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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 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 360 Bass Preamp PCB 360 Bass Preamp Acoustic 360 Preamp Bass preamp
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One of the earliest solid-state amplifiers, it features a fuzz channel and a variable-frequency tone control. Notably used by John Paul Jones and Jaco Pastorius.
Expand 360 Vintage Fuzz PCB 360 Fuzz Acoustic 360 Fuzz Hybrid fuzz
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The isolated drive section of the Acoustic 360 bass amplifier, a hybrid silicon/germanium fuzz inspired by the Fuzzrite.
Expand 424 Tape Preamp / Tascam 424 424 Preamp Tascam 424 Boost / Distortion
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A pedal conversion of the input preamp of the Tascam 424 four-track tape recorder, most notably used by Mk.gee for his main drive tone.
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 Amethyst Analog Delay PCB Amethyst BOSS DM-2 Delay Delay
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One of the earliest analog delay effects to use a bucket brigade chip, and still widely considered among the best ever.
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 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 Antipode Vintage Fuzz Antipode Roland® AF-60 Bee Gee Fuzz
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While the circuit is best known as the “Jet” stage from the Roland AP-7 Jet Phaser, the standalone pedal version is much more flexible with a wider tonal palette to play with.
Expand Anubis Silicon Fuzz - Basic Audio Scarab Deluxe PCB Anubis Basic Audio Scarab Deluxe Fuzz / Distortion
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An adaptation of the classic Tone Bender Mk. II circuit using silicon transistors and a Big Muff-style tone control.
Expand Aperture Octave Fuzz - Ampeg Scrambler PCB Aperture Ampeg® Scrambler Octave-up fuzz
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A legendary octave-up fuzz effect with a blend control that makes it great for bass guitar.
Expand Apex JFET Phaser PCB / MXR Phase 45 Apex MXR® Phase 45 Phaser
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A simplified two-stage version of the classic Phase 90, using matched JFETs to produce a swept phase effect.
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 Ares Vintage Preamp PCB Ares Echoplex EP-3 Preamp Preamp, buffer
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A pedal adaptation of the preamp section of the EP-3 Echoplex tape echo unit. It captures the sound of the EP-3 in bypass mode, favored by many guitarists for it “sweetening” effect on the tone.
Expand Argent Silicon Fuzz PCB Argent BOSS® FZ-3 Fuzz Silicon fuzz
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An all-transistor silicon fuzz with similarities to the Tone Bender, Fuzz Face and Big Muff.
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 Argus Silicon Fuzz - Roland AD-50 Double Beat Fuzz PCB Argus Roland AD-50 Double Beat Fuzz
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An obscure silicon fuzz that originally comprised half of a fuzz-wah combination unit, featuring three unique “wave shape” tone modes.
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 Ascalon Octave Fuzz PCB Ascalon King Tone Octaland Octave fuzz
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A vintage-flavored octave fuzz based on the Roger Mayer Octavia with an added clean blend and dual-stage tone control.
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 Astra Silicon Fuzz PCB Astra Astrotone Fuzz Fuzz
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An early silicon fuzz from 1966 that was also sold as the Sam Ash Fuzzz Boxx. One of the first drive circuits to include a tone control.
Expand Axion JFET Preamp / Echoplex EP-3 Axion Secret Preamp JFET Preamp
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An adaptation of the JFET input stage of the Echoplex EP-3 tape delay unit, famously used by Jimmy Page, Brian May and many others.
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 Aurora Compressor/Sustainer PCB Aurora Ross / Dyna Compressor Compressor / Sustainer
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The original guitar compressor, still a favorite of guitarists after over 40 years. The Aurora makes several improvements to the original circuit as well as adding a few new features.
Expand Aurora Deluxe Compressor PCB Aurora Deluxe Keeley Compressor Plus Compressor
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An expanded version of the classic Keeley Compressor with an added clean blend, treble control, and output buffer.
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 Azure Analog Chorus PCB Azure BOSS® CE-2 Chorus Analog chorus
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One of the most revered chorus pedals of all time, it uses analog BBDs to modulate the signal, resulting in the warm, rounded tone characteristic of this era.
