Boss OD-3 anygood?

siraxeman

I like the SD-1. Also liked the Bad Monkey..but they are long gone, fondly remembered tho, cheap good sounding pedals. Now I've got the OD-3 and Hardwire OD on my board. OD-3 = rhythm sound and adding in either the CM-2 or RAT on top for a solo. Works great and sounds it to.

One thing the OD-3 has is a lot more output volume...on half volume it probably matches the SD-1 so its boost potential is greater.

OD-3 for me is the halfway house between the BD-2 and the SD-1 tonally....

Branshen

I've tried the 3 before. When Stock, I like OD-3>SD-1>BD-2. Keeley BD-2 more than all of them. But I'm sure that different people will have different preferences because of their differing gear and tastes. 

The best thing to do is to try them all. Buy used and sell the ones you don't like. Ultimately, would cost you a couple of PMs and a fiver per pedal "demo".

ICBM

d8m said:

I've spent a large portion of the afternoon looking at vids and reading up and it appears the SD-1 may be for me.

I can run it as a mild OD or run it into the front of my Blackstar on the gain channel and make it scream.

The only thing that's stopping me is how divided opinion seems to be on it, that and possible bypass leak

The bypass leak is a pain in the backside, but luckily is stopped completely by running it after any other buffered pedal. Or unluckily if you don't plan to…