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 ...

Overdrive is the foundation of any pedalboard, due to its core sound replicating a valve amp that’s been pushed into the sweet spot of breaking up. But as well as providing the base layer of our gain ...

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 ...

Wampler Pedals and Brent Mason have unveiled the latest version of the session ace’s signature overdrive and distortion pedal, ReWired. A two-channel monster, designed to create all of the master ...

We break the glass on the pedal cabinet to dig out a long-list of some of the coolest effects from the new Golden Era of stompboxes ...

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I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on the history of guitar pedals. But, I'm fairly confident in saying there has never been a pedal quite like Rainger FX's Minibar. It's an overdrive pedal, but ...