Boss blues driver vs ocd

Ive played a blues driver although it was only through a solid state marshall and a solid state fender. I have a stock boss bd2 which i am happy with, but. Keep in mind im only using the od3 for low gain sounds, nothing more. That being said, at one point i had a monte allums h2o modded blues driver, and that is an outstanding pedal. So i doubt katana blues drive can serve as a good substitute for bd2. This isnt meant to be a typical vs thread, ive just heard that there are a lot of similarities between the ocd and od3 and im wondering if anyone owns both. Boss super overdrive guitar pedal sd1 boss bd2 blues driver bundle with instrument cable, patch cable, picks, and austin bazaar polishing cloth. Are the soul food, ocd, and bd2 completely different. I used to love the keeley modded boss blues driver, then i started using a 5 watt tube amp, and noticed how much warmer the natural tube overdrive sounded compared to a keelly blues driver thru a 74 twin. I recall the great guitarist frank gambale mentioning that he has used this pedal. Boss claims to have sold over 10,000,000 of these bad boys, so somebody is digging them, thats for sure. Heres a shootout between a boss blues driver and an ehx soul food. G211 transparent overdrives fulltone ocd, boss blues.

Phil gates takes you on a guided tour of the bd2 blues driver. I want it to boost an od3, i already have a bad bob boost and a klon clone that both do the job really well but my problem with these pedals might sound crazy to some. In the end i decided on the ocd because the jackhammer was. Its similar to the ibanez pedal above, but has its own special sound. Discussion in the stomp box started by adamlovesgin, mar 7, 2016. Ocd is more of a transparent drive while the angry driver is a combo of blues driver and angry charlie circuits. The closest ocd dealer to me is an hour away, and im poor and am keeping gas to a minimum. You can get a pretty cheap used blues driver for like 50 60 bucks whereas an ocd will cost a bit more. Another popular overdrive pedal for the blues is the boss blues driver. Where does boss s bd2 fit in as far as a family relation. The blues driver is in no way even similar to a tube screamer, and there is more to an ocd than a plexi in a box.

Extremely versatile, and still cheaper than the ocd. Recorded on the camcorder mic as this sounds more like what i hear than the. The idea is to have the most suitable pedal in each slot one that combines superb dynamics, tone, versatility and smart form factor and features. The keeley mod also has sweeter highend than the boss blues driver. Blues driver vs ocd, and a little bb preamp youtube. It is just a great, simpletouse pedal that is affordable to just about anyone. Fulltone ocd vs boss blues driver discussion in the effect effect started by rockerxdx, dec 22, 20. Are the soul food, ocd, and bd2 completely different pedals in their own right. Ocd clone joyo crunch distortion crunchbox clone dano coolcat drive v2. They werent the sound i was looking for and they did not sound at all like my marshall amp. Katana blues drive is a kind of modded sd1 stacked into katana boost style jfet circuit. Today were digging into the fulltone ocd, boss blues driver, and the jhs blues breakeri mean morning glory. They use the ocd, the blues driver, the tube screamer but rarely do i ever, if ever at all, see a klon. In praise of the humble, underrated boss blues driver.

This popular pedal provides instant access to the kind of warm overdrive and emotive distortion usually reserved for 30yearold tube amps. Ocd vs keeley blues driver telecaster guitar forum. This coming weekends birmingham guitar show looks like the best year yet for pedal fans. Fulltone ocd vs boss blues driver fender stratocaster. Where does bosss bd2 fit in as far as a family relation. I have a boss looper and like to play covers of songs, slowly building up the layers etc. Of course marshall sound means many different things. Yeah must have done something diff to the input and output if that was the rumor cuz have to say the ocd was just as clear and clean as the ts9 into the fuzz face, in some cases set up wahocdts9fuzzamp with the ocd driving the fuzz alone instead of the ts9 the ocd actually sounded a bit more glassy and well smoother. You can hear the sustain in the guitar in the above track. The format of the pedal is a stompbox, with a footswitch reminiscent of boss pedals, although in our testing the tube screamer felt heftier than your average boss pedal. Boss ce5 might be getting a ce2 soon however boss ph3. The ocd might be a slightly better pedal but for the value i think the blues driver is the better option. Boss blues driver vs electro harmonix soul food overdrive. Demo and comparison for a friend of my ocd and blues driver.

Boss bd2 blues driver guitar effects pedal bundle with blucoil power supply slim acdc adapter for 9 volt dc 670ma, and 4pack of celluloid guitar picks. Sd1 super overdrive boss added a tone control to the od1 level, tone and drive controls. Ive had an od3 for a long time and never owned the ocd but feel like i should grab one to see if i like it better. If you have a few extra bucks to spend, robert keeley offers a modded version of the original boss bd2 blues driver. I am predominantly a bedroom player, and have a nice small set up that i like champion 600 amp, a few pedals. I always thought the blues driver sounded unnatural. Well, more like over 200 so far, and hopefully well find more to add to the list of effect pedal clones. Ive played the tumnus in a store and think i might want to swap out one of the two others. The boss bd2 excels if used to boost your clean tone, all the way to a very brokenup, crunchy sound. I would go with all three of those pedals, all three have unique characters and places. In spite of the similar names boss bd2 blues driver and keeley katana blues drive are actually quite different animals. Im thinking of getting a boss blues driver as my boost pedal for my princeton reverb.

Thinking of a blues driver as clean boost telecaster. I had a blues driver and liked it ok, but i like the wampler paisley drive much better for your stated sound needs. After a few months the tumnus and blues driver blues mood rose in prominence, and i played the ocd a little less, even though it was still a proper staple part of my chain. When it comes to boss overdrive, the bd2 is my first and only choice. There are very few overdrives i would choose other than a bd2, but none of them are better. The bd2 blues driver delivers the creamy, yet crunchy sound associated with great blues guitar. I started looking into this after doing some makeovers to a couple of joyo pedals i had. The boss bd2 blues driver is one of the bestsounding overdrive pedals ever made, and modifications to it are entirely unnecessary gilding of the lily. However, i do really like the quality of the clipping of the ocd. There are a ton of ts, rat, and blues breaker clones or mods like the hbe screamer, green rhino, kot, as well as those of the nobels odr1 variety like the open road or the chicken soup. In no particular order they are the duesenberg white drive ii, the boss bd2w blues driver, the fulltone ocd, the ehx soul food and the carl martin plexitone. The ones ive included here are those that are readily available off ebay. Guitar pedal x gpx blog 12 of the best ocd style pedals. These three pedals are commonly accused of being transparent overdrive.