Interesting comparison. Here's my experience with the ability to finetune and with the subtle qualities. I had a bunch of so called MIAB pedals and all of them were missing one single aspect that I felt when playing through a Plexi. The RevivalDrive had exactly that characteristic. See, to me it was very crucial. I play around 50-60 gigs per year with my Hendrix Tribute Electric Voodooland and I am happy that I don't have to carry around a Marshall stack anmore! Let alone the discussions with the sound guys about volume etc. The RD does a tremendous job along with my 1x12 combo and I feel safe with that that pedal in every situation! No matter what I plug it into - I can have my sound! Think of all the mistreated transistor amps at session etc. No prob for the RD! Regarding the "many" knobs, I don't understand the anxiety of most of the people. It's so easy to understand it's logic once you have read the short manual and dialed for lets say 15 minutes. So I am not with you when you talk about the tweaking during a session. All I can say is "know your gear". With a few moves I can adjust the RD to any given platform, room and musical situation. I highly doubt this all is possible with the OD-3 due to the fact that the OD-3 will always have to synergize with the amp, whereas the RD can be the leading tone shaper! Although the external sound could seem kind of similar, the RD sounds way more amp-like. The sound has to talk to you and this is where most of the other pedals fail and lack playing feel. I have to be fair, I don't know the OD-3, so maybe it surprises me. Further, I figured that the RD is also a perfect piece of the puzzle in a recording situation or when you want to go ampless. The post eq-ing options make a huge difference. Recently, I've dialed in some beautiful Bassman tones...and it's all there in this one pedal. I've quite a bunch of demos and videos on my channel and I'm convinced they show the real beauty of this pedal. Thanks for your video, I highly enjoyed it and found your explanations very informative. Greetz from another RUclips Guitar Guy ;-)
I love critical reviews like these that take into account price difference and if the extra 200+ gives you that much more value of tone/sound. Too many reviews/demos seem to come across like they’ve forgotten what it’s like to be a broke musician/on a budget/don’t get pedals sent to you Well done this cured my gas for the Origin
The Revival is not meant to be a set and forget OD. Mr. Banfield didn't quite understood the concept of the Revivaldrive. Btw., people from Origin Effects cannot pay their landlords with whinning from unsucsessfull "musicians". No one forces you to buy from Origin Effects. ;-) And from what the Revival Pedal can do it is dirt cheap, Some years ago you had to spend 20 times the amount of money and a big pedal board to do that.
4:18 "A lot of people want that ability to fine tune". I agree but I think a lot of people THINK they want it but the result is an extra three knobs which translate into twice or three times the complexity. But perhaps what would make us actually happy as players is to just get the OD-3 and be done with it. I appreciate your video, thank you for your presentation and thoughts.
I like my simple three knob drive because I can get a sound that I like in one minute and then forget about the pedal. When there are too many possibilities I always think "maybe it can sound even better" and end up not playing at all.
I'm similar, too many choices can be a distraction from making music sometimes. Occasionally though, in the right scenario where you might really need that bit of fine tuning it can really useful, I just really need to know the equipment very well so I don't end up having to look things up in manuals etc... I hate having to look stuff up in manuals!
@@IrLosin In spite of that I love my ZOOM G2 for clean EQ and slight boost ( and two heavy drives...), it took me years to change the reverb from room to hall and to add slight delay though! Ha Ha! ( never been a delay player...)😎
It's fantastic. And there's also the BD2 which is nearly the same circuit but with some differences that suit it better tonally for certain amps. There's also the venerable SD1 which is still used by tons of professionals into their Marshall amps. I also think that their underrated BC2 is a KILLER little box for getting a Vox tone out of your Fender amp. Boss is king for a reason. They just make good stuff with very little bells and whistles compared to the boutique stuff which I find is almost never justifiably better, in terms of cost.
That way you may need to go through many pedals ‘til you find one that has the EQ that suits your particular guitar/amp combo. Whereas the simple addition of a bass control could get you much further much sooner.
@@LeviBulger power stack and bd2 were good until i got a strymon iridium. Tho back then many people actually pass on this two pedal eventho it sounded really good. You know it's not the actual thing but god dang it sounded good.
