Overdrive

Get those warm, natural sounds heard in an overdriven tube amp with the CNZ Audio Overdrive pedal. It delivers a distinct and classic tone while keeping the nuances of your playing style. Despite its compact size, this pedal produces a nice and full overdrive which you can tweak to suit the sound you desire. With a toggle switch that allows for a choice of Hot or Warm mode and knobs to control the Overdrive Level, Tone, and Gain, you are the master of this pedal.

It’s really easy to acquire seriously saturated tube amp overdrive sounds without having to sell off a kidney; just get a Danelectro Fab D-2 Overdrive guitar effect pedal. Its warm, sweet overdrive tones don’t cross the line into dirty distortion, making it a great addition to a blues-focused pedalboard. You can easily dial in the exact amount of crunch you need with the OD knob and play around with the Tone knob to find your tone’s sweet spot.

If your guitar tone needs a little extra kick, the Danelectro AO-1 Wasabi Overdrive is exactly what the doctor ordered. Engage the Overdrive switch for some warm, high saturation overdrive goodness, and then hit the Boost switch when it’s time to power through a solo. Four selectable EQ presets give you enough versatility for your tone sculpting needs, while the wet/dry mix keeps your clean signal from getting lost in all that overdrive dirt.

Death by Audio’s Interstellar Overdriver is all about the organic, marvelous sound of turning an amp up so loud. This true overdrive pedal is built around a discrete circuit and designed to blow up your amp with your sound. The Interstellar Overdriver is constructed to function similarly as vintage tube amps—it sounds better as you turn it up. The drive knob sweeps from a mild boost to a lovely, harmonically lush overdrive. The Interstellar Overdriver is capable of unleashing the incredible sound of your amp + guitar, no wonder why it has rapidly become a favorite of several professional players.

The Diamond Nine Zero Two is an uncomplicated yet versatile distortion/overdrive built on several distinct transistor gain stages put in series. Every stage leverages a different gain circuit, causing a complex, nonlinear amplification response which approximates the lush harmonics of overdriven tube gain stages. Diamond added an amp-like tone stack to create a familiar overdrive package. The Nine Zero Two features top-mounted jacks to conserve space, full harmonic capacity for tube amp emulation, and true bypass switching.

If you want a tube tone without the expense and hassle of a tube amp, look no further. Donner’s Tube Drive pedal boasts all-analog goodness for your guitar tone needs, providing you with all the shaping and dialing-in controls you need and makes it convenient. This compact pedal is equipped with Tone, Volume, and Gain knobs that let you set the effect brightness, output volume, and gain of the distortion respectively. You may also choose between Normal and Boost modes.

The Dophix Lussuria is an extremely dynamic overdrive consists of three knobs: Gain, Tone, and Volume. The effect enables a full sound selection from clear to crunch up to mild distortion. The sound created is conferred with a regular character, credits to tone modulation and level control. The level of distortion is optimized on medium-medium-low frequency bands, making it perfect for rock and blues sounds. Lose yourself in the pleasure of sound with the Lussuria overdrive.

Before the souls in purgatory reach heaven, they need to atone for their sins and purify themselves. Similar to how Virgil guided Dante, the Purgatorio overdrive will accompany you to Lighter Sound than the ones you get from inferno distortion. This pedal is perfect for lost souls who see salvation in music’s emotions. The Purgatorio is a highly dynamic overdrive with Volume, Tone, and Gain knobs. Top-grade components, true bypass switch, and carbon resistors are among the specific choices made for the standard of Dophix pedals.

The Dr. No Effects More Gary Heavy Blues Stompbox is like those that created the sounds of Jeff Beck’s dramatic Gibson scream and the very defined Stratocaster twang of Stevie Ray Vaugn. The More Gary handles every “moody blues” mode with ease, from gentle to hard strum, it will let you control your tone with more texture and range. It carries Volume, Tone, and Drive controls. The More Gary craves to be combined with a small tube amp. Its exceptional controls allow you infinite tweaking possibilities.

With the Palisades’ six different diode-dependent clipping voices, five bandwidth settings, and two dedicated gain channels, it would be nigh-impossible not to find a setting that doesn’t completely scratch even your most exacting overdrive itch. This TS808-based overdrive guitar effects pedal from EarthQuaker Devices is, hands down, among the most versatile of all the TS808-inspired overdrive stomps available today. Both channel switches feature Flexi-Switching so you can use both of them as latching and momentary-type footswitches.

EarthQuaker Devices’ Westwood translucent drive manipulator excels at drawing out an amp’s most harmonically rich overdrive. From warm, subtle drives to thick, searing tone perfect for blasting through your leads, you get an extremely musical and harmonically dynamic response from this guitar effects pedal. Active EQ controls let you shape your sound’s bass and treble, while its dedicated Level and Drive knobs can pull out thick, biting overdrive tones out of even a low-wattage combo amp.

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, EBS launched the Billy Sheehan Signature Drive pedal for bassists who wish to beef up their bass tone. Equipped with compression, level, tone, and drive controls, the Sheehan Overdrive provides a dual loop input and pure analog design for various tonal possibilities and connection options. It gives you inbuilt compression, aggressive overdrive, and ultra-versatile effects loops for fine-tuning your sound. Individual level controls for your overdrive and clean tones allow you to preserve your low end’s solid thump while injecting overdrive.

The Drive by EBS is a fascinating analog boost/overdrive pedal included in the Blue Label Pedals collection which you may utilize with guitar and bass. It is a handy device if you want your amplifier to come alive or raise the volume for a slight overdrive or solo. It carries Volume, Drive, and Tone knobs. The Drive will add beautiful harmonics and richness to your guitar sound. Use it with your bass for the lovely slightly saturated sound of a classic tube amp.

With the Triangle Big Muff Pi, Electro-Harmonix successfully recreates the sound of the Big Muff that started it all. You get smooth fuzz and tons of creamy sustain, with the original Big Muff’s signature slicing highs and meaty bass output. Of course, the Triangle Big Muff Pi comes with its own nods to 21st-century convenience, not least of which is its compact, pedalboard-friendly chassis and true bypass switching. If you want that true ‘60s Big Muff sound but don’t have hundreds of dollars to burn, this is the perfect stompbox for you.