I have this pedal, and it is AWESOME! People wonder how I get my tone. I also use a Boss CS-2 Compressor, and I have had rather large monetary offers for each (esp. The CS-2). Great pedals.
man I tried that pedal few months a go, and it's "really good sounding piece", but here, the secret is in your guitar too, and in your playin'... Good video and good demo... thx
+AlanKaruzo thanks man, I think a lot of boss pedals work really well in a quality rig, due to price a lot of people are using them in practice rigs and discount them because they don't magically make them sound amazing. Just look at all the touring musicians that still use boss pedals (especially 80s and early 90s pedals) when they can afford anything really.
+Werner Van der Walt I haven't got my hands on one generally because they are more expensive then the od-2 but everything I've heard is they are similar but improved due to the extra circuitry (basically an extra recovery stage to boost volume)
I have them both. Great pedals, but for boosting an amp, the od-2r is definitely the best choice because of the extra output. I use it with a Mesa Boogie Mark 3. Killer tones for metal and rock.
fantastic pedal i have th is pedal as well and i tell you its cheaper than an mxr distortion plus used and it gets very close to that randy Rhoads tone throw a boss reverb pedal in with it you might get even closer to the live Rhoads tone IM suerious this overdrive is more than just hour typical overdrive its an overdrive with a kick to it .
Anyone know if there's a common fault with these, I have one that's over 20+ yrs old,it Did work many moons ago but recently found it again but just won't come on 🙄
Unfortunately I've never go my hands on an od-2r if I do I will definately compare them. The od-2r has an extra post clipping stage for more volume and I imagine this will subtly affect the tone as well.
The OD2r is harsh and not as warm. I’ve never had the issue with my OD2 being underpowered. It’s not explosively loud, but I’ve never had a problem getting unity gain with a clean sound. Somewhere around 3:00 Level is plenty.
It cant provide the level boost to give more gain (though the od-2r can and is a better pedal for most things) but it can add a bit of midrange for leads. I will try to get a high gain (not much of a metal player but more rock high gain) demo done of all my overdrives.
that would be great, BTW tomorro i will buy a used OD2, and try on my gear, also i wanted to ask you if you try the OD20 that includes the tone of OD2?
I've had this pedal since 1986 but I never had to use such a drastic volume compensation. The amp should be louder and the pedal when kicked in should only be slightly louder.It is great with a loud clean channel of a Marshall.Then it sings. Here, it sounds too cardboardy.
It is only slightly louder, on the non turbo setting full volume is below unity with gain below 9 o clock and just above with gain higher, its a common issue hence why the OD-2r was changed dramatically to have a much higher volume. Maybe your version was somehow louder than most, not sure. My ceriatone is a bad cat hot cat clone which has a bit of the marshall vibe and I used that on the comparison video, on this video I used my Frenzal HBX-AC15 which is kind of ac15ish but with a matchless hot rod preamp and marshall tone stack. The amps are both proper gigging volume loud (though I am using the ceriatone through a load box). Not sure if you really think that when I kick it on first that I have made it alot louder, to my ears its quieter in this video.
@@JimijaymesProductions Thanks for your reply.Yes my volume is louder by a couple of 'notches'.I also have an OD2r and there is a difference in tone and gain in general.
very different pedal, I havent much direct experience with the modern distortion plus but have used the circuit a little, that is more of a fuzzy hard clipping thing, cool for fuzzy light distortion or boosting an amp for that 80s sound this is more of a dynamic overdrive with a bit of gain and not as good for boosting an amp. A more similar pedal to the od2 currently in production would be the bd2 and the od3.
@@JimijaymesProductions I'm really trying too get the 80s metal tone mostly for randy rhoads tone I'm just haveing a hard time chooseing pedals bc I'm still new too this lol
@@Mysticblade-n5o randy rhoads tone is much more about guitar and amp than anything but a dist+ into a cranked jcm800 should get you alot of the way there especially paired with a chorus and a wah pedal. If you dont have a jcm800 or similar medium gain marshall amp or cant crank it up and need a pedal, id look into marshall style pedals like the crunchbox or wampler pinnacle dlx. Alot is playing and pickups as well, rhoads and wylde had extremely similar rigs with the exception of the overdrive and pickups but sound quite different, zakks emgs really do modernize the ozzy tone in my opinion.
@@JimijaymesProductions so far I own a Epiphone Les Paul prophecy with the zakk Wylde emg pick ups I also have a fender champion 40 watt it gets good tone but it doesn't add up too randys tome.i do have a boss od 1 pedal tho
I had this and sold it immediately because the overdriven sound was lower and weaker than the clean. Pretty disappointed to hear a weaker sound while expecting to go wilder when you go engage the effect...plus the overdrive sounds plastic and trashy :(
The volume issue is the main reason they made the od-2r which added a clean gain stage so there is way more volume on top. Eventually the circuit influenced the od-3 and bd-2 which are arguably better liked pedals. It does depend on guitars lower signal guitars definately can gain volume on the turbo channel but overall its usually about unity. Thanks for watching.
