BEST OVERDRIVE FOR DUAL RECTIFIER METAL - Overdrive test 

Nerd out Tuesday! Trying out a different overdrives for a Dual Rectifier.

My wife: “what the hell are you watching it’s annoying” Me: Honey, it’s science. It’s important.

I was waiting for you to turn all of them on!!!!

Something tells me that this looped riff is gonna be played in my dreams

Cool idea. The only thing I’d recommend is not switching microphones during the demo. There was a much bigger difference when you did that than when switching pedals.

I really like the sound of the Boss Super OD. Been using these as boosts for years and they add some real bite to the sound...at least to my ears!

Funnily enough the "nothing special" SD-1 was the best to me. Really tightened up the low end and gave a nice treble boost!

I was in my home theater listening and honestly, I couldn’t tell the difference between tube screamers. I think it might be something one has to hear in person.

It drives me mad how everyone just quickly glosses over the SD-1 and shrugs it off as being "nothing special." It's simply one of the best and most reliable overdrives out there and it works great with any combination of guitar/amp. It gets no respect merely because it doesn't cost an arm, and it's been around forever.

Ibanez TS9 for that classic sound for me.

This is my favorite kind of gear content. Thanks!🤘🏼

Really cool idea for an episode Ola!

Love to see the Plumes OD featured on this series! Just got mine a few days ago

In my minimal experience, the overdrive that I like the most with rectifiers and pretty much with any amp is the MXR GT-OD. It's kinda like a hybrid between the SD-1 and the TS9 and it has made wonders for me. In fact, it's the only overdrive that I've used for the past 10 years.

You REALLY come up with the best ideas! More of this!

Great idea for a series. Look forward to more.

The TS9 does everything I need it to do, it’s what I use, but that 33 sounds amazing. 🤔

Too much distortion will just muddy the rhythms and you lose that punch so there's a sweet spot somewhere so your mutes sound chunky and pumpy but not sloppy. The ones that retained the mids/bass sounded nice and fat.

Thank you for doing this pedal comparison Ola.

Love how you sat down and broke these all out in an easy to do way to find the best tone of all

Lately I’ve been using my Boss SD-1, cranked volume and a touch of gain through my Orange set with a light crunch. Just sounds awesome, cuts and sounds chunky without any loose bottom end

Ferrty fwee 💪

Bad ass stuff man. I get lots of ideas about gear from your channel. I post little guitar videos now, glad you keep doing these.

Great video. I love TS and always use it in my set, as my main "crunch" or even as a simple boost. Thank you for this sharing!

The Boss SD-1 stock version deserves to be in this test and IMHO beats more expensive pedals. I don´t know why you pass over it, the waza model without dig it a little bit more, it has the same simplicity as Ts9 and Ts808 (three f**kn buttons!!), and I don´t agree, Boss SD-1 has something special man. By the way nice video

Wow the Horizon Devices was simultaneously my favourite and least favourite depending on where things were dialed. Thanks for setting this up!

Very cool comparisons. I liked them all, but really like the white DAE pedal.

Cool video series, excited to see more

Ola, I have been using a RAT as a boost similar to how you would use a tube screamer. Distortion low, level all the way up and filter to taste. It's so kickass. It gives the amp a little bit of a chewy feel that I love. It would be cool to see how you like it. Most people use a RAT as an all out distortion/fuzz, but at low distortion settings it makes for a killer boost into high gain amps.

For its functions, the precision drive is my favorite. You can set it up like a TS9, get very close to the 33 sound and it has a built-in noise gate. Versatile af.

the duality sounds the best to my ears!! and its last in line! Impressive! ive used a maxon od808 for years ive tried alot of others but i keep coming back to it!!

Thanks Ola I needed this video!

Cool comparison, liked Duality the best. Would have loved to hear the Maxxon od808 in that comparison though🤘

That guitar magically appeared!! Ola the Warlockerer

Damn good timing on this series starting! Just got myself a little Randall tube amplifier and am looking to get my first overdrive pedal. I've been leaning towards the TS9 but I'm so damn indecisive I'm gonna keep watching demos for awhile before I choose lol

I love my Precision Drive, I'm always happy to see more people getting along with it.

