All user reviews for the Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive

This is a digital distortion. Evelop for Lower, but I utiliste only with my guitars. An entry for an output jack and it's solid, it can jump on it without problem.

USE

Potentiometers are can SERRS and small. There is a volume, a rglage bass and treble on top of the bass. Balance and gain. In all, five potentiometer. I have used this time with a transformer, a try with a battery.
The rglage are simple and can go from all to nothing.

SOUND QUALITY

The effect may sound a digital trops my taste, but I find the practice to work the pedal Feedback, especially in low infra coupled a CryBaby.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I've had two years and this is the rcupe, so no pay.
It should not take into account the notes, I think everyone should have an opinion.

See other reviews say it all

UTILIZATION

easier you die
a mold with an IQ oyster comes out no problem

SOUND QUALITY

Well, the uh ...... well then here's what.
Purchased on the basis of opinions of Af, the result means, pretty disappointed with the sound
of being pushed a little breath ca, ca hisses, I tried everything to turn breath, nothing to do
some say qua ca fuzz, when everything is pushed, maybe but then the sound becomes a slurry informed, just good to play a note and still
I actually use as a booster with a level a little above, a tad of overdrive it gives a crunch, a low growl to who do not have

OVERALL OPINION

I 2 months ago, a friend had lent me a boost I should buy him
least: generates noise unbearable not true bypass pedal background
most: solid known machine (Boss)

I do it again this choice? : Ben she remained in my pedal board because I do not use one with low indeed. I keep it if not for the distant and hypothetical day I'll need a sound distortion hyperfroid and impersonal

Bass overdrive pedal format boss. analog saturation. Robust metal shell. Jack in, jack out and roll youth!

UTILIZATION

It's still a boss pedal, so it's simple, but I find it particularly well at the settings: one has a 2-band eq instead of the usual tone, volume, a drive, and a knob for the determination of dry / wet. In short, we quickly found what picks: the sound.

SOUND QUALITY

Saturation is very good, although a little right. If the dose with intelligence, we will crunch the big slobbery discrete saturation. the wet dry is very effective, and I do not understand why all the pedals are not equipped to bring out the attack is great.

Also be used with a guitar, it had its effect (no pun intended), the big beefy sound a bit cold, addition sustain an almost clean sound ... It's very flexible.

OVERALL OPINION

I was ready the last 4 months, I use it a lot (as guitarist and bassist). value for money is good, after that not suit everyone, but it is the purpose of a good effect!

The Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive stompbox is a simple, standard, yellow Boss pedal, probably one of the most common (and cheapest) bass overdrive/distortion pedals out there. It takes standard pedal power or a 9 volt battery (just like most Boss single pedals), and it has a 1/4 guitar line input and guitar line output.

UTILIZATION

The stomp pedal on the ODB-3, like most Boss pedals, is wide, large, and extremely durable. These pedals are built like tanks, and they are virtually indestructible. That's one good reason they are the industry standard for guitar pedals. The control knobs are all solid, and the pots behind them never get scratchy.

SOUND QUALITY

There are four main controls on the Boss ODB-3: Level, EQ, Balance, and Gain. Level controls the overall volume output of the pedal, and has no effect on the actual distortion levels of the effect. This is great for balancing your pedal-off sound with the pedal-on sound, so that the volume boost is minimal, or in some cases, there is a moderate volume boost, if the bass player wants to be louder during certain riffs. The EQ control has two knobs (one inside of the other). These control the bass and treble of the sound. If they are set straight up, they are flat, and this allows for both boost and cut of the highs and lows. This allows you to turn up the treble for thicker, more guitar-like distortion sounds, or turn up the bass if the lows are getting lost behind the fuzz. Next, there is a balance control, and this allows the mixing of the dry bass guitar sound with the affected, distorted sound. This is one of the best controls on here, and it allows you to crank up the distortion, if desired, but still retain the clarity of the original sound. This is the control that is missing from most standard guitar overdrive pedals. and what makes most of them unusable for bass. The last knob is the gain control, which controls how much distortion to add to the signal.



OVERALL OPINION

Overall, a great little pedal, that is cheap, but simply does it's job, if you ever want to experiment with bass overdrives, fuzzes, and distortions. Check it out!

Yellow, small single pedal with hard metal casing.

I bought this in late 2002 at a local music store for about $80. I was looking for some good distortion. It was recommended to me over whatever comparable pedal was in the shop at the time, because you can mix the tone two have both distortion and clean sound coming out.

This very affordable pedal is great for simple rock distortion, and gain increase/reduction. The controls are real easy to configure

It only has a low/high frequency EQ adjustments, it would be nice to have a mid also to finer tune your Distortion. Also the batteries will drain as long as it is plugged into a 1/4' jack, even if the distortion is not on. When the batteries start to go the sound quality will suffer significantly, it is good to have an extra on hand, or even better have the adapter(extra charge).

