“All-stars like Phil X, Jimmy Herring, Derek Trucks and Richard Fortus have sung the Hyperdrive’s praises. Now a new IAM overdrive/boost pedal has entered Earth’s atmosphere”: Interstellar Audio Machines Supernova Zoeldrive review

Greetings, Earthlings, here comes a boost/overdrive fresh from the final frontier bearing all the tonal hallmarks of the reassuringly terrestrial Fender Tweed drive

Interstellar Audio Machines Supernova Zoeldrive
(Image: © Interstellar Audio Machines)

Guitar World Verdict

Interstellar Audio Machines’ Supernova Zoeldrive is well on its way to a meteoric rise as a supremely dynamic boost and touch-sensitive, tweed-style overdrive that’s wonderfully down to earth.

Pros

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    Fender Tweed-style breakup and grind with enhanced dynamics.

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    Cleanly-boosted tones.

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    Minimal tone coloration.

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    Classic op-amp tone circuitry.

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    Voicing switch for midrange response.

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    Top-mounted jacks to save precious board space.

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    All-analog circuit design.

Cons

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    None

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In a universe filled with constellations of stompboxes, the one where Interstellar Audio Machines resides continually shows signs of life. You may have already encountered Interstellar Audio Machines’ unmistakable pedals online and in social media feeds if your search history consists of words like “Klon” and “fuzz.”

Each pedal is painted with eye-popping sci-fi artwork and an accompanying thematic backstory involving an interplanetary extraterrestrial that ties into the pedal’s name.

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Paul Riario

Paul Riario has been the tech/gear editor and online video presence for Guitar World for over 25 years. Paul is one of the few gear editors who has actually played and owned nearly all the original gear that most guitarists wax poetically about, and has survived this long by knowing every useless musical tidbit of classic rock, new wave, hair metal, grunge, and alternative genres. When Paul is not riding his road bike at any given moment, he remains a working musician, playing in two bands called SuperTrans Am and Radio Nashville.