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Distortion/Overdrive Pedals
Sweetwater's selection of quality distortion/overdrive pedals is the best and most reliable you'll find anywhere. We back up the products we sell with excellent service and an incredibly knowledgeable staff, so you can be confident that any distortion/overdrive pedals question you may have will be answered by experienced professionals who use the gear themselves. Sweetwater's vast inventory and free shipping on most items mean we can deliver distortion/overdrive pedals quickly, at a great value. Look to the friendly pros at Sweetwater to help you shop for distortion/overdrive pedals.
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Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator
Signature Analog Distortion Pedal with Gain Boost, Dynamic Circuit, and Pad Switch
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Pro Co Limited Edition Reissue '85 Whiteface RAT Pro Co Limited Edition Reissue '85 Whiteface RAT 
LTD Guitar Distortion Pedal with Distortion, Filter, and Volume Controls Love what the RAT pedal does for your guitar tones? Then you need to put this amazing limited stompbox underfoot! Pro Co takes you back to where it all started, with the Limited Edition Reissue '85 Whiteface RAT. That's right — it has the original graphics, the original chip, and the...
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Boss SD-1 Boss SD-1
Super Overdrive Pedal The SD-1 produces the warm, smooth distortion of an overdriven tube amplifier while maintaining the subtle nuances of your picking technique. Unique asymmetric overdrive circuitry delivers a genuine overdrive effect for a classic guitar sound. A tone control is also provided for precise tonal adjustment.
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Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive
Guitar Overdrive Effects Pedal with Highpass and Lowpass Filters The Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive is an overdrive pedal that responds to picking dynamics and touch sensitivity - not to mention enhancing beautiful harmonics. The Obsessive Compulsive Drive reacts beautifully to big fat chords and fares well with leads and solos, as well. Roll back the...
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Boss DS-1 Boss DS-1
Distortion Effects Pedal for Guitar, Bass, and Keyboard with Distortion, Level, and Tone Controls Simply put, the Boss DS-1 distortion pedal is a modern classic. For the better part of 30 years, you've heard this orange box put through its paces on countless top rock recordings - from Kurt Cobain's "Nevermind"-era grunge to the renowned distorted tones of Steve Vai. The DS-1 is...
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Boss BD-2 Boss BD-2
Distortion and Overdrive Effects Guitar Pedal with Tube Amplifier Simulation and Blues Guitar Tone with Level, Tone, and Gain Controls The Boss BD-2 Blues Driver guitar effects pedal delivers that creamy-yet-crunchy sound you've heard countless great blues guitar players call up - and at a great value! The BD-2 Blues Driver simulates the sound of a vintage tube amplifier, giving you instant access to timeless tones. It also...
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electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker
Classic Fuzz Distortion Pedal with Bypassable Tone Circuit and High-frequency Boost The Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker takes the most famous fuzz pedal in the world and adds new tone-shaping capabilities. On top of the familiar controls, the Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker boasts two switches: Tone and Wicker. The Wicker switch opens up three high-frequency filters, adding...
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MXR M-116 FullBore Metal MXR M-116 FullBore Metal
Guitar Distortion Effects Pedal with 3-band EQ, Sweepable Midrange, Adjustable/Switchable Noise Gate, Scoop Switch, and True Bypass Plug into the MXR M-116 Fullbore Metal high-gain guitar distortion pedal and experience the full force of what your guitar can do for you! Equipped with all the tools you need for mammoth high-gain riffs and solos, the M-116 Fullbore Metal pedal includes a 3-band EQ with sweepable midrange, a...
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electro-harmonix USA Big Muff Pi electro-harmonix USA Big Muff Pi
Distortion Pedal with Volume, Sustain , and Tone Controls Electro-Harmonix effects boxes are designed with the hard-rocking, hard-touring musician in mind. The USA Big Muff Pi is the distortion/sustainer used by Hendrix and Santana in the 60s for that sweet crunch and never-ending sustain. The Big Muff Pi can also do an incredible job providing...
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Ibanez TS808 Ibanez TS808
Overdrive/Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal, "Tube Screamer" Reissue, with Tone, Overdrive, and Level Controls Plug into the Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer overdrive effects pedal, and you're plugging into thick and overdriven tube-style tone. This green beast is a classic - not to mention a modern pedalboard staple. The original TS 808 Tube Screamer propelled into fame when Stevie Ray Vaughan used it to...
