Electro-Harmonix East River Drive

Every pedalboard needs a workhorse distortion pedal, and the Big Joe B-302 Rock guitar effects pedal is more than enough for even the most demanding of musicians. This ready and steady analog stompbox gives you massive amounts of bottom end, sustain, and harmonics wrapped in a thick, beefy big-amp tone that doesn’t sacrifice any of your guitar signal’s tonal clarity. Just dial in the dedicated Gain, Tone, and Level knobs to your liking, and you’re good to go. The Big Joe B-302 Rock pedal features true bypass switching.

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