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Expand Achilles Amp Overdrive PCB Achilles Analogman Prince of Tone Amp-like overdrive
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A single-channel adaptation of the legendary King of Tone, with a few added features not found in the original dual-channel pedal.
Expand Achilles Amp Overdrive Kit Achilles Kit Analogman Prince of Tone Amp-like overdrive
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A single-channel adaptation of the legendary King of Tone, with a few added features not found in the original dual-channel pedal.
Expand Andromeda Natural Overdrive PCB Andromeda Nobels® ODR-1 Overdrive
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A unique overdrive pedal whose complex drive tone earns it a spot on the pedalboards of many Nashville studio musicians.
Expand Andromeda Deluxe Natural Overdrive PCB Andromeda Deluxe Nordland ODR-C Overdrive
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An updated version of the definitive Nashville overdrive, handmade by the original circuit designer, adding three new controls and a number of other small refinements.
Expand Andromeda Natural Overdrive - Nobels ODR-1 Clone Andromeda Kit Nobels® ODR-1 Overdrive
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A unique overdrive pedal whose complex drive tone earns it a spot on the pedalboards of many Nashville studio musicians.
Expand Anomaly Vintage Distortion PCB Anomaly Crowther Hot Cake Distortion
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An adaptation of a one of the original boutique overdrive/distortion pedals from the 1970s, notable for its method of overdriving an op-amp directly rather than using diodes for clipping.
Expand Anomaly Vintage Distortion kit Anomaly Kit Crowther Hot Cake Distortion
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An adaptation of a one of the original boutique overdrive/distortion pedals from the 1970s, notable for its method of overdriving an op-amp directly rather than using diodes for clipping.
Expand Aphelion Vintage Distortion PCB Aphelion MXR® Distortion+ Overdrive / Distortion
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One of the first drive pedals to use an op-amp, this classic effect was a favorite of Yngwie Malmsteen, Thom Yorke and Randy Rhoads among many more.
Expand Aphelion Vintage Distortion Kit Aphelion Kit MXR® Distortion+ Overdrive / Distortion
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One of the first drive pedals to use an op-amp, this classic effect was a favorite of Yngwie Malmsteen, Thom Yorke and Randy Rhoads among many more.
Expand Apollo Preamp Drive Mk. I - Catalinbread WIIO Apollo Mk. I Catalinbread® WIIO Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the Hiwatt amplifier used by Pete Townshend of The Who during their “Live at Leeds” performance from 1970.
Expand Apollo Preamp Drive Mk. I - Catalinbread RAH Apollo Mk. II Catalinbread® RAH Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the custom Hiwatt amplifier used by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin during their “Royal Albert Hall” performance from 1970.
Expand Arcturus Natural Overdrive PCB Arcturus Nobels ODR-S Overdrive Special Overdrive
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A variation of the more famous ODR-1 with a full three-band tonestack and germanium diode clipping.
Expand Artemis Preamp Drive Mk. I PCB Artemis Mk. I Catalinbread® SFT V1 Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the Ampeg® SVT, a legendary high-powered bass amplifier that first appeared in 1969. It uses cascaded mu-amp stages in place of tubes for amp-like tone in a small box.
Expand Artemis Preamp Drive Mk. II PCB Artemis Mk. II Catalinbread® SFT V2 Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An updated adaptation of the Ampeg® SVT, a legendary high-powered bass amplifier that first appeared in 1969. It uses cascaded mu-amp stages in place of tubes for amp-like tone in a small box.
Expand Asteria Preamp Drive Mk. I PCB Asteria Mk. I Catalinbread® Formula No. 5 (V1) Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the Fender® Deluxe 5E3 amplifier from 1955, a classic low-wattage amplifier noted for its harmonically-rich breakup that can be achieved at low volumes.
Expand Asteria Preamp Drive Mk. II PCB Asteria Mk. II Catalinbread® Formula No. 5 (V2) Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the Fender® Deluxe 5E3 amplifier from 1955, a classic low-wattage amplifier noted for its harmonically-rich breakup that can be achieved at low volumes.
Expand Asteria Preamp Drive Mk. III PCB Asteria Mk. III Catalinbread® Formula 55 Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the Fender® Deluxe 5E3 amplifier from 1955, a classic low-wattage amplifier noted for its harmonically-rich breakup that can be achieved at low volumes.
