Thursday, September 19, 2024

27 thoughts on “The HOLY GRAIL of Bass Overdrive? // Boss ODB-3

  • So many famous bass players use this pedal…at least they did until everything became programmed on a ipad.

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  • I tried very hard to like it because seems like everybody does, but the can of bees sound and the fact that the pedal had a mayor volume drop when engaged was so so bad.

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  • No no no, it’s a Boss, the forum/comment section experts said “Boss pedals suck” and “does it even germanium bro” or something like that.

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  • the best tone you can get is having the blend all the way right and using the eq on the pedal to boost bass and treble . as a drive pedal its awful.

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  • My first bass distortion ever i switch for a sansamp vt bass first edition sounds more versatile to me

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  • Classic tones aren't always best. For a while I ran a line selector loop with a pitchfork into a metal muff. Recently switched to Sub n Up into Dark Matter.

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  • Im looking for a 5th final pedal for my board (boss tuner, big muff, ehx bass clone, boss oc5) ???? I like this one. Recommendations appreciated

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  • Those that say it sounds bad, are the ones who don't know how to use it properly. This pedal is great. You need just a tad of distortion on an already clanky clean sound, and it gets really gnarly.

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  • Boss makes such good pedals, but somehow they can't make good bass overdrive pedals

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  • I have had my odb-3 for around 15 years. I was buying a bass amp, and at the checkout counter I asked the salesman to recommend a bass overdrive (not distortion) and I added it to my purchase without hearing it.

    Since then, I have been trying to dial in a decent sound on a pedal that apparently doesn'thaveone. The only thing I use it for is a sort of bass boost pedal, with the "overdrive" effect essentially turned off.

    To me this pedal sounds like a bass version of the Boss DS-1. Blech!

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  • So good I’ve been using a sd 1 with bass in the studio it’s like butter in the mix so clear so smooth especially on rock songs and pop songs

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  • This reminds me of my Chandler tubedriver overdrive pedal.That thing made my $200 Ibanez sdgr bass sound like a monster.

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  • I love this pedal, when it first appeared there was nothing like it, it’s still a main part of my tone.

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