Anyone spending money on a revival drive should really think about what it is they want out if it. There's almost no reason to not just spend that cash towards an amp that does what you're trying to get out of the drive. The OD3 on the other hand is a modern classic. Sounds good with just about everything. And if it's not quite your bag, Boss has a dozen other pedals that can be had for the same price that will probably suit you better. True story: When the revival drive came out, my buddy bought it and ran it through its paces into a fender vs a marshall DSL40CR. No contest there. The Marshall killed it. Then we ran it against a Boss Power Stack and both came to the conclusion that the Power Stack actually was the more convincing JCM tone through the fender amp, which is what we were ultimately trying to emulate. The revival drive got returned. It's probably got its place for someone, and admittedly it does do a pretty convincing plexi tone, but why not just get an amp for a few more bucks? I just can't justify spending so much on what is still just a pedal, or a preamp at best. Give me an amp any day. But this is all just my opinion of course, which doesn't mean much admittedly.
@@davidfaustino4476 You realize that a massive target for the revival drive is for people using non marshall, namely Fender amps, right? It's almost the ENTIRE point, LMAO.
Funny enough, I currently run a Mesa Boogie Fillmore 50 head (which has a drive channel) and I prefer the Revival Drive's sound thru the clean channel over the amps drive channel. I run tons of ambient effects and I prefer them in the front of the clean amp, both in sound and in ease of use (I can't be bothered with a 4 cable method). I suspect Origin Effects aren't competing for customers who want to plug straight into an overdriven amp but more at the live/big pedalboard user market. Obviously at home or in a studio you can pick between various amps but live, if you want variety, most people won't be hauling around multiple amps.
I recently acquired the two channel Origin Effects Revival Drive and have found it far more versatile and tweakable than you have found your one channel unit, but then I’m using it as a sort of preamp to sculpt my tone before it hits my amp, not just as a dirt box. Everything on my board runs into it before it goes to the amp. I am after quite a broad palette of tones and want to be able to reproduce them at any volume setting. I can get a nice SRV SSS chime and “clean overdrive” or a Ford Dumble tone, clean or dirty Vox or Marshall, or any of a number of tones with the amp at the same low volume. Subtle little things like the ghosting control interact with the other controls to bring out harmonics in unique ways that help capture the tones I seek, and the controls are quite intuitive. The ODS-3 is a great pedal. So is the Revival Drive. But it’s sort of a quality Barlow one-blade jackknife vs a Leatherman Surge multi tool. Yes, I’ll pay extra for the other 20 featured tools.
I have a Revival Drive Hot Rod (non compact version) and it has beat out every "amp in a box" style pedal for me. I've owned the Friedman BE-OD Deluxe, Bogner Ecstasy Blue & Red, Wampler GearBox, Fulltone OCD, Suhr Eclipse (the list goes on) and the Revival Drive just has a tweakability and feel which is perfect for my playing/setup. Pretty amazing how good the OD-3 is though. And not knocking on any of the previously mentioned pedals because they're all very good but for me Origin takes the cake.
Two of my all time favourite pedals both well represented here. I’ve had my OD-3 nearly 20 years and it was my backline hero for countless fly gigs. Quick to dial in, battery for backup in case your PSU went down and got along with anything you plugged it in to. And then last year I picked up a Revival Drive, which is beyond inspiring to play. More 2nd order harmonics and has been able to bring so much of what I love about my ‘75 superlead to most backline amps. I also very much agree with your suggestion - start with an OD-3. If you want more and have the money, I cannot recommend the revival enough.
A+! You should have at l;east 100 times more subscribers. Andertons and the pedal show is absolutely nothing compared to what you do. Thank you and greatly appreciated.
No one is talking about whether any of these pedals will make you play better, it's about which one is better and whether that extra money is worth it.
Like you said, "Beauty is in the ear of the beholder". We are all different with different ears and styles. I have both, and have to say the Revival drive is a much better pedal for my ears. It is much more responsive to subtle pick changes and dynamics. I appreciate the work that went into your review, but my experiences are quite different than yours. Thanks for the review!
Although I did prefer the Origin pedal through an amp, I think that it would be a clear winner for running into an interface using an impulse response. I don’t think there’s enough emphasis put on those who don’t play out live or very little but record at home, a high quality pedal is a great investment.
Seems like you enjoy smooth, dynamic overdrives with flatter eq curves -- and that s why you need to get your hands on a Mad Professor Sweet Honey. I have your same preferences, and the SH has all the things that I like - The sparkle of the BD2, the smoother clipping of a TS, the fatness of the od3, but without any sputter, shrill top end or muddy lows. Also, its the most touch sensitive OD ever imo (focus knob)
What I think and came to the conclusion is that most of the super expensive custom pedals don't make a big difference live with the technology we have today. This is the point. That said, I decided to use medium price pedals and on studio recordings I prefer to use plug ins, best thing to do to not spend money in these pandemic times.
