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ThunderTomate's Over-Drive+ Rev G is a beautifully balanced natural / organic overdrive with 3 exceptionally usable Voices
Key Points
ThunderTomate Over‑Drive+ Rev G is a natural/organic overdrive with three Voices (Stock, Bright, Full) and controls Level, Drive, Tone, Voice. Stock is neutral, Bright gives elegant cut-through, and Full works as a full‑range boost with Drive turned down.
Typical settings mentioned: Level permanently maxed, Drive ~3 o’clock, Tone 2–3 o’clock. It pairs with a Strymon Sunset Treble Booster for more output; slight gripe is modest volume on clean pedal‑platform rigs, but it excels into an amp on the edge of breakup. Described as adjacent to Blues Breaker and Timmy territory.
Alberto Barrero’s demo is recommended. The Over‑Drive+ Rev G sells via ThunderTomate for €149. As of 2026-07-13, the price was £127.
As I mentioned in my original overview of this pedal - one of my good friend Alberto Barrero’s demos first drew me to this pedal. Based on the name I thought it might have some relation to Boss’s original OD-1, but this is its own animal - where the circuit has been around since the early 2000’s and has seemingly found its way to its 7th Rev G iteration.
It had a wonderfully balanced tone, and is beautifully neutral on Stock Voice, elegantly cutting on the Bright Voice, and where its Full Voice serves as an incredibly full-range boost with the Gain turned down.
I really love most everything about this pedal, first impressions are excellent. My only tiny niggle is that it could do with a little more in the volume department. Most pedals these days are designed to go into the front of an ’On-the-edge-of-Breakup’ Amp, where that does a fair amount of the lifting as such. While through a Clean Pedal Platform Amp setup - you need a little more oomph in the engine room - to deliver the same force of output.
The Boss DS-1 is a great example of that - where it sounds thin and anaemic into a clean pedal platform, but full of verve and vigour into the front of an amp - indeed like Kurt Cobain, John Frusciante, Steve Vai etc al deployed it. But I digress ... all I’m saying here is that the Volume dial is permantely at Max for me, and I need to further bolster the output with my trusty Strymon Sunset Treble Booster - as a follow-on - that combination yields the superior tones for me that I hear in Alberto’s demo.
Controls - Level, Drive, Tone, Voice : Stock / Bright / Full.
I don't always like all the voicing of a pedal - and usually I gravitate toward the fattest and most expressive Voice, while not eh OD+ my favourite Voice is the Bright One - which has just the right amount of elegant cut-through for me - still maintains that perfect balance - but it's a touch brighter and more cutting - but in the most elegant of fashions.
The other 2 modes are excellent also - and depending on what output you're after each one has an optimal purpose. It's already gorgeous sounding on the Stock Voice, which is kind of equal runner-up for me with the Full.
Alberto recommends using the Full Voice as a potent boost - with the Drive all the way down - that has just the right amount of full-frequency punch to improve most everything downstream.
I tend to have the Level permanently maxed out, and Gain / Drive @ around 3 o'c. The Tone then mostly stays at 2 o'c, but rises to 3 o'c for the Stock Mode.
The Over-Drive+ Rev G is an incredibly tasteful overdrive - it's sort of adjacent to Blues Breaker and Timmy Territory - but very much with its own voice and a very natural and balanced aspiration.
It's night perfect really - it just needs a tiny bit more Level / Output to be perfect for my rig - and it still sounds amazing. I would imagine anyone going into an Amp on the edge of breakup would be very satisfied.
Alberto's demo below is an excellent reference for my own experience of this pedal - it really is that mellifluous and very much delivers honeyed tones indeed!
The Over-Drive+ Rev G is just €149 via the ThunderTomate Website - it's a really gorgeous, versatile, and properly useful overdrive with a personality all of its own!
Demos
