Overdrive

Bring Bogner’s iconic tone to your pedalboard with the Bogner Wessex overdrive pedal (Bubinga Faceplate). Bringing a classic low gain growl to lush contemporary scorch, the Wessex pedal, with its 100% analog circuit, sources its astonishing dimensional range from a Rupert Neve-designed transformer. Whether you are looking to juice up the gain of your vintage amp or add some muscle to your clean amp, use the Enhance/Neutral switch to tweak your tone to perfection.

With the Boss BC-2 Combo Drive, Boss somehow managed to cram the sound of a classic British combo amp into one small but sweet guitar effects pedal. That’s just the tip of the sonic iceberg, though; the further you move the Sound knob from the Clean setting and closer to the Crunch and Drive ranges and you’ll get more gain than a vintage combo amp is actually capable of mustering. Finally, the Boss BC-2 Combo Drive’s deceptively simple two-knob EQ is sensitive enough to give you a wide range of tonal adjustments.

The Boss JB-2 Angry Driver overdrive is the lovechild of two classic guitar effect pedals: the iconic Boss BD-2 Blues Driver and the popular Angry Charlie stompbox from JHS Pedals. You can choose to use either of the two pedals’ unique tonal signatures, stack them together in series, or engage the parallel connection mode for a truly unique sound. The Boss JB-2 Angry Driver comes with three dual-concentric knobs that provide independent drive, tone, and level controls for the BD-2 and the Angry Charlie.

Boss distilled more than three decades of overdrive expertise to create the Boss OD-1X Overdrive guitar effects pedal. The result is a modern masterpiece, an overdrive stompbox with an unmatched level of performance and range of expression. You get rich, high-gain sounds with natural compression and minimal noise thanks to the OD-1X’s cutting-edge real-time processing technology, while BOSS’ Multi-Dimensional Processing (MDP) technology gives you bold, refined tones that let your guitar’s unique tonal characteristics shine through.

The Boss OD-3 Overdrive guitar effects pedal give you rich, fat, and dynamic overdrive with a single tap of your foot. A dual-stage overdrive circuit gives you insane levels of sustain and compression that you can’t find in any other overdrive pedal without straying into buzzsaw distortion territory. The OD-3’s Increased dynamics also let you put out a “bigger” sound than any other previous Boss overdrive pedal without sacrificing the warm natural tones of a classic overdriven stack.

When a deft, subtle overdrive is what you need for your tone, the Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive is the right guitar effects pedal for the job. Inside its sturdy exterior is a unique asymmetric overdrive circuitry that gives your instrument’s natural tone a classic, natural tube amp growl more subtle and subdued than any other Boss overdrive pedal. Highly responsive to the unique nuances of your playing dynamics, the SD-1’s warm, silky smooth overdriven sound is perfect for blues and rock musicians.

Any Boss pedal emblazoned with the Waza Craft is sure to be an instant classic, and the Boss SD-1W Super Overdrive is no exception. A two-position toggle lets you switch quickly between a faithful recreation of the classic, silky-smooth tube amp overdrive of the original SD-1 and a new Custom mode that adds higher gain levels and a wider tonal range. The Boss SD-1W Super Overdrive’s new, all-analog discrete amplifier circuit remains highly responsive to picking dynamics and volume changes.

The Boss ST-2 Power Stack is the closest you can get to an authentic, full-on amp stack sound by way of a compact stompbox. A dedicated Sound knob blends gain levels and sound character, letting you go from fat, vintage crunch and warm, punchy overdrive to punishing ultra high-gain modern distortion. The Boss ST-2 Power Stack also features a two-band EQ with dedicated Bass and Treble knobs as well as high responsiveness to picking dynamics and volume changes.

The Caline CP-25 Highway Man Overdrive guitar effects pedal is a highly responsive overdrive whose bite changes according to your unique picking attack and dynamics. A four-knob interface with dedicated Bass, Treble, Gain, and Level controls let you precisely sculpt your overdriven tone to your exact liking, giving you a wide range of tones from a subtle gain boost to drity, gritty overdrive. The Caline CP-25 Highway Man Overdrive comes with a true bypass feature.

The prized highly-saturated gain stages of the Fulltone OCD guitar effect pedal are yours to control at a fraction of the price thanks to the Caline CP-50 Leon Drive. Building on the original OCD circuitry, the CP-50 gives you high-gain overdrive that can border on all-out distortion when you crank it up but retains smooth and warm overdriven tube amp tones. The Caline CP-50 Leon Ultimate Drive features a High-Low toggle switch and comes with true bypass.

The Carl Martin AC-Tone pedal features two overdrive channels, voiced alike for preset use, as well as a clean boost channel up to 20dB. It boasts low to medium gain overdrive for a crisp and sweet tone with mellow midrange evocative of the vintage TopBoost amps of the late ’60s. You can freely set the channels as you see fit. They range from a moderate breakup to healthy overdriven sound. The AC-Tone has an inbuilt regulated (+-12V) power supply to secure the required headroom.

Carl Martin’s DC Drive lets you enjoy two distinct overdrives in a single pedal. This simple yet highly versatile pedal consists of Drive, Tone, and Level knobs plus a Reg/Fat switch. The Reg setting gives you a standard overdrive sound that is super quiet and does not color your tone. You may crank it right up to full saturation or merely add an edge to your sound. Meanwhile, the darker, more modern Fat setting delivers so much more—more sustain, natural compression, bass, mids, and drive!

The Carl Martin PlexiTone overdrive effects pedal equips you with a high gain channel, crunch channel, and 20dB clean boost channel for any tone you desire—high-gain shred, subtle overdrive, bass-heavy grunge, or hard-rock crunch. It imitates the sound of a Marshall Plexi tube guitar amp. This three-channel overdrive pedal offers controls for Crunch, High Gain, Tone, Level, and Boost. You will get all the headroom you need thanks to the integrated regulated power supply.

The Dirty Little Secret is your always-on foundation pedal that brings the impact of a Marshall backline. This tour-tough, gorgeous pedal allows you to emulate the tone circuits of either the Marshall Super Bass or Super Lead stack. The Dirty Little Secret forms the core of your guitar sound which you may improve and embellish by adding filters, fuzzes, boosters, and other overdrives in front of it. You can leave it always on because you can achieve a clean sound by simply rolling back the volume knob of your guitar.