Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

[Aceman]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

There are TS9 fans, and SD1 fans. It's "The Other" overdrive. We should all have BOTH of them, but everyone needs to have ONE of them….

Just solid OD awesomeness. Enjoy.

As with the TS9 crowd, there is always some little tweak that makes it a little more this or that. But IMO, I'd be happy as could be if this was the only OD I had.

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

But IMO, I'd be happy as could be if this was the only OD I had.

[Diego]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I'm definitely tonedeaf as hell. I hear some differences but VERY slight and couldn't tell them apart if skipping through the video.

Ignorance is good, I guess.

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I'm definitely tonedeaf as hell. I hear some differences but VERY slight and couldn't tell them apart if skipping through the video.

Ignorance is good, I guess.

Really the circuits are extremely similar. Outside of the symmetrical vs asymmetrical clipping and a bit of difference in the high pass filtering they are a like.

I would actually think less of your hearing if you were claiming huge differences in them.

[Diego]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

The Boss is a tiny bit harsher in the highs I think? And the TS is a bit thicker in the mids. In the bass I'm not sure.
I don't know, man. Two variations of the exact same thing IMO.

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

The Boss is a tiny bit harsher in the highs I think? And the TS is a bit thicker in the mids. In the bass I'm not sure.
I don't know, man. Two variations of the exact same thing IMO.

Your perceptions are pretty dead on... the circuits are much the same so they sound much the same. The harshness you are hearing is cause the boss clips off less highs than the TS does. The TS's mid hump is a bit more evident.

[ArtieToo]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I hated the stock SD-1. But putting another $24 into it with the Monte Allums GT mod made it into four awesome pedals. It took it from a mediocre, totally unused pedal into one that's almost always on. Now, I love it.

I'd love to hear this mod. I did his Blues Driver mod and love it.

Hey Rand-O . . . If you want to try this mod, just buy the kit. I'll do the mod, (for free), play with it for a day, then give it back.

Just one request. If, and when, you get the kit, don't open the bag and mess with the parts and lose half of them.

Artie

[Aceman]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

For the record, I have a Tube Screamer.

(And a Stamps Drive-O-Matic!)

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Doesn't Jake E. Lee have an SD-1 on his pedalboard constantly?

[Skezza]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I had one for years, but found it a bit noisy. I've since replaced it with a DF-1, which is equally noisy

[Skezza]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Doesn't Jake E. Lee have an SD-1 on his pedalboard constantly?

He has a few pedals does Mr E. Lee. An OD-1, an SD-1 and his new signature pedal, along with a fair number of others. His signature pedal is interesting, because he's basically modelled it on the sound of a P90 and the aim is to make a humbucker sound like a P90.

For years though Jake toured exclusively with a SD1, almost using the OD1 as a volume boost with no dirtiness added to the channel.

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I'd love to hear this mod. I did his Blues Driver mod and love it.

Hey Rand-O . . . If you want to try this mod, just buy the kit. I'll do the mod, (for free), play with it for a day, then give it back.

Just one request. If, and when, you get the kit, don't open the bag and mess with the parts and lose half of them.

Artie

Sounds good,but it'll probably be a few!

Will def take you up on it!


& yeah,I'll just leave the box alone,or maybe just have it shipped to you...

[NotCardio]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I'd love to hear this mod. I did his Blues Driver mod and love it.

Hey Rand-O . . . If you want to try this mod, just buy the kit. I'll do the mod, (for free), play with it for a day, then give it back.

Just one request. If, and when, you get the kit, don't open the bag and mess with the parts and lose half of them.

Artie

What do you think the Blues Driver mod did for it?

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Finally got to give it a go!!!

Nice!

Natural & transparent!

Great in front of a driven amp,really good on a clean channel for breakup,still trying to get the vols straight,tho...

[misterwhizzy]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I'd love to hear this mod. I did his Blues Driver mod and love it.

Hey Rand-O . . . If you want to try this mod, just buy the kit. I'll do the mod, (for free), play with it for a day, then give it back.

Just one request. If, and when, you get the kit, don't open the bag and mess with the parts and lose half of them.

Artie

Take him up on his offer. Trust me.