All user reviews for the Maxon OD-808 Overdrive Reissue

Three notices of pages and only two people say the only thing intressante say about this pedal: THIS IS TS-808, the circuit is the same, the sound is the same !! !!!!

MAXON OD-808 = Ibanez TS-808 vintage !!!!

Stop that fuckin 'crap about sounds différence entre thesis Sami pedals fuckin'idiot you !!!!!

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Three notices of pages and only two people say the only thing intressante say about this pedal: THIS IS TS-808, the circuit is the same, the sound is the same !! !!!!

MAXON OD-808 = Ibanez TS-808 vintage !!!!

Stop that fuckin 'crap about sounds différence entre thesis Sami pedals fuckin'idiot you !!!!!

SOUND QUALITY

Three notices of pages and only two people say the only thing intressante say about this pedal: THIS IS TS-808, the circuit is the same, the sound is the same !! !!!!

MAXON OD-808 = Ibanez TS-808 vintage !!!!

Stop that fuckin 'crap about sounds différence entre thesis Sami pedals fuckin'idiot you !!!!!

NOTICE GLOBAL

Three notices of pages and only two people say the only thing intressante say about this pedal: THIS IS TS-808, the circuit is the same, the sound is the same !! !!!!

MAXON OD-808 = Ibanez TS-808 vintage !!!!

Stop that fuckin 'crap about sounds différence entre thesis Sami pedals fuckin'idiot you !!!!!

Overdrive, boost, channel 2 ....

UTILIZATION

Simple, yes, but it sounds.
Perfect for blues or rock and is even used by any and all bad mettalleux hairy!
Overdrive typed the beautiful grain.

SOUND QUALITY

Yes, the sound quality is present and the inimitable grain.
J have read here and there that it adds treble ..... Uh .... It is not a saturation but an overdrive!
And there's too much treble .... You must use the "tone".

Used alone, there are already enough of course fun. In boost, to clip the signal to have a nice sharp overdrive .... Anything is possible with this pedal!
For sound SRV (for those who find that it does not ring, listen two or three titles that he could do it!) I have bought a 2nd ... And then in j c pleire still so beautiful.
On the all-tube, high-end, mid, low-end, on the hybrid on the transistor, with humbucher, p90, simple microphones, c is happiness in a box.

I also have used the upstream of other much cheaper (joyo, bad monkey ... etc) and the transcandent overdrive. Ditto for saturations ... Etc

Some criticized him for too color the sound when it is put out ... And although they light up the! Lol
To become serious, it does not stain near the amp.
For the purist purist in an a / box and the problem is solved, but I do have never used because I don t find real value (even with both od 808 series. Or at worst, it is possible be modified to pass in true bypass ...

OVERALL OPINION

We may not like grain, but then to say that it does not ring, it's really abuse it!
This pedal is worship! To possess any good pedal board or as the only pedal in its armada!

Tubescreamer

UTILIZATION

Finger in the nose

SOUND QUALITY

Inconclusive

OVERALL OPINION

Let me be clear with you, this story chip, circuit, identical to the original scheme, blah blah blah ... I do not care!

What I ask is that this pedal sounds.
And here I must say that advertising and rank pedal worship is unjustified:

Positive:

A beautiful grain, a finesse, very subtle.

Negative:

The sound seems slightly off, too content.

Its lack of truebypass affect your signal, even if the pedal is not engaged. Specifically your sound clear is found in slightly swollen, more bassy.

If you place before an overdrive to increase the gain of it, you will absolutely lower the tone of the maxon minimum to meet your overdrive tone, because if the tone of the maxon is at noon, it will add treble to your sound.

The switch seems a little fragile.

And then you say: "But what he tells everyone that she is great this pedal, it's an absolute classic!"

And as everyone says, I bought eyes closed following the various enthusiastic reviews that I could read here and there.

But no, this pedal is not great, it does not justify its price and even if it was worship there 30 years it is now swept by Xotic RC Booster, the Barber LTD, the Mad Professor Little Green and others.

In summary, I would say: "Vive les Tubescreamer But not this one!"

Re-release of the legendary pedal Maxon

- 1 gain knob

- 1 which is used to scale the portion of volume

- 1 tone that will bring out all the treble or not the pedal

provided with a comprehensive manual Maxon Reissue Series, a battery and a non-slip pad.

