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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.
Don't let its compact size fool you - The Outlaw Effects Widow Maker Distortion is not for the faint of heart. Boasting scorching, saturated distortion with tight attack, this is one dangerous, high-gain beast. Three distinct EQ voicings let you fine-tune Widow Maker's gruelling tones to your tastes.

Outlaw Effects Widow Maker Distortion
Outlaw Effects Deputy Marshal Plexi Distortion

Outlaw Effects Deputy Marshal Plexi Distortion
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
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 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 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Super Overdrive Pedal
Tone aficionados kept telling EHX's Mike Matthews about a pedal that had achieved a lot of buzz because it was only obtainable at an exorbitant price. That pedal was the Klon Centaur.

Electro-Harmonix EHX Soul Food Transparent Overdrive
Developed from the ground up using carefully selected components, the MXR M115 Distortion III delivers everything from sweet singing overdrive to massive distortion crunch.

MXR M115 Distortion III
The MXR M104 Distortion Plus delivers everything from cool overdriven blues tones to huge ’80s hard rock distortion.

MXR M104 Distortion Plus
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
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
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
Produced from 1983 to 1991, the BOSS HM-2 Heavy Metal is a true legend in the history of distortion pedals.

Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal - Waza Craft
Fender Santa Ana Overdrive

Fender Santa Ana Overdrive
The Keeley Aria Compressor/Drive is a dual Compressor/Overdrive pedal that brings together two circuits that helped put Keeley on the map: The classic Red Dirt Overdrive and venerable Compressor Plus.

Keeley Aria Compressor/Drive