even in the studio, still I prefer simple tools to use - need a different response? change a pedal. For extra fine tune adding an eq pedal and you're good to go. Yeah, its all about workflow and speed, so simple pedals are more "lego" like, and fun too. reading a manual or trying to remember what complex pedals knobs do all the time gets me tired really fast. Great job as usual! thanks
I understand the pedals with lots of knobs, full of options to shape a lot. For me, those options are overkill for the road and more interesting for studio work maybe - on the road you need more of a "set and forget" kind of thing, or at least way simple stuff to set on the fly. On the studio, you might have a little more tweaking time, but in both options, when you get the sound you like for a specific purpose, you'll be wasting the rest of possibly of the same pedal, if that makes sense. So, I like to have several pedals available, not by their versatility, but for their specific thing - clean up, boosting, solo mids, so on..then I use them more like tone building blocks, stacking for a special tone flow. Plus, I get the boutique thing, and own a few, love them and all, but I also like the availability vs price of the effects I use in case of accident or stealing- so, more and more I try to use off the shelf stuff, great sounding and easy to replace - mxr, boss, dunlop, mxr, ibanez, I mean ..there are literally thousands of pedals, plus cheap clones these days. cool job again - you have a very nice ear and spot on opinions. thanks 🙏
I have to say, I think the RevivalDrive is overall the superior pedal. While the OD-3 sounds fine if you had nothing to compare with it, the moment you switch to the RevivalDrive, the OD-3 sounds harsh by comparison. In these examples, the OD-3 did have the edge in treble response, but a slight twist of a knob on the RD cures that. I would have no problem showing up to a jam session with the RevivalDrive in preference to the OD-3; despite its greater complexity, I'm not a knob twiddler--set and forget.. Certainly, the Origin products are much more expensive than the Boss products, and certainly, if Boss is more in keeping with your budget, an OD-3 isn't going to embarrass anyone on any stage or at any venue, so long as you ignore the cork sniffing snobs. But, if you can afford the RevivalDrive, it's certainly worth the extra joss paper.
The revival drive offers touch sensitivity and allot more than was described here. I love the od-3, but if I could only choose one it'd be the revival drive. I can get so much out of it. Imho
Great, valuable episode, this! Thank you very much! Ok, here´s my 2 cents: The OD-3 - a relatively "neutral" / "transparent" pedal for a BOSS - had always more mids going on, compared to the settings of the Revival Drive. I assume, that´d be an advantage for cutting through a band. The OD-3 has a really great overdrive sound, but you have to know, that it won´t "tighten up" lows (reducing lows) like an Ibanez Tube screamer or a Boss SD-1. So, if you got a full and round ampsound anyway, the OD-3 might be too "bass-heavy" on neck pickups, when playing low notes. The fuzz tones here I found less than ideal for the Revival Drive. Sounded dullish to me, with blanketed mids and ducked attacks. I´m shure, there are better settings for that purpose to dial in. At least, I hope so. On the "Tweed" setting, the Revival Drive was convincing to me, right away. (Sorry, can´t help for maybe being too picky: My "RUclips-Computer" is connected to studio monitors and that´s what I´m hearing...)
Great comment, I think that's all very fair. I heard the OD-3 as having more emphasis in the mids too. I think maybe the reason that the Revival Drive got a bit dull with the fuzz was maybe the EQ switch was set for a bright amp, it sounds nice when it's just the pedal into the Twin Reverb, with a high end that's a little softer and easier to get along with than the OD-3 but when you stack something infront of it you really miss some of that very high end. Setting the EQ switch differently might just be a compromise that you'd have to decide on when stacking gain. Thanks again for the comment and it's encouraging to know that some listen to these sound examples on good studio monitors and headphones
I have an FBM1 Boss Fender Bassman. It has quite a few controls, like the Revival Drive, but I found a setting I can use in virtually any song. Anyway, I like a good old overdrive sound. : )
Glad to hear the FBM-1 is working well for you. Yeah just spending a bit of time getting a versatile sound setting like you have and then keeping it more or less permanently on that setting is a great way to simplify a complex pedal. Thanks for commenting!
@@MichaelBanfieldGuitar I'd watch that! May I suggest if you use the GE-7 that you consider modding it with a Monte Allums Kit. Takes out a lot of noise and gives more fidelity. That's what I did to mine 11 years ago and I'm still using it
Enjoyed this. Been tempted for a while to go for the Revival drive - but after watching the comparison I'm going to pull the trigger on the OD 3 and put the remaining money towards a Revival Trem. That may go some way to placating my wife.....