I was actually really surprised at your lack of enthusiasm for the Boss SD-1, I thought it sounded way better than the ibanez ones. The DAE is great but probably an arm an leg to buy and long shipping times

That riff gonna be in my head all day haha

Duuuuuude killer video. Super helpful. Gonna go with that Fortin for me.

I really LOVE the Precision Drive for all my amps. The attach button is invaluable to really tighten up a flubby or boomy amp.

Loving the 33!

Meshuggah used the Integrated Preamp, rather than the Line Driver. The circuit is pretty much just a Baxandall high and low shelf, so when the "bass" knob is turned down, the high Q value creates a hump above the centre frequency. So it's lowered lows and boosted mids, very simple and effective.

This is a great video concept. Very helpful! Would love to see a Klon type circuit used as a boost/OD for metal. I haven’t seen many try it and I honestly don’t know why. Hump frequency is slightly higher than the TS, so it seems like it would be good especially for a bottom heavy amp. Kind of halfway between a TS and a Treble Booster.

I am using a Xotic RC booster with late 90s dual rectifier and pretty happy with it. depending on the settings it can a little bit of fuzziness into it with I found real wild and awesome Thanks for the video, really nerdy but really interesting

1:50 I think you are one of the first youtuber to make that dance whilst engaging a loop.

I tried the Revv G3 with zero drive and voicing on blue in front of the old JCM800 ....the tightest tone i've ever had.

Great video ola 🤘🏼

This is your best new video series. Holy shit!!!!

Killer as always. You should let us know the settings of the amplifier also in this series. Chug life.

For an always-on overdrive, it’s hard to beat the TS9 and the TC Booster. For lead/solo overdrive, the SD-1 still wins.

Loved the simplicity and instant effectiveness of the 33.

Nice new series, i would recommend adding the Maxon ST9PRO+ on the list of overdrives; the low boost is just really good.

The Dual Rec was my first love back in the early 90's (I really appreciate the DR's clean tones as well for that matter), and I still love it. But then I discovered the Orange Thunderverb and it's been my amp of choice ever since. Funny, I'm not a huge fan of the Orange sound in general, but there's something SO fucking perfect about the Thunderverb. Similar to the single-knob functionality of the 33 pedal here, the Thunderverb's second channel only has a single "shape" knob (along with a volume & a gain). Beautifully simplistic, & paired with a tube screamer it chugs like a mf! I don't think I'd have ever taken notice of the Thunderverb if it weren't for Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan. The amazing, gritty tones on the "Deliverance", "Wiseblood", & "Into the Arms of God" albums just blew my head off, and when I saw them live Pepper's Thunderverb together with Woody's Dual Rectifier just sounded fucking stellar. I'd love to see Ola's take on the Thunderverb. It gets overlooked a lot, but lemme tell you it's a real workhorse!! 💪 Ever since that concert I've been panning a DR to one side and a TVerb to the other with pretty cool results. For me they compliment each other perfectly. If anyone wants to try them out together without breaking the bank Amplitube even has really decent models of both.

That Boss SD seemed to have a little more clarity than the rest. I love how snarly the 33 got though.

AH! FINALLY! Since i discovered that ODs do that UMPF thing on amps, i got nerdy with it and curious to see all the different OD in different amps :D I have a micro 808 and it's sick! Thank you OLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

This was really helpful. After listening to this I decided not to replace my TS9 😎 The Horizon sounded great too btw. Thank you!

The TS9, 33 and the DAE. The DAE actually really surprised me

I've played for 15 years and never tried a tube screamer yet. I should get out more.

fantastic video!

Ola, your test format is as close to perfect as any tester: a looper so the test signal is consistent across all pedals. This removes the tester himself from the experiment. I have suggested it to many reviewers. Thank you very much.

I love my Mini Rectifier boosted by my Maxon OD808!

that duality and the 33 sound great!

new sleeve looks so sick man

This is literally the perfect video for me as I just got my first Mesa 🖤

Do a Marshall DSL20 next! \m/

The Marshall Governor was the only one I could really differentiate from the rest.

like you, my favorite on this test is ts9. i owned it with boss ds1 and mesa grid slammer. in real, my favorite is mesa grid slammer with rectifiers (triple rev G and roadster), and ts9 with 84' IIC+. Thank you for this test, and all your beautiful work for years ;-)

Killer!! Thank you!! 🤘

Sd-1 all the way. I love the rasp it introduces, distorted tones sound so good when they are also kind of “ugly” and to me that’s why the sd-1 always shines. It’s a world class overdrive that you can buy used all day for $40-50. At some point you just gotta realize no crowd is gonna be able to tell any difference between any of these pedals in a live mix. Your hands and ability to eq your amp will be so much more important.

