Maxon has released the latest incarnation of its SD-9 distortion stompbox—the Custom Shop SSD-9 Super Sonic Distortion. Touted by Maxon as a “full-featured alternative to the tried & true original,”
Screamin’ Deals: Eight Clones Of A Classic Overdrive
Perhaps no other effects pedal is as widespread, reissued, cloned, and copied as the Ibanez TS-series Tube Screamer. If you’ve owned more than a handful of pedals in your life,
Out With The Old, In With The New: 7 Boutique Versions Of Classic Pedals
It’s no secret that the original versions of well-known effects pedals are usually the most desirable. Maybe they used hard-to-find circuits, maybe they were handwired, or maybe battered old pedals
Maxon Collaborates With Susuma Tamura for the Apex 808
Maxon has teamed up with legendary Tube Screamer creator Susumu Tamura to build the Apex808 overdrive pedal. After meticulously combing through numerous vintage and modern Tube Screamer incarnations for three
Best New Overdrive Pedals of 2019
Overdrive may be the most fundamental sound of rock’n’roll. There’s just something about the sound of an overworked tube amp that hit the sweet spot of a clean tone breaking