Expand Atom Fuzz Drive PCB Atom ETI Fuzztone Fuzz, overdrive
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A simple yet effective drive circuit originally designed by Dan Coggins of Lovetone and Dinosaural as a DIY project for Electronics Today Magazine.
Expand Aurum Amp Overdrive PCB Aurum BOSS® OD-2 Overdrive Amp-like overdrive
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The first in a series of legendary pedals using BOSS’s “discrete op-amp” topology that overdrives more like an amplifier than traditional diode-clipping circuits.
Expand azimuth-zendrive-pcb Azimuth Hermida® Zendrive Overdrive
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The first overdrive that attempted to replicate the tone of the legendary Dumble amplifiers. A favorite of blues guitarists, and with its low parts count, a great project for beginners.
Expand Azimuth Dynamic Overdrive Kit Azimuth Kit Hermida® Zendrive Overdrive
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The first overdrive that attempted to replicate the tone of the legendary Dumble amplifiers. A favorite of blues guitarists, and with its low parts count, a great project for beginners.
Expand Blaze Dynamic Overdrive PCB Blaze Amptweaker Tight Drive Overdrive
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An original drive pedal design from amp guru James Brown, the designer of the Peavey 5150 and JSX amplifiers.
Expand Calliope Vintage Fuzz - Catalinbread Karma Suture Calliope Catalinbread® Karma Suture (Ge/Si) Fuzz / Overdrive
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An adaptation of the Interfax Harmonic Percolator, with additional controls for diode clipping and pre-gain bass. Silicon and germanium versions are both supported.
Expand Calypso CMOS Drive PCB Calypso Catalinbread® SCOD Overdrive
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An overdrive using cascaded CMOS inverters in an amp-like topology, with a result that lands somewhere between Marshall and Orange in tone.
Expand Cascade Amp Overdrive PCB Cascade Washburn® Stack in a Box Amp-like overdrive
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The first drive pedal that used JFETs to simulate the topology of cascaded tube gain stages for natural amp-like breakup.
Expand Celeritas Organic Overdrive PCB Celeritas Greer Lightspeed Overdrive
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A high-end transparent overdrive with low parts count inspired by the Timmy and Zendrive.
Expand Cepheus Amp Overdrive PCB - Cornish CC-1/GC-1 Cepheus Cornish CC-1/GC-1 Overdrive
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An original design by the legendary Pete Cornish featuring two soft-clipping stages followed by a 3-band EQ for a natural and tweakable crunchy overdriven tone.
Expand Ceres Preamp Drive PCB Ceres Catalinbread® Sabbra Cadabra Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the signature tone of Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath, achieved by combining a Rangemaster-style treble booster with a Laney Supergroup amp.
Expand Cerulean Amp Overdrive V2 PCB Cerulean Marshall® Bluesbreaker Overdrive
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A classic overdrive effect that was designed to mimic the Marshall Bluesbreaker amplifier from the 1960s, the Bluesbreaker is also the source circuit for a number of high-dollar "boutique" guitar pedals.
Expand Cerulean Amp Overdrive V2 Kit Cerulean Kit Marshall® Bluesbreaker Overdrive
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A classic overdrive effect that was designed to mimic the Marshall Bluesbreaker amplifier from the 1960s, the Bluesbreaker is also the source circuit for a number of high-dollar "boutique" guitar pedals.
Expand Charon Overdrive - Ibanez CR5 Crunchy Rhythm Charon Ibanez® CR-5 Overdrive
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An under-appreciated Ibanez drive pedal originally marketed toward rhythm guitarists, but versatile enough for a wide range of applications.
Expand Cirrus Dynamic Overdrive PCB Cirrus Ibanez® ST-9 Overdrive
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An updated version of the Tube Screamer featuring a frequency-adjustable midrange boost that can be placed either before or after the drive stage.
Expand Comet Vintage Distortion PCB Comet BOSS® DS-1 Distortion Distortion
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A classic distortion pedal that has been in continuous production for over 40 years, blending ideas from the Big Muff, RAT and Distortion+.
Expand Crescent Amp Distortion PCB Crescent MI Audio Crunch Box Amp-Like Distortion
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A Marshall-like distortion pedal noted for its high-gain “stack of amps” tone.
Expand Cumulus Vintage Overdrive PCB Cumulus Ibanez® OD-855 Overdrive
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An early overdrive circuit inspired by the Distortion+, but with the first appearance of the tone control that would later be used for the Tube Screamer.