High quality construction, this thing is made of metal and will survive a fall off a truck.

It's a great pedal, pretty versatile distortion, good value for the money; if you want a lot of crazy effects, then you need a different pedal.

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I play electric bass in a band from Coburg. We play mostly punk and rock, but sometimes Jack (the drummer) and I like to play a bit of reggae.

I do all my shopping at Allans Music Store. They always give me fantastic deals - and I don't even ask! I picked up this handy pedal for $175.00. That's about half the list price.

I got this pedal because I needed something to completely change my sound, and provide an occasional lift.

The pedal provides you with a wide range of tonal options, from complete distortion, to an aggressive tone with a rough edge. It is of course an 'overdrive' pedal, for those who are unaware of what that means, it simulates an overdriven tube amp. Usually this would tae a range of different effects, but Boss have crammed it into one compact pedal.

If you roll back on the gain and the balance knob, and up te volume, the pedal can act as a simple volume boost.
The addition of a simple two band equalizer means you can change the level of bottom end, without dulling down highs or the lethal gain. If you like, you can simply turn back the balance and the gain, keep the volume even with your amp and use the two band eq to boost your bottom end.

I personally use it occasionally for long distorted intros to our songs, or as a light fuzz for a chorus or an outro.

There's not much I don't like about the pedal.

The only thing that annoys me sometimes is the two band eq. It's fine with a bit of gain, as you can boost or cut your bottom end for a more dimensional sound, but if you roll back on the balance and the gain, it sounds kid of flat and two dimensional.

I did say you could use it to boost your bottom end without gain, but it dulls down your highs and leaves a kind of muddy sound.

The build quality is absolutely fantastic. It may be made in Asia, but it's built like a rock. The steel construction makes it a lot heavier and more solid than it appears. You can drop it onto a hard surface, or down some stairs (I have) and it'll come through with absolutely no damage at all - and it'll sound exactly the same as it did when you first tried it out at the store.

Overall, this pedal is definitely one to stick next to your amplifier.

Anyone looking for something to boost their sound, or add some gain for the occasional distored bass line, should save up and buy one.

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I was having trouble getting hold of one of these. I told a friend about this and amazingly he had one that was in near perfect condition that he wanted to sell! I have been after a decent OD pedal for a while (Ibanez and Digitech don't cut it for me.) After I tried it out, I got it for £35. The normal first hand price is about £60.

I like it because it's... fuzzy. If I tweek the settings and ajust my amp/bass eq, I can get many different tones and sounds of it. I notted also that a did managed to get it onto a setting where it almost became a phaser pedal and sustain pedal! I like it because I've used it to do things like the star spangled banner and Cliff Burton solos! It's really useful for covering the role of a rhythm guitar as well. For example, the harmony part on "One" by Metallica. Two guitars playing harmony, clean bass doing rhythm isn't enough. Add a minute touch of growly OD for the bass during that part really makes a difference! Good for RATM + Audioslave songs aswell! The colour is cool... yellow and black. It's like a square banana brick shaped thingy-whacha-mu-call-it?

Funny colour of it can be harsh on the eyes, especially if your hungover! Ummm not much I can say really.

I can't really judge because it's not new, ummm, it solid and I've had no problems with it so far. Sound is awsome. The best OD pedal I've used.

A good pedal, and i'm glad that i got it cheaper second hand cause now ive got more money to spend on other stuff. If your looking for a good distortion, get this. After all, no-one i know dislikes BOSS pedals, and they are quite renound and sturdy (ROLAND company.) I also think that £60 is a fair bit of money so I recomend getting a used one if you arn't keen on forking out a wod of notes.

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I got it at Da Capo Nietap. Payed €75 for it so that was quite cheap.

I used maybe three or four times. Used it once while playing with my former metal band too bad we've split up. Or not but anyway I thought it sounded quite shitty compared to the Ibanez PD7 that had been smashed earlier. Some will disagree! When I hooked up the BOSS I noticed that the PD7 malfunction was just a cable problem and it was now broken because of my bad temper! That really sucked.

It sounds good but if you want a heavier bass distortion go for the Ibanez PD7!

It seems ok but it didn't go through the abuse that the PD7 did.

It's fine but not compared to the PD7!

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I think I paid 75$ at a local music store.

I like the fact that you can get so many sounds out of this pedal. I can be a fuzz, distortion, or an overdrive. It is very versatile

The only thing that was bad about this pedal was that it ate batteries like crazy. In one week of using this I could go through 2 or 3 batteries. It is definately worthwhile to get the adapter. The thing about the adapter is that it is pretty big and it will cover a two socket plug if you put it on the top socket. If your sockets are close to the ground (like mine) then it won't fit in the bottom hole so you can't plug an amp and the adapter into one of those. Other than that its awesome.

