Thanks for all the great comments! There are more re-reviews of Boss Pedals coming up. Let me know what you think of the SD-1 Overdrive. Check it out below. ►Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/P0myzY ►Thomann - bit.ly/30PHPGX ►Sky Music - alnk.to/4Xq3bkG (affiliate links)
I think that it's nice to see a new video of an old Boss pedal. Especially now in the era of boutique pedals, guitar players are needed to be reminded of how great these pedals sound for a friction of that price.
I prefer the DS1 but many people seem to dislike it, I think it's a Good Pedal & is Better than this SD But this sounds very Good especially if you are playing regular Rock music
This pedal is very musical and inspiring to play. It also sounds like a lot of classic recordings because....well it was probably used in the studio by known guitarists.
I hope Boss gets rediscovered and get the credit they deserve. Nobody builds a better design for starters. And their Super Overdrive and Blues Driver pedals are among the best out there without the “boutique” prices. And no folks it’s not the same an Ibanez Tube Screamer which I own among other clones and I prefer the Super Overdrive. Nothing wrong of course with the Tube Screamer but for me it’s more muddy sounding than the Boss Super Overdrive.
Exactly correct! And at $49 usd (SD-1) you can’t go wrong. Boss pedals are the stuff and the buffer helps too. Gots to have a buffer if you’ve got a chain IMO?
@@mikecorey8370 they really do make some amazing stuff. I’ve got a lot of em in my collection and two of them always on my board. Been thinking about grabbing one of their equalizers
I’ve had that one on my board for over 20 years now. So versatile, and stacks well with others. I also think the price hasn’t changed much since the time I bought it. BTW - props on using a guitar with a matching color scheme!
Right? My first rig was just a JCM 800 and an SD1. 20 some years later I went back to electric music and bought a Fender ProJr ( with EL84s). After trying a slew of overdrives I dragged out my old battered SD1 and time travelled to my happiest core memory.
12 hours ago I was playing this pedal through my Fender Vibrochamp and thinking, "I wish Shane would do a review of this pedal." One of my favorite things to do with this pedal is to have the gain between 8:00 and 9:00 and then use the level to push the front of the amp and it breaks up in huge tones without getting over the top. Thanks Shane!
I think what is best from Boss pedals is that I don’t have to aim for some little button while playing on stage. They make the pedal activation super solid and definitive. The knobs are out of the way too…a lot of pedal companies miss this live playing functionality imo.
I’ve been playing one of these since 1985, it’s still my favorite drive I own, including my high-dollar boutique drive pedals. It’s just that good, I always get a great usable tone out of it!
Best OD pedal ever! I have an early 80s model for many years and it's my favorite pedal of all time. I once compared it to a brand new one to see if there was a tone difference and I was shocked that there wasn't!
Great demo! This pedal has been in my arsenal for 15 years or more. For a long time I played Strats and was able to get nice fat tones. I now play an Epi Les Paul and the high end you mentioned keeps things from getting muddy. Compression increases with increased gain settings, offering great singing tone when playing lead, and especially playing slide. I love this pedal. I have a Rat if I need a more aggressive sound, but the SD-1 covers 90% of my dirty tones.
Still haven't found an overdrive that I like more than my SD-1. Many tried to take it's spot on my board. Whether it be boosting my amp for Thrash metal tones, bluesy overdrive, or just rock tones with that extra something. The SD-1 just works.
I have this pedal. I like it. I find that most overdrive pedals can be made to sound about the same by adjusting the drive and tone controls. Even my Rat 2 can be used as a smooth overdrive by keeping the distortion very low. Thanks for the video.
I absolutely love this pedal!!! It’s my “go to” for playing songs needing overdrive. This combined with my MXR compressor and DD7 delay and my tone for soloing is set. So much fun!!
Great video Shane, keep these Boss videos coming 😀 Another pedal that i rediscovered recently. Yes it can sound a bit "steely" as you've mentioned but that's only if you have a bright amp. My amps are darker sounding and with the tone turned down a bit it just screams, especially with a tele. I would also advice using an eq to add some more bass. I find that it sounds amazing with a beefer bass presence. SD-1 is really an amazing pedal, it stacks great with every other type of drive pedal, my favorite being with a fuzz. It just gets wild 😀
Classic pedal! That's been on my pedal board for years. I don't find it works with all types of pickups, but with some it sounds great :) Also the budget price is pretty good.
Yep still loving the SD1 after so many years it’s still well up there and sounds great for me especially for it’s low price and it’s excellent build quality, you can’t go wrong with it! It’s just got plenty of bollocks and subtle aswell if you want it.
