The Skreddy Pedals Screw Driver Mini Dlx is an analog overdrive the maker describes as a "versatile touch-sensitive tweedy overdrive"1. Skreddy calls it a synthesis of clean boost, overdrive, and distortion, built around a mosfet treble-boost input stage followed by a highly modified, tightly-controlled, mild fuzz circuit1. In practice that means the pedal covers ground from a light boost through overdrive into mild fuzz territory, with the response changing under your fingers.
Circuit and controls
The signal path is a mosfet treble-boost input stage feeding a highly modified, tightly-controlled, mild fuzz circuit1. The maker notes that the current design uses a low-gain silicon transistor in place of the former germanium transistor, after what Marc of Skreddy Pedals calls "a thorough review and revision" of the circuit1. Players who associate the Screw Driver name with germanium should know the Mini Dlx is a silicon design.
The control the maker highlights is Sharpness:
"The Sharpness control dials in the amount of bass going into the distortion section, for everything from thin, twangy treble-boost to midrange grit to thick, fuzzy breakup"
That makes Sharpness the main voicing tool: less bass into the clipping stage gives a thinner, twangier character, while more bass pushes the section toward thicker, fuzzier breakup1.
Buying and lead time
The Screw Driver Mini Dlx is listed at a list price of $301 USD, with a sale price of $270.90 USD, both as of 2026-10-2523. It is sold on a preorder basis and built to order: Skreddy Pedals states "We build everything to order" and quotes a current wait time of approximately 2 weeks to 1 month1.
Because the pedal is built to order, expect the maker's quoted wait of roughly 2 weeks to 1 month before shipment rather than immediate dispatch1.
Skreddy Pedals also builds other drive designs, including the Skreddy Super 100 plexi-style drive and the Skreddy Hybrid Fuzz Driver, which sit in different corners of the drive and distortion range.
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Questions
Is the Skreddy Screw Driver Mini Dlx built to order?
Yes. Skreddy Pedals states that it builds everything to order, and the Screw Driver Mini Dlx is listed with a stock status of preorder on the maker's product page. That means a unit is assembled after you place your order rather than pulled from shelf stock, which is why the maker quotes a wait time rather than shipping immediately.
How long does a Skreddy Screw Driver Mini Dlx take to ship?
Skreddy Pedals quotes a current wait time of approximately 2 weeks to 1 month for the Screw Driver Mini Dlx. Because the pedal is built to order and sold on a preorder basis, that lead time sits between your order and shipment rather than being a delivery estimate from a warehouse.
Does the Screw Driver Mini Dlx use germanium transistors?
No. Skreddy Pedals notes that the current version uses a low-gain silicon transistor in place of the former germanium transistor, following what the maker describes as a thorough review and revision of the circuit. Earlier versions of the design used germanium, so the Mini Dlx is not a germanium pedal.
What does the bass control on the Screw Driver do?
The Sharpness control dials in the amount of bass going into the distortion section. Skreddy Pedals describes its range as everything from thin, twangy treble-boost to midrange grit to thick, fuzzy breakup, so it shapes how much low end feeds the clipping stage and, with it, the character of the drive.