Expand Beta Preamp PCB Beta Preamp Sunn® Beta Lead & Bass Preamp & high-gain drive
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A single-channel pedal recreation of the Sunn® Beta Lead and Beta Bass amplifiers, unique in using overdriven CMOS stages for their drive tone.
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 blueshift_dc2_pcb Blueshift BOSS® DC-2 Chorus
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Expand Binary Dual Fuzz PCB Binary Darkglass® Duality Bass fuzz
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A bass fuzz with two distinct voicings that can be blended together in any ratio, from vintage warmth to searing, gated chaos.
Expand Cadmus Dual Boost PCB Cadmus ZVEX Super Duper Dual-stage boost
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A two-channel boost composed of identical MOSFET gain stages. The boosts can be cascaded in series or selected independently.
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 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 Chroma Parametric Boost PCB Chroma BOSS® SP-1 Spectrum Boost / Parametric EQ
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One of the rarest BOSS effects, a single-band swept-frequency EQ. Modified to boost the overall signal level so it can be used as a boost pedal if desired.
Expand Cinder Hybrid Fuzz PCB Cinder Amptweaker Tight Fuzz Transistor fuzz
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A vintage-inspired fuzz/booster with several tone options, most notably a switch to select between germanium and silicon transistors.
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 Constellation Vintage Fuzz Constellation Shin-Ei Companion FY-2 Fuzz
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An early silicon fuzz known for its scooped-midrange tone. This adaptation is updated with a switchable volume boost stage as well as a control to dial back the scoop.
Expand Convex Parallel Compressor PCB Convex Dinosaural OTC-201 Compressor
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An exceptionally rare and unique optical compressor designed by Dan Coggins of Lovetone fame.
Expand Corvus Distortion/Sustainer PCB Corvus EHX Op-Amp Big Muff Distortion/Sustainer, Fuzz
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The 1978 redesign of the classic Big Muff Pi, using op-amps instead of transistors. Famously used by Billy Corgan on the Smashing Pumpkins album Siamese Dream.
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 Cygnus Distortion/Sustainer - Cornish G-2 Cygnus Cornish P-2 / G-2 Distortion/Sustainer, Fuzz
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Based on the classic Big Muff circuit, this pedal adds a meticulously-tuned buffered bypass along with an additional transistor-based buffer stage on the effect input.
Expand Deimos Germanium Fuzz - Tone Bender Mk. II - Aion FX Deimos Tone Bender Mk. II Germanium Fuzz
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The second (more famous) version of the legendary fuzz pedals from Macaris in London that changed the music world forever.
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 DZ4 Preamp PCB DZ4 Preamp Diezel VH-4 Preamp & high-gain drive
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A pedal recreation of the “Mega” channel of the Deizel VH4 amplifier, used by countless hard rock, metal and alternative bands from the 1990s to the present.
Expand Eclipse Boost / Preamp PCB Eclipse Korg SDD-3000 Preamp Boost, preamp
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An adaptation of the bypass preamp section of the Korg SDD-3000 digital delay, notably used by The Edge, Daniel Lanois and others.
Expand Elite Boost/Preamp PCB Elite Fender Elite/Clapton Preamp Boost
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A pedal conversion of the MDX mid-boost/preamp circuit originally developed for the Fender Elite Stratocaster in 1983, later redesigned for the Eric Clapton signature Strat.
Expand Elysium Ambient Delay Elysium Ibanez® EM5 Echomachine Delay
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An analog-voiced digital delay that emulates vintage tape echo units, with heavy filtering and a soft-clipping overdrive on the repeats.
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 Emerald Resonant Phaser PCB Emerald BOSS® PH-1r Phaser Phaser
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A four-stage JFET-based phaser similar to the Phase 90, but with with a frequency-dependent feedback control that accentuates the phase effect.
Expand Ephemeris JFET Booster PCB Ephemeris Xotic EP Booster JFET boost/preamp
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A hybrid JFET/BJT boost circuit loosely based on the preamp section of the Echoplex EP-3 tape delay.
Expand Epsilon Silicon Fuzz PCB Epsilon Silicon Fuzz Face Silicon fuzz
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A hot-rodded adaptation of the 1970 version of the classic fuzz pedal, redesigned to use silicon transistors instead of germanium.