This had been on my floor for many many years! I own several of them, and I'm about to mod one over the winter. I am currently using a Keeley Filaments and I LOVE it! It's the only pedal that is capable of replacing my Super Overdrive and giving me the extra gain I have been looking for over the years.
Had this pedal on my board for years and also the dual overdrive SD2 for more years than that ! Boss pedals are excellent wether in session or gigging, they sound so good through my 79 Marshall mk2 master volume combos.i stopped looking years ago when I found BOSS.
Thanks for giving this pedal some love. People often feel that if they pay more for something that it’s the best. This pedal clearly defies that logic. I know. I used to be one of those people. Spent thousands on various dirt pedals and guess what’s back on my board. Lol.
Wow, that insight about the SD-1 taking off where the BD-2 ends, was a great piece on info! I just got the BD-2 today, and I love it. Thanks to you, I also know I made the right decision between the two. Thanks!
Not really the genre for this channel, but this pedal is splendid with the gain turned all the way down, the level all the way up, tone set at noon, and pushed through the front of the high gain channel of a Mesa.
Love these reviews of the old classic pedals that we all have or can easily afford to pick up. Would like to see how you would use the Boss DS-1 - another affordable classic.
There’s a reason Boss has been around for so long.. Their designs are simplistic aesthetically and user friendly and pedal board friendly .. Not to mention tough.. I use the Boss TU-3 tuner by far the best pedal tuner I’ve used and presets for different tunings yep it was probably the best investment for my pedal board besides my power supply lol.. I also have the Blues Driver and Super Overdrive great tone and quality built and reasonably priced 👍🏼
Bought one cuz of this video lol. On another note, it's super cool to see how much your vid quality has improved over the years. Transitions/lighting/etc. But sound has been spot on since the beginning. Hope you keep making more!!
Just got one this month,its the best overdrive i have ever tried,such a beautiful tone... I've been playing led zeppelin nonstop volume 13 oclock,drive as well and tone at 14 oclock
I have an ‘83 SD-1. I remember buying it used from Guitar Crazy in Coogee, Sydney, in ‘87. It’s the only pedal I will never part with. I’ve had loads of pedal board set ups since then, but my SD-1 has always been the gold standard for OD pedals, no matter what the guitar or amp. Just brilliant.
I have at least 10 pedals on my board and this is my favorite one. I've had it over 20 yrs. You can search but you won't find any one better imo. As a test I bought another OD pedal that everyone raved about. The Clone Klon. Tried it for a few minutes and put the Boss right back on the board. This pedal Rules!
I've got a Klon KTR. To be honest, it's really not that good of an OD pedal. A FANTASTIC clean boost, adds a certain sparkle and boost like no other pedal can, but the actual OD did not work with my Fender Blues Junior or my current Marshall SV20, regardless of what guitar I was using (single coils, humbuckers, Firebird pickup, etc). This is my new favourite OD pedal, and I even have a 14-pin chip Boss OD-1
One of my favorite overdrive pedals if not the favorite. I use it the otherway round, level at about 3:00 o'clock or 4:00 and and drive around 8:00 o'clock, gives nice cranked sound.
Righteous playing (as always)! Great pedal, it's on my board! Sounds great for what I need it to do. The best thing it's 1/4 the price of most boutique OD pedals.
Among other uses (they sound and play great in general) these are great if you are using it as basically a drive channel for a single channel amp; switching from clean to a fully developed overdrive tone.
I know this was posted almost year ago, but great demo. I used to have a TS9, then a friend gave me on of these to try. I spent an entire band practice A/B back and forth, one and then the other. I traded green for yellow. And your playing has gotten better from s few years ago. Thanks.
There is a reason I have had it on my board for years. Especially the tone control is very useful to soften the stingy bridge single coil sound of my Tele.
My 1991 Turbo Overdrive has been serving me well for thirty years but I just ordered one of these to see if it was worth the hype. Should be interesting. Thanks for the great demo.
Oh, such beautiful tone! You got me with the very first phrase. I reckon those P-90's help. Damn it, I'm having enough trouble deciding on overdrives as it is!
I bought this pedal because I got a killer deal on it, but never used it, because of you, today I am going to try it.thanks for the kick in my lazy butt.great video.
Well, you made me want an SD-1 so I bought a second-hand one with a PSU and it came yesterday. I bought it because my Roland JC-22 hasn't got an overdrive channel, for the simplicity and efficiency of the SD-1's controls and for the resulting quick workflow. I became fed up spending ages tweaking virtual amp/cabinet models on-screen that never really sounded 'right' to my ears. Thank you!
