO overdrive pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
The company's reimagining of one of country guitar's great secret sauce effects units, the Nobels ODR-1, seeks to provide the smoothest of overdriven tones

Hamstead Soundworks aims to open up a solar system of high-gain tones with all-new Comet: Interstellar Driver pedal
By Matt Owen published
The meticulously crafted offering sports a circuit-changing toggle switch and two internal controls that seek to squeeze out a wide spectrum of gain-infused tones

Redbeard Effects debuts its first-ever overdrive pedal, the Angry Rhubarb Paradynamic Overdrive MKII
By Matt Owen published
The boutique brand's first foray into the world of overdrive boasts an all-analog design, as well as pre- and post-EQ overdrive circuits
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