Boss OD3 - Totally under rated overdrive pedal?
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Jeff Lazare
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Re: Boss OD3 - Totally under rated overdrive pedal?
I just found one for $45 Canadian. Looking forward to getting it tomorrow.
I just found one for $45 Canadian. Looking forward to getting it tomorrow.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Is Gainstage around anymore??
Or did he get an aneurysm from all that Boss heresy talk??
Haha!
Yeah....I just sold my OD-3...and got an OS-2 instead, even traded in a Mega Distortion....the latter I modded for better useage for low volume playing...it will never see any big amps at this stage anyways
But I'll probally get another OD-3 some other day...I just had too many drive pedals(projects and such)....
Is Gainstage around anymore??
Or did he get an aneurysm from all that Boss heresy talk??
Haha!
Yeah....I just sold my OD-3...and got an OS-2 instead, even traded in a Mega Distortion....the latter I modded for better useage for low volume playing...it will never see any big amps at this stage anyways
But I'll probally get another OD-3 some other day...I just had too many drive pedals(projects and such)....
Jeff Lazare
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Re: Boss OD3 - Totally under rated overdrive pedal?
Interesting, I hated the OS-2, but each to his own, of course (unless you're Gainstage:1. I just got my OD3. I find it a bit similar to my Marshall Bluesbreaker 2, a pedal that gets a lot of hate.
Interesting, I hated the OS-2, but each to his own, of course (unless you're Gainstage:1
. I just got my OD3. I find it a bit similar to my Marshall Bluesbreaker 2, a pedal that gets a lot of hate.
Sirion
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Last activity 07/07/2016. Oh well, if his main contribution was complaining in Boss threads...
Is Gainstage around anymore??
Or did he get an aneurysm from all that Boss heresy talk??
Haha!
Yeah....I just sold my OD-3...and got an OS-2 instead, even traded in a Mega Distortion....the latter I modded for better useage for low volume playing...it will never see any big amps at this stage anyways
But I'll probally get another OD-3 some other day...I just had too many drive pedals(projects and such)....
Last activity 07/07/2016. Oh well, if his main contribution was complaining in Boss threads...
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: Boss OD3 - Totally under rated overdrive pedal?
Hehehe off he went...into the grave of cranky kranks!
Hehehe off he went...into the grave of cranky kranks!
Jeff Lazare
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Re: Boss OD3 - Totally under rated overdrive pedal?
So far I like it but I find it sounds a bit like two other pedals I have, Caline Pure Sky and Marshall Bluesbreaker 2.
I'll have to try it on a gig and see how it goes.
So far I like it but I find it sounds a bit like two other pedals I have, Caline Pure Sky and Marshall Bluesbreaker 2.
I'll have to try it on a gig and see how it goes.
Van Noord
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I had an OD3 but sold it. I was using it as a boost pedal, and liked that it kept some lowend in tact instead of stripping it away like the SD1. Eventually decided I didn't like the pedals response and midrange voicing
Since then I've gotten ahold of a Boss SD2 which is a better distortion pedal/Crunch pedal than boost. Probably the best sounding Boss distortion I've ever played. A real jem.
I had an OD3 but sold it. I was using it as a boost pedal, and liked that it kept some lowend in tact instead of stripping it away like the SD1. Eventually decided I didn't like the pedals response and midrange voicing
Since then I've gotten ahold of a Boss SD2 which is a better distortion pedal/Crunch pedal than boost. Probably the best sounding Boss distortion I've ever played. A real jem.
PFDarkside
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PFDarkside
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I kind of regret selling my SD-2. That’s the only one I regret. It was decent stock, but I bet a mod could have made it a killer two channel OD.
:chairfall
I kind of regret selling my SD-2. That’s the only one I regret. It was decent stock, but I bet a mod could have made it a killer two channel OD.
Jeff Lazare
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Re: Boss OD3 - Totally under rated overdrive pedal?
Finally got to try it on a gig. Played my Strat into a Blues Junior. Loved it! Nice and warm, without being muddy at all. I had the gain just past halfway. Seemed to work well for crunchy rhythm with my guitar turned down a bit, and sounded great for leads.
Finally got to try it on a gig. Played my Strat into a Blues Junior. Loved it! Nice and warm, without being muddy at all. I had the gain just past halfway. Seemed to work well for crunchy rhythm with my guitar turned down a bit, and sounded great for leads.
martinsmith99
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Hmm, stumbled upon this thread whilst looking for a drive pedal for my blues board.
I currently have a Keeley modded BD2 and looking for something to pair it with.
Is the OD3 too similar to my BD2?
Hmm, stumbled upon this thread whilst looking for a drive pedal for my blues board.
I currently have a Keeley modded BD2 and looking for something to pair it with.
Is the OD3 too similar to my BD2?
Aceman
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Re: Boss OD3 - Totally under rated overdrive pedal?
I don't know that OD-3 and BD2 are a good pair if you want two different flavors. They are both definitely chocolate. How many kinds of Chocolate do you need? I'd go lighter (808) or heavier (78 Bad@$$, or Dirty Deed, or whatever)
I don't know that OD-3 and BD2 are a good pair if you want two different flavors. They are both definitely chocolate. How many kinds of Chocolate do you need? I'd go lighter (808) or heavier (78 Bad@$$, or Dirty Deed, or whatever)