I've owned/played a lot of very good ODs but i always get back to my stock SD1 : definitely one of the greatest ODs ever made ! If it had a proper tone stack (B-M-T), it would easily be considered the greatest OD of all time.
Mine sounds absolutely amazing through my blackstar ht1rh home rig through a 2x12. Such a classic sounding pedal that gives a wonderful blusey tone. Stack it with something like a klon and boy oh boy it kicks you in the nads! Probably one of the best pedals ever made.
Folks watch also his old demo of this pedal thats the demo that convince me to have one, i think that video is around 9 or 10 yrs. Luv from PHILIPPINES shane!!!GOD BLESS!!!
The Boss OD-3 is one of my all-time favorites. If I can re-review it, I will but I do have an old review of it somewhere form proably 6-7 years back :).
Great review, once again, Shane. I liked the intro song in special. That pedal definitely inspired you to play something different from your usual licks. Also, I don't think you mentioned it in your video, but to my ears it sounds very similar to a Tube Screamer.
9:16 you may not know where you were going but I was enjoying the direction you were heading! God bless you and Stay Strong! Freedom and Liberty for all Australians! We love good people of Australia 🇦🇺
I cut my live playing teeth at a jam where the house guitarist had one of these. The great thing about them is that you can set it for max distortion and then with the volume control on your guitar you can go from clean to full out rock, with usable sounds all the way through.
@intheblues This was a great demo! Especially using different guitars and pickups! Near the end of the video, when you were using this with the Drive at about 3 O'Clock it sounded alot like a Marshall Stack (JCM) kind of tone... Almost very similar to the Boss ST-2 Power Stack. I own the ST-2 currently and am thinking of picking up a SD-1. Would you say the SD-1 replicats Marshall amp like tones? Or amp tones in general? Thanks so much!
My favourite pedal and not just Boss pedal and it’s the only overdrive pedal I need. I’m a big fan of simplicity and these things are pretty much indestructible.
Just picked up one of these bad larries. Love it lots! Gonna keep it as long as I play I reckon. Great alternative to the ibanez jet driver or the truetone jekyll and hyde, from what I found. Highly reccomend!
I have the SD-2 Dual Overdrive, it has a permanent spot on my board, right after the tuner. I love it for its "dirty clean" tone. The red channel is like a mesa in a box, so that's a nice extra that's fun once in a while..
I did the Monte Allums mod to mine - easy to do, inexpensive, adds clarity and gives symmetrical and asymmetrical clipping options. Absolute no-brainer. This pedal is family now - never going anywhere...
If you like the SD1, then you should have a go at the Boss Overdrive OD3. One of the most overlooked in the line. Loads of output, great dynamic response, clean to scream drive range. A leave it on , ride your volume control as a dynamic drive control type of box. A bit of a sleeper in the line.
I've used the SD-1 for a long time. Playing in a classic rock band, I thought I needed a bit harder distortion, so got the DS-1 and stacked with the Super Overdrive. I was missing that "on the verge of breakup" gain - the SD-1 does have a lot of gain and I just wasn't able to get what I needed. Enter EHX Soul Food (Shane did a great demo on this, too). It gets that edge of breakup tone really well, but then I wasn't so happy with the DS-1. So, the SD-1 will regain its rightful place on my board and the DS-1 will be on my "spare" board. I really do love the SD-1's smooth attack and how it fills in the mids so well. More than enough gain for me, but more musical sounding than the DS-1 for my needs.
The SD1was my first overdrive, but it’s still one of my favourite: great for Rocky harmonicy stuff. Always seemed more of a distortion than an overdrive to me tho, although I think distortion pedals didn’t exist when this first came out, which might be why it was the SUPER overdrive, as compared to their previous model
Nice playing here. And yeah, the Boss SD-1 is pretty versatile. I use it as a substitute for a gain channel in a couple of my amps. You can run other gain pedals ahead of the SD-1 and have more subtle control over the sound -- I use a Blues Driver, Guvnor Plus, or another Marshall-like pedal ahead of the SD-1 to provide the basic tonal characteristics and then add crunch with the SD-1, and it is pretty versatile that way. And I'd like to back up the comments here about Boss in general, their pedals give you a good palette to work with, no boutique, high dollar stuff needed.