Try the OCD fulltone. She's Amazing !

Great idea for a video series! I use an sd-1 for boosting my amps but I have a wampler plexi drive which works great too.

This is amazing. I ended up buying 1 of each variety of overdrive pedal after watching a very interesting video from JHS explaining the different circuitry of ODs that are out there. But as a metal player most dont fit well will metal amps. If theres a way i can lend u some ods so u can make content, let me know.

Gotta say, I still prefer the TS9 sound. Just a solid classic.

I do appreciate it when it's this informative, less burping and jokes. Just a demo of great pedals.

This is truly the best series

Love the options and sound of a the precision drive mainly because to me it really reminds me of when I used to have my 6505+ I used a tone city kaffir lime that I still have I think. I'd love to see a a will it chug of that pedal as it's so cheap, but great sounding in my opinion. Loved the video and now I'm stocked to see what amp is next!

Your office is like a heavy metal laboratory these days. Lol

10:03 Rectifier 10:10 TC 10:26 33 11:44 10:36 Horizon 10:42 10:49 10:48 10:55 TS 11:58 11:02 TS older 11:10 Marshall 11:20 Boss 11:30 DAE

An amazing idea, thank you so much!

Great video, all tones were great, difficult to pick a favourite, but being an old school thrasher I'd have to go with the classics, Boss SD-1(w) and Ibanez TS9/TS808. And hey, cool thrashing riff in 1st part of video, reminds me of Razor (Violent Restitution era) \m/

The TS and SD1 have a such unique sound. Even if you din't see you would probably know that its a TS or a SD1 boosting

Try Orange Dark Terror boosted with behringer fuzz! One of my favourite tones.

The TS808 and the Boss won my heart. Awesome.

I love the TC Electronic Line Booster pedal. Been using it since 2010.

Dude, Boss SD sounds best to boost it. I would have thought a tube screamer but not anymore!

1:47 🕺

Nice topic, thats what im looking for!

Love you bro I’m glad people love the Roadster even if we need an OD pedal in front

How about the mud killer. ? It’s amazing on my Dual

Ah man I wish you hadn't constantly switched between mics while doing this. Makes it really difficult to focus on the sound of the overdrives when the overall sound keeps changing.

Hey Ola. I’m an 808 guy, it’s one of those pedals that’s so good. Another I would recommend is the Master Effects Warmonger. They are made in Calgary Alberta, Canada. This pedal is wicked, it has the 808 circuitry and also has the TC electronics TCIP circuit. Theres an A/B switch to go back and forth and also a bypass. This is Gord Olson’s signature pedal. He plays guitar in Divinity, Demisery with Keith Merrow and does vocals in Darkened. I think you would really like this pedal and also other ones Master Effects makes. Cheers

I have a maxon OD9 That I have been using for a long time with my dual rectifier but as of late I got the HX effects unit that has the horizon drive pedal in it. And boy I think that might be my new favorite overdrive petal for a dual rectifier. Hearing them side by side and your video I think I still feel that way they're both phenomenal pedals though.

I know there are thousands of overdrives but for its hype I expected earthquaker devices plumes to be there

I always use my classic ibanez tube screamer for all my tube amps. Problem solved money saved

Epic! The 33 and the Marshall were the ones that appealed to me. Both of them, used by two legendary bands. Make a video on delay pedals too please. Love from India.

The Line Driver sounded great! I want to try one now :D

Sd1 & the screamers sound the best to my ears. Marshall and the 33 the worst, marshall sounded fizzy and brittle and the 33 was advancing on TV static noise.

I'll be the annoying dude that says "do the 5150"

Good series Ola, I like the 808 and the boss, I'll have to find my old early 80's OD1... Duality wasn't bad either... JCM800 next, would love to see what the different boosts do to one of them.

The Ferty Free pedal cranked all the way up sounded really good!