Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Boss od-1
Boss od-1
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Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Boss od-1
The OD-1 arrived today. its cool. quite loose and spongy and with a lot of attitude. It sounds better than my fulldrive. Its clearer and looser at the same time. Maybe its because it has no tone circuit. The fulldrive was either too bright or too dull by comparison, whereas even tho the OD-1 has no tone control, it just seemed to sound great and didn't need any adjustment.
The downside is that it does not provide much in the way of level boost - pretty much none at all when the drive knob is at minimum and the level is at max. I did the mods recommended by analogman which really didn't do a whole lot (c1,c6,c7) i also changed c2 which seemed to give a little more punch. I changed c3 to tailor the bass response, but ended up returning that back to stock, which is what sounded best. Plenty of snarl.
I've ended up just maxing the level and then using the overdrive to add the meat and veg. Thats fine, it still gives plenty of grunt that way.
Anyways, yep its definitely a really cool pedal. Maybe nice if i could have more boost volume wise, but its really just my eyes telling me that the level control should be around 12 o clock rather than dimed. The grit gets pretty hot pretty quickly. I guess once the clipping diodes max out there is not much more they can do except sustain a bit longer.
Long story short: great, loose, organic, old skool sounding overdrive with bags of attitude and nuance. It even sounds great on its own thru a twin reverb.
The OD-1 arrived today. its cool. quite loose and spongy and with a lot of attitude. It sounds better than my fulldrive. Its clearer and looser at the same time. Maybe its because it has no tone circuit. The fulldrive was either too bright or too dull by comparison, whereas even tho the OD-1 has no tone control, it just seemed to sound great and didn't need any adjustment.
The downside is that it does not provide much in the way of level boost - pretty much none at all when the drive knob is at minimum and the level is at max. I did the mods recommended by analogman which really didn't do a whole lot (c1,c6,c7) i also changed c2 which seemed to give a little more punch. I changed c3 to tailor the bass response, but ended up returning that back to stock, which is what sounded best. Plenty of snarl.
I've ended up just maxing the level and then using the overdrive to add the meat and veg. Thats fine, it still gives plenty of grunt that way.
Anyways, yep its definitely a really cool pedal. Maybe nice if i could have more boost volume wise, but its really just my eyes telling me that the level control should be around 12 o clock rather than dimed. The grit gets pretty hot pretty quickly. I guess once the clipping diodes max out there is not much more they can do except sustain a bit longer.
Long story short: great, loose, organic, old skool sounding overdrive with bags of attitude and nuance. It even sounds great on its own thru a twin reverb.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Boss od-1
actually, scratch that last post about needing more level. It's got heaps.
Fantastic pedal.
Probably the best overdrive i have tried for the sounds i like thru a big fender amp.
actually, scratch that last post about needing more level. It's got heaps.
Fantastic pedal.
Probably the best overdrive i have tried for the sounds i like thru a big fender amp.
PFDarkside
of the Forum
Re: Boss od-1
So you are running a OD-1 and BD-2w?
So you are running a OD-1 and BD-2w?
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: Boss od-1
As for my last post, I'm pretty sure I had the same OD-1 that Gibson175 and MetalManiac have, not the earlier quad op amp rare version. Who knows....it was before the days of internet research and I was a teenager that didn't tear my pedals apart. All I know is I sold the OD-1 to buy the SD-1, plugged it in, and knew I'd made a mistake.
As for my last post, I'm pretty sure I had the same OD-1 that Gibson175 and MetalManiac have, not the earlier quad op amp rare version. Who knows....it was before the days of internet research and I was a teenager that didn't tear my pedals apart. All I know is I sold the OD-1 to buy the SD-1, plugged it in, and knew I'd made a mistake.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Boss od-1
nuthin. i was just getting mad with volume after sitting in front of the amp for so many hours.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Boss od-1
I reckon i will probably do sundays gig with just the od-1. I just like the way it sounds on its own and leave it on and ride my guitar controls. Less stuff in the chain too and less tapdancing. Its a duo gig with a drummer so i dont need to have extra boosts to "jump out of the mix" at any stage so having major volumes boosts is not really necessary.
Im gonna use the twin reverb rather than my normal JTM style amp tho. Its fun to have all that headroom and spacious reverb rather that needing to find a place to hang out in the midrange and staying out of the way of the bassist etc.
yeah. and a cs-2.
I reckon i will probably do sundays gig with just the od-1. I just like the way it sounds on its own and leave it on and ride my guitar controls. Less stuff in the chain too and less tapdancing. Its a duo gig with a drummer so i dont need to have extra boosts to "jump out of the mix" at any stage so having major volumes boosts is not really necessary.
Im gonna use the twin reverb rather than my normal JTM style amp tho. Its fun to have all that headroom and spacious reverb rather that needing to find a place to hang out in the midrange and staying out of the way of the bassist etc.
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