DreX
New member
Re: MXR Classic Overdrive good?
My feeling on price vs. quality changed a lot after I went from being in a band to playing for fun. When I was in a band, I only had room for a few pedals on stage, so I had to pick one or two dirt boxes, and I wanted to make the best impression I could, and I didn't have a lot of time and money to try out a lot of dirt boxes, so I just Googled around and it seemed to be at the time that the Maxon OD-808 and/or the Full Drive II was "the best", so I bought those and moved on to the next concern. Now I have no concern for floor space, or making good impressions, and I saw that there were pedals on the market for $30 - $50 that were pretty hard to distinguish from the $150 Maxon OD808, so I bought some just for fun, and I found out two awesome things 1) they are certainly no worse than $150+ pedals, and 2) the differ slightly from expensive versions that make them interesting and unique in their own right. Some are smoother, some are gritty, some have a fizz in the treble range, some have gut level growl, etc. I actually think a cheap pedal is a let down if it sounds too close to the expensive version. The EHX East River Drive sounds so much like the Maxon OD808 that I have less inclination to add it to the chain.
My feeling on price vs. quality changed a lot after I went from being in a band to playing for fun. When I was in a band, I only had room for a few pedals on stage, so I had to pick one or two dirt boxes, and I wanted to make the best impression I could, and I didn't have a lot of time and money to try out a lot of dirt boxes, so I just Googled around and it seemed to be at the time that the Maxon OD-808 and/or the Full Drive II was "the best", so I bought those and moved on to the next concern. Now I have no concern for floor space, or making good impressions, and I saw that there were pedals on the market for $30 - $50 that were pretty hard to distinguish from the $150 Maxon OD808, so I bought some just for fun, and I found out two awesome things 1) they are certainly no worse than $150+ pedals, and 2) the differ slightly from expensive versions that make them interesting and unique in their own right. Some are smoother, some are gritty, some have a fizz in the treble range, some have gut level growl, etc. I actually think a cheap pedal is a let down if it sounds too close to the expensive version. The EHX East River Drive sounds so much like the Maxon OD808 that I have less inclination to add it to the chain.
