I've been on here recently about wanting a new OD pedal but need some further help.
I discovered the Chelle Odie pedal
https://chellee.com/product/odie/ and loved the sound from demos - particularly the texture setting toggle. Having that feature would be really useful I think.
Sadly the price of shipping of the Odie virtually doubles the price so it's less appealing. I have a budget of £60 - £80 (new or used) and am looking for a low gain OD - nice and transparent as I never play heavy gain stuff. It'd be nice to have the clipping toggle if possible. I like the sound of the EHX Soul Food but it doesn't have any controls beyond gain, volume, tone.
Can anyone recommend something that is worth considering - that's available in UK.
Thanks!
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Boss DS-1
Digitech Bad Monkey
You get both new for less than £80.
MXR Distortion3 (it's not a metal distortion)
MXR custom 78 either distortion or OD (@monquixote really likes his OD, I really like the distortion)
I've not tried but a Digitech Screamin Blues might fit the bill nicely.
The Hardwire CM-2 is also a brilliantly goood drive pedal.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
The Marshall JackHammer and Guvnor 2 pedals are also really good "Marshall in a box" type pedals. Both, used, should come in around £20-30 each.
Incidentally the Jackhammer does both OD and Distortion. My personal opinion is OD is better.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
A similar pedal is the mxr dist 3. Ignore the dist in the name - maxed out, it's moderately gainy, but it's more of an open voiced overdrive than a distortion until that point.
Actually, one of the best overdrive/distortion pedals I've owned. Really class act, that one.
Or the badass od. Not tried this one, but in general if Mike and monquixote like it, I do too. The badass distortion is excellent so I've no doubt about the od being good, too.
Oh and MXR dirt is different (at least to me) than Boss, Marshall or the others.
I kinda like the MXR's (you choose which) for a lower, more bluesy gain/tone.
Other than that, I used, at a blues jam, the SD-1, the Bad Monkey, and the MXR's.
If you want a clean boost to get the amp to break-up, then the MXR MicroAmp is great.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
@nickp the Bad Monkey really is best as a boost of a dirty amp, rather than a stand-alone alternative to the amp's distortion.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Mooer do a clone clone called the Hustle Drive. There is a Joyo/Harley Benton one as well - I think it's called the Ultimate Drive. There are slight variations. The OCD circuit has had a few tweaks over the years. If I remember correctly, the Joyo one is based on a hybrid of version 2 and 3 of the original - there are features from both. I'm not sure which version the Mooer is based on.