My Complete Boss OD/ Dirt pedal shootout!

[severinsteel]

I have compiled the complete collection of Boss compact dirt pedals, plus a few fun extras, and created this head to head shootout. I didn't include the double pedals, so this is just for the COMPACT pedals only.

Which pedals did you like? Anything surprise you?

Time stamp/ Pedal guide:

00:59 OD-1 OverDrive (14 pin Op Amp)
01:36 OD-1 OverDrive (8 pin Op Amp)
02:13 OD-1X OverDrive
02:50 OD-2 Turbo OverDrive
03:27 OD-2R Turbo OverDrive
04:03 OD-3 OverDrive
04:40 SD-1 Super OverDrive
05:18 SD-1W Super OverDrive (Waza Craft)
05:55 SD-2 Dual OverDrive
06:32 DN-2 Dyna Drive
07:09 BD-2 Blues Driver
07:49 BD-2 Blues Driver (Keeley Modded)
08:23 BD-2W Blues Driver (Waza Craft)
09:01 OS-2 OverDrive/ Distortion
09:38 DS-1 Distortion (Japanese)
10:13 DS-1 Distortion (Taiwanese)
10:51 DS-1X Distortion
11:28 DA-2 Adaptive Distortion
12:05 DS-2 Turbo Distortion
12:42 DF-2 Super Distortion & Feedbacker
13:19 PD-1 Rocker Distortion
13:56 MD-2 Mega Distortion
14:32 XT-2 Xtortion
15:09 FB-2 Feedbacker/ Booster
15:46 FDR-1 Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb-Amp
16:24 FBM-1 Fender ’59 Bassman
17:01 BC-2 Combo Drive
17:37 ST-2 Power Stack
18:16 HM-2 Heavy Metal
18:51 HM-3 Hyper Metal
19:28 MT-2 Metal Zone
20:05 MZ-2 Digital Metalizer
21:21 ML-2 Metal Core
21:58 PW-2 Power Driver
22:34 FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz
23:48 FZ-3 Fuzz
24:25 FZ-5 Fuzz
25:01 ODB-3 Bass OverDrive
25:38 BB-1X Bass Driver


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[maddnotez]

Awesome...

I liked the DS1 (japan) best but I also kind of liked the OD-1 and the Bass ODB-3 was interesting.

How can you tell them apart? Japan Vs. Tiawan? The color looked slightly different but is there any way to ID which is which?

 

[severinsteel]

Awesome...

I liked the DS1 (japan) best but I also kind of liked the OD-1 and the Bass ODB-3 was interesting.

How can you tell them apart? Japan Vs. Tiawan? The color looked slightly different but is there any way to ID which is which?

The easiest way to tell Japanese from Taiwan is probably the bottom label. If the label is gone, I'd just open up the bottom and have a look at the board.