Pedal Stacking Basics Using The Boss OD-3
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Get a wide variety of sounds using some simple pedal combinations. I’m only stacking gain pedals in this video and I’ll be using classic pedals to try and keep things clear. Which combination is your favourite?
'Natural' Overdrive Pedals:
- Boss OD-3
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Nobels ODR-1
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- Revival Drive Compact
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- Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret
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Clean Boost Pedals:
- Electro Harmonix LPB-1
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- MXR Micro Amp
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Mid Focused Overdrive Pedals:
- Ibanez Tube Screamer
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- Earthquaker Plumes
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- Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive
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Distortion Pedals:
- Boss DS-2
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- Boss DS-1
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Fuzz Pedals:
- Dunlop Fuzz Face
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- Electro Harmonix Big Muff
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Boost + Overdrive
01:21 - Overdrive + Overdrive
02:46 - Boost as Master Volume
03:41 - Distortion + Overdrive
05:04 - Fuzz + Overdrive 1.
06:10 - Fuzz + Overdrive 2.
This channel was one of the reasons I picked up an OD3. Every time I take the OD3 off my board and put it back on, I realize what it brings--that smooth compressed distortion with truly amp-like harmonics, that stacks incredibly well with other pedals.
Same here and to add that your very helpful comment is the reason that I got even more convinced - appreciate your comment -
picked one up today and eagerly await delivery !!!
Same here, the naturally compressed feeling of OD3 is really awesome.
Great video. The OD-3, in my experience, stacks beautifully. I keep the drive set low (9 o’clock) on the OD-3, which is a killer crunch sound. Everything I stack into it, OD, fuzz, sounds great. Really rounds off the sharp edges without sounding muddy or dull, just as you’ve demonstrated.
Well done!
I appreciate the chord work you use with these pedals, it goes a long way to exhibiting the individual character of each one
Agreed!
I always have my OD before my fuzz. My thinking is to have the pedal you wanna making the most contribution to the overall tone last.
Another great video! My actual signal chain is Behringer SF300 (as Boost with EQ-option) -> OD-3 -> DS-1 -> ST-2 -> Modulation -> Amp. This gives me a huge variety of different dirt sounds from barely dirty at all (ST-2 only with Drive all the way down) to black metal style distortion (SF300+DS-1+ST-2). The OD-3 (finally got one after being brought upon by you) recently replaced the SD-1 and does a very good job pushing the ST-2 for a nice more oldschool crunch sound. I currently use a Fender FM100H (solid state) with a decent clean tone, but it needs to be set up right in the EQ to cope with all the Boss buffers, but to me this rig sounds great and I have a lot fun playing it. Thanks again for recommending the OD-3!
Really enjoyable...again that Boss OD 3 is an incredibly good sounding pedal. Better than a lot of boutique pedals out there.
Thanks Steve and yes I agree, the OD-3 seems to always perform well, especially into a clean amp.
I can’t believe it took me buying and selling the thing two or three times before I figured out what a gem the OD-3 was. Three knob overdrive pedals do not get any better than the OD-3 does. I will never get rid of mine.
I like the SD-1 after the OD-3, so you can get a volume bump as well as the sweet mid boost ☝🏻🍺
What about an OD3 into a blues driver?
I’m starting to think, after binging on your videos, I should just get a sd1, od3 and a ds1 and just call it a day on gain lol. With an eq pedal the 3 of those can probably take a clean amp and cover everything from John Mayer to slayer and everything in between. Great videos as always!
Thanks for sharing your tone tips, DS-2 into OD-3 is just suprise me, almost shocked)) can't believe my ears that DS-2 can sound good like that, even got one true-germanium-transistor version for years.
Great video. SD-1 into BD-2 is how I stack mine. When I get my modded GE-7 back, I'll put that after the BD-2 for a boost option.
Love your videos. Great explanations, nice pacing, great playing. Keep ‘em coming!
Thank you!
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Very useful tips! Great tones, great playing! Also love how you’re very straight to the point about these things.
That's very kind of you, thanks!
After buying way too many pedals, I am now excited that I can use them in combination like this! I have some experimenting to do :)
another lovely video, I'm in love with my OD because of these videos
precious info right there! as always! thanks again.😊
Thanks a lot for the videos.
Nice and clear explanation.
You deserve more recognition! 😎
Have a nice day
Much appreciated, thanks for commenting!
Ok this answers it all. Thankyou so much. Great vids 👍
Wow! That's great. Nice video, bro.
✌🏻😎
I've been putting my OD-3 before my distortion and fuzz, which seems to have the same effects that you describe here. Will have to try the reverse and see how it compares.
Although running distortion into my overdrive can get good tone, I find I am often forced set the distortion pedal's controls so that it doesnt sound very good on its own. Running it after the OD I am better able to use the pedals independently, but their combined tone is maybe not quite as good. YMMV.
Always glad when you are back with another video! Great demonstration and playing as always!
I use a TC MojoMojo as a my core drive. It's pretty natural and full frequency. Then I have EQD Special Cranker, EQD Plumes, and MXR Micro Amp I can kick on before it for a variety of flavors. The Special Cranker I use as a standalone drive as well as it too is natural and full frequency.
I'm using the Plumes as my main driver, mode 3 with the gain and tone at about 10:00 gets me a warm, wound up Vox type tone. Its got enough string clarity for complex chords, but the low end grunt for power chords and lead lines, cleans up good with the volume... love that pedal. I boost it with a Spark which makes it sound HUGE, and run an MXR Super Badass for more metal tones.
