Top 10 best-selling Bass Overdrive & Distortion Pedals

Sculpt your bass sound in great detail with the Source Audio ZIO Analog Bass Preamp/DI and enjoy naturally overdriven sound packed out with ample punch and grit.

After two previous versions, there is now the Ultimate version of Billy Sheehan's Signature Drive. With this, according to EBS and the Winery Dogs and Mr Big bassist, it should take care of everything with overdrive, compression and boost all in one!

Let loose in 2008, and directly based on the 1988 original, the second edition of the Proco RAT pedal gives you every bit of the classic and fluffy yet defined distortion you've been dreaming of.

The Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff Pi is a very extensive version of the successfully Big Muff Pi. You can give your bass sound a great, rich distortion and sustain and edit the sound as much as you like with the crossover circuit, for example.

The EHX Nano Bass Big Muff Pi produces the same fat, growling distortion sounds as the Bass Big Muff Pi, but is much more compact. The rugged, high-quality pedal is easy to use.

The Big Muff provides the ultimate Distortion for bass players. If you are a fan of sound in overdrive, the Electro Harmonix Bass Big Muff is the right choice!

Can't decide which distortion pedal you want? Don't fret but set yourself up with the JHS Pedals PackRat and put nine different flavours of distortion on your pedalboard in one smooth, mind-easing go.

Straight out of Finland, Darkglass drop the Alpha·Omega Φoton: a fresh, intense distortion effects pedal based on the iconic circuits of the Alpha·Omega with a fat stack of extra options on top.

The ODB-3 Bass Overdrive delivers a deep distortion that's ideal for hard rock, trash and punk. The Boss pedal has been developed for the low tones of a bass guitar, so the overdrive sounds clear without a hint of muddiness.

The Boss BB-1X is an overdrive stomp box for bassists who want to emphasise the characteristics of their bass guitar and amplifier, but still have a wide overdrive palette to choose from. Amp and line outputs are present.