Nothing worse than trying out a boutique pedal at the store and then getting it home and finding out you overpaid for a piece of hype, happens often but people refuse to admit their mistake. There are some out there that definitely have earned their price range but I always wind up coming back to the one solid pedal that always works for me. BOSS, BOSS and BOSS. Best thing is they're still reasonably priced and if one should ever break (hasn't happened yet) I can get an exact replacement from ANY music store! And with that, I already know my settings also! Usually with the GE-7, SD-1, and the BD-2 I can get about 90% of the sounds I need.
The SD-1 was my first drive pedal, the combo of my guitar volume and my newly discovered ability to play with some touch (granted by swapping in pickups that weren't absolutely garbage in my first guitar) meant that this pedal was enough for all levels of gain. I've since gone down the path of many pedals and the ability to pick and choose from a plethora of drives, but this video kinda makes me feel I should get another SD-1 and simplify my rig again.
Hey my friend !!!! Just chiming in!! Showing my support. Been awesome watching your uploads of gear and your awesome playing. Hope all is well. Your growth is so welcomed. You deserve it. I wonder if you'll ever be doing a review of Me80 old school mulit or Gt1. I use both and would love to hear your playing dialing of sounds on them. I think you'll love them. Peace my friend.
I'm always happy to hear people get great results out of pedals I hated! 🙂 I had one for years and just could get along with it. Sold it eventually for a silly price because it was an 80's model from the last year of Japanese production and had the box and it had a magical unicorn-farted op-amp or something daft. I feel kinda bad about it actually. I mean it went for market price and the buyer was effin' delighted with himself but it just seems so stupid for a pedal that I thought was mediocre at best.
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Thanks for all the great comments! There are more re-reviews of Boss Pedals coming up. Let me know what you think of the SD-1 Overdrive. Check it out below.
►Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/P0myzY
►Thomann - bit.ly/30PHPGX
►Sky Music - alnk.to/4Xq3bkG
(affiliate links)
My favorite overdrive with a 335 or Fender style guitar
and only about 50 bucks brand new - can't beat it.
Good demo Shane this was the deciding factor on purchasing this pedal
2021 is about to end and I can’t believe someone is making a demo on this pedal. SD1 honestly sounds good! Great job Shane! 🤘🏻
I think that it's nice to see a new video of an old Boss pedal. Especially now in the era of boutique pedals, guitar players are needed to be reminded of how great these pedals sound for a friction of that price.
Indeed!!!
I prefer the DS1 but many people seem to dislike it, I think it's a Good Pedal & is Better than this SD But this sounds very Good
especially if you are playing regular Rock music
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This pedal is very musical and inspiring to play. It also sounds like a lot of classic recordings because....well it was probably used in the studio by known guitarists.
I hope Boss gets rediscovered and get the credit they deserve. Nobody builds a better design for starters. And their Super Overdrive and Blues Driver pedals are among the best out there without the “boutique” prices.
And no folks it’s not the same an Ibanez Tube Screamer which I own among other clones and I prefer the Super Overdrive. Nothing wrong of course with the Tube Screamer but for me it’s more muddy sounding than the Boss Super Overdrive.
Exactly correct! And at $49 usd (SD-1) you can’t go wrong. Boss pedals are the stuff and the buffer helps too. Gots to have a buffer if you’ve got a chain IMO?
Boss is and has undeniably been the best bang for your buck. They aren’t getting overlooked. Both the SD1 and BD2 are on my board
The two are essentially the same circuit, but the parts differences between the two give them a unique tone.
When did Boss vanish? Alive and well, still making great pedals and selling thousands of them. Guitar snobs knock Boss. Guitar players love Boss.
@@mikecorey8370 they really do make some amazing stuff. I’ve got a lot of em in my collection and two of them always on my board. Been thinking about grabbing one of their equalizers
I’ve had that one on my board for over 20 years now. So versatile, and stacks well with others. I also think the price hasn’t changed much since the time I bought it. BTW - props on using a guitar with a matching color scheme!
Same here..... it lives next to a TS and a Rat. If you need more gain than that, you have a bad cable😂
It was $30 online pre-2010, same with the DS-1.
Versatile? :D It's probably the best high-gain overdrive, but really not versatile.
I stack it with my Boss BD2, they cover a lot of ground individually and together
Relatively speaking, this pedal is absolutely dirt cheap (price wise, living in Australia). Can''t get better value for money.
The opening solo with the Les Paul P90 sounded amazing !!! Killer tone !!! Great playing too Shane !! 👌
What is the name of that song?
