Electro-Harmonix East River Drive

About the Electro-Harmonix East River Drive

The Electro-Harmonix East River Drive is a Tube Screamer-style overdrive, an 808-voiced drive designed by EHX with input from Analog Man, sold at a budget-friendly price. It uses the familiar Drive, Tone and Volume controls and works either as a standalone overdrive or a boost. It is paired in EHX's lineup with the Flatiron, a RAT-based fuzz/distortion.

In one paragraph

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Listings of the Electro-Harmonix East River Drive we watched from listing to sale typically went in 22 days (10 watched), a steady; it sells for a median of €35 over the last 90 days across 14 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €35 and €45. New, it costs €66 at Thomann (read 16 October 2026), so a used one at the median saves about 47%. There are 107 listings live right now across Reverb, from €36 asking, a median ask 109% over the sale median. Figures computed 19 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.

What owners have said elsewhere

Paraphrased from 53 discussion threads among 9 owners, 2024-2025. No names, nothing quoted.

Owners rate the East River Drive as one of the better affordable Tube Screamers, one calls it a great take on the 808 and one of the better ones, another says it is awesome and definitely worth the money and more, and one simply calls it his most versatile pedal. It is a genuine EHX and Analog Man collaboration, which owners feel shows in the sound for the price. In use it works well both as a standalone overdrive and as a boost, plays nicely with other pedals, and owners pair it happily in front of a Muff. A couple of small notes from owners: it sings with single coils (one loves it with a Strat, a little less with humbuckers), and while a few describe it as decent rather than boutique, it comes up over and over as a great-sounding budget drive. If you want the Tube Screamer voice without the boutique price, it is a well-liked pick.