Behringer Zentara Mini Overdrive: Legendary Tone, Mini Footprint
Behringer's Zentara Mini Overdrive delivers transparent boost and dynamic overdrive in a compact format. Available in silver and gold.
Guitarists are talking about Behringer’s latest release: the ZENTARA OVERDRIVE and its space-saving sibling, the ZENTARA MINI OVERDRIVE. Designed to deliver transparent boost, high headroom, and expressive overdrive, these pedals bring legendary tone and soft-clipping germanium diodes to players of all setups.
Transparent Boost Meets Expressive Overdrive
At the core of the Zentara circuit is an advanced dual potentiometer gain control—an upgraded, highly reliable version of traditional concentric controls that makes dialing in your tone effortless.
Whether you want a pristine clean signal for lifting a solo or heavy saturation turned all the way up, the pedal preserves the natural voice of your guitar and amplifier.
The Zentara is now being made available in a Mini format in Silver and Gold finishes, along with the regular Zentara model (also now available in Silver and Gold).
Both the standard-sized Zentara Overdrive and the compact Zentara Mini Overdrive respond beautifully to picking dynamics. Lightly dance across the strings for a crystal-clear tone, or dig in hard to make your rig roar.
The mini version will run only from an external power supply.
Key Features & Highlights
Transparent Circuitry: Maintains the authentic character of your instrument and amp without coloring your core tone.
Dual Potentiometer Gain Control: Smoothly blend from clean boost to rich overdrive with precise adjustments.
Dynamic Touch Response: Highly sensitive to picking dynamics for effortless transitions from delicate passages to aggressive riffs.
Versatile Applications: Ideal as a clean solo boost, to drive an amp at the edge of breakup, or to deliver full saturation.
Two Footprints Available: Choose the classic-styled Zentara Overdrive or free up pedalboard space with the Zentara Mini Overdrive.
The Klon Lawsuit
Behringer had to change the name to Zentara (due to legal action), and original Centaur-named models sometimes get offered for silly money, which is just daft as they are all exactly the same.
Expect the new mini versions to hit dealers soon.
Our Thoughts
I own the Behringer Centaur, and it is a decent-quality Klon-style circuit which is super affordable. The new silver finish and mini options will only help Behringer drive sales of these budget Klon clones.
They are good value for money, and both versions are compact, so they are good for cramped pedalboard setups.
Discover More
- Explore official product specs on the Behringer Zentara Product Page.
- +Transparent tone preservation
- +Dynamic pick sensitivity
- +Versatile clean boost to full saturation
- +Dual finishes and footprints
- +Advanced dual potentiometer control
- +Affordable Klon-style overdrive
- −Mini version requires external power supply
What's the difference between the Zentara Overdrive and Zentara Mini Overdrive?
The Zentara Mini is a space-saving compact version of the standard Zentara Overdrive. Both share identical circuitry and tone, but the mini requires external power supply while the standard model offers more traditional pedalboard integration.
Why did Behringer rename the Centaur to Zentara?
Behringer changed the name to Zentara following a lawsuit from Klon over the original Centaur branding. The pedals are functionally identical; only the name changed on newer models.
Is the Zentara good for clean boost?
Yes. The Zentara's transparent circuitry and dual potentiometer gain control excel at clean boost, letting you lift solos without coloring your core tone. It responds beautifully to picking dynamics.
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