Overdrive

The Jubilee Silver Overdrive from Alexander Pedals caters to those seeking a real British hard rock sound. Inspired by the classic Marshall Silver Jubilee amplifier, this bold, attention-grabbing analog overdrive is ready to melt faces. The Jubilee is a dream for blues and hard rock guitarists, providing analog fuzz and subtle compression while preserving clarity that rewards all picking styles. The DRIVE knob adjusts your pedal’s distortion and gain, while the LOUDNESS controls the output level. BASS/MID/TREBLE: passive 3-band tone stack voiced like a British amp.

ammoon’s Mini Guitar Effect Pedal (Obsessiver Overdrive) comes in a small, durable zinc-aluminium alloy body. It consists of Tone, Volume, and Drive knobs that let you adjust the output volume, dial in the gain, and get the perfect tonal balance. It supports Low-Peak (LP) and High-Peak (HP) functions. LP provides you with a more precise rendition of your sound with a slight coloration of your tone, while HP delivers increased distortion and low end, beefing up your sound for a more “British” character.

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.

The MM Silver from budget guitar effects manufacturer Ammoon is much like the Mosky Audio TM overdrive: a clone of the popular Timmy drive stomp by Paul Cochrane. Unlike the TM, however, Mosky put all of the control knobs on the face of the MM. You get easy access to dedicated Gain, Volume, Bass, and Treble control dials without having to open the MM’s enclosure. Tone-wise, the MM Silver serves up a transparent overdrive that doesn’t overwhelm your core tone.

The TightDrive Pro is the two-button variant of Amptweaker’s famous TightDrive pedal. Featuring Smooth and Fat switches, the TightDrive Pro can bring all the TightDrive pedal’s familiar tones. Transparent overdrive tones are abundant when the Gain switch is turned off. As requested by customers, the “Boost” Volume control was tweaked to make it easier to balance the volume. The TightDrive Pro also carries two Boost knobs, a Midboost button to help solos cut through the mix, three-band EQ for more tonal variation, and a “cleaner” noise gate.

Animals Pedal’s Major Overdrive guitar effects pedal gives you the power of overdriven “brown sound” straight from a ‘70s-era British tube amp. Controls are easy—there’s a Volume knob for output, a Tone knob for controlling the high and low frequencies, and a Gain knob that controls how much dirt you want to be layered onto your guitar signal—while your tone stays crystal-clear no matter the setting. Major Overdrive features artwork by Jonas Claesson and comes with true-bypass switching.

Give your sound a Brit accent with Barber’s Direct Drive Compact British, a pedal that takes all the best sounds of the Direct Drive, the Direct Drive Low Gain, and the DIrect Drive Super Sport into a single, compact stompbox. From early kt66-powered compact combos to the scooped mids and aggressively nasty sound of an EL34, you can coax a myriad of down and dirty vintage British voices out of the Direct Drive Compact British.

The Barber Electronics Gain Changer Silver Sparkle is a compact yet highly versatile drive pedal that gives you warm low-gain overdriven tones, harmonic medium-level distortion, and everything else in between via a single toggle switch. Another toggle lets you cycle through three additional modes, two of which stay true to your guitar and amp’s tonal quality: the LTD SR’s flat EQ, the LTD v2’s fat EQ, and a new setting that adds a little extra fatness to the former.

With a flick of a toggle, you can turn the Barber Gain Changer SR Olive Grey Overdrive from a low-gain overdrive pedal to a screaming harmonic distortion reminiscent of Barber’s unLimiTeD distortion pedal. You can also cycle through three different EQ modes: flat, fat, and a third voicing that fattens up a flat-EQ sound. Barber Gain Changer SR Olive Grey Overdrive is a truly versatile and harmonic beast of an overdrive pedal with true-bypass switching.

The Behringer Vintage Tube Monster VT999 Classic Vacuum Tube Overdrive guitar effects pedal takes the warm overdrive sounds of a hand-selected 12AX7 tube and crams it into a stompbox that truly roars and growls. The VT999 packs a hefty overdrive punch, letting you layer on everything from a warm, bluesy drive to massive, in-your-face distortion effects. The VT999 also has an integrated, switchable, and adjustable noise gate to keep your signal free from unwanted noise.

