Trace Elliot announces Overdrive bass pedal with DRY OUT

January 14, 2026 · 2 sources

Trace Elliot announced the Trace Elliot Overdrive, a bass overdrive pedal, in a release published on January 14, 2026¹. A second publication carried the same announcement on January 15, 2026².

The pedal is true bypass and is described as offering "classic full range overdrive specific for bass guitar"¹. Trace Elliot credits a "proprietary high overhead soft asymmetrical clipping circuit" with contributing to what the announcement calls a vintage, tube-like drive¹. An internal transformer is fitted to give more headroom to the signal, which the maker says ensures better tone quality, especially on lower frequencies¹.

The four controls are:

Alongside the 1/4-inch input and outputs, the pedal has a separate DRY OUT¹. According to the announcement, this lets a player send the dirty signal to a separate amp while sending the dry signal to front of house or to an effects chain¹.

Neither announcement gives an on-sale date or states where the pedal will be sold¹². Both publications carry the same product text, and neither adds specifications beyond the four controls, the DRY OUT, the internal transformer and the true bypass operation¹².