The Origin Effects stuff is all brilliant, but yeah, if you'd like to keep costs down then the OD-3 is great and has quite a similar flavour on a lot of the settings. You can always get the Revival Drive further down the line if you want something with more fine tuning.
@@andyhelmboldt2339 😀 I currently use a TR 2 on my board but I suffer badly, very badly, from acquisition syndrome . But I do love the Boss Tremolo....
I have owned far too many amps and pedals. The Origin Effects Revival Drive is easily the best OD pedal I've ever owned. It's not even close. Watch all the other videos showcasing what this pedal can do.
I’ve had both. The OD-3 did absolutely nothing for me. It didn’t sound pleasant or musical to my ears. The RevivalDrive sounds like no other pedal that I’ve ever tried, and the character can be changed to match the pickups before it, and the amp after it. The POST eq knob settings really change it also. It can transform a boring solidstate amp to a musical experience, and that for me is the selling point of the pedal. However, I find the high end to be a bit piercing some times, especially with aggressive gain. It’s much better as a core tone shaper when needed. I first and foremost see the RevivalDrive as a great tool.
There’s really no comparison between the two. The RD is more of an emulator, while the OD3 is a basic overdrive. The RD also has the BLEND control which is extremely valuable. You can get the sounds of the OD3 with the Revivaldrive, but not the other way around. I own both and sadly the OD3 will forever be on the shelf. Keep in mind that the RD is better suited as an “always on pedal” since it immediately colors your tone and acts like an overdriven amp, and cleans up extremely well when rolling back your volume knob
Hi. It's a Fender 65 Twin Reverb Reissue with the stock Jensen C12K speakers. I just had it set on a fairly neutral clean tone for this video. Thanks for commenting!
Interesting video concept, but under researched. I do not think that you have spent enough time with the Revival Drive Compact with all the use scenarios to really arrive at the conclusions you did. Most of the 'extra money' goes into the LIBERATING ABILITY to completely bypass a tube amp (and still get so damn close to that tone). You would be surprised how much money that could actually save someone. I highly recommend you check out Origin Effect's related video (using the Revival Drive as 'amp replacement' into studio monitors, impulse responses, etc). Cheers!
This just confirms what I already knew. The RevivalDrive is overrated and expensive. I couldn’t sell mine fast enough. I suppose if you play a dead clean amp it’s a decent “amp in a box”. It’s funny seeing all the RD owners jump in to defend/justify their purchase lol.
Boss OD-3. Fantastic value and one of the best transparent overdrives on the market 🤩👍
Interesting comparison. Here's my experience with the ability to finetune and with the subtle qualities. I had a bunch of so called MIAB pedals and all of them were missing one single aspect that I felt when playing through a Plexi. The RevivalDrive had exactly that characteristic. See, to me it was very crucial. I play around 50-60 gigs per year with my Hendrix Tribute Electric Voodooland and I am happy that I don't have to carry around a Marshall stack anmore! Let alone the discussions with the sound guys about volume etc. The RD does a tremendous job along with my 1x12 combo and I feel safe with that that pedal in every situation! No matter what I plug it into - I can have my sound! Think of all the mistreated transistor amps at session etc. No prob for the RD! Regarding the "many" knobs, I don't understand the anxiety of most of the people. It's so easy to understand it's logic once you have read the short manual and dialed for lets say 15 minutes. So I am not with you when you talk about the tweaking during a session. All I can say is "know your gear". With a few moves I can adjust the RD to any given platform, room and musical situation. I highly doubt this all is possible with the OD-3 due to the fact that the OD-3 will always have to synergize with the amp, whereas the RD can be the leading tone shaper! Although the external sound could seem kind of similar, the RD sounds way more amp-like. The sound has to talk to you and this is where most of the other pedals fail and lack playing feel. I have to be fair, I don't know the OD-3, so maybe it surprises me. Further, I figured that the RD is also a perfect piece of the puzzle in a recording situation or when you want to go ampless. The post eq-ing options make a huge difference. Recently, I've dialed in some beautiful Bassman tones...and it's all there in this one pedal. I've quite a bunch of demos and videos on my channel and I'm convinced they show the real beauty of this pedal. Thanks for your video, I highly enjoyed it and found your explanations very informative. Greetz from another RUclips Guitar Guy ;-)
Couldn’t agree more
I'm definitely getting an OD-3 after this video. Cheers!
I love critical reviews like these that take into account price difference and if the extra 200+ gives you that much more value of tone/sound.