@@terryrigg3079 he was just jamming along with the backing track he created with loops
Ive tried everything else and keep coming back to the SD-1. Still using the one I bought in the 90s. Brilliant and super reliable.
so it's true that it is a bombproof pedal due to it's remarkable reliability
Right? My first rig was just a JCM 800 and an SD1. 20 some years later I went back to electric music and bought a Fender ProJr ( with EL84s). After trying a slew of overdrives I dragged out my old battered SD1 and time travelled to my happiest core memory.
You knocked it out of the park with your melodic intro solo Shane! I'm scrambling to find my SD-1 as I type this.
I’ve been playing for over 30 years, I’d never even tried one until I bought one on a whim a little over a year ago. Absolutely love it.
this is some of the best tone ive heard from this channel, Marshall really takes pedals so well
12 hours ago I was playing this pedal through my Fender Vibrochamp and thinking, "I wish Shane would do a review of this pedal." One of my favorite things to do with this pedal is to have the gain between 8:00 and 9:00 and then use the level to push the front of the amp and it breaks up in huge tones without getting over the top. Thanks Shane!
That’s exactly how I use mine. I’ve got C6 clipped out as well. Best drive pedal ever
@@thetanman2233 can’t mod the new ones.
This really is a classic and a quite popular pedal. That intro is 🔥!! Great demo and playing, Shane.
I think what is best from Boss pedals is that I don’t have to aim for some little button while playing on stage. They make the pedal activation super solid and definitive. The knobs are out of the way too…a lot of pedal companies miss this live playing functionality imo.
I’ve been playing one of these since 1985, it’s still my favorite drive I own, including my high-dollar boutique drive pedals. It’s just that good, I always get a great usable tone out of it!
Best OD pedal ever! I have an early 80s model for many years and it's my favorite pedal of all time. I once compared it to a brand new one to see if there was a tone difference and I was shocked that there wasn't!
Boss rules,just got one this month and it rocks so hard,maybe the best overdrive pedal out there
Find a two knob old one, then compare that.
@@DANTHETUBEMAN Are you thinking about an OD-1?
Same here
@@stockholm1752 yes, the two knob overdrive, no tone know needed.
Man that first solo you did with the Yellow Gibson was soulful and very well done. Excellent Job man.
Great demo! This pedal has been in my arsenal for 15 years or more. For a long time I played Strats and was able to get nice fat tones. I now play an Epi Les Paul and the high end you mentioned keeps things from getting muddy. Compression increases with increased gain settings, offering great singing tone when playing lead, and especially playing slide. I love this pedal. I have a Rat if I need a more aggressive sound, but the SD-1 covers 90% of my dirty tones.
Still haven't found an overdrive that I like more than my SD-1. Many tried to take it's spot on my board. Whether it be boosting my amp for Thrash metal tones, bluesy overdrive, or just rock tones with that extra something. The SD-1 just works.
That opening jam was magic. Beautiful, man.
It's a great pedal, I use it to add more gain for the solos and it's really amazing, it gives that warm vintage tone
I have this pedal. I like it. I find that most overdrive pedals can be made to sound about the same by adjusting the drive and tone controls. Even my Rat 2 can be used as a smooth overdrive by keeping the distortion very low. Thanks for the video.
Since the mid 80's, I've loved this pedal! It is awesome and is versatile!
I absolutely love this pedal!!! It’s my “go to” for playing songs needing overdrive. This combined with my MXR compressor and DD7 delay and my tone for soloing is set. So much fun!!
Great video Shane, keep these Boss videos coming 😀 Another pedal that i rediscovered recently. Yes it can sound a bit "steely" as you've mentioned but that's only if you have a bright amp. My amps are darker sounding and with the tone turned down a bit it just screams, especially with a tele. I would also advice using an eq to add some more bass. I find that it sounds amazing with a beefer bass presence. SD-1 is really an amazing pedal, it stacks great with every other type of drive pedal, my favorite being with a fuzz. It just gets wild 😀
Classic pedal! That's been on my pedal board for years. I don't find it works with all types of pickups, but with some it sounds great :)
Also the budget price is pretty good.
I brought one from cash converters in about 94 for $30 and I’m still using it.
SD1 absolutely rules!!!!!!
Dude, that's one _hell_ of a sales pitch!😳
Fantastic guitar solo, you absolutely ROCK!!!🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
Yep still loving the SD1 after so many years it’s still well up there and sounds great for me especially for it’s low price and it’s excellent build quality, you can’t go wrong with it! It’s just got plenty of bollocks and subtle aswell if you want it.
This had been on my floor for many many years! I own several of them, and I'm about to mod one over the winter.
