Members kidder Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 It is time to trim down my pedal collection. I had 5 OD pedals before and want 2 on my board. I have taken away the Fulltone OCD and the Zakk Wylde OD. I have three remaining. Boss OD-3, Boss BD-2 and Maxon OD808 remain on the board. Of course I will do my own testing with my DSL 100 but am wondering what your thougts on the above three are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frankiej Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 boss od3= amazing. done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veil Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 What are the tonal differences between the BD-2 and OD-3? I'm still not sure how those two match up to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frankiej Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 from my understanding it is: Od-3: Adds a bit more bass...other then that it has a flat eq, makes a pretty good clean boost and is good for low to mild drive. BD-2: not sure on the Eq since i only played on it for alittle. What i can explain is it adds a certain grit to your sound. only seen it used for low drive, responsive to picking technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members byteblock Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 the BD-2 has more grit and gain, can even be used as a full on distortion. the OD-3 is just a mild OD, sounds killer by itself but also makes a great boost. Both of mine are moded to monte allums specs and they both sound great but if I had to choose I'm going with the OD-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rawk100 Posted April 28, 2008 Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 MAXON I hit the front of my crunchy JCM800 with the OD808 for a heavy rock vibe and its the donkeys doo-daa's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted April 28, 2008 Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 od-3. hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justintee Posted April 28, 2008 Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 the boss od-3 seems here (in this thread and elsewhere on the forum) to be hailed as a great OD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kidder Posted April 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 I do like the Maxon on the drive channel on my JCM 2000 DSL 100m it really adds warmth and sustain and a bit of brightness. I also like the OD-3, I can get a good slightly driven tone to a slash type tone, seeing that was the pedal used on the Appetite for Destruction album. The BD-2 I am not sure about yetm have to go through more testing. Apparently after talking to guys at local music stores the BD-2 is one of the most sought after Boss pedals ever made. I have to do more testing. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted April 28, 2008 Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 I also like the OD-3 better than the BD-2. Probably the only Boss dirt pedal I would consider buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted April 28, 2008 Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 od-3 > maxon > bd-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackpotjewell Posted April 28, 2008 Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 I do like the Maxon on the drive channel on my JCM 2000 DSL 100m it really adds warmth and sustain and a bit of brightness. I also like the OD-3, I can get a good slightly driven tone to a slash type tone, seeing that was the pedal used on the Appetite for Destruction album. The BD-2 I am not sure about yetm have to go through more testing. Apparently after talking to guys at local music stores the BD-2 is one of the most sought after Boss pedals ever made. I have to do more testing. Thanks. I'm pretty sure the od-3 didn't come out til quite a few years after appetite for destruction was recorded. that being said, i love my od-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kidder Posted April 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 You are right. the Od-3 came out in August 1997 to present. I knew that all of those years sniffing glue would come back to haunt me. Anyways, the pedal still rocks. Has anyone tried the monte allums mods for this pedal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackpotjewell Posted April 28, 2008 Members Share Posted April 28, 2008 You are right. the Od-3 came out in August 1997 to present. I knew that all of those years sniffing glue would come back to haunt me. Anyways, the pedal still rocks. Has anyone tried the monte allums mods for this pedal? I did the monte allums supra mod on mine. I like it, but I recently bought another OD-3 to keep stock. It's hard to decide which I like better. It seems like the allums mod adds a little more overdrive in the lowest settings. Stock seems cleaner. The stock one is also a little harsher sounding, but in a good way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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