Boss OverDrive Pedals Through The Years (OD-1, OD-2, OD-2r, OD-3, OD-1x) 

Great video!! I’ve had all but the OD-2r. I still have my OD-1 and OD-3 and always have one of them on my board. The OD-1 sounds best with my Les Paul. The OD-3 is a great utility pedal: clean boost to main overdrive. I tried the OD-1x but was disappointed with its precise overdrive tone as well. It wasn’t flexible enough for me and it didn’t stack well with other pedals. Every combination sounded the same. Love it’s look though!!

OD1 and Thin Lizzy tone through the OD3

AWESOME video dude...really

Excellent overview! Bravo!

Awesome video Jason, you are super valuable to the guitar community and always have a great time learning from you!

Great video man! Once again, your knowledge and info do not disappoint. I actually use an OS-2 which has the characteristics of the OD-2(i believe) and the DS-1 with a knob to blend them. I think it's a great pedal. Thanks for the video, looking forward to the next!

Great video. Really love your channel. Always look forward to your next video. By the way, I have the Turbo Overdrive. It was made in Japan and needs 12 volts, but I love that sound and I bought it for 1,000 yen. I also have a Blues Driver and I love that too.

Great video!

The OD-1X is one of my favorite dirt pedals. I actually enjoy the high gain sounds from it. In a live context the clarity is addictive.

Love the OD2!

OD 2r is outstanding.

Great video! You really can't go wrong with Boss. I love the 2r (and the DS2 for that matter), but you made me want to give the OD-3 a try. I don't like Tubescreamers, so previously hearing that the OD-3 had that sound, I didn't really give it a second thought. Love that you don't mind throwing a different take out there without being negative. Thanks!

All those pedals sound great in any cranked up old Fender.

Great video as always. Would love to see a breakdown of all the Nobels odr-1 lineage like this. They have that new 30th anniversary gold odr-1 that’s limited edition and has a 90s circuit in it

Very Cool, Thankyou. Awesome Video, Interesting, Informative and Entertaining. I only have A Boss BD-2 into a Boss DS-1 on my Boss Board and find it gives me a wide range of Overdriven Tones. Am Looking to add a Boss SD-1 very Soon .... Just Because, LOL. Haven't really had much interest in The OD series maybe because I rarely see then available on used market. Maybe this is because they are so good people are not getting rid of them. All the best. Cheers

The OD-1 is the master and one of my all time favourites along with the the MXR Fat Sugar. OD-2 is very 80s and OD-3 doesn’t do anything for me. It’s a bit too thick. The BD-2 Blues Driver is nicer. SD-1 is another classic. OD-X I’d avoid like the plague! Cool video and tasty licks. I use a daisy chain after a PSA unit to power an ACA 12v.

Dual Overdrive SD-2 is one of the best (not only in Boss family) sounding pedal ever

agrre with the 8 pin od1 having a bit more sparkle...

I find the OD-3 the best of the lot. I find all the others too nasal and thin. Both unpleasant and have a cheap and juvenile garage band sound. I run my rig into a Marshall JMP50 set to a just before breakup sound. I also run everything at unity gain. My board is actually in effect 3 boards. Each has its own Comp, Gate Delay and Verb. In a tune I treat the boards as if I have 3 pedals not 3 boards. Basically one for verse, chorus, middle 8. Collectively there are 65 pedals. I digress to make the point that using unity gain is not an option. I am a singer song writer doing all original material in a trio. I write the tunes to cover two guitars. A reviewer described the music as Sabbath like with Prog Rock sensibility. Close enough to get to the point that I have no time to do more than hit 3 switches in a tune and leave the guitar knobs wide open. I will soon be 77, LOL. My first dirt pedal was a Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-1. It was the only manufactured dirt pedal on the planet. I had a choice of ...one. In the 80's I was a product specialist for Ibanez. It gave me an easy way to meet the hands on pioneers of design and ask questions. I literally was allowed to read the Gibson daily's from the 50's on the results from R&D. today these things would be literally top secret, LOL. I still on occasion get to talk to the best friend and assistant a guy named Leo. Leo kept every scrap note he made. Many were drawings. One from 1952 was of a guitar to be made in 1953 but it never was. The Strat was made instead in 54. It took me 4 years but to get it nailed but I now have a prototype. 🙂 I also review but they are written reviews. I kept count, LOL To date 2,826. I love your review. You are easily in with the top 5 reviewers. Simply not to be overlooked. THANX for what I know is an incredible amount of hard work.

Those expressions ;) i know what it means if the security of a building has to tighten up, but what does it mean that the OD-1 can 'tighten up' your overdriven amp ? The OD-1 does attenuates the high and low frequencies a bit as well as all overdrives based on a 'tube screamer' circuit (as it is now mostly known although the OD-1 was the first ;)) so may ge tgst is ehst you mean with 'tighten up' ? ;)

Hey Jason, do you happen to have ever tried the OD200? It has got an OD1X amongst many others. I do agree with what you said about the digitalization of digital drives as it is to "precise". On the other hand, specifically, individual notes come out so refined, so clear, thats the part i love about the OD1X. When i like to fool around i mostly use the OD1X setting to get the most clearity. Anyway, i subbed a while ago and am now binging your Boss comparison videos and after that all the rest! Love your content, man!

Great review! The OD2 is a sleeper. The OD-3 is among my least favorite Boss pedals, as I favor the TS9DX for that type of sound. For boosting Marshalls it's useless ... TS808 and SD1 are the way to go

Great Video!! What part of Australia do you hail from?

I own an OD1 w/ Raytheon from 1978. How do I power it? Can’t seem to find any information on what it’s supposed to be taking. Surely it’s more than a simple isolated 9v DC from a Strymon Ojai.

There used to be a serial lookup by serial number but seems to be down... Is there another serial lookup worth using?

Hay un OD 2 r por casa ,oero nunca le llegué a a oillar el punto a su sonido...Tendre que probarlo sobre un canal bastante saturado....

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Let my OD-1 go a long time ago, bad mistake!!