Much more open sounding alot less creamy distortion/overdrive. More marshall less mesa (although a ds2 is nothing like a mesa). For sustain in a low gain overdrive I'd say an sd1 is better but really needs an amp that is breathing a little bit to sound great.
@@joshuakozee5719 yes I'd say so, he used a ds2 and a ds1 along with a plethora of fuzz pedals like the big muff. He also did use some higher gain amps on occasion.
@@joshuakozee5719 love John Frusciante, you definitely want a Japanese DS-2 and a Big Muff for his sounds. There's rumblings that he used an OD-2 on BSSM though, and he actually used one on the show last weekend! So I'm considering adding one of these too lol. The DS-2 dimed is the Slane Intro tone, I'm having trouble dialing in more subtle tones but it is the pedal he's used most of his career, along with the WH10 wah and the CE-1 chorus
I have one and I love it to death!....... sorry boutique snobs, nothing can beat this old japanesse gems.....
I have this pedal, and it is AWESOME! People wonder how I get my tone. I also use a Boss CS-2 Compressor, and I have had rather large monetary offers for each (esp. The CS-2). Great pedals.
The cs2 is a cool pedal, somewhat similar to a dyna comp but with an attack knob.
Great overdrive tone. Great pedal. The Edge early overdrive sound.
Great tone man. Thanks for the demo!
man I tried that pedal few months a go, and it's "really good sounding piece", but here, the secret is in your guitar too, and in your playin'... Good video and good demo... thx
+AlanKaruzo thanks man, I think a lot of boss pedals work really well in a quality rig, due to price a lot of people are using them in practice rigs and discount them because they don't magically make them sound amazing. Just look at all the touring musicians that still use boss pedals (especially 80s and early 90s pedals) when they can afford anything really.
I’m using one stacked on top of a tc mojomojo. The mojo gives this nice vintage 30s break up, and the od-2 I’d this insane gain. Try it out.
Great demo!
I have the OD2R. I won't use any other overdrive. I love the tone.
+Werner Van der Walt I haven't got my hands on one generally because they are more expensive then the od-2 but everything I've heard is they are similar but improved due to the extra circuitry (basically an extra recovery stage to boost volume)
I have them both. Great pedals, but for boosting an amp, the od-2r is definitely the best choice because of the extra output. I use it with a Mesa Boogie Mark 3. Killer tones for metal and rock.
Very good! well thoroughly!
Wow. What a nice tele .
Thanks, it's going to see some mods soon.
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fantastic pedal i have th is pedal as well and i tell you its cheaper than an mxr distortion plus used and it gets very close to that randy Rhoads tone throw a boss reverb pedal in with it you might get even closer to the live Rhoads tone IM suerious this overdrive is more than just hour typical overdrive its an overdrive with a kick to it .
Has this one! Think sounds better with battery rather than power supply.
Interesting thing to try in a boss overdrive or distortion is a flat battery, there is a weird point where low voltage can create a cool fuzz effect
@@JimijaymesProductions yes , it will be cool !!!
I think it’s a great pedal my led light don’t work on my 1985 od2 do you know why? The pedal works great though sounds mega
LED to tend to go sometimes, on a couple of my pedals the LED's dont work anymore.
@@JimijaymesProductions yeah have you just left them alone mine does sound good sounds mega
The old ones run on 12 v unless you put them daisy chained with other 9v pedals that or battery
Anyone know if there's a common fault with these, I have one that's over 20+ yrs old,it Did work many moons ago but recently found it again but just won't come on 🙄
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Some are sure that the OD2r sounds better.
Could you tell us your thougt about this fact?
Thanks, also for the video.
Unfortunately I've never go my hands on an od-2r if I do I will definately compare them. The od-2r has an extra post clipping stage for more volume and I imagine this will subtly affect the tone as well.
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thanks for answering!
Maybe searching on Google I will manage to solve the issue....
Keep on rockin'!👍
The OD2r is harsh and not as warm. I’ve never had the issue with my OD2 being underpowered. It’s not explosively loud, but I’ve never had a problem getting unity gain with a clean sound. Somewhere around 3:00 Level is plenty.
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Thank You!
Anyone know how this pedal would be for boosting a high gain amp compared to a Tube Screamer or boss overdrive OD1?