UTILIZATION

You choose the color through the tone and gain and finally the volume is regulated with balance.
Simple as could be.

You can also use it as a boost pedal upstream of saturation.

SOUND QUALITY

The pedal alone is interesting.

Very creamy we immediately recognize the sound of the neck pickup especially if you play a blues. Maybe you her lack some gain? But this is not an overdrive distortion.

Used on at least one clean it definitely colors the sound and lose a lot of bass that can be annoying to clean proves a major asset in saturation.

This pedal is a revelation if you play in low tunings. It will add the fire and makes you bite pierced the mix. I play with my 7 string and it's just magical.
Try it, really.

OVERALL OPINION

I left Ibanez after seeing Bill Keliher and Brett Hinds before use to see that it was all Maxon.

Although I took it's cheaper and it's better.

For the price it is unbeatable, only the Xotic can compete (if you are sure to use their strengths, more gain and low settings) but it is more expensive and not necessarily more useful.

If you use only low loss is disqualifying, but further distortion I have not found better.

All is said, it's simple, and quality.

UTILIZATION

Nothing wrong with either, the knobs are "fine" in the settings is intuitive on.

SOUND QUALITY

I only use it as a boost for gorging little input from my AMT-P1, we must admit that this is the top for this function: OD-808 boost with gain almost mini, tone at 12 o'clock, level to the max, suddenly gain of P1 at 10, it sends serious and clean! Palm mute tearing, taking off harmonics, sustain and crazy sound without retouching in Eq table!

As pure than OD, this is probably what is best for blues and rock slightly heavy, but it is not a distortion of metalheads especially with tuning Drop A. .. In this case it is a great boost which also allows to refine the sound.

OVERALL OPINION

To his cause after hesitating between a "clean boost" as the Electro Harmonix LPB-1 and between OD Boss SD-1 or other MXR Zakk Wylde.
Finest in its settings as the LPB-1, more defined in the mids that the MXR, and "everything" that the SD-1.
More if I play one day in a calmer note, I already have that in this area seems to be the top.

It's decided, I go to green ...

Maxon offers this green overdrive, MXR style in a box .. 3 potentiometers (overdrive tone-balance), a rather soft under foot switch, classic overdrive.

UTILIZATION

The handling is quick and easy, one branch, we put everything at noon and it already sounds bien.Le manual is in English or Japanese and serves notice to the OD808, D & S, D & SII, PT999 .. In short, they have a valid instruction for many of their products in order to avoid the costs.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound quality is there. It goes overdrive with a nice crunch to a pedal that inflates his amps. The supercharged sound is there, no matter the amp. In Mesa Boogie Rectifier sound is clearer as a whole, more accurate. In E1 AMT with power amp EHX Caliber same effect, it tightens the bass and adds a bump in the mid which is just great to listen.

I use a Esp Ltd EC1000, a RR24 Jackson and Ibanez GRG170DX.

I use the finally gain overdrive at 9 am grand max, I play with the tone between noon and max and the same for the balance.

OVERALL OPINION

I learned a long time for an overdrive worthy of the name .. I have at home the Behringer TO 100 and the MXR Zakk Wylde first release .. The first is very fragile but cheap and the second too much gain .. What I like most is that it goes really well with everything, in all registers and what I like the least .. No, nothing to complain about. I bought € 94 in my music store and I do not regret at all, the quality is there, so for me it's perfect. This is the viagra big sound!

See other opinions.
Analog technology.
No true bypass, which does not necessarily suit me too, I like it when a pedal switch to slap strong engagement However, the bypass is good, it does not alter the sound

UTILIZATION

3 knobs, effect level, gain and tone. Note that this knob "tone" is effective! (Which is not necessarily the case in od).

SOUND QUALITY

A beautiful OD is supposed to be the most faithful replica of the time TS.
The overdrive in any case is progressive in winning with a specific tone setting.
Here you have to like the well-known of these pedals "TS" with a medium tone pronounced texture. Here it is served!

OVERALL OPINION

Used a fortnight.
Purchased used after all the great reviews I read everywhere on this pedal. I had already tested the reissues Ibanez TS, I did not like it at all!
I can not say that this pedal is not good, however I had this as confirmation that I do not like the sound with this bump in the midrange!
I do not refereai this choice, however, for those looking for a typical "TS" sound it can be a great pick! Especially at these prices!
The price - quality ratio is excellent!

Usable in boost or overdrive. Model who needs no introduction.

