Maxon RTD800 Real Tube Overdrive/Distortion - "Latest in the line of Real Tube pedals"
Maxon has been making tube powered pedals for a while. The old Real Tube series was replaced recently by the Real Tube II series. THe pedals in this line include the RTC600 Real Tube Compressor, the …
Vox Brit Boost - "good gain"
This is a unique gain/distortion pedal, in the fact that it is designed to mimic the sound of a distortion pedal with a low or dying battery. In fact, it is so broad with its sounds that it can be us…
Budda Phatman - "budda!"
This is a basic analog distortion pedal, with quarter-inch input and output jacks. This effect is not MIDI capable, and can't be edited with a Mac or PC. It's not rackable. It has a 9 volt power supp…
Aria TD-1 Platinum Drive - "Tube goodness"
For someone navigating the effects world and looking for a great sounding distortion overdrive pedals it can get quite confusing. There's so many distortion and overdrive and fuzz pedals to choose fr…
Marshall Bluesbreaker - "cool blues pedal"
Given that this company's most well-known product is a portable guitar amplifier, I was surprised to find that they also make pedals. This is one of the distortions they make, it could actually be th…
Ibanez TS9 - Baked Mod - Modded by Keeley - "One of the best tubescreamers"
The tubescreamer is easily the most iconic pedal out there, right next to the wah pedal. It's been used on pretty much every single recording you've ever heard in some way, and it's lent itself to g…
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver - Modded by Keeley - "The more versatile BD-2"
The Boss BD-2 is a great boost alone. It can be used with a clean amp to give it some nice grit, and it can also be used a fairly transparent sounding boost to help give you a little more tightness …
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver - "very good pedal"
The sound quality of the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is fantastic if you are trying to slam the front of your overdriven amp. It will do that 80's tone in spades. So my use was normally just as a simple b…
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver - Modded by Analogman - "Great overdrive"
Most people out there who have tried the BD-2 know that it's a pretty solid pedal. You can get a very nice overdrive with the pedal, and it can be a nice alternative to the standard tubescreamer tha…
MXR CSP21 GT-OD Custom Shop - "Pretty solid OD"
Overdrives have been used since nearly the beginning of the electric guitar. People have been boosting their amps with everything under the sun way before I was ever born. The GT-OD is an attempt o…
Ibanez TS7 Tube Screamer - "Not reliable, though decent tones."
The Ibanez TS-7 Tubescreamer is a basic overdrive pedal with a few extra touches. A metal pedal housing covers plastic jacks for the input and output. Three knobs are used for drive, tone, and leve…
DigiTech Bad Monkey - "Tubescreamer with 2 Band EQ"
The Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive is an overdrive with a couple little special touches. It has the basic features of most overdrive pedals, Volume, Tone and Gain. This pedal is basically a child of …
Danelectro CTO-1 Transparent Overdrive - "Lives up to it's name... AND the hype!"
The Danelectro Transparent Overdrive (TOD) is a gain pedal with just enough of the good stuff to fill a particular niche. Unlike the “Food” series of pedals from Danelectro this pedal has a metal ho…
Danelectro CO-1 Drive - "Poor Man's OCD?"
The Danelectro CO-1 Drive is a gain pedal rumored to be a clone of the Fulltone Obecessive Compulsive Drive (OCD) Unlike the “Food” series of pedals from Danelectro this pedal has a metal housing, m…
