Boss DS-1 Appreciation Thread

[FuzzyAce]

If Boss made an OD-3W, I'd probably check it out. Maybe the custom mode could be a slight bass roll off (not as much as say a TS/SD-1 style pedal) and a bit more midrange or gain? Then for those that normally stacked it with an SD-1 for a bit more mids, a little less bass, and a tad more gain can just use the custom mode.

Nothing wrong with options, but I do think the standard version is about just right. Although to have the same drive with a bass and treble cut control would probably make it perfect.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Speaking of tone controls, as far as the DS-1 goes, the tone control is its biggest weakness imo.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

I read somewhere that an OD-3 with an SD-1 before it set to standard boosting settings can get the "brown sound," which I think was mainly assisted by the amp and speakers.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I read somewhere that an OD-3 with an SD-1 before it set to standard boosting settings can get the "brown sound," which I think was mainly assisted by the amp and speakers.

I've stacked my TS-9 and OD-3 a lot. Either order can work although I prefer the TS last. It can get pretty clipped at higher gain but there are some really great tones when you hit the right balance of both.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

I've stacked my TS-9 and OD-3 a lot. Either order can work although I prefer the TS last. It can get pretty clipped at higher gain but there are some really great tones when you hit the right balance of both.

I tend to go pickups into lower clipping into higher clipping then to the amp. If I get an OD-3, I may have to try it both ways with an SD-1W.

 

[metropolis_4]

He's done a few different versions over the years. This is the latest.

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I haven’t seen the DS-9 before, is that a take on a DS-1, an SD-9, an OD-9 or some combination?

It's an OD-3. The lettering is a bit scratched there haha. Never tried an OD-2, that I can remember anyways.
Love the OD-3 though, probably my favorite od. It has just the right amount of mid character, a more useful tone control than a TS or similar, solid bass response. Nice range of gain too. Definitely a pedal most should try at least once, I'd think they'd be pleasantly surprised.

A lot of people have said the OD-3 should have been called the BD-3 as it seems more like a successor to the BD-2 than anything. It’s similar to a BD-2 with a better tone sweep

 

[the swede]

A lot of people have said the OD-3 should have been called the BD-3 as it seems more like a successor to the BD-2 than anything. It’s similar to a BD-2 with a better tone sweep

That makes sense, never thought about it like that because of the yellow theme It’s just so easy to put the OD-3 in the same box as all yellows.
But BD-2 has more sizzle I believe, I don’t own a BD but i do think the Od-3 has steep cuts but stays pretty flat in between. No hump, transparent, but with defined low and high cuts. That’s what I think.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

A lot of people have said the OD-3 should have been called the BD-3 as it seems more like a successor to the BD-2 than anything. It’s similar to a BD-2 with a better tone sweep

They probably wanted it to get accepted outside of being a "blues pedal."

 

[FuzzyAce]

I really think the BD-2 and OD-3 are very different. BD is more of a distortion circuit really, where the OD-3 is softer and spongier when you push it.