The blues driver is a great pedal for a couple of reasons. Considering that i decided to go with mooer series and the fact that they copy famous pedals, then i should choose two pedals overdrive and distortion among ocd, rat, blues driver, bluesbreaker, tubescreamer, boss ds1 and several more which i am not familiar with. All i want is to push the gain a bit harder not too hard, while maintaininy clarity and topend. An ab guitar pedal demo between a fulltone ocd and keeley modded boss blues driver. Hi, i was playing my maz 18 with a strat on the weekend and was comparing the ocd and keeley blues driver 2. The fulltone ocd, or obsessive compulsive drive not obsessive compulsive disorder.
The boss bd2 blues driver is another effects pedal thats been around a while, which makes it a fertile field to add changes for the better on top of each other throughout its history. Like most drive pedals, the ocd is a pretty simple item with the expected volume, drive, and tone controls. When i got back into guitar, the ocd was actually the drive i played the most with initially for whatever reason. I have the stock blues driver and the joyo ud suposed to be and ocd soundlike pedal the ocd is really more dirty. The blues junior sounds great on its own, i like bright, especially with a semiacoustic, but every oddistortion pedal ive tried so far has dulled the base clean tone. The closest ocd dealer to me is an hour away, and im poor and am keeping gas to a minimum.
If youre after a new overdrive or distortion pedal and have any questions about them, read. That being said, at one point i had a monte allums h2o modded blues driver, and that is an outstanding pedal. You could then stack something like a tubscreamer or ponyboy into it for lead tones. Far more affordable compared to tube screamers or klons, the bd2 is distinctive for. The boss bd2w bluedriver waza craft can operate in two modes. Should i keep the two i have or swap one out for the tumnus. Im looking at at ibanez tubescreamer, fulltone ocd and a bluesdriver and i just cant. Its one of the few massproduced pedals that, like the tube screamer, has fans and users ranging from. If you were trying to describe the difference between a distortion pedal and an overdrive pedal, think of. The ocd style pedals scoop too much and do add a blurriness. So within my pedal chain i have 4 key lowtomidgain overdrives ranging from klon style, to tube screamer style, to dumble style and onto blues driver type the way i have it each gets progressively gainier, in fact i have a 5th medium gain overdrive which used to be an ocd, but has now been displaced by the hamstead intergalactic driver. Fulltone makes an impressive variety of incredible overdrive, distortion and fuzz pedals, including the ocd, plimsoul and fatboost fb3, but. Guitar overdrive pedals your ultimate guide from andertons music.
Its current iteration is the result of decades of precise engineering from both official and fanbased sources, so enjoy the fruits of all that realworld research. What are the advantages of the boss bd2 blues driver. An overdrive amp will boost your amplifier or will mimic a sound, whereas a distortion pedal will entirely alter your sound. There is no question that the build quality of the ocd is much higher. Does an ocd sound anything like a bd2 blues driver.
Boss makes some good pedals, some not so good, but imho, they nailed it with the bd2. You can choose to turn the knob leds on or off, true vs. Between the boss bd2 blues driver and a tube screamer, it truly. The pedal you are looking for is the joyo sweet baby. Youll never look at another distortion pedal again. 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. Itll free up a little space on the board as well for another mini pedal im looking at. I have a vox ac15, and will be using it with a paul c timmy for a worship band. If you have an amp with a great clean tone, but an awful gain channel fender hot rods and blues deluxes, im looking at you, this is a very popular choice to give you a.
Boss bd2w blues driver waza vs fulltone ocd youtube. But based purely on the markings inside the pedals im going to call it 8 minor revisions and 1 major. If you are only going to buy one pedal, consider a good boost pedal instead. I have another pedal specific to be my booster, but the blues driver can do that work perfectly, buy it. You can get around this by putting a buffer right after it, but then you are stuck in the tintrebly zone which is difficult to dial out. Cranbourne music top 5 overdrive shootout cranbournemusic.