Too many reviews/demos seem to come across like they’ve forgotten what it’s like to be a broke musician/on a budget/don’t get pedals sent to you
Well done this cured my gas for the Origin
The Revival is not meant to be a set and forget OD. Mr. Banfield didn't quite understood the concept of the Revivaldrive. Btw., people from Origin Effects cannot pay their landlords with whinning from unsucsessfull "musicians". No one forces you to buy from Origin Effects. ;-) And from what the Revival Pedal can do it is dirt cheap, Some years ago you had to spend 20 times the amount of money and a big pedal board to do that.
I enjoy your reviews, good meaningful comments, and demos. I must buy an OD 3, they sound the duck's guts to me.
4:18 "A lot of people want that ability to fine tune". I agree but I think a lot of people THINK they want it but the result is an extra three knobs which translate into twice or three times the complexity. But perhaps what would make us actually happy as players is to just get the OD-3 and be done with it. I appreciate your video, thank you for your presentation and thoughts.
Thanks for this great comparison, Michael. I bought an OD3 and it is one of my favorites overdrive pedals !
I like my simple three knob drive because I can get a sound that I like in one minute and then forget about the pedal. When there are too many possibilities I always think "maybe it can sound even better" and end up not playing at all.
I'm similar, too many choices can be a distraction from making music sometimes. Occasionally though, in the right scenario where you might really need that bit of fine tuning it can really useful, I just really need to know the equipment very well so I don't end up having to look things up in manuals etc... I hate having to look stuff up in manuals!
Multi effects give me that problem in a big way. Too many options ans too many buttons to press before I can just play.
@@IrLosin In spite of that I love my ZOOM G2 for clean EQ and slight boost ( and two heavy drives...), it took me years to change the reverb from room to hall and to add slight delay though! Ha Ha! ( never been a delay player...)😎
Great review and insights - without the "paid promotion" fluff! Thanks!
Great demo. I’ve just recently bought an OD3 and am so impressed with it. I’ve kept it over pedals 3 or 4 times the price. Everyone should have one.
Thanks! Yep, totally agree!
It's fantastic. And there's also the BD2 which is nearly the same circuit but with some differences that suit it better tonally for certain amps. There's also the venerable SD1 which is still used by tons of professionals into their Marshall amps. I also think that their underrated BC2 is a KILLER little box for getting a Vox tone out of your Fender amp. Boss is king for a reason. They just make good stuff with very little bells and whistles compared to the boutique stuff which I find is almost never justifiably better, in terms of cost.
That way you may need to go through many pedals ‘til you find one that has the EQ that suits your particular guitar/amp combo. Whereas the simple addition of a bass control could get you much further much sooner.
@@LeviBulger power stack and bd2 were good until i got a strymon iridium.
Tho back then many people actually pass on this two pedal eventho it sounded really good. You know it's not the actual thing but god dang it sounded good.
Anyone spending money on a revival drive should really think about what it is they want out if it. There's almost no reason to not just spend that cash towards an amp that does what you're trying to get out of the drive.
The OD3 on the other hand is a modern classic. Sounds good with just about everything. And if it's not quite your bag, Boss has a dozen other pedals that can be had for the same price that will probably suit you better.
True story: When the revival drive came out, my buddy bought it and ran it through its paces into a fender vs a marshall DSL40CR. No contest there. The Marshall killed it. Then we ran it against a Boss Power Stack and both came to the conclusion that the Power Stack actually was the more convincing JCM tone through the fender amp, which is what we were ultimately trying to emulate. The revival drive got returned. It's probably got its place for someone, and admittedly it does do a pretty convincing plexi tone, but why not just get an amp for a few more bucks? I just can't justify spending so much on what is still just a pedal, or a preamp at best. Give me an amp any day. But this is all just my opinion of course, which doesn't mean much admittedly.
Wow. Cool story. The 1x12 open back combo with the wrong speaker didn't give you Marshall tones despite "pedal"... GEEE YA DONT SAY!!?!?!?
@@davidfaustino4476 You realize that a massive target for the revival drive is for people using non marshall, namely Fender amps, right? It's almost the ENTIRE point, LMAO.
Funny enough, I currently run a Mesa Boogie Fillmore 50 head (which has a drive channel) and I prefer the Revival Drive's sound thru the clean channel over the amps drive channel. I run tons of ambient effects and I prefer them in the front of the clean amp, both in sound and in ease of use (I can't be bothered with a 4 cable method). I suspect Origin Effects aren't competing for customers who want to plug straight into an overdriven amp but more at the live/big pedalboard user market. Obviously at home or in a studio you can pick between various amps but live, if you want variety, most people won't be hauling around multiple amps.
