118 circuits
Overdrive pedals add warmth and breakup by softly clipping your signal, sitting between a clean boost and a full distortion. Here are 118 overdrive circuits with free printable drill templates, from transparent low-gain drives to amp-in-a-box designs. Every template prints at 1:1 scale for the enclosure its circuit is built around.
Nothing to tape down, nothing to slip, and it wraps the sides so the jacks line up. The editor makes one from your own layout, for the exact enclosure you picked, $29.
THIS NOW COMES WITH THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS PCB, so you'll need to follow that build doc which is linked below.
View template →Compare to J.Rockett The Dude
View template →Based on the Analogman Prince of Tone, a single-channel adaptation of the King of Tone, with a few added features not found in the original.
View template →Based on the Nordland ODR-C, an updated version of the definitive Nashville overdrive, handmade by the original circuit designer.
View template →Based on the Nobels ODR-1 Natural Overdrive, a favorite among Nashville session guitarists, modified to include a bass knob.
View template →Compare to Marshall 1959 Overdrive Pedal
View template →Based on the Hermida Zendrive. A favorite of blues guitarists and anyone looking to replicate the tone of the legendary Dumble amplifiers.
View template →Compare to Mr Black BB-74x
View template →Incredibly responsive dynamic overdrive with a sound as sweet as honey.
View template →Compare to Heavy Electronics Red Eyes
View template →Delightful box of tone for pushing tube-like drive into your signal.
View template →Compare to Greer Amps Mizuki Blue
View template →Compare to Sobbat Drive Breaker DB-1
View template →Compare to Greer Amps Royal Velvet Drive and Pre
View template →Compare to Mr Black Orro
View template →Compare to Providence Stampede SOV-2
View template →Compare to Vertex TDrive
View template →Arguably the most popular and sought after overdrive out there, just don't say the name out loud!
View template →Compare to EQD Crimson Drive
View template →Compare to Buffalo FX TD-X
View template →Compare to DMB Pedals Stellar Drive
View template →An adaptation of the Cornish CC-1/GC-1, both traced by Aion FX. Two soft-clipping stages followed by a 3-band EQ for an amp-like response.
View template →Based on the Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal, a classic overdrive effect that was designed to mimic the Model 1962 amplifier from the 1960s.
View template →Compare to EQD Talons
View template →Compare to Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
View template →Compare to J.Rockett Touch OD
View template →Compare to EQD Chrysalis
View template →Compare to Ibanez CD5 Cyberdrive
View template →Compare to Revv Chat Breaker
View template →As with many boutique boxes, this one owes a lot to those that came before.
View template →Compare to Marshall JCM800 Overdrive Pedal
View template →What do you do if you want the sweet, sweet magic of a Klon Centaur in your chain, but you don't want a Klon Centaur in your chain?
View template →Nice and simple low/medium gain OD that responds well to playing dynamics and guitar volume adjustment.
View template →New for 2024 - make yourself an original Japanese design that is actually almost a straight-up clone of the Zen Drive - the Yogi variant below.
View template →Based on the Marshall Guv’nor, a low-to-mid-gain overdrive featuring a unique dual-stage drive control and amp-like 3-band tone stack.
View template →There are lots of amp emulation pedals out there, but none sound quite like this pup.
View template →Compare to Maxon Overdrive Extreme OD808X
View template →Compare to Friedman Motor City Drive
View template →Compare to VFE Ice Scream
View template →Compare to Mesa/Boogie Flux Drive
View template →Based on the King Tone Duellist, a popular dual-channel overdrive that combines a stripped-down Tube Screamer with a hot-rodded Bluesbreaker.
View template →Compare to Pro Tone Dead Horse
View template →Compare to Hermida Audio Dover Drive
View template →Compare to Greer Tomahawk Deluxe Drive
View template →The final entry in a series of legendary pedals using BOSS’s “discrete op-amp” topology that overdrives more like an amplifier than traditional drive circuits.
View template →Compare to 1981 Inventions DRV
View template →Compare to Noel Voile Vowaru
View template →Sweet, bass-heavy drive pedal - the signature model of Jeff Kollman.
View template →Compare to Mr Black JDS-50
View template →Capturing the essence of Wayne Kramer's absolutely brutal MC5 tone.
View template →Compare to Ibanez JD9 Jet Driver
View template →There's always room for more Dumble-in-a-Box pedals, and this one is rather nice, offering a higher gain range than some others.
