Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive Demo

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:42 pm

thanks for this mike. I have been looking for an overdrive/distortion recently and your demos have been really invaluable

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:14 am

mage wrote:thanks for this mike. I have been looking for an overdrive/distortion recently and your demos have been really invaluable

No worries, I'm always delighted when they're useful to people.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:35 pm

nomorebridge wrote:I was talking out my ass with regard the OD3, sorry mate, I just Super would equate more gain..glad mike's set you right

Nice I'm not the only one to notice the clean tone thingy even if it's in both our heads

I reckon for me it's the baja that's doing it but I dunno... I wonder how much they will go up on the 1st bugger it

Thanks:-)

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:48 pm

Here's the modded video and some stuff with the Jaguar with both pedals

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Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:31 pm

god tham, that ds-1 sounds absolutely monstrous.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:20 am

mage wrote:god tham, that ds-1 sounds absolutely monstrous.

haha... thanks. Yeah it's a beast now, and the SD-1 is a smooth Germanium Overdrive.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:22 am

mage wrote:god tham, that ds-1 sounds absolutely monstrous.

haha... thanks. Yeah it's a beast now, and the SD-1 is a smooth Germanium Overdrive.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:41 pm

meant to ask mike, did you get these new, ebay or just had them lying around. i have a sd-1 lying around gathering dust if you wanted it.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:49 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:meant to ask mike, did you get these new, ebay or just had them lying around. i have a sd-1 lying around gathering dust if you wanted it.

Nah I bought them, I found a cheap place to buy them. They were Â£28.99 and Â£30 respectively and I wanted a project to work on.

Keep your SD-1 mate, it's a fine pedal and I have one now.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:03 pm

so how are you using your pedals now, in conjunction with your amp channels? are you stacking pedals, pushing the input of the amp more?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:07 pm

A little bit of everything.

Generally I use my Clean channel for all my clean stuff (obviously), and my Crunch channel for heavy rhythm parts with JCM800 style overdrive.
The SD-1 is going to be used for light gain/breakup sounds in between those two.
The Klon is for clean boost on my Clean sounds to make clean leads stand out, it also sounds great hitting the Crunch channel into more gain.
The DS-1 is going to be on trial, I might end up using it for our more punky stuff.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:15 pm

sounds like your getting some nice sounds out of that gear.

i'm just running the box of mike and saltboost, though i'm gonna try my sd-1 in front of the BOM for a little more gain.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:23 pm

That'll work well, I hit it with the Saltboost when I was testing and it sounded good.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:36 pm

What tools do you need when changing parts on these pedals?
i wouldn't mind getting an Super overdrive and modding it.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:39 pm

Screwdriver, Soldering Iron, Desoldering Braid, Needle Nose Pliers, Wire strippers, wire clippers, Magnifying Glass, bunch of capacitors, resistors, LEDs, diodes and transistors

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:38 pm

Where there's hearsay, London Salt dispels the rumors with much aplomb. Nuther good 'un.

Before and after have so many good tones, and much more usable gain than I thought imaginable...Shame this pedalmod vid just broke youtube, as it doesn't seem to be >THERE< anymore.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:21 am

ultratwin wrote:Where there's hearsay, London Salt dispels the rumors with much aplomb. Nuther good 'un.

Before and after have so many good tones, and much more usable gain than I thought imaginable...Shame this pedalmod vid just broke youtube, as it doesn't seem to be >THERE< anymore. :?

I've noticed it being really flaky recently, just drops off the map sometimes - the nitwits at Google must be neglecting it.

Thanks for checking it out, I was definitely impressed with the stock pedal, and it can definitely be used as a Crunch source all on it's own.