Electro-Harmonix Lumberjack

Serving up classic overdrive crunch in four distinct flavors, the Big Joe B-404 Vintage Tube II guitar effects pedal is a dynamic analog overdrive box that should prove indispensable to the serious blues guitarist. Breaking away from Big Joe’s iconic three-knob controls, the four-way Character rotary switch lets you cycle through four distinctly-voiced tube amp profiles while the Presence knob allows you to sculpt and shape your tone even further. The Big Joe B-404 Vintage Tube II features true bypass switching.

The Raw Series edition of Big Joe’s B-402 Classic Tube Pedal, the Big Joe R-402 Classic is a tube-style overdrive guitar effects pedal that packs more gain than your average vintage tube box. The two-position Contour toggle lets you engage a cab simulator that models speaker box with a large drive, while its high-gain analog circuitry enables you to achieve that classic down-and-dirty, harmonically saturated Texas Flood-style overdriven tube amp sound with ease. The Big Joe R-402 Classic features true bypass switching.

The Mini Screamer is budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Ammoon’s take on the ever-popular TS9 Tube Screamer drive pedal by Ibanez. It replicates the Tube Screamer’s signature hot tube valve-style overdrive and is also powered by a highly prized JRC4558 chip (it’s the D model with the eight-pin DIP, if you’re into that sort of thing) that provides the crunch for a very large number of popular overdrive stomps. The Mini Screamer’s small size makes it ideal for compact or crowded pedalboards.