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 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 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 Gale Booster/Limiter PCB Gale SoloDallas® SVDS Booster, Optical Limiter
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A pedal adaptation of the Schaffer-Vega Diversity System (SVDS), the first widely-used wireless system for guitar, famously used by AC/DC, Van Halen, Kiss, and Pink Floyd.
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 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 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 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 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 Hydra Treble Booster Hydra Catalinbread® Naga Viper Treble Booster
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A silicon adaptation of the classic Dallas Rangemaster circuit with a few hot-rod modifications for added flexibility.
Expand Ibex Silicon Fuzz PCB Ibex Roland AF-100 Bee Baa Silicon fuzz
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Expand Hypercube Fuzz / Distortion PCB Hypercube BOSS® FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz Fuzz, Distortion
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A vintage-flavored octave fuzz with some modern improvements, this pedal has enjoyed increased popularity in recent years due to the association with bands such as Electric Wizard and Deftones.
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 IVP Preamp PCB IVP Preamp Intersound® IVP™ Preamp / overdrive
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A pedal conversion of the Intersound® Instrument Voicing Preamplifier, a rack unit from the late 1970s notably used by Steve Albini (Shellac) and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead).
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 L4 Bass Preamp L4 Bass Preamp Lab Series® L4 Preamp
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A pedal adaptation of the two-channel preamp of the Lab Series® L4 bass amplifier from the late 1970s, a downtuned relative of the legendary L5.
Expand L5 Preamp PCB L5 Preamp Lab Series® L5 Preamp
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A pedal adaptation of the two-channel preamp of the Lab Series® L5 amplifier from the late 1970s, often considered to be the best solid-state amp ever designed.
Expand L5 Preamp Clean Channel PCB L5 Preamp Clean Channel Lab Series® L5 Preamp Preamp
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A pedal adaptation of the first channel of the Lab Series® L5 amplifier from the late 1970s, often considered to be the best solid-state amp ever designed.
Expand L5 Preamp Drive Channel PCB L5 Preamp Drive Channel Lab Series® L5 Preamp Preamp
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A pedal adaptation of the second channel of the Lab Series® L5 amplifier from the late 1970s, often considered to be the best solid-state amp ever designed.
Expand Lithium Analog Chorus PCB Lithium EHX Small Clone Chorus
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An early BBD-based analog chorus most notably used by Kurt Cobain for much of Nevermind.
Expand Lumin Sonic Enhancer - BBE Sonic Stomp DIY Project Lumin BBE® Sonic Maximizer EQ / Sonic Enhancer
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A unique tone-shaping tool that allows you to enhance the clarity of your signal by phase-correcting the low, mid and high frequencies separately.
Expand Lumitron Resonant Filter PCB Lumitron Mu-tron® III Envelope filter
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The very first commercial envelope filter effect, first released in 1972. Famously used by Bootsy Collins, Jerry Garcia and Stevie Wonder among many others.
Expand Luna Optical Tremolo PCB - Tremulus Lune Luna 4ms Tremulus Lune Tremolo
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An all-analog tremolo featuring six knobs for fine control over every aspect of the waveform.
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 meridian-compressor-exciter-pcb Meridian Guyatone® PS-021 Compressor / Frequency Enhancer
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A gem from the 1980s, this effect combines a Dyna-style compressor with an exciter that enables control over the even & odd harmonics.
Expand Minima Resonant Filter PCB Minima Mu-tron Micro V Envelope filter
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A simplified version of the more famous Mu-tron III envelope filter, originally designed as a lower-cost alternative.
Expand monad-univox-unidrive-boost-pcb Monad Univox® Uni-Drive UD-50 Boost
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A basic 3-transistor booster that gets some grit at higher input levels. Best used to overdrive the input stage of a tube amplifier for natural amp drive.
Expand Monolith Silicon Fuzz - Lovetone Big Cheese PCB Monolith Lovetone Big Cheese Distortion / fuzz
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A legendary silicon transistor fuzz that has been spotted in the rigs of many high-profile musicians such as The Edge, Jimmy Page, Colin Greenwood and Johnny Marr among many others.
Expand Muramasa JFET Boost PCB Muramasa Keeley Katana Boost
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An adaptation of Robert Keeley’s classic Class A boost, using cascaded JFETs that can keep it clean or lend a little bit of grit. Notably used by John Mayer.