Expand Delta Amp Overdrive PCB Delta Vertex® Steel String JFET Overdrive
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Jack Orman’s classic mini-boost circuit, using J201 JFETs to achieve an amp-like overdrive tone.
Expand Draco Amp Distortion PCB Draco Dr. Boogey Amp emulation / distortion
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A JFET conversion of the Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head that originated in the DIY community and has become a classic high-gain distortion effect.
Expand Dryad Transparent Overdrive PCB Dryad Catalinbread Silver Kiss Overdrive
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A stripped-down Tube Screamer circuit with an active 3-band EQ which provides amp-like control over the tone.
Expand Durandal Transparent Drive Durandal King Tone Blues Power Transparent overdrive
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An adaptation of the legendary Timmy transparent drive pedal with several modifications to add tonal flexibility.
Expand Dynamo Reactive Distortion PCB Dynamo Bixonic Expandora Envelope-controlled distortion
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Loosely based on the RAT, but with an optocoupler that dynamically sets the gain based on the input signal level, making for a highly unique and often untamed drive effect.
Expand ember-metal-distortion-pcb Ember Amptweaker Tight Metal Metal distortion
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A high-gain metal & hard rock distortion pedal by James Brown, formerly of Peavey where he designed Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 and Joe Satriani’s JSX amps.
Expand Empyrean Dual Distortion / Darkglass Alpha Omicron Empyrean Darkglass Alpha Omicron Bass distortion
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A dual-mode bass distortion that delivers modern rock & metal bass tones by way of carefully-tuned signal filtering, plus a clean blend to retain the low end.
Expand Empyrean Deluxe Distortion / Darkglass Alpha Omega Empyrean Deluxe Darkglass Alpha Omega Bass distortion / EQ
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A dual-mode bass distortion that delivers modern rock & metal bass tones by way of carefully-tuned signal filtering, plus a clean blend to retain the low end. Also includes a 3-band EQ for more flexible control of the blended tone.
Expand equinox-marshall-guvnor-pcb Equinox Marshall® Guv'nor Overdrive
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A low-to-mid-gain overdrive featuring a unique dual-stage drive control and amp-like 3-band tone stack.
Expand Equinox Amp Overdrive Kit Equinox Kit Marshall® Guv'nor Overdrive
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A low-to-mid-gain overdrive featuring a unique dual-stage drive control and amp-like 3-band tone stack.
Expand Flare Fuzz Machine PCB Flare ZVEX Fuzz Factory™ Fuzz
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A glitchy silicon/germanium hybrid fuzz known for its dizzying array of controls and untamed sounds.
Expand Flare Fuzz Machine Kit Flare Kit ZVEX Fuzz Factory™ Fuzz
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A glitchy silicon/germanium hybrid fuzz known for its dizzying array of controls and untamed sounds.
Expand Fractal Parametric Overdrive PCB Fractal Pearl® OD-05 Overdrive Parametric overdrive
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A versatile overdrive with a single-band parametric EQ, allowing adjustable boost or cut from 100 Hz to 4kHz.
Expand Fusion Dynamic Distortion PCB Fusion Suhr® Riot™ Distortion
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A versatile distortion/overdrive noted for its Marshall-like “stack of amps” tone.
Expand Gaia Preamp Drive Mk. I Gaia Mk. I Catalinbread® CB30 Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the Vox® AC30, a legendary British amplifier responsible for the signature guitar tones of the 60s and 70s. It uses cascaded mu-amp stages in place of tubes for amp-like tone in a small box.
Expand Gaia Preamp Drive Mk. II PCB Gaia Mk. II Catalinbread® Galileo Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the signature tone of Brian May from Queen, achieved by combining a Rangemaster-style treble booster with a Vox® AC30 amp.
Expand Gladiator Dual Drive Gladiator King Tone Duellist Dual-channel overdrive
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A popular dual-channel overdrive first released in 2015 that combines a stripped-down Tube Screamer with a hot-rodded Bluesbreaker.
Expand Gladiator Dual Overdrive Kit Gladiator Kit King Tone Duellist Dual-channel overdrive
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A popular dual-channel overdrive first released in 2015 that combines a stripped-down Tube Screamer with a hot-rodded Bluesbreaker.
Expand Gladius Dynamic Overdrive Gladius King Tone Soloist Overdrive
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A single-channel adaptation of side A of the popular Duellist dual pedal, based on a stripped-down Ibanez® Tube Screamer with hot-rodded features.
