Got the Friedman BE-OD today...

[LanierP]

Uuuuggghhhhh!!. Fucken FedEx man!! Bought one of these a week ago. Last Friday, I got an email from FedEx saying my package was delivered/'left at doorstep' at 9:56am. Went home for lunch at 11:30, and there's nothing there. Housekeeper had been there since 8:30am. I asked if FedEx delivered a small package? Nope, no doorbell ring, no nothing. Fuck! So I call Fedex. We delivered it to your door Sir. 9:56am. Hmmmm. Wait a second. I have hi-def cameras on my front door, driveway, and the street out front. Checked the Footage. No Fedex guy, and no Fed Ex truck driving by on the street either. I reviewed the footage 2 hours prior to delivery, all the way up to when it shows me pulling up in the driveway and looking all around the front door for my BE-OD pedal!! No driver. No delivery. Called them back, and they proceed to get in an argument with me that it WAS delivered to my house. I mention that I have video cameras, and the dude was never here. They then give me a Case # and here we go.
So, since I'm not the shipper, not my problem, and Keith at The Guitar Guru Network in Atlanta (Authorized dealer) has sent me another that should be arriving tomorrow. What a fiasco with FedEx though. The 2nd attempt is being sent via USPS.
So when I do get this thing, I am planning on trying it with my Tone King Sky King 1x12 combo amp. Has an absolutely stellar clean channel, but it gain channel is blues gain an best, and to me, doesn't cut it. 40 watts, easily transportable, I'm hoping the BE-OD will turn it into a fire breather! My other amp I'm wanting to try this thru is my 1976 Hiwatt DR 103 head. I run this head into an original 69' Hiwatt 4x12 cab with original Fanes. This head can get a very loud and punchy clean tone. Be interesting to see what the BE-OD sounds like here as well. Just got to get the friggen thing first.

 

[AndyK]

That is frustrating as hell!! At least you have video, showing no one stole the pedal. All FedEx's dumb fault, probably delivering it to the wrong address.

 

[stompboxfreak72]

I got mine yesterday and consider it a distortion pedal. I can't get the drive low enough to play nice with an already dirty amp. So it needs a clean channel to do its thing and that's cool. I get what it is and what it does. I'm not finding a reason to keep the pedal so I'm hoping I can return it. Just not my thing.

 

[Red_Label]

I love the pedal. Sounds great into the clean channel of my Smallbox. I kept A/B'ing back and forth between that and then just the drive side of the SB without the pedal and was amazed at how close it sounded. So then I put it in the clean channel of my Roland Cube 80XL and it sounded great there as well. That's all I've been playing for the past couple of days. At some point I'll try the BE-OD in the clean channel of my Quickrod. I'm sure it'll kill there too. I did turn my trim put gain down to about 10:00, from the stock noon setting. I had the run the pedal gain at 9:00 or below with the trim set at noon. With the trim at 10:00 I can run the pedal gain at noon. The pedal has WAY more than enough gain for any gain freak (though I dunno why you'd buy a Friedman and then try to make it sound over-top-gained-out like a Mesa, Engl, etc).

 

[J-Rocks]

I got mine yesterday and consider it a distortion pedal. I can't get the drive low enough to play nice with an already dirty amp. So it needs a clean channel to do its thing and that's cool. I get what it is and what it does. I'm not finding a reason to keep the pedal so I'm hoping I can return it. Just not my thing.

This pedal shines into a clean amp and believe that's what it was really intended to be used on!

 

[hammered]

I got mine yesterday and consider it a distortion pedal. I can't get the drive low enough to play nice with an already dirty amp. So it needs a clean channel to do its thing and that's cool. I get what it is and what it does. I'm not finding a reason to keep the pedal so I'm hoping I can return it. Just not my thing.

I'm gonna probably start getting hate mail for my continuous push of the BE -OD as a boost but did you turn the internal trim pot all the down/off ?

 

[AndyK]

I find turning the trim all the way down, keeping the gain at about 8:00, and cranking the tight knob to 3:00 lets me use the pedal into my '74 JMP as a boost. Sounds way better using 18v too. Also, when increasing the tight knob , reducing the presence and treble evens out the high end.

Bottom line - this pedal is way versatile, and very tweakable. USE THE KNOBS to find your tone!

 

[hammered]

I find turning the trim all the way down, keeping the gain at about 8:00, and cranking the tight knob to 3:00 lets me use the pedal into my '74 JMP as a boost. Sounds way better using 18v too. Also, when increasing the tight knob , reducing the presence and treble evens out the high end.

Bottom line - this pedal is way versatile, and very tweakable. USE THE KNOBS to find your tone!

I`ll probably have to try it at 18v , thanks for the heads up

 

[AndyK]

I find turning the trim all the way down, keeping the gain at about 8:00, and cranking the tight knob to 3:00 lets me use the pedal into my '74 JMP as a boost. Sounds way better using 18v too. Also, when increasing the tight knob , reducing the presence and treble evens out the high end.

Bottom line - this pedal is way versatile, and very tweakable. USE THE KNOBS to find your tone!

I`ll probably have to try it at 18v , thanks for the heads up

I find it adds more clarity and better amp feel at 18v.