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Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET
MOSFET Drive Pedal with Overdrive and Boost Channels The Fulltone Fulldrive2 MOSFET overdrive pedal gives you two great channels of overdrive — and then some! the Fulldrive2 MOSFET includes an Overdrive Mode that can go from clean, uncompressed gain boost to low to medium overdrives, all while keeping your guitar's voice intact. Hit the...
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DigiTech Bad Monkey DigiTech Bad Monkey
Tube Overdrive/Distortion Pedal with Low and High Frequency Boost/Cut Controls Do you need a whole mess o' boogie for your guitar? Is your blues sounding a little too mellow yellow? Does your metal sound dead when you try to shred? DigiTech has the answer: Bad MonkeyTM produces the smooth natural character of an overdriven tube amp while maintaining your guitar's...
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electro-harmonix LPB-1 electro-harmonix LPB-1
Linear Power Booster for Guitar The electro-harmonix Nano LPB-1 Linear Power Booster is an exact recreation of the original LPB-1 circuit, which ushered in the age of overdrive in 1968. Put the LPB-1 in front of any effect to dramatically increase definition from its cleaner and heavier input drive. Control the gain and...
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Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series Liverpool Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series Liverpool
Overdrive Pedal with 6 Control knobs and Speaker Emulation The Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series Liverpool pedal gives you that distinctive chime and grind of a classic diamond grille amp. You can achieve everything from British Invasion jangle to a top-boost growl with the Liverpool, using its six effective controls (Level, Mid, Character, Drive,...
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Visual Sound V2 Jekyll & Hyde Visual Sound V2 Jekyll & Hyde
2-channel Overdrive/Distortion Pedal for Guitar First seeing the light of day in 1997, Jekyll & Hyde was one of the first pedals to combine two separate effects in one package. This latest version adds a noise reduction system to the mix. The Jekyll channel faithfully mimics the sound of the TS-808 Tubescreamer, but adds a Bass Boost...
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Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator Vox Joe Satriani Satchurator
Signature Analog Distortion Pedal with Gain Boost, Dynamic Circuit, and Pad Switch The Vox Satchurator Distortion Pedal gives you the authentic sound of one of rock's most revered and imitated guitarists, Joe Satriani. Using Satch's approach to his tone (a distortion unit going into a clean amp), the Satchurator features controls for gain, tone, and volume, as well as a...
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Ibanez TS9DX Ibanez TS9DX
Solid State Overdrive Distortion Pedal with Increased Low End Crunch There is no single stomp box more famous than the Ibanez Tube Screamer. The Edge from U2 uses a TS9 for most of his overdrive tones, as do countless other famous rock and blues players. Thanks to tubelike distortion, smooth sustain, and fat tone, the Tube Screamer has been and continues to be...
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Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
Overdrive Pedal with Clean Boost, Overdriven Tones, and True Bypass Take the sound and vibe of a vintage 808 distortion pedal, add an adjustable clean  control, pack it into a sturdy, stage-worthy metal housing, and you've got a versatile winner that will never leave your pedalboard. Voodoo Lab's Sparkle Drive pedal lets you pour on the drive for great...
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Boss ML-2 Boss ML-2
Distortion Pedal with Low and High settings, Metal Case Construction With its extreme gain, the ML-2 is the most potent and heavy distortion pedal ever created by BOSS. It easily delivers massive distortion and gain with heavy lows for playing Nu Metal, Grind Core, Industrial, Hard Core, or any genre that requires crushing sound. The ML-2's ferocious and...
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Moog Moogerfooger MF-107 FreqBox Moog Moogerfooger MF-107 FreqBox
Effects Pedal with VCO, Envelope Control, Frequency and Waveform Controls, and Mix Controls The Moog Music MF-107 Moogerfooger FreqBox gives you effects that were once only possible with a modular synth setup, all in single pedal. How? Instead of modifying the input signal to produce an altered version of the sound source, the FreqBox uses a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) to...
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MXR Micro Amp MXR Micro Amp
Gain Boost Pedal with Level Control, LED indicator, and Footswitch The MXR Micro Amp level booster pedal lets you take control of your volume level before your signal goes to the amp! Boost your signal for leads and switch it on when you need it. Use the Micro Amp to match the output levels of your humbucker-equipped guitar and your single-coil axe. Push...
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