Expand graviton-metal-distortion-pcb Graviton BOSS® HM-2 Metal Distortion
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A unique distortion effect favored by extreme metal guitarists for its characteristic “buzzsaw” sound. It also works very well as a versatile high-gain effect in other styles of music.
Expand Graviton Metal Distortion Kit Graviton Kit BOSS® HM-2 Metal Distortion
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A unique distortion effect favored by extreme metal guitarists for its characteristic “buzzsaw” sound. It also works very well as a versatile high-gain effect in other styles of music.
Expand hadron-dynamic-overdrive-pcb Hadron Lovepedal® Eternity Overdrive
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An early entry in the minimalist Tube Screamer category, this was one of the circuits that kicked off the hand-built boutique pedal industry.
Expand halo-big-muff-pcb Halo EHX® Big Muff Pi Distortion / Sustainer, Fuzz
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One of the most classic guitar effects of all time, its sound falls somewhere between a distortion effect and a fuzz with an incredibly long sustain.
Expand Halo Deluxe Distortion/Sustainer PCB Halo Deluxe Cornish P-1 Distortion/fuzz
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An adaptation of David Gilmour’s favorite Ram’s Head Big Muff with added transistor buffers for lower noise and cleaner switching.
Expand Heliodor Amp Overdrive PCB Heliodor BOSS® OD-3 Overdrive Amp-like overdrive
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The final entry in a series of legendary pedals using BOSS’s “discrete op-amp” topology that overdrives more like an amplifier than traditional drive circuits.
Expand Heliodor Amp Overdrive Kit Heliodor Kit BOSS® OD-3 Overdrive Amp-like overdrive
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The final entry in a series of legendary pedals using BOSS’s “discrete op-amp” topology that overdrives more like an amplifier than traditional drive circuits.
Expand Helios Classic Distortion PCB Helios Pro Co® RAT Distortion Distortion
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A distortion pedal with a very distinctive and tight mid-to-high-gain character that made it a staple in the rigs of 1980s hard rock bands.
Expand Helios Vintage Distortion - Pro Co RAT Clone Helios Kit Pro Co® RAT Distortion Distortion
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A distortion pedal with a very distinctive and tight mid-to-high-gain character that made it a staple in the rigs of 1980s hard rock bands.
Expand Heliosphere Dual Distortion Heliosphere Stamps Drive-O-Matic Dual-channel distortion
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A boutique two-channel drive based on the RAT Distortion, with selectable gain presets and a diode-clipping switch.
Expand Hexeract CMOS Drive PCB Hexeract EHX Hot Tubes Overdrive
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The first commercial pedal to use cascaded CMOS inverters for overdrive, a technique that lends an asymmetric warmth very different from traditional clipping diodes.
Expand Horizon Amp Overdrive PCB Horizon Catalinbread® DLS Mk.I Overdrive
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An “amp in a box” drive pedal inspired by the sounds of 1970s Marshall amplifiers.
Expand Isotope Amp Overdrive PCB Isotope IVP Tube Voice Tube-Like Overdrive
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The overdrive channel of the Intersound IVP Preamp, adapted for pedal use.
Expand Ixora Overdriven Preamp PCB Ixora Dinosaural OPA-101 Overdrive
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An adaptation of a rare overdrive pedal designed by Dan Coggins, formerly of Lovetone, hand-built in small quantities between 2012 and 2016.
Expand Karkadann Dynamic Overdrive PCB Karkadann Way Huge® Green Rhino Overdrive
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A drive pedal based loosely on the classic Tube Screamer with a few extra tone-shaping controls added.
Expand Maelstrom Bass Drive PCB Maelstrom Darkglass® Microtubes B3K Bass overdrive
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A CMOS-flavored bass overdrive with tones spanning across decades, from vintage warmth to modern bite and aggression.
Expand Malacandra Overdrive PCB Malacandra Xotic® AC/RC Booster Boost / Overdrive
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A flexible drive pedal that can go from clean volume boost to smooth overdrive. Includes a 2-band tone stack for treble & bass.
Expand Megalith Dual Drive PCB Megalith ZVEX® Box of Rock Amp-like overdrive
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A two-channel drive composed of cascaded MOSFET boost stages. The drive channel and boost channel can be combined or selected independently.
Expand Meteor Vintage Distortion PCB Meteor Ibanez® SD-9 Sonic Distortion Distortion
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A hard-edged distortion pedal from the early 1980s, notably used by Scott Henderson and John Shanks.