As usual, great explanation and playing :) I have always considered my amp lile THAT natural od at the end of my chain
Cool video! I love running my SD-1 into my OD-3, I have one guitar that gives me instant Johnny Thunders tone when doing that.
SD-1 into OD-3 is a classic Boss overdrive pairing if you ask me. Love it.
Genial gracias por sus videos
The best OD/Distortion combo I've used was my Maxon OD808 with a ProCo Rat. The Rat can do anything from boost,OD, dirt, then sludgy fuzz however thr higher the gain gets, the looser the bass gets. The TS really tightens a Rat up and makes it sing. It sounds like a boosted tube amp with a dirty channel. It was the best pedal i bought to add more dirt to my OR50 which did clean and crunch really well but never gave me the creamier Orange distortion unless i just used it as a dirty amp with no way to sound clean. I found the TS/Rat combo to sound very natural. I used my guitar volume at 7 for crunch and 3-4 for cleanish tones. The rat would be set for a mid gain crunch tone and the TS would have the level pegged and distortion below 11 o clock. Why would i use my guitar volume on 7? So when i bent a note and wanted to hold it, i could creep the guitar volume up to 10 and make the amp produce more natural harmonic feedback. Its a trick Santana used back in the day. Its used in Black Magic Woman (listen with headohones)
Great video as always! You should do an Amp comparison : Blackface vs Silverface VS tweed VS hot rod deluxe :)
My od3 is a yellow box also my favorite for low end fat bottom,kinda "cushioned"drive,not as tight but not sloppy either.
Very interesting video.
Saludos!
Thank you! Also check out my OD-3 comparison video if you're interested in the subtle differences between the OD-3 'yellow box' and the new versions. ua-cam.com/video/wkI3F0z1b68/v-deo.html
@@MichaelBanfieldGuitar i watch that often actually,sometimes i hear diferences but never had two to compare,love that thang,very unique and ballsy brilliant hehe!
I do sometimes play poonkgh!
Great vids man ;)
Coincidently i recently had some pleasant results by stacking a "Fender Blender" reissue (fuzz with octave up) with my Mosky "Silver Horse" Klon clone. Tone as nasty, but more solid!
Btw. Hendrix had - apart from high volume levels and Wah as key ingredients - a sonic thing going on with Roger Mayer Octavia (fuzz with octave up) .. where he f.e. got those impressive "ringmodulate-ish" artefacts on higher notes from.
Quotes from Roger Mayer:
"14. It became obvious that a more rugged type of Octavia using silicon transistors and iron type audio transformer would be needed for rugged stage use. The use of low noise silicon transistors was an improvement in temperature stability over the germanium type. The iron laminations construction of the audio transformer did not have the high frequency detail of ferrite type but overall construction was more rugged and not subject to breakage from dropping. Ferrite core material can be damaged more easily than iron laminations.
15. At the end of 1968 I decided to build a limited run of 5 or so Octavias and 5 Distortion Pedals all housed in the wedge enclosure.
19. After Christmas 1969 I get a call from Jimi saying he needs an Octavia for his upcoming gig News Years eve at the Fillmore East as all his ones were gone missing.Luckily I had an Octavia and distortion left from the 10 I had made earlier that year and took these to rehearsal for the "Band of Gypsys" concert. The results can be heard on the album on tracks such as Machine Gun etc."
He used Wah Wah>Fuzz Fsce>Octavia since 1966’. He recoded leads on at least Fire and Purple Haze, with an Octavia(o).
He added the Uni-Vibe in 1969 and began using only Silicon Fuzz Faces that year as well.
Mayer was using different buffers in pedals as well, trying to get more gain, headroom, or trying to fix the wah problem.
@@CorbCorbin Thank you for refining and completing. 👍
Great video with a lot of value info.
What do you recommend to stack the od-3 with to get it to sound like the lead in Gary Moore - The Loner?
(I use a fender HSS with a quilter superblock us)
But will it sounds like a hi-gain amp? Can we mimic the amp with say eq+dist+od?
So what's better TS into a Centauro, or Centauro into a TS? And my last question a fuzz like Russian Big Muff enters between the other two pedals I mention before? Thanks for this incredible information.
Hey Michael, since you are such a fan of the OD3 I'd be interested to see you compare it with the EQD Plumes. The Plumes is marketed as a Tube Screamer, but to me it seems much closer to an OD3 or maybe a Blues Driver. Put the switch in mode 3, start with the tone and gain at around 10:00... should sound pretty familiar.
Yeah thanks. I always thought of the Plumes as being more in the tube screamer mid focused overdrive category. I might have to give it another look. Thanks!
@@MichaelBanfieldGuitar Yeah, they market it as an improved TS but its a totaly different circuit, and if you tweak a TS very much you basically get into Klon/ OD3 teritory anyways. I think its much less compressed, far less mid focused, and has way more clarity. Anyhow, great demo as usual.
Just wondering how much of a volume jump you are getting when you run the booster into that OD3. My main OD has a pretty uncompressed sound, and running a booster into it comes with a fairly noticable volume jump (but a killer tone). My higher gain pedal has more compression and the volume jump when boosting into it is negligable. Wondering if this is typical?
Yes that's totally normal. The less gain you use the more noticeable the volume jump will be when you run a boost pedal into it. If you feel the jump in volume is too much and you want to add more gain to the sound whilst not add too much extra volume, then personally I'd try boosting with an overdrive pedal instead of a clean boost. That way, on the second overdrive pedal you can run the drive control a bit higher to add gain but keep the volume control a bit lower so it's not boosting the overall volume. Hope that helps. Thanks for commenting!
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