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December 12, 2009

By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com

Best Overdrive Pedal

What is the best overdrive pedal? Not an easy answer, since the number of good overdrive pedals available these days is mind boggling.

I have started a top overdrive list here, and I am trying to stick to pedals that deliver overdrive more than distortion, although many pedals cover both territories. It's also sometimes difficult to distinguish between overdrive and distortion. I have written about the difference between overdrive and distortion on this site, and you may want to check it out.

My personal favorite overdrive is the Maxon OD-9. It features a chip that creates ultra-smooth dynamic overdrive. The Drive and Level controls tweak the intensity and volume Hi Boost/Hi Cut tone controls adjust brightness. It is also True bypass, and it comes with a 3-year warranty. It is simply a smooth and rich sounding overdrive pedal, built to last a life time as well.

Some other good overdrive choices in my opinion are The CTO2 - Cool Cat Transparent Overdrive2 - low gain pedal with lots of dynamics. The Digitech Bad Monkey has been around for quite some time now, and it's inexpensive and quite versatile. I still like it and use it regularly. The eq on it is very handy!

Best Overdrives - the LIST

Here is a starting point for checking out some great overdrive pedals. Some may cover both distortion as well as overdrive tones, so keep that in mind. Feel free to add your comments if you think I missed some! Note: The order of the pedals listed has nothing to do with how good I think they sound, so a higher number does not mean it sounds worse than a pedal listed with a lower number. Only YOU can decide which you think sounds best.

1. Maxon OD-9
2. Way Huge Pork Loin
3. LovePedal Eternity Fuse
4. Lovepedal Amp 50
5. Menatone Red Snapper
6. Danelectro Transparent Overdrive
7. Danelectro Drive
8. Hermida Zendrive
9. Radial Tonebone Classic Tube Distortion Pedal
10. Hermida Mosferatu
11. Analogman TS-9/808
12. Keeley TS-9/808
13. Maxon 808
14. Ibanez TS9
15. Ibanez TS808
16. BYOC TS808
17. Analogman TS-9
18. Analogman TS-808
19. Analogman King of Tone
20. Electro-Harmonix XO Germanium OD Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal
21. T-Rex T-Rex Twin Boost Overdrive
22. Hughes & Kettner Tube Factor Overdrive Pedal
23. Krank Krankshaft Overdrive Pedal
24. DOD 250
25. Boss OD-3 OverDrive Pedal
26. Carl Martin PlexiTone
27. Plush Noxious Overdrive
28. Fulltone GT-500
29. Radial Bones R800-7110 Texas Overdrive
30. Lovepedal Purple Plexi
31. XOTIC BB Preamp
32. TREX Alberta
33. Digitech Hardwire Tube Overdrive
34. Timmy
35. Tim
36. Delta Labs Tube Driver
37. MI Audio Blues Pro
38. Klon Centaur
39. Fulltone OCD
40. Barber LTD
41. Damage Control Womanizer
42. Visual Sound Jekyll and Hide
43. Reverend Drivetrain 2
44. Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
45. Keeley TS9DX FLEXI-4X2
46. Boss Blues Driver
47. Keeley BD-2
48. Radial Tonebone Hot British
49. Blackstar HT-DUAL
50. Blackstone Mofset Overdrive
51. Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor
52. Banzai Cold Fusion
53. Crowther Audio Hotcake
54. Digitech Bad Monkey
55. DigiTech Screamin Blues
56. Vox Cooltron Big Ben
57. Boss FBM-1 Fender Bassman
58. Behringer VT999

Have a look at the list of best wah pedals too.

Musician's Friend has most of these pedals

Have a look at the selection from Musician's Friend.

By Robert Renman - www.dolphinstreet.com

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