It cant provide the level boost to give more gain (though the od-2r can and is a better pedal for most things) but it can add a bit of midrange for leads. I will try to get a high gain (not much of a metal player but more rock high gain) demo done of all my overdrives.
@@JimijaymesProductions Okay I see! That would be awesome!
sounds good... how you compare to a turbo distortion boss?
that would be great, BTW tomorro i will buy a used OD2, and try on my gear, also i wanted to ask you if you try the OD20 that includes the tone of OD2?
zafreth only briefly sounds decent but sound like digital emulation. Get the od2r if you can it solves volume issues of the od2
zafreth only briefly sounds decent but sound like digital emulation. Get the od2r if you can it solves volume issues of the od2
ok today i will grab that
I've had this pedal since 1986 but I never had to use such a drastic volume compensation.
The amp should be louder and the pedal when kicked in should only be slightly louder.It is great with a loud clean channel of a Marshall.Then it sings.
Here, it sounds too cardboardy.
It is only slightly louder, on the non turbo setting full volume is below unity with gain below 9 o clock and just above with gain higher, its a common issue hence why the OD-2r was changed dramatically to have a much higher volume. Maybe your version was somehow louder than most, not sure. My ceriatone is a bad cat hot cat clone which has a bit of the marshall vibe and I used that on the comparison video, on this video I used my Frenzal HBX-AC15 which is kind of ac15ish but with a matchless hot rod preamp and marshall tone stack. The amps are both proper gigging volume loud (though I am using the ceriatone through a load box). Not sure if you really think that when I kick it on first that I have made it alot louder, to my ears its quieter in this video.
@@JimijaymesProductions Thanks for your reply.Yes my volume is louder by a couple of 'notches'.I also have an OD2r and there is a difference in tone and gain in general.
BTW good guitar licks!
Is it better then mxr distortion plus
very different pedal, I havent much direct experience with the modern distortion plus but have used the circuit a little, that is more of a fuzzy hard clipping thing, cool for fuzzy light distortion or boosting an amp for that 80s sound this is more of a dynamic overdrive with a bit of gain and not as good for boosting an amp. A more similar pedal to the od2 currently in production would be the bd2 and the od3.
@@JimijaymesProductions I'm really trying too get the 80s metal tone mostly for randy rhoads tone I'm just haveing a hard time chooseing pedals bc I'm still new too this lol
@@Mysticblade-n5o randy rhoads tone is much more about guitar and amp than anything but a dist+ into a cranked jcm800 should get you alot of the way there especially paired with a chorus and a wah pedal. If you dont have a jcm800 or similar medium gain marshall amp or cant crank it up and need a pedal, id look into marshall style pedals like the crunchbox or wampler pinnacle dlx. Alot is playing and pickups as well, rhoads and wylde had extremely similar rigs with the exception of the overdrive and pickups but sound quite different, zakks emgs really do modernize the ozzy tone in my opinion.
@@JimijaymesProductions so far I own a Epiphone Les Paul prophecy with the zakk Wylde emg pick ups I also have a fender champion 40 watt it gets good tone but it doesn't add up too randys tome.i do have a boss od 1 pedal tho
But I definitely will look into marshall pedals id.love.to get a marshell amp but cant afford one rn
I had this and sold it immediately because the overdriven sound was lower and weaker than the clean. Pretty disappointed to hear a weaker sound while expecting to go wilder when you go engage the effect...plus the overdrive sounds plastic and trashy :(
The volume issue is the main reason they made the od-2r which added a clean gain stage so there is way more volume on top. Eventually the circuit influenced the od-3 and bd-2 which are arguably better liked pedals. It does depend on guitars lower signal guitars definately can gain volume on the turbo channel but overall its usually about unity. Thanks for watching.
Hmm so it dosent do the ds2 singing sustain thing.
Much more open sounding alot less creamy distortion/overdrive. More marshall less mesa (although a ds2 is nothing like a mesa). For sustain in a low gain overdrive I'd say an sd1 is better but really needs an amp that is breathing a little bit to sound great.
@@JimijaymesProductions thankyou, so I think I would want to have the DS2 for the john frusciante singing lead sound.
@@joshuakozee5719 yes I'd say so, he used a ds2 and a ds1 along with a plethora of fuzz pedals like the big muff. He also did use some higher gain amps on occasion.
@@joshuakozee5719 love John Frusciante, you definitely want a Japanese DS-2 and a Big Muff for his sounds. There's rumblings that he used an OD-2 on BSSM though, and he actually used one on the show last weekend! So I'm considering adding one of these too lol. The DS-2 dimed is the Slane Intro tone, I'm having trouble dialing in more subtle tones but it is the pedal he's used most of his career, along with the WH10 wah and the CE-1 chorus
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