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 Nereus Octave Fuzz Nereus Catalinbread Octapussy Octave-up fuzz
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A vintage-inspired octave-up fuzz in the tradition of the Roger Mayer Octavia.
Expand Nexus Distortion/Sustainer - Manx Loaghtan Fuzz PCB Nexus Catalinbread® Manx Loaghtan Distortion/Sustainer, Fuzz
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Based on the classic Big Muff circuit, this pedal switches out the original tone control with a 2-band Baxandall EQ, allowing control of both frequencies independently.
Expand Neurotron Ring Modulator PCB Neurotron Lovetone Ring Stinger Ring modulator
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A highly original ring modulator and octave fuzz with LFO modulation for a stunning array of tones and sound effects. Used by Johnny Marr, Billy Corgan and Ed O’Brien among others.
Expand Nomad OTA Compressor PCB Nomad Engineer's Thumb Compressor
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A full-featured yet surprisingly simple OTA-based compressor design that operates on a feed-forward principle for better performance and lower noise.
Expand Nucleus Vintage Boost - based on the Colorsound Power Booster Nucleus Colorsound® Power Booster Boost / Drive
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A reproduction of a boost pedal from the early 1970s that featured a two-band tone stack.
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 Nysiad Germanium Fuzz PCB Nysiad Germanium Cornish NG-2 Misbiased fuzz
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A variable-bias silicon & germanium fuzz designed to emulate “imminent amp death”, the sound of a blown power tube or output transformer right before it all goes up in smoke.
Expand Nysiad Silicon Fuzz PCB / Cornish NG-3 Nysiad Silicon Cornish NG-3 Misbiased fuzz
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A variable-bias silicon fuzz designed to emulate “imminent amp death”, the sound of a blown power tube or output transformer right before it all goes up in smoke.
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 Obscura Octave Blend PCB Obscura Prescription Electronics COB Octave fuzz
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Based on the octave section of the fOXX Tone Machine, this circuit adds a clean blend and a knob to change the character of the octave effect.
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 Oceanid Optical Compressor - Cornish OC-1 Oceanid Cornish OC-1 Compressor
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Pete Cornish's original optical compressor design features a clean blend and a complex side-chain for envelope detection along with his legendary input buffer.
Expand Octagon Octave Fuzz PCB Octagon Tycobrahe® Octavia Octave fuzz
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The very first octave-up fuzz effect, originally invented by Roger Mayer for Jimi Hendrix and later copied by Tycobrahe for a commercial release.
Expand Octahedron Octave Fuzz PCB Octahedron Roger Mayer Octavia Octave fuzz
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An all-transistor redesign of the fuzz effect made famous by Jimi Hendrix, which adds an octave-up overtone to the harmonics.
Expand Onyx Volume Swell PCB Onyx BOSS® SG-1 Slow Gear Volume swell
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One of the rarest BOSS effects, it acts as a sort of slow noise gate by gradually fading in the signal when it detects pick attack.
Expand Orpheus Germanium Fuzz PCB Orpheus Germanium Mosrite® Fuzzrite Fuzz
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The definitive American response to the fuzz effects coming out of the UK in the mid-1960s, featuring two germanium transistors in a unique blending arrangement.
Expand Orpheus Silicon Fuzz PCB Orpheus Silicon Mosrite® Fuzzrite Fuzz
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An updated version of the classic fuzz from the late 1960s, featuring silicon transistors in a unique two-stage blending arrangement.
Expand Osiris Distortion/Sustainer - Pharaoh Fuzz Osiris Black Arts Pharaoh Distortion / Sustainer, Fuzz
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Based on the classic Big Muff circuit, this pedal adds a high/low impedance switch, a diode selector switch, and a high-end control inside the tone stack.
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 Parsec Harmonic Enhancer - Systech Harmonic Energizer PCB Parsec Systech Harmonic Energizer Filter / EQ
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A frequency-variable filter and tone shaper notably used by Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew and others.
Expand Particle Vintage Fuzz PCB - Interfax Harmonic Percolator Particle Interfax Harmonic Percolator Fuzz / Overdrive
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Expand penumbra-bass-fuzz Penumbra ZVEX Woolly Mammoth Bass Fuzz
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A full-frequency silicon fuzz, originally designed for bass but just as suited for guitar. Famously used by Chris Wolstenholme of Muse.