Expand Naos Classic Overdrive - Yamaha OD-10MII Overdrive PCB Naos Yamaha OD-10MII Overdrive Overdrive
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A simple yet effective drive circuit that combines a Tube Screamer-style clipping section with a Big Muff-style tone control, it’s more transparent than a Tube Screamer with less of a midrange emphasis.
Expand Nebula Vintage Distortion Nebula Maxon® DS-830 Distortion
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A vintage-inspired distortion that uses both hard and soft clipping along with an active boost or cut for both bass and treble frequencies.
Expand Nimbus Dynamic Overdrive PCB Nimbus Maxon® OD-820 Overdrive
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A modern reimagining of the classic Tube Screamer circuit, featuring a dual drive/blend control adapted from the Klon Centaur.
Expand Obelisk Vintage Drive - Lovetone Brown Source PCB Obelisk Lovetone Brown Source Overdrive
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An op-amp overdrive voiced to achieve the legendary “brown sound” tone of the 1960s and 70s, notably used by James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Johnny Marr among others.
Expand Oberon Vintage Distortion PCB Oberon Jordan Bosstone Boost / distortion
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Originally a module that plugged directly into the guitar, this early distortion unit was one of the first effects to use diode clipping.
Expand Obsidian Metal Drive PCB Obsidian BOSS® MZ-2 Metalizer Overdrive / distortion
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The analog section of an obscure all-in-one digital metal pedal, featuring a JFET circuit very similar to the BD-2 Blues Driver and OD-2 Overdrive.
Expand Parhelion Vintage Overdrive PCB Parhelion Boss® OD-1 OverDrive Overdrive
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A precursor to the Tube Screamer, known for being the first overdrive effect to utilize diodes in a negative-feedback arrangement for clipping purposes.
Expand Runoffgroove Peppermill PCB Peppermill Runoffgroove Peppermill JFET Overdrive
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A super-simple drive created by boosting the signal into a J201 JFET until it clips in a tube-like manner.
Expand Perelandra Boost/Overdrive V2 PCB Perelandra Xotic® BB Preamp Overdrive
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A flexible drive pedal that can go from clean volume boost to smooth overdrive. Includes a 2-band tone stack for treble & bass.
Expand Perelandra Deluxe Boost / Overdrive PCB Perelandra Deluxe Xotic® BB Preamp Boost, overdrive
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A flexible drive pedal that can go from clean volume boost to smooth overdrive. Includes a 2-band tone stack for treble & bass as well as a clipping diode switch and midrange tone control.
Expand Plexus Amp Overdrive PCB Plexus Brown Sound in a Box II Amp-like overdrive
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A classic DIY design that uses mu-amp stages to get a sound reminiscent of Van Halen’s classic “brown sound” based around his 1968 Marshall Super Lead amp.
Expand Poseidon Silicon Fuzz - Catalinbread Katzenkonig Poseidon Catalinbread® Katzenkönig Fuzz / Distortion
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A hybrid circuit that combines a silicon Tone Bender with the diode clipping and tone control from the RAT Distortion.
Expand Positron Amp Overdrive PCB Positron Gorilla TC-35 Preamp Preamp / Overdrive
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The preamp circuit of the Gorilla TC-35 amplifier adapted for use as an overdrive pedal.
Expand Procyon Natural Overdrive V2 PCB Procyon BJFe Honey Bee Overdrive
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One of the original hand-made boutique pedals, originally modeled after vintage Supro amps and noted for its dynamic low-gain tone.
Expand Protolith CMOS Distortion PCB Protolith Stone Grey Distortion Distortion
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Originally derived from a Japanese electronics textbook from the 1980s, it uses cascaded CMOS stages alongside traditional diode clipping for its unique drive tone.
Expand quantum-ibanez-mostortion-pcb Quantum Ibanez® Mostortion Overdrive / Distortion
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A reproduction of a rare and very expensive low-to-mid-gain overdrive with 3-band EQ that is popular in the Nashville scene.
Expand Quantum Mosfet Distortion Kit Quantum Kit Ibanez® Mostortion Overdrive / Distortion
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A reproduction of a rare and very expensive low-to-mid-gain overdrive with 3-band EQ that is popular in the Nashville scene.
Expand Quark Vintage Overdrive PCB Quark Maxon® OD-880 Overdrive
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An early overdrive circuit inspired by the MXR Distortion+, but incorporating a few changes that would later evolve into the Tube Screamer a few years later.
