MichaelW
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- Build Rating
- 5.00 star(s)
Inspired by @Guardians of the analog 's "Boss-a-palooza" I decided to grab a couple of the Boss overdrive boards.
I may be the only person on this forum living under a rock that's never played an SD-1, OD-1, BD-2, etc. Just never got on my radar.
I originally drilled this enclosure to build the BD-2 Blues Driver but when I went to go pull the parts was missing the Dual Gang A250k.
Since the Uber Drive is that same layout I decided to pivot the build that instead.
Man, I can't believe how much I like this pedal! I know that it's a ubiquitous overdrive and can be had very inexpensively.
But if you were you give it an exotic Japanese name and throw in some hype on TGP, it would be easily received well as a $300 booteek transparent overdrive...
Really great sounding low to medium gain overdrive that preserves your amp/guitar tone. No mid hump nonsense.
I'm going to have to hunt down some of the other Boss OD pedals to build now. I have my sights set on the Aion OD-3 version.
I'll be building the Cobalt (BD-2) when my SBP order shows up.
Highly recommended build. Super easy, low component count.
I subbed a couple of parts. The 916 diodes I subbed 914's. And the 2SC732's I subbed with 2SC1815's.
No demo, cuz everyone (but me) knows what this pedal sounds like hahah.
I may be the only person on this forum living under a rock that's never played an SD-1, OD-1, BD-2, etc. Just never got on my radar.
I originally drilled this enclosure to build the BD-2 Blues Driver but when I went to go pull the parts was missing the Dual Gang A250k.
Since the Uber Drive is that same layout I decided to pivot the build that instead.
Man, I can't believe how much I like this pedal! I know that it's a ubiquitous overdrive and can be had very inexpensively.
But if you were you give it an exotic Japanese name and throw in some hype on TGP, it would be easily received well as a $300 booteek transparent overdrive...
Really great sounding low to medium gain overdrive that preserves your amp/guitar tone. No mid hump nonsense.
I'm going to have to hunt down some of the other Boss OD pedals to build now. I have my sights set on the Aion OD-3 version.
I'll be building the Cobalt (BD-2) when my SBP order shows up.
Highly recommended build. Super easy, low component count.
I subbed a couple of parts. The 916 diodes I subbed 914's. And the 2SC732's I subbed with 2SC1815's.
No demo, cuz everyone (but me) knows what this pedal sounds like hahah.