I recently acquired the two channel Origin Effects Revival Drive and have found it far more versatile and tweakable than you have found your one channel unit, but then I’m using it as a sort of preamp to sculpt my tone before it hits my amp, not just as a dirt box. Everything on my board runs into it before it goes to the amp. I am after quite a broad palette of tones and want to be able to reproduce them at any volume setting. I can get a nice SRV SSS chime and “clean overdrive” or a Ford Dumble tone, clean or dirty Vox or Marshall, or any of a number of tones with the amp at the same low volume. Subtle little things like the ghosting control interact with the other controls to bring out harmonics in unique ways that help capture the tones I seek, and the controls are quite intuitive. The ODS-3 is a great pedal. So is the Revival Drive. But it’s sort of a quality Barlow one-blade jackknife vs a Leatherman Surge multi tool. Yes, I’ll pay extra for the other 20 featured tools.
Last thing I need is another pedal with 6 knobs and more switches! Boss OD-3 for me!
These are wise words! Thanks for commenting
I have a phaser pedal that can launch Apollo 11. Over time, I’ve also come to prefer simplicity.
Thanks to you, I’m waiting for a second hand OD-3. Hope I’ll enjoy it 🙂
Good choice! Hope it works for you
I have a Revival Drive Hot Rod (non compact version) and it has beat out every "amp in a box" style pedal for me. I've owned the Friedman BE-OD Deluxe, Bogner Ecstasy Blue & Red, Wampler GearBox, Fulltone OCD, Suhr Eclipse (the list goes on) and the Revival Drive just has a tweakability and feel which is perfect for my playing/setup. Pretty amazing how good the OD-3 is though. And not knocking on any of the previously mentioned pedals because they're all very good but for me Origin takes the cake.
Two of my all time favourite pedals both well represented here. I’ve had my OD-3 nearly 20 years and it was my backline hero for countless fly gigs. Quick to dial in, battery for backup in case your PSU went down and got along with anything you plugged it in to.
And then last year I picked up a Revival Drive, which is beyond inspiring to play. More 2nd order harmonics and has been able to bring so much of what I love about my ‘75 superlead to most backline amps.
I also very much agree with your suggestion - start with an OD-3. If you want more and have the money, I cannot recommend the revival enough.
A+! You should have at l;east 100 times more subscribers. Andertons and the pedal show is absolutely nothing compared to what you do. Thank you and greatly appreciated.
OD3 is a killer pedal.A modded one too.Boss should do a WAZA. Thanks
Boss all the way. £300 won't make you play better 🌴
No one is talking about whether any of these pedals will make you play better, it's about which one is better and whether that extra money is worth it.
I really liked the sound of the OD-3... Great video, thanks
Like you said, "Beauty is in the ear of the beholder". We are all different with different ears and styles. I have both, and have to say the Revival drive is a much better pedal for my ears. It is much more responsive to subtle pick changes and dynamics. I appreciate the work that went into your review, but my experiences are quite different than yours. Thanks for the review!
Thank you very much, I can't buy both and I wanted to know which one to buy, so I won't regret later, OD3 is my choice now, I like its easy to use it.
Good choice! Hope it works well for you
You know what, I actually liked the OD-3 better in these examples. I do appreciate the tweakability of the Revival though.
Although I did prefer the Origin pedal through an amp, I think that it would be a clear winner for running into an interface using an impulse response. I don’t think there’s enough emphasis put on those who don’t play out live or very little but record at home, a high quality pedal is a great investment.
Subbed instantly. Great playing btw
Thank you, more to come!
Seems like you enjoy smooth, dynamic overdrives with flatter eq curves -- and that s why you need to get your hands on a Mad Professor Sweet Honey. I have your same preferences, and the SH has all the things that I like - The sparkle of the BD2, the smoother clipping of a TS, the fatness of the od3, but without any sputter, shrill top end or muddy lows. Also, its the most touch sensitive OD ever imo (focus knob)
Thanks for the tip, I'll have to try that one!
What I think and came to the conclusion is that most of the super expensive custom pedals don't make a big difference live with the technology we have today. This is the point. That said, I decided to use medium price pedals and on studio recordings I prefer to use plug ins, best thing to do to not spend money in these pandemic times.
I had the RevivalDRIVE Hot Rod for a year...and swapped it out for the Boss OD-200 which is much better, IMO...
I must get round to buying myself an OD-200. It looks and sounds fantastic from the demos I’ve seen. Thanks for commenting.
even in the studio, still I prefer simple tools to use - need a different response? change a pedal. For extra fine tune adding an eq pedal and you're good to go. Yeah, its all about workflow and speed, so simple pedals are more "lego" like, and fun too. reading a manual or trying to remember what complex pedals knobs do all the time gets me tired really fast. Great job as usual! thanks
Well said, workflow and speed can be so important in the studio sometimes. Thanks for commenting!