Expand refractor-centaur-pcb Refractor Klon® Centaur / KTR Overdrive
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A part-for-part replica of a mythical overdrive effect noted for its high-end tone and price. The Klon Centaur and its successor, the KTR, remain highly original designs in an industry full of clones and tweaks to existing circuits.
Expand refractor_top–1200px Refractor Kit Klon® Centaur / KTR Overdrive
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A part-for-part replica of a mythical overdrive effect noted for its high-end tone and price. The Klon Centaur and its successor, the KTR, remain highly original designs in an industry full of clones and tweaks to existing circuits.
Expand Sapphire Amp Overdrive PCB Sapphire BOSS® BD-2 Blues Driver Overdrive
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One of the most popular pedals in the BOSS lineup, it uses their distinctive “discrete op-amp” topology to deliver an amp-like drive resembling vintage Fender tweed or blackface amps.
Expand Sapphire Amp Overdrive Sapphire Kit BOSS® BD-2 Blues Driver Overdrive
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One of the most popular pedals in the BOSS lineup, it uses their distinctive “discrete op-amp” topology to deliver an amp-like drive resembling vintage Fender tweed or blackface amps.
Expand sentinel-metal-distortion-pcb Sentinel Ibanez® SM-9 Super Metal Metal Distortion
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One of the earliest distortion pedals designed specifically for metal tones, this effect features cascaded gain stages for a very amp-like topology.
Expand Silvanus Amp Drive PCB Silvanus Xotic SL Drive Amp-like overdrive
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An overdrive inspired by the Marshall Super Lead Model 1959 and Super Bass amplifiers, famously used by Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix.
Expand Skywave Germanium Drive PCB Skywave Hudson Broadcast Germanium fuzz/overdrive
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A hybrid silicon/germanium boost & drive pedal with a transformer-coupled output, with tones spanning the decades from vintage to modern.
Expand solstice-marshall-shredmaster-pcb Solstice Marshall® Shredmaster Overdrive / Amp-Like Distortion
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A great mid-gain amp-like distortion with a 3-band EQ. Most notably used by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.
Expand Solstice Amp Distortion Kit Solstice Kit Marshall® Shredmaster Overdrive / Amp-Like Distortion
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A great mid-gain amp-like distortion with a 3-band EQ. Most notably used by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.
Expand Soma Vintage Overdrive – Cornish SS-3 Soft Sustain Soma Cornish SS-3 Soft Sustain Overdrive
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An evolution of the MXR Distortion+ that adds two passive tone-cut controls as well as the classic Cornish input buffer.
Expand Somnus Amp Distortion PCB Somnus Sobbat DB-01 Drive Breaker Distortion / overdrive
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A medium-gain distortion & overdrive with a two-band Baxandall tone stack, most notably used by The Edge.
Expand Stratosphere Classic Overdrive PCB Stratosphere TS-808 Narrow Box Overdrive
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A replica of the very first Tube Screamer from 1979 which used two dual op-amps instead of one.
Expand Stratus - Tube Screamer Overdrive PCB Stratus Ibanez® Tube Screamer Overdrive
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The quintessential mid-hump overdrive pedal made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and the source circuit behind dozens of high-dollar boutique pedals.
Expand Stratus Deluxe Overdrive PCB - Boss SD-1W Waza Craft Stratus Deluxe BOSS® SD-1 Waza Overdrive
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A premium upgrade to the classic SD-1 circuit, featuring a high-quality buffer along with a new “Custom” mode that adds gain and shifts the midrange frequencies.
Expand Stratus Classic Overdrive – Kit Stratus Kit Ibanez® Tube Screamer Overdrive
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The quintessential mid-hump overdrive pedal made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and the source circuit behind dozens of high-dollar boutique pedals.
Expand Runoffgroove Supreaux PCB Supreaux Runoffgroove Supreaux JFET Overdrive
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$12.50

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An adaptation of the Supro 16T amplifier, with JFETs replacing the tube stages.
Expand Runoffgroove Supreaux Deux PCB Supreaux Deux Runoffgroove Supreaux Deux JFET Overdrive
Intermediate

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An updated version of the original Runoffgroove Supreaux, an adaptation of the Supro 16T amplifier with JFETs replacing the tube stages.
