Boss SUPER OverDrive SD-1 Pedal  

With a basic Volume, Gain and Tone it doesn't get much easier to use.

It's your basic Boss pedal. Metal case, solid and can take about anything you can throw at it.

I use this pedal as a boost putting it behind my distortion. It really give me a nice boost and smooth sound for solos. But using stand alone can give a really nice light distortion for just about anything you need.

An OK pedal with a few usable sounds.

Typical Boss quality, well built and durable.

With alot of tweaking (both pedal and amp) you will find an adequate overdrive tone that would be usable in a live setting, if you can tolerate the noise it puts in your signal chain.

This pedal is usable, but you'll need good cables, and a really good noise gate with a high threshold in your signal chain. This pedal makes a lot of noise (hiss) once you kick it in. It has a reasonable overdrive tone that would work in a live stage setting. I think there are a lot of other overdrive pedals that would do a much better job and not saturate your signal with noise.

I have been playing for 16 years and in a band the last couple years, and tried out a lot of pedals along the way. I recently picked up one of these and really have been happy with it. I built some of my own tube amps and slightly mod some of my pedals but this one I like the way it is.

Gives you a thicker gain structure when the amp is somewhat overdriven and lights up the front end on a tube amp real nice. It really get the tubes singing to the point pinch harmonics are great for an overdrive.

I like to use it in a lot of ways, also turn the gain down and the output up to make a clean tube amp get raw and bluesy. It goes well with all of my tube amps and I have a variety.

This is one of the best OD pedals I have tried and I think a lot of people overlook it as I had in the past becasue no one expects a pedal in this price range to work so well. It does.

It is boss so I expect it to last.

I got mine used in great condition so the value was good but a new one is a great value as well.

It's great like it is. Only thing is I wish boss would start using brighter leds.It's hard to see outside if it is on or off and I will be installing a brighter one soon.

First noticed this pedal on a famous guitarists board eighteen years ago. When I bought it, and the price was more expensive then, I hooked it to my Marshall jcm 800 2x12. Needless to say, the amp already had the beefiness i wanted, but went I stomped on this overdrive it pushed the signal precisely to get a harmonically rich, sizzle drive which made any thought of modifying out of the question. The quality of this combination, to this day, places other new heads and pedals down a notch. After several years I have yet to find a driver/booster that even compares in tone and price. I still have both and they go together like salt and pepper.

I rate this a ten great sustain for any blues or rock tunes

Boss come on the best what do you expect"

Very good pedals

Good for any disortion including tying it in with the DS1 pedal very good for any time