This things a tank!

This pedal has so many sounds that one is able to get out of it. Buy this pedal. Get an adapter.

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I paid $70 for this box at my local mars music superstore...

It is all metal and has a really durable look, feel and reputation. The knobs are sorta small, but they work great. The sound from this stompbox is more of a fuzz than a gain-boosted overdrive, but this thing can reach all levels. From a light growl on the low end or a shade of distort to screaming thrash metal, this thing can do them all.

The color. yellow is not my type!
And one more thing - this baby is noisy! You can always turn it off after you play, of course....

Superb. Roland does a very good job.

If you need a bass effect, and you like adding a fine touch to your tone, get it. If you're a bass purist (4 strings, a clean sound) don't.

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Overdrive / Distortion analog, non-editable, connectors Standard Boss (jack in and out). Not true bypass.

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration: 2-band EQ (very effective: Bass and Treble), a Drive to manage the distortion level, a Level for the output volume and mix to manage the mix between Dry and Twisting. The manual is clear and more than adequate, yet not need a novel ... We quickly found the sounds of interest (as long as we want to sound synthetic).

SOUND QUALITY

Indeed very effective, many bands of EQ and gain very active, but synthetic sounds, if you want sound organic typed stoner, tube-like overdrive or vintage, go your way. I use it with a Fender P-Bass Standard V and an OLP Stingray U.S., both are passive but I also used an Ibanez ICB 300 EX Icebass active, the pedal supports all without flinching but renders evil personality an instrument (even the CBI that a very, very large volume of output). The sounds are cool, but synthetic surgical and easily controllable. for many this coldness is a disadvantage, in fact, everything depends on what you want: I played in electro formations where it works wonders in order to reproduce well saturated fat synths, I send him the SYB-5 story to thicken and distort the synthesized sounds while keeping in mind cold and heavy electro sounds. I use it to grow then my other overdrive and give more definition to my fuzz (TS9B Ibanez and MXR El Grande Bass Fuzz) by placing it before (it sounds monstrous gain in the forward half an El Grande Bass Fuzz pushed background for example).

OVERALL OPINION

This was my first bass effect, I've had 3/4 years see, actually I do not even remember when I bought it. I love the sounds of surgical distortion and cold but not enough to play what I play for the heat (sounds hard rock, stoner rock, classic rock, etc. ..) I have to go through my TS9B or my MXR. Clearly it is not only versatile and am using that in the register electro / nu metal or disco by thickening TS9B or better defining the MXR. The value for money is good in my opinion. And I would do this choice because I'm a fan of Overdrives on low and can not be said to be worse than the TS9B example, it just sounds differently, in another spirit and another grain. If you are fans of Overdrives and want to have the maximum opportunity of grains and colors, you need it for your sounds cold and precise.

Distortion pedals for bass
Powered by 9V battery or AC adapter adapted.

Rglages: Level, Bass, Treble, Balance (the untreated / her line), Gain

Connectors: 1 input, 1 output, the company also serves as interuptteur and the effect is automatically turned off if no branch Jack was in between.

Pedals very solid.

UTILIZATION

Setup is extremely simple and we quickly make us sound matching. The manual, although few pais is sufficient and included some examples of rglages.

SOUND QUALITY

The pedal does not CRER of breath, the sound is pretty clean. The distortion is quite enjoyable for a transistor distortion. We regret sound even when very cold, and if the warm prfere we will turn to a preamp lamps (although much more expensive).

SETTING THE The gain is not progressive enough, and it is difficult to get a crunch. Of the agin Exceeds rglage quarter of the sound is immediately fuzz very, very agrssive. By itself against the type of music can be adapted such as punk, and then with other effects of beacoup Manir adnaturer totally sound ..

OVERALL OPINION

The pedals can be worth a little bit expensive (90) given the current price of integrated simulation solutions that purpose, but it is a good product, with its settle a bit hard and too cold. However, it is one of the few pedals distortion fully adjust the bass.

So we RPET, BOSS is the sturdy, no worries.
It's so numrique personally am a grain dish a lot.
Battery or power supply choices

UTILIZATION

Trs simple configuration.
All shades are available. Drive the lightweight and warm the big boost in Aiges distortion thanks to the double knob tone.
The gain to complement everything, wisely
Manual BOSS qqes with clear examples clairent immediately taken in hand.

SOUND QUALITY

There's good quality! ! !
Dry fat, boost or not by the gain you can find anything. A rgal.
The nuances are not left with much heavy bass and super sharp AIGS (for the Kepone in particular) or a mix of 2 to 2 / 3 - 1 / 3. Is your exact l.

OVERALL OPINION

Probably one of the ones I'm not selling sitt prt.
was slightly less than a year since I have it. She is always in the loop.
The big + is given the diversity of saturation.
Report quality discount and is easy OCCAZ.
I recommend it