Expand tachyon-amp-overdrive-pcb Tachyon BOSS® SD-2 Overdrive / Distortion
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This heavy overdrive is a hidden gem in the pantheon of BOSS pedals, offering creamy lead tones and biting rhythm in an easy-to-use package that is surprisingly complex under the hood.
Expand Taranis Dynamic Distortion PCB Taranis Mr. Black Thunderclaw Distortion
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Expand Tempest - Friedman BE-OD/Dirty Shirley Clone Tempest Friedman® BE-OD Amp-Like Distortion
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A pedal recreation of the Friedman® BE-100 and Dirty Shirley amplifiers.
Expand Termina Transparent Drive PCB Termina Timmy V2 Overdrive
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The original transparent overdrive, designed to bring out the best in the guitar and amplifier. Includes a 2-band tonestack for bass and treble control.
Expand Theseus Dual Overdrive V2 PCB Theseus Analogman King of Tone Dual-channel overdrive
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$16.00

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One of the earliest boutique “waitlist” pedals, this dual-channel drive is made up of two modified Marshall Bluesbreaker circuits in series.
Expand Theseus Dual Overdrive Kit Theseus Kit Analogman King of Tone Dual-channel overdrive
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One of the earliest boutique “waitlist” pedals, this dual-channel drive is made up of two modified Marshall Bluesbreaker circuits in series.
Expand Thulcandra Boost/Overdrive Thulcandra Xotic® Soul Driven Boost / Overdrive
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A mid-gain overdrive with three different tone controls to fine-tune the character. Developed in collaboration with Allen Hinds.
Expand Titan Dynamic Drive PCB Titan Fulltone® OCD® Overdrive / distortion
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A legendary hard-clipping overdrive pedal that makes almost any rig sound better.
Expand Titan Dynamic Drive Kit Titan Kit Fulltone® OCD® Overdrive / distortion
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$86.00

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A legendary hard-clipping overdrive pedal that makes almost any rig sound better.
Expand Triton Preamp Drive Mk. II PCB Triton Mk. II Dirty Little Secret Mk. II Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the classic Marshall® amplifiers from the 1960s. It uses cascaded mu-amp stages in place of tubes for amp-like tone in a small box.
Expand Triton Preamp Drive Mk. III PCB Triton Mk. III Dirty Little Secret Mk. III Overdrive / Amp Emulation
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An adaptation of the classic Marshall® amplifiers from the 1960s. It uses cascaded mu-amp stages in place of tubes for amp-like tone in a small box.
Expand Runoffgroove UBE Screamer UBE Screamer Runoffgroove UBE Screamer CMOS overdrive
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An original design from Runoffgroove with the goal of reproducing the sound of the Tube Screamer with CMOS gain stages.
Expand Velorum Dynamic Overdrive PCB Velorum Ibanez/Vemuram TSV808 Overdrive
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A limited-edition collaboration between Ibanez and Vemuram that combines elements of the Tube Screamer and Jan Ray to create a highly tweakable transparent overdrive.
Expand Viridian Dynamic Overdrive PCB Viridian BJFe Little Green Wonder Overdrive
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A very unique adaptation of the classic Tube Screamer circuit, this pedal is seen as a secret weapon for rhythm work by some guitarists such as Jeffrey Kunde.
Expand Vortex Amp Distortion Vortex Bouteek Distorter Preamp Overdrive
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$12.50

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A reproduction of an obscure and extremely rare drive pedal designed to reproduce Marshall-style high-gain amp tones.
Expand Warpfield Resonant Drive PCB Warpfield Pearl Warp Sound Resonant filter overdrive
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A rare effect from the 1970s combining a distortion circuit with an adjustable-frequency resonant low-pass filter. Most notably used by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine.
Expand Wyvern Silicon Drive PCB Wyvern Dinosaural® Tube Bender Overdrive / Fuzz
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A reproduction of a rare silicon-transistor drive pedal designed by Dan Coggins, formerly of Lovetone, handbuilt in small quantities from 2003–2007.
Expand Xiphos Amp Overdrive Xiphos King Tone Heavyhand Amp-like overdrive
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A single-channel adaptation of side B of the popular Duellist dual pedal, based on a Marshall Bluesbreaker with hot-rodded features.
Expand Yacana CMOS Drive PCB Yacana Way Huge Red Llama Overdrive
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A classic CMOS inverter overdrive tracing its origins back to DIY project designed by Craig Anderton in 1978.

Legacy projects (prior to 2018) can be found on the Legacy PCBs page.