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 Phobos Germanium Fuzz - based on the Tone Bender Mk. III Phobos Tone Bender Mk III Germanium Fuzz
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A reproduction of the third version of the Tone Bender germanium fuzz sold by Macaris in London in the late 1960s.
Expand Photon Booster/Line Driver PCB Photon SD Pickup Booster Booster & Pickup Enhancer
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A Class-A amplifier capable of up to 25dB of clean gain, this pedal also has a unique Resonance feature that enables a single-coil pickup to sound like a vintage or modern humbucker.
Expand Plasma Vintage Drive – Aion FX Plasma Colorsound® Overdriver Boost / Drive
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A reproduction of a boost pedal from the early 1970s that featured a two-band tone stack.
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 Polaris Distortion/Sustainer - Human Gear Animato PCB Polaris Human Gear Animato Distortion / Sustainer, Fuzz
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Based on the classic Big Muff circuit, this pedal adds a Rangemaster-based treble booster to the frontend as well as some other tweaks. Most famously used by Chris Wolstenholme of Muse.
Expand Polyphemus Optical Compressor PCB Polyphemus Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Compressor / overdrive
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An inventive optical compressor noted for its long sustain and blendable overdrive, designed by Howard Davis, best known as the designer of the EHX Memory Man and Electric Mistress.
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 Prism FET Amplifier - Boss FA-1 Prism BOSS® FA-1 FET Amplifier Boost / Preamplifier
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An extremely loud and tonally-flexible boost/preamp with a two-band EQ, most notably used by The Edge of U2.
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 Proteus Germanium Fuzz - based on the Fuzz Face - Aion FX Proteus Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face Germanium Fuzz
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A no-frills adaptation of the classic fuzz pedal made famous by Jimi Hendrix.
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 Proxima Optical Compressor PCB Proxima Flatline Compressor Compressor
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A simple, cheap and surprisingly effective optical compressor that works great on bass or guitar.
Expand Quadratron Twin Phaser - Lovetone Doppelganger PCB Quadratron Lovetone Doppelganger Phaser
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A stunningly unique four-stage optical phaser with two LFOs allowing independent control over each pair of stages. Used by The Edge, Johnny Marr, and Ed O’Brien among others.
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 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 Quartz Optical Compressor PCB Quartz Diamond Compressor Compressor
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A vintage-inspired optical compressor with an EQ adapted from hi-fi consoles of the 1970s and 80s.
Expand Radian Treble Booster - Dallas Rangemaster Radian Dallas Rangemaster Germanium boost
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A single-transistor germanium circuit designed to add treble and boost the signal into dark amplifiers to improve the amp’s drive tone.
Expand Redshift Deluxe Phaser PCB Redshift Blackout Whetstone Phaser Phaser
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Based on the Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, this tricked-out analog phaser adds several switches and knobs to greatly expand the tonal palette.
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 Rift - Univox Superfuzz PCB Rift Univox® Superfuzz Octave Fuzz
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A classic untamed fuzz from the 1970s that adds an octave-up overtone, famous for its use by Pete Townshend of The Who.
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 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 Sigma Vintage Drive PCB - Cornish ST-2 Sigma Cornish ST-2 Boost / Drive
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An adaptation of the Colorsound Overdriver, originally designed for David Gilmour as part of his custom integrated effect board.
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 Solaris Germanium Fuzz - based on the Fuzz Face Solaris Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face Germanium fuzz
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A hot-rodded adaptation of the classic fuzz pedal made famous by Jimi Hendrix.
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 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 Spectron Dynamic Filter - Lovetone Meatball PCB Spectron Lovetone Meatball Envelope filter
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A full-featured envelope filter originally based on the Mu-Tron III with several modifications and additions. Used by The Edge, J Mascis, and Kevin Shields among others.
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 Straylight Chorus/Vibe PCB Straylight Univox Uni-Vibe Chorus/phaser/vibrato
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Originally designed as a simulation of a Leslie spinning speaker cabinet, it uses an incandescent bulb and LDRs to produce an asymmetrical phase-shift effect. It was most famously used by Jimi Hendrix.