I am currently using a Keeley Filaments and I LOVE it! It's the only pedal that is capable of replacing my Super Overdrive and giving me the extra gain I have been looking for over the years.
Had one since da 80s. Works great as a gain boost for a Strat into a Super Reverb.
Nice intro playin'!
My favourite guitar pedal! Sounds great with other pedals to me, as well! Overtones come out even on small speakers.
I use this pedal to help my boss ds one distortion to feed back through my amp without having to crack my amp and it’s great for anything!
Had this pedal on my board for years and also the dual overdrive SD2 for more years than that ! Boss pedals are excellent wether in session or gigging, they sound so good through my 79 Marshall mk2 master volume combos.i stopped looking years ago when I found BOSS.
A friend got me this same pedal for my Birthday 6 years ago. Still have it today. The Boss rules.
Stunning playing Shane, such wonderful phrasing. Another great video. Thank you
Thanks for giving this pedal some love. People often feel that if they pay more for something that it’s the best. This pedal clearly defies that logic. I know. I used to be one of those people. Spent thousands on various dirt pedals and guess what’s back on my board. Lol.
I love the SD-1. So many good tones in that little pedal!
Wow, that insight about the SD-1 taking off where the BD-2 ends, was a great piece on info! I just got the BD-2 today, and I love it. Thanks to you, I also know I made the right decision between the two. Thanks!
Not really the genre for this channel, but this pedal is splendid with the gain turned all the way down, the level all the way up, tone set at noon, and pushed through the front of the high gain channel of a Mesa.
Brother, that LP Jr, you were feeling it!!!!!! You were officially in your element!!! Much love from the states
Love these reviews of the old classic pedals that we all have or can easily afford to pick up.
Would like to see how you would use the Boss DS-1 - another affordable classic.
One of the best overdrives I've ever played, I own one, and already had 2.... THIS OVERDRIVE IS AMAZING
There’s a reason Boss has been around for so long.. Their designs are simplistic aesthetically and user friendly and pedal board friendly .. Not to mention tough.. I use the Boss TU-3 tuner by far the best pedal tuner I’ve used and presets for different tunings yep it was probably the best investment for my pedal board besides my power supply lol.. I also have the Blues Driver and Super Overdrive great tone and quality built and reasonably priced 👍🏼
Bought one cuz of this video lol. On another note, it's super cool to see how much your vid quality has improved over the years. Transitions/lighting/etc. But sound has been spot on since the beginning. Hope you keep making more!!
I never needed another overdrive. Bought my SD1 in the late 90s. Always added the perfect amount of musical grime. 10/10(mine didn't go to 11)
Been playing for around 25 years and only bought one of these earlier this year. That’s 25 years of good tone I’ve missed…
Just got one this month,its the best overdrive i have ever tried,such a beautiful tone... I've been playing led zeppelin nonstop volume 13 oclock,drive as well and tone at 14 oclock
This pedal is outstanding since the 80's.
With all these amazing boutique pedals out there it can be easy to forget that Boss make some fantastic pedals.
I have an ‘83 SD-1. I remember buying it used from Guitar Crazy in Coogee, Sydney, in ‘87. It’s the only pedal I will never part with. I’ve had loads of pedal board set ups since then, but my SD-1 has always been the gold standard for OD pedals, no matter what the guitar or amp. Just brilliant.
I have at least 10 pedals on my board and this is my favorite one. I've had it over 20 yrs. You can search but you won't find any one better imo. As a test I bought another OD pedal that everyone raved about. The Clone Klon. Tried it for a few minutes and put the Boss right back on the board. This pedal Rules!
I've got a Klon KTR. To be honest, it's really not that good of an OD pedal. A FANTASTIC clean boost, adds a certain sparkle and boost like no other pedal can, but the actual OD did not work with my Fender Blues Junior or my current Marshall SV20, regardless of what guitar I was using (single coils, humbuckers, Firebird pickup, etc). This is my new favourite OD pedal, and I even have a 14-pin chip Boss OD-1
One of my favorite overdrive pedals if not the favorite. I use it the otherway round, level at about 3:00 o'clock or 4:00 and and drive around 8:00 o'clock, gives nice cranked sound.
Agreed. The SD-1 makes a great semi clean boost pedal
I’ve had one in every rig combination since I started playing in the mid 80’s for a reason.
I’ve owned most of the green overdrives and always came back to old yellow.
Righteous playing (as always)! Great pedal, it's on my board! Sounds great for what I need it to do. The best thing it's 1/4 the price of most boutique OD pedals.