Im looking at at ibanez tubescreamer, fulltone ocd and a bluesdriver and i just cant seem to make a decision. Sounds great stock and theres modsaplenty out there if you want to tweek it. Fulltone ocd vs boss blues driver fender stratocaster guitar forum. Fender american standard stratocaster and gibson les paul custom. Are the soul food, ocd, and bd2 completely different. Ocd is more of a transparent drive while the angry driver is a combo of blues driver and angry charlie circuits. When i turn up the gain to get more sustain the sound can be a bit too dirty. So far eight known revisions have passed over the years, some would say a little controversial if they did or not. This has, by far, the most gain on tap, is the least transparent, and i consider it to be a borderline distortion pedal. Ocd vs keeley blues driver telecaster guitar forum. Beim ocd hatte mike fuller folgendes ziel vor augen.
In praise of the humble, underrated boss blues driver. 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. A modded bd2 can be a great pedal, but i still think it doesnt sound like an ocd. Ive played the tumnus in a store and think i might want to swap out one of the two others. The ocd might be a slightly better pedal but for the value i think the blues driver is the better option. Well, more like over 200 so far, and hopefully well find more to add to the list of effect pedal clones. When it comes to boss overdrive, the bd2 is my first and only choice. In my opinion, the sd1 is a great and versatile pedal. If youre into a modern blues sound youll get a kick out of. Fulltone ocd obsessive compulsive drive overdrive pedal fulltone ocd. Cant speak for the pot, but its highly regarded as well as its builder. Today were digging into the fulltone ocd, boss blues driver, and the jhs blues breakeri mean morning glory. Guitar pedal x gpx blog 12 of the best ocd style pedals. Ocd vs paisley drive discussion in effects, pedals, strings.
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. The top 10 bluesapproved overdrivedistortion pedals guitar world. Honestly, i have a bunch of drive pedals and the joyo sounds like the amp overdriving, whereas a lot of the other pedals impart their own flavour. 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. You can play it in the classic bluesdriver voicing or the new custom setting. Like most pedals on the market, the ocd has gone through a few revisions. The sd1 is very tubescreamer like which is great considering the price difference between a ts and an sd1. Fulltone ocd vs boss blues driver fender stratocaster. However, i do really like the quality of the clipping of the ocd. In short, a distortion pedal is a lot more aggressive than an overdrive pedal in the way that it affects your tone.
The ones ive included here are those that are readily available off ebay. G211 transparent overdrives fulltone ocd, boss blues. While i dont think the blues driver is a great pedal for lead guitar, it works great for rhythm tones. Btw, i was using my ocd as an always on pedal for the most part and simply cleaning up things with my volume knob, or adding more with another od. Fulltone ocd vs ibanez tube screamer overdrive pedal shootout. I started looking into this after doing some makeovers to a couple of joyo pedals i had.
The boss blues driver is the modern overdrive pedal for everyman. There are very few overdrives i would choose other than a bd2, but none of them are better. Ive played a blues driver although it was only through a solid state marshall and a solid state fender. Just another flavor of fizzy, buzzy, mosquito sounding square wave clipping diode distortion. A thorough comparison of the classic boss bd2 blues driver overdrive, its waza craft version, and two other pedals based on the famous phat mod done by robert keeley the keeley super phat mod.
Im using a heritage les paul, and a fender blues deluxe am. One of the guys at the last jam session had a blues driver clone from guitar fetish which sounded great and gave him lots of sustain without being too dirty. In a similar vein, the bd2 blues driver is about double the price, largely because its more popular. However the blues driver can up the volume and gain really well as clean booster. I already have a timmy, a ts7, an od9, a rc booster, and have plimsoul on the way. G211 transparent overdrives fulltone ocd, boss blues driver. These three pedals are commonly accused of being transparent overdrive. We tested a tube screamer, a fulltone ocd, an ehx soul food, proco rat and a fulltone plimsoul back to back. Its like someone combined the lpb1 and a drive because they did, and you get two pedals for the price of one. Bd2 is also more neutral though it has its own unique kind of sound. Extremely versatile, and still cheaper than the ocd. You can get a pretty cheap used blues driver for like 50 60 bucks whereas an ocd will cost a bit more.
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