There are more overdrive pedals on the market now than we can keep track of, but most have common ancestors, design decisions, even designers, or components. As a result, there should be only so much ...

DOD has unveiled a special 50th anniversary edition of its legendary Overdrive/Preamp 250, featuring switchable clipping, through-hole components, and guitar picks and assorted collectibles inside the ...

Few figures in the world of guitar possess market-manipulating powers quite like JHS Pedal founder Josh Scott. As the internet’s preeminent authority on effects pedals, hundreds of thousands of ...

When you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. If your goal is to build out a versatile effects pedalboard, one of the most basic and useful pedals you're going to want to pick ...

Over the last decade or so, Darkglass has risen in status to become the de facto industry leader in bass overdrive and distortion. The Microtubes range, in particular the B7K preamp, became ...

Hey, guitar players: still hunting for that perfect overdrive pedal? Feel like you’re on a never-ending search for that distinct crunch that exists only in your mind? Then we’ve got something for you: ...

Since the pandemic’s “hobby boom” grew the guitar effects pedal market exponentially, overdrive pedals are a dime a dozen. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of clones and variations on ...

JHS Pedals has consulted its pedal archive to release clone a bona-fide pedalboard unicorn. Indeed, so rare was this first version of the now classic, out of production and extremely expensive DOD ...

Universal Audio UAFX Enigmatic ‘82 Overdrive Special: What is it? Based upon arguably the most famous of Alexander ‘Howard’ ...

When you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. You're onstage in the middle of a performance. You're playing your best song and really feeling the energy swell. The pre-chorus ...