Overdrive

The TOD-9 True Tube Overdrive from Maxon is undoubtedly the most tube-amp sounding overdrive available. It leverages a distinct pre-tube circuit configuration which cascades the tube output into a solid-state distortion circuit, producing a powerful and warm tone highly interactive with your performance. Carrying Tube, Level, Tone, and Drive knobs, the TOD-9 lets you tweak your tone from mild overdrive boost to completely saturated sonic madness. It features mechanical true bypass switching that enables pure, unchanged guitar tone in bypass.

Odessa is a two-channel overdrive featuring Mojo Hand FX’s iconic Rook on the left side and its lower gain Magpie on the right. The two channels are entirely independent and stackable for exceptional high gain tones. Every channel includes a gain selector toggle, for three settings per side, providing you with plenty of tonal options. Like other Mojo Hand FX pedals, Odessa is handcrafted in the USA leveraging top-grade components. It is capable of withstanding life on the road and sounds beautiful whenever you step on it.

Credits to its Baxandall Tone Stack, Mojo Hand FX’s award-winning Rook could be as dark or bright as you want. Its Level and Gain controls serve as your helping hands in navigating through the numerous shades of drive provided by its three-position toggle. Toggle up for vintage overdrive tones full of lush harmonic goodness. The Rook maintains incredible chord clarity and note articulation even with the Gain dimed. It is among the most stack-friendly drives you will ever find.

The Blues Crab replicates the legendary tone of the vintage Marshall 2×12 combo that Eric Clapton used during his stint with the Bluesbreakers, by way of Marshall’s original Bluesbreaker overdrive guitar effects pedal. This Mooer stompbox takes you straight to the magic mojo zone of a clean Marshall amp that’s been pushed just far enough to bring it to the edge of breaking up. It stays transparent so your core tone shines through, with some extra harmonic richness sprinkled on top.

The Hustle Drive is budget stomp maker Mooer’s take on the Fulltone OCD overdrive guitar effects pedal, one of the most sought-after and copied overdrive stomps in existence. It not only accurately replicates the OCD’s core tonal characteristics, but it also expands the original’s versatility by adding two new modes. Warm mode gives you the natural warmth and dynamic response of a classic tube amp while Hot mode cranks the heat up to scorching to give your signal a massive crunch.

The Rumble Drive is Mooer’s tiny and less expensive take on the famous Zendrive overdrive guitar effects pedal from Hermida Audio. The gain range isn’t huge, but that’s completely by design; the Rumble Drive is geared towards musicians who want a mid-range dirty blues sound with a dynamic and highly responsive overdrive layered on top. You get dedicated Volume, Voice, Tone, and Gain controls to shape the Rumble Drive’s growl while your pick attack controls the overdrive’s bite.

Think of the Ultimate Drive pedal as the hand-wired big brother of the Obsessive Overdrive. Both of these stompboxes are from budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Mosky Audio and are based on Fulltone’s boutique OCD overdrive, which means they can serve up the OCD’s excellent tube amp-style drive, touch sensitivity, and dynamic response. The Ultimate Drive features the same intuitive control layout as the Obsessive Overdrive and the original OCD; it has a High/Low Peak switch and three dedicated control knobs.

The Screamer is budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Mosky Audio’s take on the ever-popular TS9 Tube Screamer drive pedal by Ibanez. It replicates the Tube Screamer’s signature hot tube valve-style overdrive and is also powered by a highly prized JRC4558 chip (it’s the D model with the eight-pin DIP, if you’re into that sort of thing) that provides the crunch for a very large number of popular overdrive stomps. The Screamer’s small size makes it ideal for compact or crowded pedalboards.

Small size, big sound. That’s the mantra budget guitar effects pedal manufacturer Mosky Audio is following with the TM, an overdrive pedal based on the famous Timmy pedal by Paul Cochrane. The TM features a single control knob that lets you dial in the amount of Gain. If you need more precise tonal control, open the TM and inside it, you’ll find three additional internal trim pots that let you control the bass, treble, and volume.

A classic overdrive circuit hot-rodded for better performance and flexibility. The special edition MXR Custom Badass Modified OD lets you experience overdrive nirvana. It adds gain and sustain sans coloring your guitar tone. It consists of Gain, 100HZ, Output, and Tone knobs. The 100HZ boost and cut knob enables a thicker tone when boosted or a more focused EQ when cut. The Custom Badass Modified OD also carries a Bump switch that engages an alternate EQ voicing which boosts the mids and lows.

The Double-Double Overdrive from MXR gives you two classic overdrives within one chassis. Switching between the two overdrives is as easy as a flick of the Lo/Hi switch: the High Gain circuit boosts the gain and highlights lows and highs while the Low Gain circuit belts out blazing midrange tones. The Bass and Treble knobs allow you to season your overdriven sound. You can crank the Drive and Level controls to turn the heat up to taste. The Double-Double Overdrive features true bypass switching and comes in a roadworthy package.

Enjoy a warm, smooth, and classic overdrive without tone coloring or unwanted noise with the GT-OD Overdrive pedal from MXR. With its intuitive three-knob layout, you can easily dial in a beautiful tone from crunchy rhythm tones with chord clarity to harmonic and sparkly lead tones with plenty of sustain. The GT-OD Overdrive has been built from the ground up with top-grade ingredients. You will never find an overdrive that is more open-sounding, natural, or responsive.

Designed in conjunction with premier Italian pedal designer Carlo Rosario, the Il Diavolo Overdrive pedal by MXR includes a classic circuit hot-rodded for improved low end and midrange frequencies. It carries Drive, Level, and Tone knobs, as well as a Hi/Lo toggle switch that lets you access a broad range of asymmetrical and symmetrical overdrive tones. With the MXR Il Diavolo Overdrive, you can go from a smooth, natural boost to smoky sweet overdrive to full-on grind.

The MXR Custom Shop has once again collaborated with famed pedal designer Shin Suzuki to build the Raijin Drive pedal, which reinvents two legendary Japanese stompboxes—a distortion and an overdrive—with greater usability and tonal range so those iconic sounds could keep up with the new tone chase. Boasting classic Japanese distortion and overdrive sounds meticulously crafted with enough sonic versatility to delight any connoisseur, this space-saving no-brainer pedal is a welcomed addition to your board.