Members travisbrowning Posted May 16, 2013 Members Share Posted May 16, 2013 Whats your favorite Boss dirts? I have to say I love the HM-2 and the DS-1 will always hold a special place in my heart. I hear great things about the Blues Driver also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArcherArcher Posted May 16, 2013 Members Share Posted May 16, 2013 Blues Driver, OD-3, HM-2 are my favs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ispunk Posted May 16, 2013 Members Share Posted May 16, 2013 SD-1...but you sold me yours so...DS-1 is ok if you keep the Tone and Drive knobs below 10 o'clock. HM-2 is awesome. Pretty much all the Boss delays are good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted May 16, 2013 Members Share Posted May 16, 2013 I really like Boss dirt pedals. The HM-2 is my favorite because I'm a Swervedriver nut, but I also really like the SD-2 (great raw and saturated overdrive sounds), the BD-2 and the OD-2r. Also I had an XT-2 once, that I thought sounded great for pop punk stuff, but I'm thinking maybe it was modded, because every other XT-2 description I've read on the internet is completely different from my experience. It didn't sound harsh or thin to me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members starmansam Posted May 16, 2013 Members Share Posted May 16, 2013 i like my HM-3 and odb-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 how is the silver screw od-3 different than the current ones, seif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 Urinate Forever wrote: how is the silver screw od-3 different than the current ones, seif I found this - http://www.tdpri.com/forum/3072420-post4.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 Sounds like a cliche, but more mids and harmonics....I had the 2nd one and it was thinner, not bad at all but. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I'd probably say the OD-1 and the SD-1, especially the earlier versions. They offer a nice alternative to the typical TS type overdrive - a bit more gutsy. The DS-1 is a pedal that gets mocked a great deal, but it's been in production so long now that it's a classic too - it almost seems like nearly everyone's owned one at one time or another - I just wish it was a bit more three-dimensional and dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted May 18, 2013 Members Share Posted May 18, 2013 Phil O'Keefe wrote: I'd probably say the OD-1 and the SD-1, especially the earlier versions. They offer a nice alternative to the typical TS type overdrive - a bit more gutsy. The DS-1 is a pedal that gets mocked a great deal, but it's been in production so long now that it's a classic too - it almost seems like nearly everyone's owned one at one time or another - I just wish it was a bit more three-dimensional and dynamic. At least it'll let you palm mute and you won't fall out of the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted May 22, 2013 Members Share Posted May 22, 2013 I love the SD-1 / BD-2 combo - pretty much covers all my needs. SD-1 running with just slight grit, kinda like a Timmy, then a birt more dirt in the BD-2, which is really touch-sensitive. They are great individually and stacked together. I'm eager to check out the OD-3 too, I hear nothing but good things about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted May 22, 2013 Members Share Posted May 22, 2013 SD-1 and OD-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thom Posted May 22, 2013 Members Share Posted May 22, 2013 I think I tried all of them, with only like one or two exceptions that I know of. None of them flatout sucked, except maybe for the DS-1, which imo is somewhat redundant now with all the super cheap dirt peds out there that outperform it. I'll take some Mooer clone, a bad monkey, a hardwire dort ped, etc, over a DS-1 any day. There's nothing spectacular about my old OD-1 either I guess, it just has a sort of middsy bluesy tone I like a lot more than that of a tubescreamer type of pedal. Works great in front of other dirt too, or a slightly dirty amp, which is what I use mine pretty much exclusively for. My favorite Boss dirt pedal however, isn't an od or dist, and it's not for the faint of heart. It's actually probably among my fav dirt peds ever, period. FZ-2. All sorts of awesome. Tried it next to the best superfuzz clones I could get my hands on. It's NOT a superfuzz, no matter what other reviews tell ya. It's superfuzz-ish, at best. It's more. It's like a superfuzz on a coctail of steroids and acid.Another one I'd use as a paper weight rather than as a guitar effect: FZ-5. Other than that, it's all good. DS-2, FZ-3, BD-2, SD-1,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheBigCheese Posted May 23, 2013 Members Share Posted May 23, 2013 The BD-2 is great and the HM-2 is good for certain things. I've actually been cuirious about trying a DS-2 lately, it seems like a good cheap distortion. What does Harmony Central think of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted May 23, 2013 Members Share Posted May 23, 2013 HM-2, OD-3, SD-1, MD-2... and now: wahts the worst OD/Dist pedal from Boss? the blues driver and metal zone imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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