BOSS SD-1 SUPER OverDrive Effects Pedal for Guitar and Bass - Mild to Moderate Tube - like Overdrive Characteristics Ideal for Clean and Driven amps. BOSS 5-Year Warranty.,Yellow

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I know that it is trendy to bash BOSS pedals and that some guitarists only use expansive boutique pedals nowadays but I find this is a bit of an extreme position. There are very good models in the BOSS line and the SD-1, which has been in production for 29 years (!), is surely one of them.

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Straight to right-angle 1/4-inch connectors, 10 ft./3 m length. Also available in 15 ft./4.5 m (BIC-15A) length. Love both pedals but the SD-1 is very special. I also have an OD-1 but put it in the cupboard for the SD-1 because of the tone know. They sound the slightest bit different but this wouldn’t be audible, maybe because there was 30 years age difference between the two.A distortion pedal can be a guitarist's most defining tool. Learn to pair it with other effects and expand your sonic approach. Read more… Getting the Most Out of Your Overdrive Pedal Unique Asymmetrical Clipping Circuit— Produces tube-like overdrive characteristics, transforming any clean-channel amp into a crunchy rhythm machine, or tightening up the tone of a distorted high-gain monster! Explore in-depth articles on BOSS pedals and get inspiring knowledge to help spark your creativity. Amps Since its release in 1981, the workhorse SD-1 Super Overdrive has been the core gain pedal for generations of players across every musical genre. Based around the revolutionary asymmetrical clipping circuit from the OD-1 Overdrive—one of the three original BOSS compact pedals from 1977—the SD-1 delivers rich, smooth, and highly musical overdrive tones that continue to inspire guitarists everywhere.

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Fast-forward 4 decades, and Boss hascelebrated the 40th anniversary of its Super Overdrive pedal with the limited edition SD-1-4A — featuring areversed colourscheme, gold-capped knobs, a vintage silver thumbscrew and a special 40th anniversary logo box. This is the perfect dirt box for Boss aficionados looking for something with plenty of future collectable prestige. Key Features Octave pedals carve a path for guitarists to veer into synth tones and big bass riffs. Find out how to utilize this expansive effect. Read more… Pedal Partners: Combining Distortion with Other Effects People forget that great rhythm guitar will help make your solo sound better”: YouTube guitar guru Marty Schwartz on the biggest mistakes aspiring guitarists make – and how to fix them Carbon-zinc battery (9 V, 6F22) Option (sold separately) AC adaptor (PSA series) Size and Weight Width 73 mm Protect your investment. Register your product and stay up-to-date with the latest warranty information. FacebookModerate amount of signal loss here, particularly in the upper frequencies. Basically what one can expect from a decently well made pedal without true bypass. However, there appears to be no drastic gouging of frequencies, nor any harsh artifacts added. The signal goes into the next opamp stage where it meets the tone control which actually boosts the highs as well as rolls off the highs (as mentioned in the last paragraph). R9 here helps to set the gain along with the tone control itself while C6 rolls off even more highs.