Love that classic overdriven tube sound but can’t quite fit it into your pedal budget? The Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube-Sound Overdrive is here to the rescue. Featuring original 4558 dual op-amps and MA150 distortion diodes for that authentic vintage screaming tube sound and dedicated Drive, Tone, and Level controls for getting the exact sound you’re looking for, the TO800 gives you all the smooth sustain and fat tone you need minus the bank-breaking price tag.

A must-have for blues and rock guitarists, the Big Joe B-301 Tube guitar effects pedal is an overdrive pedal with a vintage tone profile reminiscent of a screaming tube amp. The Gain knob controls the level of overdrive while the mid-sensitive Tone knob improves signal clarity and tonal responsiveness to help your true tone shine through despite the amount of overdrive dirt you layer onto it. The Big Joe B-301 Tube pedal features true bypass switching.

The Big Joe B-402 Classic Tube Pedal is a high-gain tube-style overdrive in a small, nondescript package. It has a two-position cab sim toggle that lets you engage a large driver speaker box model and more gain than vintage tube-powered stompboxes for that classic Texas Flood-style dirty and gritty sound. The Big Joe B-402 Classic Tube has a mid-range sweet spot that lets your tone tear through the mix and features true bypass switching for quickly clearing up your signal.

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.

Developed alongside multi-instrumentalist Paul “TFO” Allen, the Big Joe B-502 Empire is a complete beast of a machine that has everything you’d ever want in an overdrive guitar effects pedal. This dual-preamp monstrosity has two channels that can be used separately or simultaneously; Channel A has Presence, Drive, Output, Body, and Attack controls while Channel B has Gain, Output, and Tone knobs. Both channels have Firm/Sponge toggle switches while the pedal itself comes with a switchable bypass, a separate line drive control, and a channel order selector.

The Raw Series edition of the most transparent guitar effects pedal in Big Joe’s B-400 line, the Big Joe R-403 Vintage gives you all the warm crunch and bite of an overdriven tube amp pushed to the limits of its distortion threshold. Its wide dynamic responses let you control the overdrive amount by merely changing your attack; the harder you pick your strings, the more bite you add to your tone. The Big Joe R-403 Vintage features a low-end boost toggle and comes with true bypass switching.

With four different tube amp profiles that have their own distinct combinations of warmth, bite, and attack, the Big Joe R-404 Vintage II is a versatile and dynamic overdrive guitar effects pedal. Much like the B-403, this pedal rewards a varied picking attack; the harder you attack the strings, the more biting its overdriven tone gets. Keep it clean for sweet, sultry blues licks or crank up the Drive knob for that authentic Texas crunch.

The Big Joe R-405 Hard is an overdrive pedal pumped full of stompbox steroids. Featuring a dedicated mid-frequency knob and an adjustable boost/cut control for full parametric EQ and an ultra-high gain, multi-stage circuit for veritably endless harmonic sustain, this Raw Series edition of the BIg Joe B-405 Hard Tube Pedal is one muscular beast of an overdrive unit that still retains your guitar signal’s tonal integrity. The Big Joe R-405 Hard features true bypass switching.

Capture that legendary Bogner amplification sound in a pedal through the Bogner Ecstasy Blue pedal. It is modeled after the Bogner Ecstasy amplifier’s blue channel and brings you all the killer rock crunch you could imagine. Featuring four tone-shaping switches that go beyond the usual EQ, this pedal allows you to sculpt and carve out your perfect tones. It was built with discreet Class A circuits like an amp, no op-amps and clipping diodes seen in pedals. The vibe, tone, and response of the Ecstasy Blue is 100% Bogner goodness.

The Ecstasy Blue mini overdrive pedal is Bogner’s legendary Ecstasy Blue pedal within a compact package. Similar to its big brother, the pedal captures the signature blue channel tone of the iconic amp, popular for its ability to produce classic rock ‘n’ roll crunch. Only a 9VDC power supply can power the Ecstasy Blue mini. The advanced circuitry of Reinhold internally raises the voltage. The higher voltage offers a better dynamic range that pretty much resembles the feel of the Ecstasy amp’s famous tube design.

The Bogner Ecstasy Red overdrive pedal empowers you to take charge of your tone. Designed after the iconic Bogner Ecstasy amplifier’s red channel, the Ecstasy Red offers any heavy distortion you could ask for. It boasts a three-band EQ that allows you to dial in your ideal tone and a set of four switches that brings your sound further. With the Ecstasy Red pedal, you can now have a pedal that sports the classic Bogner Ecstasy Red channel sound!