I have a Boss Blues Driver and just ordered an SD-1 can’t wait to start using it!
Among other uses (they sound and play great in general) these are great if you are using it as basically a drive channel for a single channel amp; switching from clean to a fully developed overdrive tone.
I know this was posted almost year ago, but great demo. I used to have a TS9, then a friend gave me on of these to try. I spent an entire band practice A/B back and forth, one and then the other. I traded green for yellow. And your playing has gotten better from s few years ago. Thanks.
A left handed brother who has also a channel about micro four third cameras, and owns a flying V lefty identical as mine? I am a fan!!
Awesome 👍 job w this Shane!! That yellow special of yours is the sweetest one you play imo.. unbelievable sweetness and warmth
There is a reason I have had it on my board for years. Especially the tone control is very useful to soften the stingy bridge single coil sound of my Tele.
My 1991 Turbo Overdrive has been serving me well for
thirty years but I just ordered one of these to see if it was
worth the hype. Should be interesting. Thanks for the great demo.
Oh, such beautiful tone! You got me with the very first phrase. I reckon those P-90's help. Damn it, I'm having enough trouble deciding on overdrives as it is!
I bought this pedal because I got a killer deal on it, but never used it, because of you, today I am going to try it.thanks for the kick in my lazy butt.great video.
Well, you made me want an SD-1 so I bought a second-hand one with a PSU and it came yesterday. I bought it because my Roland JC-22 hasn't got an overdrive channel, for the simplicity and efficiency of the SD-1's controls and for the resulting quick workflow. I became fed up spending ages tweaking virtual amp/cabinet models on-screen that never really sounded 'right' to my ears. Thank you!
Great transparent boost to gritty overdrive, and great playing as well.
I've owned/played a lot of very good ODs but i always get back to my stock SD1 : definitely one of the greatest ODs ever made !
If it had a proper tone stack (B-M-T), it would easily be considered the greatest OD of all time.
Mine sounds absolutely amazing through my blackstar ht1rh home rig through a 2x12. Such a classic sounding pedal that gives a wonderful blusey tone. Stack it with something like a klon and boy oh boy it kicks you in the nads! Probably one of the best pedals ever made.
Love the SD-1! And that intro tune with the subtle "Soulshine" inspiration ...
Folks watch also his old demo of this pedal thats the demo that convince me to have one, i think that video is around 9 or 10 yrs. Luv from PHILIPPINES shane!!!GOD BLESS!!!
That intro solo was perfect for I'd Rather Go Blind. Awesome!
Excellent review as always Shane! What do you think of Boss OD-3? I really love how versatile that pedal is maybe you can review it as well?
The Boss OD-3 is one of my all-time favorites. If I can re-review it, I will but I do have an old review of it somewhere form proably 6-7 years back :).
The OD3 is a killer overdrive! Probably Boss best overdrive pedal ever!!!
Very beautiful and awesome sounds and tone I really enjoyed it thank you for sharing. Always Love, Brother Christopher. ☮️❤️😃
Nice man! Shopping to rebuy one of these now! DS1 vid next Shane! That’s my fave boss pedal!
Great review, once again, Shane. I liked the intro song in special. That pedal definitely inspired you to play something different from your usual licks. Also, I don't think you mentioned it in your video, but to my ears it sounds very similar to a Tube Screamer.
9:16 you may not know where you were going but I was enjoying the direction you were heading!
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I cut my live playing teeth at a jam where the house guitarist had one of these. The great thing about them is that you can set it for max distortion and then with the volume control on your guitar you can go from clean to full out rock, with usable sounds all the way through.
@intheblues This was a great demo! Especially using different guitars and pickups! Near the end of the video, when you were using this with the Drive at about 3 O'Clock it sounded alot like a Marshall Stack (JCM) kind of tone... Almost very similar to the Boss ST-2 Power Stack. I own the ST-2 currently and am thinking of picking up a SD-1. Would you say the SD-1 replicats Marshall amp like tones? Or amp tones in general? Thanks so much!
Playing So Awesome as Always. The Jam Track was killer. Pedal Seems amazing. Thankyou for the Demo/Review. Thankyou. Cheers
A good trick with it is also to turn the gain all the way down, level and tone all the way up. Makes a really nice clean treble boost.
My favourite pedal and not just Boss pedal and it’s the only overdrive pedal I need. I’m a big fan of simplicity and these things are pretty much indestructible.
