There are more overdrive pedals on the market now than we can keep track of, but most have common ancestors, design decisions, even designers, or components. As a result, there should be only so much ...

If you're like us on GT, you'll be constantly looking for 'the sound'. Well, away from the great sounding high street brands you might like to know about these two great overdrive/distortion pedals.

Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario calls the Axentrix A1 “an eye-catching design loaded with tons of distortion tones,” and that’s an understatement. The pedal adds in an extra selectable drive mode ...

Check out the MXR Duke of Tone Overdrive pedal, a compact and affordable way to get King of Tone-style sounds without the ...

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I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on the history of guitar pedals. But, I'm fairly confident in saying there has never been a pedal quite like Rainger FX's Minibar. It's an overdrive pedal, but ...