Very thoughtful and balanced👍
How would you compare the OD-3 to the OD-1?
I understand the pedals with lots of knobs, full of options to shape a lot. For me, those options are overkill for the road and more interesting for studio work maybe - on the road you need more of a "set and forget" kind of thing, or at least way simple stuff to set on the fly. On the studio, you might have a little more tweaking time, but in both options, when you get the sound you like for a specific purpose, you'll be wasting the rest of possibly of the same pedal, if that makes sense.
So, I like to have several pedals available, not by their versatility, but for their specific thing - clean up, boosting, solo mids, so on..then I use them more like tone building blocks, stacking for a special tone flow. Plus, I get the boutique thing, and own a few, love them and all, but I also like the availability vs price of the effects I use in case of accident or stealing- so, more and more I try to use off the shelf stuff, great sounding and easy to replace - mxr, boss, dunlop, mxr, ibanez, I mean ..there are literally thousands of pedals, plus cheap clones these days.
cool job again - you have a very nice ear and spot on opinions. thanks 🙏
I have to say, I think the RevivalDrive is overall the superior pedal. While the OD-3 sounds fine if you had nothing to compare with it, the moment you switch to the RevivalDrive, the OD-3 sounds harsh by comparison. In these examples, the OD-3 did have the edge in treble response, but a slight twist of a knob on the RD cures that. I would have no problem showing up to a jam session with the RevivalDrive in preference to the OD-3; despite its greater complexity, I'm not a knob twiddler--set and forget.. Certainly, the Origin products are much more expensive than the Boss products, and certainly, if Boss is more in keeping with your budget, an OD-3 isn't going to embarrass anyone on any stage or at any venue, so long as you ignore the cork sniffing snobs. But, if you can afford the RevivalDrive, it's certainly worth the extra joss paper.
Very nice review my friend... thank you.
The revival drive offers touch sensitivity and allot more than was described here. I love the od-3, but if I could only choose one it'd be the revival drive. I can get so much out of it. Imho
Great, valuable episode, this! Thank you very much!
Ok, here´s my 2 cents:
The OD-3 - a relatively "neutral" / "transparent" pedal for a BOSS -
had always more mids going on, compared to the settings of the Revival Drive.
I assume, that´d be an advantage for cutting through a band.
The OD-3 has a really great overdrive sound, but you have to know, that it won´t "tighten up" lows
(reducing lows) like an Ibanez Tube screamer or a Boss SD-1.
So, if you got a full and round ampsound anyway, the OD-3 might be too "bass-heavy" on neck pickups, when playing low notes.
The fuzz tones here I found less than ideal for the Revival Drive.
Sounded dullish to me, with blanketed mids and ducked attacks.
I´m shure, there are better settings for that purpose to dial in.
At least, I hope so.
On the "Tweed" setting, the Revival Drive was convincing to me, right away.
(Sorry, can´t help for maybe being too picky:
My "RUclips-Computer" is connected to studio monitors and that´s what I´m hearing...)
Great comment, I think that's all very fair. I heard the OD-3 as having more emphasis in the mids too.
I think maybe the reason that the Revival Drive got a bit dull with the fuzz was maybe the EQ switch was set for a bright amp, it sounds nice when it's just the pedal into the Twin Reverb, with a high end that's a little softer and easier to get along with than the OD-3 but when you stack something infront of it you really miss some of that very high end. Setting the EQ switch differently might just be a compromise that you'd have to decide on when stacking gain.
Thanks again for the comment and it's encouraging to know that some listen to these sound examples on good studio monitors and headphones
@@MichaelBanfieldGuitar Thanks-a-lot for this awesome response!
Cheers! :-)
Boss sounds better to me.
I have an FBM1 Boss Fender Bassman. It has quite a few controls, like the Revival Drive, but I found a setting I can use in virtually any song. Anyway, I like a good old overdrive sound. : )
Glad to hear the FBM-1 is working well for you. Yeah just spending a bit of time getting a versatile sound setting like you have and then keeping it more or less permanently on that setting is a great way to simplify a complex pedal. Thanks for commenting!
OD3 plus an EQ pedal that can tame a lot of problems even when not using the OD3. Money well spent.
This comment makes me want to do a video on exploring using the OD-3 with the GE-7 to make it sound like other popular drive pedals!
