The Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive is a Beetronics overdrive pedal, currently around $227.01. Close alternatives include the Beetronics Overhive Custom Skulls and the Beetronics OV-LE-Uva. It pairs well with the Peavey MAX 100 and the Traynor SB110.

Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive

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The Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive is a specific medium-gain variant or configuration of the Beetronics Overhive, a boutique overdrive with warm, round tone designed to enhance amp character. The Overhive circuit delivers natural, amp-respecting overdrive with excellent touch sensitivity and pick-dynamic response. This medium-gain designation identifies the sweet-spot gain staging that the Overhive excels at, covering light crunch through warm medium saturation. Suited for blues, classic rock, and indie styles. Built to Beetronics boutique standard with hand-painted artwork.

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  • “The Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive is a specific medium-gain variant or configuration of the Beetronics Overhive, a boutique overdrive with warm, round tone designed to enhance amp character”

    — from the listing

  • “The Overhive at medium gain is considered the optimal operating point by many players, delivering warm round saturation that enhances but does”

    — from the community notes

  • “This medium-gain designation identifies the sweet-spot gain staging that the Overhive excels at, covering light crunch through warm medium saturation”

    — from the listing

  • “Suited for blues, classic rock, and indie styles”

    — from the listing

  • “The Overhive circuit delivers natural, amp-respecting overdrive with excellent touch sensitivity and pick-dynamic response”

    — from the listing

  • warm
  • medium gain
  • round
  • saturation
  • classic rock
  • overdrive
  • dynamic response
  • touch sensitivity
$227.01View on Reverb

Price updated Oct 25, 2026

Genres the Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive is commonly used in

  • Classic Rock
  • Indie
  • Blues
  • Alternative
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Blues Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive

Peavey MAX 100

Peavey

25% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Peavey MAX 100 leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Comes later in the signal chain

Traynor SB110

Traynor

25% match
$669via Reverb

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Where this leans warm, Traynor SB110 answers back bright

Comes later in the signal chain

Laney Richter

Laney

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Where this leans warm, Laney Richter answers back bright

Mesa Boogie Subway D-350

Mesa Boogie

tonal match
$799via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Mesa Boogie Subway D-350's bright balances out the warm tone

Morgan MVP66

Morgan

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Morgan MVP66 leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

PRS DG

PRS

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run PRS DG after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Vox AC30 Rose Morris 80s

amplifier

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run Vox AC30 Rose Morris 80s after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Díaz CD-100 Amp Head

Diaz

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Díaz CD-100 Amp Head's bright balances out the warm tone

Pedals that stack with the Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive

Catalinbread VariOboost

Catalinbread

25% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Catalinbread VariOboost leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Paul Cochrane Timmy

Paul Cochrane

23% match

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Where this leans warm, Paul Cochrane Timmy answers back bright

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor

Arcade Audio

21% match
$29.95via Reverb

fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (warm → bright)

Arcade Audio Button Masher Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Walrus Audio Lillian

Walrus Audio

16% match
$213via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Walrus Audio Lillian's bright voice goes after Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive's own warm character

Comes later in the signal chain

Strymon El Capistan

Strymon

11% match
$379via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Strymon El Capistan after Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive in the signal chain, clear of Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Chase Bliss Automatone CXM 1978

Chase Bliss Audio

10% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Put Chase Bliss Automatone CXM 1978 after Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive in the signal chain, clear of Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Boss GEB-7 Bass Graphic EQ

Roland

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Where this leans warm, Boss GEB-7 Bass Graphic EQ answers back bright

Jackson Audio Prism

Jackson Audio

tonal match
$248.64via Reverb

Run Jackson Audio Prism after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Cheaper alternatives

MXR Super Badass Distortion

MXR

53% similarity
$99via Reverb

Shared character: boost, crunch, warm

Fulltone Fulldrive 2 MOSFET

Fulltone

51% similarity
$69via Reverb

Shared character: round, boost, crunch

Marshall Guv'nor

Marshall

51% similarity
$106via Reverb

Shared character: sweet, crunch, classic rock

MXR CSP039 Duke of Tone Overdrive

Dunlop

51% similarity
$139.07via Reverb

Shared character: boost, warm, classic rock

Behringer OD300 Overdrive Distortion

Behringer

95% similarity
$29.83via Reverb

similar tone character

Boss OD-3 Overdrive

Boss

94% similarity
$102.92via Reverb

similar tone character

Boutique & premium upgrades

Beetronics Overhive Custom Cross Path

Beetronics

65% similarity
$315via Reverb

Shared character: round, boost, warm

Strymon Riverside

Strymon

53% similarity
$299via Reverb

Shared character: sweet, boost, full

Cornerstone Imperium

Cornerstone

53% similarity
$299via Reverb

Shared character: rich harmonic content, boost, full

Vemuram "Spiritone Medium Gain Overdrive

Vemuram

51% similarity
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Shared character: warm, overdrive

Vemuram Jan Ray

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94% similarity
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similar tone character

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Beetronics Overhive Custom Skulls

Beetronics

66% similarity

Shared character: round, crunch, warm

Beetronics OV-LE-Uva

Beetronics

64% similarity
$227.01via Reverb

Shared character: round, boost, crunch

Fulltone OCD V2

Fulltone

51% similarity

Shared character: classic rock, full, overdrive

ThorpyFX Peacekeeper V2 Low-Gain Overdrive

ThorpyFX

50% similarity
$243.33via Reverb

Shared character: sweet, boost, crunch

Wampler Belle

Wampler

50% similarity

Shared character: boost, crunch, full

Vemuram Shanks

Vemuram

50% similarity

Shared character: warm, overdrive

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive?+

The closest matches in character are the Beetronics Overhive Custom Skulls, the Beetronics OV-LE-Uva, the Fulltone OCD V2. Budget picks: MXR Super Badass Distortion, Fulltone Fulldrive 2 MOSFET, Marshall Guv'nor. Boutique upgrades: Beetronics Overhive Custom Cross Path, Strymon Riverside, Cornerstone Imperium.

What pairs well with the Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Peavey MAX 100, Traynor SB110, Laney Richter — Peavey MAX 100 leans bright right where the warm tone needs it.

How much does the Beetronics Overhive Medium Gain Overdrive cost?+

Around $227.01 (live listing price, updated Oct 25, 2026).

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