Boss OD-3 Overdrive

Description

When the switch is down, lows are cut before distortion to tighten up the tone and clean up the mud with bassy guitars/pickups. When the toggle switch is up, the pedal is stock. I own several of them. IMO, this is a really refined-sounding, amp-like pedal, probably the finest overdrive or distortion Boss has ever made. Compared to the BD-2, this has similar tones and similar clean-boost uses, but more gain available and none of the spitty decay that the BD-2 has. IMO, this is a really refined-sounding, amp-like pedal, probably the finest overdrive or distortion Boss has ever made. Boss's most recent overdrive, obviously a 'next-generation' version of the BD-2 Blues Driver. Compared to the BD-2, this has similar tones and similar clean-boost uses, but more gain available and none of the spitty decay that the BD-2 has. The modification here addresses the most common complaint about this circuit -- that it has too much bass for some guitars/pickups (especially neck pickups). Extremely understated and underrated. It's a subtle difference but an extremely useful one in many situations.

Key Features

• Compared to the BD-2, this has similar tones and similar clean-boost uses, but more gain available and none of the spitty decay that the BD-2 has.
• When the switch is down, lows are cut before distortion to tighten up the tone and clean up the mud with bassy guitars/pickups.
• IMO, this is a really refined-sounding, amp-like pedal, probably the finest overdrive or distortion Boss has ever made.
• The modification here addresses the most common complaint about this circuit -- that it has too much bass for some guitars/pickups (especially neck pickups).
• Boss's most recent overdrive, obviously a 'next-generation' version of the BD-2 Blues Driver.
• It's a subtle difference but an extremely useful one in many situations.