@@MichaelBanfieldGuitar I'd watch that! May I suggest if you use the GE-7 that you consider modding it with a Monte Allums Kit. Takes out a lot of noise and gives more fidelity. That's what I did to mine 11 years ago and I'm still using it
@@averagegearreviews4109 Thanks for the tip! I’ll try it stock first but if I have any noise issues I’ll definitely get that mod. Thanks!
Enjoyed this. Been tempted for a while to go for the Revival drive - but after watching the comparison I'm going to pull the trigger on the OD 3 and put the remaining money towards a Revival Trem. That may go some way to placating my wife.....
The Origin Effects stuff is all brilliant, but yeah, if you'd like to keep costs down then the OD-3 is great and has quite a similar flavour on a lot of the settings. You can always get the Revival Drive further down the line if you want something with more fine tuning.
Try a TR-2 first ;)
@@andyhelmboldt2339 😀 I currently use a TR 2 on my board but I suffer badly, very badly, from acquisition syndrome . But I do love the Boss Tremolo....
You can tweak any pedal to sound alike but also it depends on your rig set up the I rivel drive sounded way too muggy
Have both revival drive sounds truly like an amp where boss sounds like a pedal both usable but I use the revival drive much more
If anything this just shows how good the OD-3 is
I have owned far too many amps and pedals. The Origin Effects Revival Drive is easily the best OD pedal I've ever owned. It's not even close. Watch all the other videos showcasing what this pedal can do.
I’ve had both. The OD-3 did absolutely nothing for me. It didn’t sound pleasant or musical to my ears. The RevivalDrive sounds like no other pedal that I’ve ever tried, and the character can be changed to match the pickups before it, and the amp after it. The POST eq knob settings really change it also. It can transform a boring solidstate amp to a musical experience, and that for me is the selling point of the pedal. However, I find the high end to be a bit piercing some times, especially with aggressive gain. It’s much better as a core tone shaper when needed. I first and foremost see the RevivalDrive as a great tool.
This guy alone must have significantly driven up sales of the OD-3.
Great comparison and great, clear points! Keep up the good work! 🎸
Thanks, will do!
Good stuff!
Thanks!
There’s really no comparison between the two. The RD is more of an emulator, while the OD3 is a basic overdrive. The RD also has the BLEND control which is extremely valuable. You can get the sounds of the OD3 with the Revivaldrive, but not the other way around. I own both and sadly the OD3 will forever be on the shelf. Keep in mind that the RD is better suited as an “always on pedal” since it immediately colors your tone and acts like an overdriven amp, and cleans up extremely well when rolling back your volume knob
Nice love boss
What is your amp and speaker? Nice Tele tone!
Hi. It's a Fender 65 Twin Reverb Reissue with the stock Jensen C12K speakers. I just had it set on a fairly neutral clean tone for this video. Thanks for commenting!
👍🇺🇲❤BOSS.....it has more true grit.....the costly one sounds too stiff.......less is best🎸
the revival drive sounds like natural amp distortion, the od3 sounds like a pedal. i have both. use em both
Interesting video concept, but under researched. I do not think that you have spent enough time with the Revival Drive Compact with all the use scenarios to really arrive at the conclusions you did. Most of the 'extra money' goes into the LIBERATING ABILITY to completely bypass a tube amp (and still get so damn close to that tone). You would be surprised how much money that could actually save someone. I highly recommend you check out Origin Effect's related video (using the Revival Drive as 'amp replacement' into studio monitors, impulse responses, etc). Cheers!
The OD-3 absolutely smokes the Origin
Boss all the way. Boutique pedals are a racket.
Dogs balls I’m shocked! The OD3 sounded much better, less compressed, more amp like, nicer top end..
damn I could buy 10 used OD3s with that RD money
£300 is a hell of a lot of money for any dirt pedal.
Please disable and enable the pedal from time to time so everybody can here what the pedal actually does.
Spend time tweaking in the studio. Rock the rest of the time.
Good call!
This just confirms what I already knew. The RevivalDrive is overrated and expensive. I couldn’t sell mine fast enough.
I suppose if you play a dead clean amp it’s a decent “amp in a box”.
It’s funny seeing all the RD owners jump in to defend/justify their purchase lol.
You've got to be kidding me? I have a RD on watch on Reverb. Someone else can now have it.
boss good
Boss all the way... It is not worth to spend 3x the price...
many great tones were captured without any pedals so theres that lol
I am tired of these expensive overdrive pedals with compressed ass high end. OD-3 forever!
Japan already created many things for others to copy and replicate. How many years, is it 30, 40, 50 years....?
the revival has more compression
Less is more.
Origin effects - BEEST!!!