Expand Sunstone OTA Phaser PCB Sunstone EHX Small Stone Phaser
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A classic phaser from the late 1970s, notably used by Jonny Greenwood, David Gilmour and Carlos Alomar (guitarist for David Bowie and Iggy Pop).
Expand Runoffgroove Supreaux PCB Supreaux Runoffgroove Supreaux JFET Overdrive
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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
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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 Synapse Resonant Drive - Systech Overdrive PCB Synapse Systech Overdrive Resonant filter fuzz
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A rare fuzz pedal that combines hard-clipping distortion with an extreme resonant filter that lends a vocal “stuck wah” quality.
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 Tesseract Preamp/Boost PCB Tesseract TC Electronic® Integrated Pre Boost / Preamp
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A pedal adaptation of the legendary booster and tone shaper famously used by Meshuggah.
Expand Tethys Germanium Fuzz PCB Tethys Baldwin-Burns Buzzaround Germanium fuzz
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An early version of the Tone Bender Mk. III with a completely different voicing and transistor bias control, sold by the Baldwin-Burns company in London.
Expand Theseus Dual Overdrive V2 PCB Theseus 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 torus-lo-fi-fuzz-pcb Torus Demo Tape Fuzz Distortion / Fuzz
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A thick fuzz/distortion circuit designed to replicate the low-budget garage tones of an overloaded cassette recorder.
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 Tri-Vibe PCB Tri-Vibe Runoffgroove Tri-Vibe Phaser, Vibrato
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A simple no-bias phaser and vibrato circuit that uses commonly available parts.
Expand TS-50 Bass Preamp PCB TS-50 Bass Preamp Traynor TS-50B Bass preamp & overdrive
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A pedal recreation of the preamp section of the Traynor TS-50B bass amp, first released in 1979 and revered for its unique drive tone.
Expand TS-50 Guitar Preamp PCB TS-50 Guitar Preamp Traynor TS-50 Preamp & overdrive
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A pedal recreation of the preamp section of the Traynor TS-50 guitar amp, a solid-state combo first released in 1979 with a unique frequency-dependent drive circuit.
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 Vector Ambient Delay - Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay DIY Project Vector Deep Blue Delay Delay
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With similar frequency bandwidth to a tape unit, this analog-voiced digital delay is a favorite even among analog purists.
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 VH Drive Channel PCB VH Drive Channel Ampeg® VH-140C Preamp, distortion
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A pedal recreation of the drive channel of the legendary Ampeg® VH-140C amplifier, a favorite of hardcore and metal bands throughout the 1990s.
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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A reproduction of an obscure and extremely rare drive pedal designed to reproduce Marshall-style high-gain amp tones.
Expand Vulcan - fOXX Tone Machine DIY PCB Vulcan fOXX® Tone Machine Octave Fuzz
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A classic untamed fuzz from the 1970s that adds an octave-up overtone.
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 Xanthus Buffer/Boost PCB Xanthus Xotic Super Clean / Super Sweet Buffer & boost
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A dual-purpose pedalboard tool that combines a Pete Cornish buffer with a highly tweakable boost.
Expand Xenotron Modulation Machine Xenotron Lovetone Flange With No Name Modulation
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A flanger, chorus, tremolo and everything in between, with synth-like controls, regeneration and self-oscillation for unique and otherworldly sounds.
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.
Expand Zelus Distortion/Sustainer - Musket Fuzz Zelus Blackout® Musket Fuzz Distortion / Sustainer, Fuzz
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Based on the classic Big Muff circuit, this pedal adds a boost to drive the input, a bass blend capacitor, and a midrange control inside the tone stack.
Expand Zenith JFET Phaser PCB Zenith MXR® Phase 90 Phaser
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A legendary four-stage phaser that uses matched JFETs to create a moving phase-shift effect. Most notably used by Eddie Van Halen.
Expand Zeta Distortion / Sustainer Zeta Jumbo Tone Bender Fuzz
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The silicon successor to the classic Macaris germanium fuzz pedals of the late 1960s, the Jumbo Tone Bender and its variants were actually adapted from the Big Muff Pi.
Expand Zircon Silicon Fuzz - Hot Silicon Tone Bender PCB Zircon Hot Silicon Fuzz Fuzz / Distortion
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An adaptation of the classic Tone Bender Mk. II circuit using silicon transistors and a Big Muff-style tone control.