View template →Low parts count box of wonderful drive. Articulate and responsive, with clean up so nice you'd swear there was a tube amp in the box.
View template →Compare to Lumpy's Tone Shop Lemon Drop / ZII / Series 7
View template →Of course the world always needs another Tube Screamer based drive, right?
View template →Compare to PAL 800 JCM Emulator
View template →Compare to Greer Lightspeed Overdrive
View template →A CMOS-flavored bass overdrive with tones spanning across decades, from vintage warmth to modern bite and aggression.
View template →Compare to Hermida Audio Zendrive
View template →Stripped down version of a bigger drive that was designed to get your guitar tone into similar realms to William Basinski's 'Disintegration Loops'.
View template →Compare to BK Butler Tube Driver
View template →Compare to Marshall JCM900 Overdrive Pedal
View template →Compare to Nobels ODR-1
View template →125B · 125B 3-Knob (Type 1)
View template →Compare to Fortin HexDrive®
View template →Jump in your way-back-when machine and ride that overdriven wave.
View template →Compare to Marshall Shred Master
View template →Compare to Way Huge Overrated Special™
View template →1590B · 1590B 2-Knob (Type 1)
View template →Compare to Lovepedal Jubilee
View template →A signature drive that really delivers.
View template →Compare to Vertex Ultraphonix Overdrive
View template →Compare to Colorsound Overdriver
View template →Compare to Catalinbread RAH
View template →Compare to Browne Amplification Protein Pedal (Blue Channel)
View template →Compare to Browne Amplification Protein Pedal (Green Channel)
View template →Compare to Menatone Red Snapper
View template →A part-for-part replica of the Klon Centaur and KTR, a mythical overdrive effect noted for its high-end tone and price.
View template →Compare to Mad Professor Amber Overdrive
View template →Big green grit machine right here. This is based on the popular Mk II version of the original, not the later Mk IV or current Mk V.
View template →Now that's a nifty parts count for a very versatile drive.
View template →Compare to Way Huge Drive (Geisha Drive)
View template →Based on the BOSS® BD-2 Blues Driver, one of the most popular pedals in the BOSS lineup with a drive tone resembling vintage Fender blackface amps.
View template →Compare to VFE Merman
View template →Compare to EQD Westwood
View template →Compare to E.N.T Effects Shin -hit Over Drive 46
View template →Compare to ThorpyFX Gunshot OD
View template →Compare to Vertex Steel String Clean Drive
View template →Compare to Mad Professor Sky Blue OD
View template →Compare to Barber Electronics LTD
View template →Compare to Greer Amps Ghetto Stomp Overdrive
View template →Compare to Xotic Soul Driven
View template →Compare to Fulltone PlimSoul
View template →Compare to Greer Southland Overdrive
View template →Madbean's excellent take on Aron Nelson's Smash Drive.
View template →Based on the Ibanez® TS-9 or TS-808 Tube Screamer, the most famous overdrive pedal of all time.
View template →Compare to Beetronics Fat Bee
View template →Compare to Lovepedal Super Six "Stevie Mod" Overdrive
View template →Inspired by the Nuverdrive+
View template →Compare to Mad Professor Simble Overdrive
View template →Compare to Systech Overdrive
View template →Compare to Blackout Effectors Mantra
View template →Nice drive based on the Gorilla Tube Cruncher TC-35 solid state combo, thanks to the fine work of Aion FX.
View template →125B · 125B 4-Knob (Type 1)
View template →Based on the Analogman King of Tone, a boutique dual-channel drive pedal made up of two modified Marshall Bluesbreaker circuits in series.
View template →Based on the Fulltone® OCD™, a legendary hard-clipping overdrive pedal that makes almost any rig sound better.
View template →Compare to Fulltone Robin Trower Overdrive
View template →Recreating the characteristics of a Trainwreck™ Express amp in a little stomp package.
View template →125B · 125B 3-Knob (Type 1)
View template →Compare to Boss SD-1
View template →Compare to Carl Martin Panama
View template →Compare to El Musico Loco Blisterlily
View template →Compare to JHS Charlie Brown v4
View template →The last thing anyone wants is to fry their beloved vintage AC15 or AC30, but how else are you going to get that incredible tone of those great British beasts being pushed to the edge?
View template →125B · 125B 3-Knob (Type 1)
View template →Compare to Catalinbread WIIO
View template →Compare to Airis Savage Drive
View template →Massive distortion for all your chug and djent needs.
View template →Create your own drill template from scratch. It's free and takes just a few minutes.
Start designing free →