Awesome playing and Demo, thanks Shane! ✌️😎🎸
Just picked up one of these bad larries. Love it lots! Gonna keep it as long as I play I reckon. Great alternative to the ibanez jet driver or the truetone jekyll and hyde, from what I found. Highly reccomend!
It sounds great! When I can I’ll have to get one!! 🙌🙌🙌
I have the SD-2 Dual Overdrive, it has a permanent spot on my board, right after the tuner. I love it for its "dirty clean" tone. The red channel is like a mesa in a box, so that's a nice extra that's fun once in a while..
I did the Monte Allums mod to mine - easy to do, inexpensive, adds clarity and gives symmetrical and asymmetrical clipping options. Absolute no-brainer. This pedal is family now - never going anywhere...
Beautiful, soulful playing… and a great demo!
If you like the SD1, then you should have a go at the Boss Overdrive OD3. One of the most overlooked in the line. Loads of output, great dynamic response, clean to scream drive range. A leave it on , ride your volume control as a dynamic drive control type of box. A bit of a sleeper in the line.
I did the Monte Allums mod on mine about 15 years ago. Still using it.
that was my first pedal ever, only thing I could afford back when I was a teenager, I still have it on my main pedalboard
To me, it sounds best with humbuckers at a lower gain setting. The clipping style gives it a top end bite that differs from the green pedals.
Nice lead play on the les Paul. More on the Les Paul please😀
I love this pedal. I find it can do a nice edge of breakup thing if the gain is basically just past zero, at around 7.00.
I've used the SD-1 for a long time. Playing in a classic rock band, I thought I needed a bit harder distortion, so got the DS-1 and stacked with the Super Overdrive. I was missing that "on the verge of breakup" gain - the SD-1 does have a lot of gain and I just wasn't able to get what I needed.
Enter EHX Soul Food (Shane did a great demo on this, too). It gets that edge of breakup tone really well, but then I wasn't so happy with the DS-1. So, the SD-1 will regain its rightful place on my board and the DS-1 will be on my "spare" board. I really do love the SD-1's smooth attack and how it fills in the mids so well. More than enough gain for me, but more musical sounding than the DS-1 for my needs.
The SD1was my first overdrive, but it’s still one of my favourite: great for Rocky harmonicy stuff. Always seemed more of a distortion than an overdrive to me tho, although I think distortion pedals didn’t exist when this first came out, which might be why it was the SUPER overdrive, as compared to their previous model
Nice playing here. And yeah, the Boss SD-1 is pretty versatile. I use it as a substitute for a gain channel in a couple of my amps. You can run other gain pedals ahead of the SD-1 and have more subtle control over the sound -- I use a Blues Driver, Guvnor Plus, or another Marshall-like pedal ahead of the SD-1 to provide the basic tonal characteristics and then add crunch with the SD-1, and it is pretty versatile that way. And I'd like to back up the comments here about Boss in general, their pedals give you a good palette to work with, no boutique, high dollar stuff needed.
Nothing worse than trying out a boutique pedal at the store and then getting it home and finding out you overpaid for a piece of hype, happens often but people refuse to admit their mistake. There are some out there that definitely have earned their price range but I always wind up coming back to the one solid pedal that always works for me. BOSS, BOSS and BOSS. Best thing is they're still reasonably priced and if one should ever break (hasn't happened yet) I can get an exact replacement from ANY music store! And with that, I already know my settings also!
Usually with the GE-7, SD-1, and the BD-2 I can get about 90% of the sounds I need.
The SD-1 was my first drive pedal, the combo of my guitar volume and my newly discovered ability to play with some touch (granted by swapping in pickups that weren't absolutely garbage in my first guitar) meant that this pedal was enough for all levels of gain. I've since gone down the path of many pedals and the ability to pick and choose from a plethora of drives, but this video kinda makes me feel I should get another SD-1 and simplify my rig again.
Hey my friend !!!! Just chiming in!! Showing my support. Been awesome watching your uploads of gear and your awesome playing. Hope all is well. Your growth is so welcomed. You deserve it. I wonder if you'll ever be doing a review of Me80 old school mulit or Gt1. I use both and would love to hear your playing dialing of sounds on them. I think you'll love them. Peace my friend.
I'm always happy to hear people get great results out of pedals I hated! 🙂 I had one for years and just could get along with it. Sold it eventually for a silly price because it was an 80's model from the last year of Japanese production and had the box and it had a magical unicorn-farted op-amp or something daft. I feel kinda bad about it actually. I mean it went for market price and the buyer was effin' delighted with himself but it just seems so stupid for a pedal that I thought was mediocre at best.
The intro jam is 🔥🔥🔥