Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

[Demanic]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

I do agree that they are close. Siblings in fact. Where as the Blues Driver or Timmy (I assume) would be more like first cousins.
I love the SD-1 for that glassy top end it has. I love the tube screamers for their nasty grunt. I love running them cascaded, truth be told.

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Is there a mod for creating a "blend" function? At stage volume, it sounds like the balance between clean and dirt is out of whack. I want more dirt, but raising the gain doesn't do it. I guess I want it to be... Less transparent! Gasp!

There is no "blend". The signal clips thru those 3 diodes and that it. Adding gain just makes it clip harder.
You can buy a pedal called a voodoo labs sparkle drive which blends in some clean but that is the opposite of what you are after.

Check out either a fulltone OCD or the Boss OD-3. I think both of those will do what you are after.
Or of course there is always ye olde orange box of hair, the ds-1. Or the black box of 80s...a proco rat.
Many flavours of hard clipping. All fun.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Been messing around with an SD-1 in front of my MT-2 and TT Mayhem alternately. I find it to be much more open than tube screamer type effects. Not as fond of it by itself, but in front of another gain stage, it gives a nice clarity to the distortion without as much of a mid push.

Interesting... how much drive are you using on the MT2 to do that? using the SD1 as just a boost? or using some of its drive also?

 

[Artie]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Just gotta stash away some funds(& beer money)!

Beer money always comes first. :beerchug:

We can do the silly mods anytime.

Artie

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Artie,lemme know when you're gonna have a little down-time,if at all...

Could prolly catch a ride over if the stars/planets line up...

 

[Demanic]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Interesting... how much drive are you using on the MT2 to do that? using the SD1 as just a boost? or using some of its drive also?

Usually I have the gain on the MT-2 at about 12 o clock and I have the gain of the SD-1 at about 1 o clock.

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[Edgecrusher]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

Usually I have the gain on the MT-2 at about 12 o clock and I have the gain of the SD-1 at about 1 o clock.

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Cool i'll have to give that a shot when im back home later this week.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

How does the SD-1 compare to the SD-2 Dual Overdrive? Are either the green or red channels the same as the original?

 

[BloodRose]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

sorry drift a bit here, but whats the diff tween the SD1 and DS1? I have 2 DS1s. Stock and Spina modded..

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

SD-1 is a Super OverDrive,DS-1 is full on Distortion...

 

[jeremy]

Re: Tell Me About the Boss SD-1

How does the SD-1 compare to the SD-2 Dual Overdrive? Are either the green or red channels the same as the original?

i dont think so. i sold my sd1 and got a sd2 and they were pretty different