Boss OD-3 Overdrive

Description

Compared to the BD-2, this has similar tones and similar clean-boost uses, but more gain available and none of the spitty decay that the BD-2 has. It's a subtle difference but an extremely useful one in many situations. When the switch is down, lows are cut before distortion to tighten up the tone and clean up the mud with bassy guitars/pickups. Compared to the BD-2, this has similar tones and similar clean-boost uses, but more gain available and none of the spitty decay that the BD-2 has. IMO, this is a really refined-sounding, amp-like pedal, probably the finest overdrive or distortion Boss has ever made. Boss's most recent overdrive, obviously a 'next-generation' version of the BD-2 Blues Driver. Compared to the BD-2, this has similar tones and similar clean-boost uses, but more gain available and none of the spitty decay that the BD-2 has. IMO, this is a really refined-sounding, amp-like pedal, probably the finest overdrive or distortion Boss has ever made. Extremely understated and underrated. I own several of them. The modification here addresses the most common complaint about this circuit -- that it has too much bass for some guitars/pickups (especially neck pickups). When the toggle switch is up, the pedal is stock. When the switch is down, lows are cut before distortion to tighten up the tone and clean up the mud with bassy guitars/pickups. It's a subtle difference but an extremely useful one in many situations. When the toggle switch is up, the pedal is stock.

Key Features

• When the switch is down, lows are cut before distortion to tighten up the tone and clean up the mud with bassy guitars/pickups.
• The modification here addresses the most common complaint about this circuit -- that it has too much bass for some guitars/pickups (especially neck pickups).
• Boss's most recent overdrive, obviously a 'next-generation' version of the BD-2 Blues Driver.
• Compared to the BD-2, this has similar tones and similar clean-boost uses, but more gain available and none of the spitty decay that the BD-2 has.
• It's a subtle difference but an extremely useful one in many situations.
• IMO, this is a really refined-sounding, amp-like pedal, probably the finest overdrive or distortion Boss has ever made.