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Effects - Overdrive/Distortion

Overdrive, Distortion, & Fuzz, or "Gain" effects help you add some extra punch and cut to your tone. Arden's offers a variety of options from EHX, MXR, Boss, Keeley, Outlaw, and Fender.Overdrive, Distortion, and Fuzz, or Gain effects help you add some extra punch and cut to your tone. Arden's offers a variety of options from EHX, MXR, Boss, Keeley, Outlaw, and Fender.
Compression/EQ Loopers Modulation OD/Distortion/FuzzReverb DelayUtility Boards/Plugs etc
Neural DSP Quad Cortex Digital Effects Modeler

Neural DSP Quad Cortex Digital Effects Modeler
Neural DSP Nano Cortex

Neural DSP Nano Cortex
Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet

Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet
Marshall LTD Drive Master Pedal

Marshall LTD Drive Master Pedal
Way Huge Smalls Geisha Drive Overdrive

Way Huge Smalls Geisha Drive Overdrive
Often imitated but never duplicated, our TS808 Tube screamer very well may have spawned more off-shoots and variations than any other pedal on the market. Now you can own the faithful reissue of this world-famous stomp box at a price that doesn't break the bank. The reissue includes the same JRC4558D IC chip and analog circuitry as the original, and features traditional overdrive, level, and tone controls.

Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer
Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz

Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz
Way Huge Smalls Swollen Pickle Fuzz

Way Huge Smalls Swollen Pickle Fuzz
Ultimate riff power is yours with the Fullbore MetalDistortion pedal from MXR. This compact but powerful device is all you need tounleash the most devastating contemporary metal guitar tones ever heard.

MXR M116 Fullbore Metal Distortion
Fender Pugilist Distortion

Fender Pugilist Distortion
The Boss BD-2 Blues Driver delivers the creamy, yet crunchy sound associated with great blues guitar. This popular pedal provides instant access to the kind of warm overdrive and emotive distortion usually reserved for 30-year-old tube amps.

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
The MXR M104 Distortion Plus delivers everything from cool overdriven blues tones to huge ’80s hard rock distortion.

MXR M104 Distortion Plus
The Boss FZ-5 is a modern pedal built for the modern guitarist, but the sounds you can get from the FZ-5 are pure retro. Looking back at the glorious rock sounds of the ’60s and ’70s, the FZ-5 recreates its vintage fuzz through BOSS state-of-the-art COSM technology. Recall the fuzz-filled flavors of classic pedals, such as the Maestro FZ-1A, Fuzz Face and Octavia pedals, and kick ’em into overdrive with the FZ-5’s Boost knob.

Boss FZ-5 Fuzz
Introduced way back in 1991, the iconic MT-2 Metal Zone remains the king of high-gain distortion stomps for guitarists around the world

Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Aggressive and dynamic distortion can be elusive – with powerful tone-shaping EQ controls, top-mounted in & out jacks and true bypass switching, the Hammertone™ Metal delivers chunky high gain that sits perfectly in a mix and will integrate seamlessly into your rig.

Fender Hammertone Metal
The EHX Crayon Full-Range Overdrive is a versatile overdrive with independent Bass and Treble controls and an open frequency range that provides players with a musical alternative to customary mid-focused overdrive pedals. I

Electro-Harmonix EHX Crayon Overdrive
Since its release in 1981, the workhorse Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive has been the core gain pedal for generations of players across every musical genre. Based around the revolutionary asymmetrical clipping circuit from the OD-1 Overdrive—one of the three original BOSS compact pedals from 1977—the SD-1 delivers rich, smooth, and highly musical overdrive tones that continue to inspire guitarists everywhere.

Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
The classic Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal provides a harder distortion effect for guitar and keyboard sounds. Instead of toneless, fuzzy distortion, the DS-1 faithfully reproduces all the subtle nuances of playing dynamics--at any volume.

Boss DS-1 Distortion
Converts your clean tone into the powerful, saturated grit that you'd hear from a vintage, high-wattage tube amp. From classic crunch tones to tighter, more modern high-gain sounds.

Outlaw Lock Stock and Barrel 3-Mode Distortion
Outlaw Effects Deputy Marshal Plexi Distortion

Outlaw Effects Deputy Marshal Plexi Distortion