Biyang Tonefancier BL-8 Blue

Biyang Tonefancier BL8 Blue 26917cba955d

 This one is kind of a take on a single opamp overdrive with hard clippers ala OD250/Dist+, but the gain control is placed on the feedback loop like in many standard overdrive designs. Nothing too speacial or different, but a nice addition to overdrive palette nevertheless. Snippet from the spiel:The BL-8 delivers a creamy yet … Read more

Sarno Earth Drive

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 Traced by GratefulEight, this overdrive seems like a circuit worth to try out. From the source: The Earth Drive is the ultimate boost/overdrive pedal, designed to retain your instrument’s natural character while providing an organic, full-bodied, yet transparent sound. Use the Earth Drive as a clean boost to add warmth and smoothing, or turn up … Read more

Simble by Mad Professor

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 This should probably be up here as well.. Spiel: Simble Overdrive has a natural organic tone, unsurpassable touch sensitivity, sweet tube-like compression and built in inspiration. This natural sounding pedal works as a clean boost, ”on the edge” crunch, or a sweet singing overdrive, always retaining the tone of your prized guitar. The Simble pedal … Read more

Earthquaker Devices Special Cranker

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Here’s EQD’s newest offering, the Special Cranker. Developed from the Speaker Cranker, this one is like two basic Electra’s with switchable hard clipping diodes in between (1N60Ps like the original Speaker Cranker or Soviet germanium D9Ks). Easy fit for a 1590B. Here’s the schematic for reference. Normally I throw a demo in, but just go … Read more