411 Results for "overdrive"

Elektron turns up the Analog Heat to MkII

Some tweaks, a new screen and it has an audio interface built in. Is the Analog Heat MkII a serious vindaloo of an upgrade or just a safe and reliable chicken korma with an onion salad and popadoms?

Fulltone Full-Drive2 V2: An old favourite gets smaller

Fulltone make well-respected effects and their Full Drive has always been a firm favourite with players, this new incarnation has more versatility and also has shrunk somewhat

Suhr shrinks its Shiba Drive Reloaded pedal into a mini format version

The new Shiba Drive Reloaded Mini overdrive pedal is the latest incarnation of Suhr's popular drive effect and now it comes in a smaller, more pedalboard-friendly format for 2018.

Summer NAMM 2018: Way Huge Smalls WM28 Overrated Special Overdrive

The Smalls WM28 is a limited run of the popular Overrated Special Overdrive but in a smaller enclosure. Joe Bonamassa was involved in the design, which is based on the Green Rhino drive pedal.

Mooer’s new Black Truck revamps the Red Truck multi-effects pedal

The new Mooer Black Truck multi-effects pedal tweaks the older Red Truck design to produce a new version that looks more flexible, with a new 5-band EQ and more versatile footswitch functions.

Mattoverse Electronics QuadraMix, a useful four-channel mixer pedal

This cool little pedalboard-friendly mixer has enough gain on tap to allow you to overdrive all the inputs and outputs. Could the QuardaMix help you expand your live rig?

Beetronics’ Royal Jelly and Buzzter pedals swarm out in time for summer

These two new boutique bee-themed drive/fuzz and boost pedals from Beetronics are landing now, but will they make you rush to your dealer to collect some of their tone honey?

TritonLab’s new Labyrinth pedal: 33V of dual-channel overdrive and distortion

The new Labyrinth dual-channel overdrive/distortion pedal looks like it can offer many amp-like tones at a very reasonable price. But will the higher internal voltage make a noticeable difference?

SoundBrut DRVA Overdrive + Boost Mk.II: 12 drive flavours on tap

With a drive section comprised of a NE5534 op-amp for hard clipping and a MOSFET variable boost section, the new DRVA MK II pedal also manages to cram in 12 voicings, making it pretty versatile indeed.

Deep Space Devices Golem – Clay monster or expressive box of dirt?

This boutique overdrive pedal has access to many parameters and includes both silicon and germanium diodes in the clipping circuit, but is there too much control?

Alexander Pedals Defender – Retro ’80s Videogame or whacky effect?

The Alexander Pedals Defender combines a whole heap of effects into one little pedal, with noise mangling retro '80s bleeps and quacks available for the masses. Could this 'Stargate Drive' be the one for you?

Superbooth 2018: AJH Synths reveal Wave Swarm and V-Shape modules

Wave Swarm is a dual 6-stage wave animator and the V-Shape tilts waveforms and distorts them in satisfying ways. AJH Synths bring modules of warmth and movement to Superbooth.

How close does Keeley’s new El Rey Dorado get to the ‘Marshall Plexi’ tone?

Yes! There's always room for another good Marshall Plexi-in-a-box pedal. Robert Keeley has released the new El Ray Dorado pedal - but how close does this one get to that cranked vintage amp sound?

Musikmesse 2018: AMT intros 5 mini-format tube preamp and drive pedals

Siberia's AMT Electronics has a new set of 5 "Blocks", tube-powered overdrive/preamp pedals - in a mini-sized enclosure - with future plans to launch a modular pedalboard system.

Neural DSP recreates coveted Darkglass distortion pedals in plug-in format

Developer start-up Neural DSP has a new distortion pedal emulation created in partnership with Darkglass Electronics and models their super-nice (and pricey) Ultra pedal series.

Audiority packs three classic distortions into EUR 45 plug-in bundle

To give guitar players some Easter inspiration, Audiority released a pack of three distortion plug-ins. They emulate actual pedals which have seen plenty of action in pedalboards across the planet.

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal: Try it out online before you buy!

That crazy plasma-based distortion/fuzz pedal from NAMM by Gamechanger Audio looks set to explode onto the market later this year, but you can try it out now on your own riffs!

The Xcalibur JC preamp is your chance to own a piece of Sunset Studio gear

Boutique gear maker Sonic Farm introduced an interesting hardware pre-amp — the Xcalibur JC. Based on the original Xcalibur pre-amp, the JC bears its name because it was designed in tandem with Joe ...

J Rockett teams up with Mark Lettieri on the Melody Overdrive

Snarky Puppy's fast-fingered guitarist gets his own signature overdrive pedal with built-in 6 band EQ section - and it really does sound pretty majestic judging from the demo videos. Check 'em out here.

NAMM 2018: Rainger FX Reverb X – All sorts of wrong in a box

Rainger FX has been creating madcap effects pedals again, the new Reverb-X and Igor are all about what happens when you do something wrong, but it sounds so right!

NAMM 2018: JHS Bonsai – 9 Tube Screamers in one pedal?

How many Ibanez Tube Screamer overdrive pedals can you squeeze into one box? Apparently, the answer is nine and so JHS pedals have gone and done just that!

NAMM 2018: Keeley presents Aria two-channel Compressor/Overdrive/Distortion

Robert Keeley is launching a new compressor/overdrive pedal at this year's NAMM Show, and let's face it, he knows a thing or two about compressors and drive tones.

NAMM 2018: Lunastone to launch four natty new boutique drive pedals

Swanky looks, tasty marketing descriptions and a heritage that includes the TrueOverDrive: These four new pedals by Lunastone have certainly got us interested in hearing more. Sound examples, please!

NAMM 2018: Line 6 HX Effects processor leaked

Line 6 could be gearing up to present HX Effects based on the Helix system's effects processor. This highly anticipated new product has been setting guitar forums alight for months and now it has been leaked!