UTILIZATION

Extremely simple to use, presets are provided with the leaflet, depending on the type of microphones used (single / humbucker ...). We quickly found his sound, which complements an amp with an overdrive not satisfactory, or in addition / boost thereof.

SOUND QUALITY

Used with many types of Fender guitars (Nash and t-52 s-64) or Gibson (Epiphone Sheraton, Jacobacci Studio), I find it more incisive guitars with fender kind. The chorus sound is incisive, organic, and leaves much reflected the colors of the guitar.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for over 5 years, it is very suited to his blues / rock I was looking for, it is adequate as rhythmic solo. I never left and is even considering finding him a little sister as was supposedly some SRV ...

This is a classic overdrive pedal, a POT for adjusting the effect of overdrive, one for volume and one for tone.
An input and an output mono 6.35 6.35 mono, powered by a 9v battery or 9v power supply such a negative center boss.

UTILIZATION

Configuration is very simple 3 POTS, no need manual need to pedal quickly found the sound, the whole being to know your stuff.

SOUND QUALITY

Yes the effect is present and perfectly realistic, it's not a distortion or a fuzz or a treeble boost, the sound is that of an overdrive.
Respect of the instrument and the amp, it does not spoil or the soul and the stamp or sound.
I use as a single pedal with a strat is a twin reverb, I've taken a lot of fun.
Now I use it with either a Strat, a Tele or a copy of SG, I rarely used alone (+ CP9 maxon OD808, OD808 or V3 + OCD) and mostly in a bassman 100 head. But in a WEM ER15 ...
I do not hate anything in the sound of this pedal.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since September 2006, at the time I had to buy United States;;
Younger I had an overdrive pedal ARIA, but so much the effect of breath.
the POTS are sensitive and can easily disrupt a hitch and when used the pedal with a battery change is not practical.
United States import, duty free the value taken was excellent.
I do it again this choice.

Analog overdrive with overdrive adjustment, tone and balance. Battery or DC 9V (not included)

UTILIZATION

It makes the coffee so it's pratique.En Simple input amp boost with overdrive is 0 to open the sound, or pushed to overdrive with the "add a channel". In home studio is war too. Simplissime .. to use.

SOUND QUALITY

All the controls are set usable (and I have already served) even the most extreme, if the situation is ready.
It's a classic for studio recording also.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been 4 or 5 years old and I cursed myself for not having taken one earlier.
If it was to remain a choice between the OD808 is hard and the tube screamer ...

What technology is used? ANALOG
What is the connection? AUDIO

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is simple? YES
Editing sounds and effects is easy? YES
The manual is clear and sufficient? YES

SOUND QUALITY

The effects are they effective, responsive and realistic enough? YES
Which instruments do you use? LTD EC 400 EMG MICRO AND SINGLE RECTIFIER MESA AMP.

OVERALL OPINION

How long you use it? 2 MONTHS
Did you tried many other models before buying it? YES
What is so special that you like best? SOUND
How would you rate the quality / price? GOOD
With experience, you do again this choice? YES

The Maxon OD-808 Overdrive is a reissue of the vintage pedal of the same name. This is a tube overdrive emulation pedal, although no tube exists inside the pedal. It is an analog device consisting of 1/4" connections for input and output and the ability to be powered by either a nine volt battery or AC adapter. It isn't rack mountable since it's a stomp box.

UTILIZATION

If you have experience using other overdrive and distortion pedals, you'll feel at ease with the Maxon OD-808 Overdrive since it's got basically the same configuartion as most of the others out there. It's so simple to understand that even if you're not familiar with other pedals, you should be able to see what's going on here. The three parameters that the OD-808 has include knobs for overdrive, tone, and balance, the latter of which is just another word for overall level. No manual should be necessary as this should be super simple to understand.

SOUND QUALITY

The tone of the Maxon OD-808 Overdrive is pretty awesome to say the least. It's got that classic tube overdrive sound before, much in the same vein as the Ibanez TS-808 or other Tube Screamer pedals. This one does seem a bit more transparent to me, so it's cool to have another option for this type of pedal. I don't know how it would be compare to the original vintage version of the OD-808 as I've only used the reissue, but this pedal sure sounds great. I don't know that I prefer it to the TS-808 but it's pretty close and still has a fantastic tone that adds a nice overdrive without getting muddy.

OVERALL OPINION

The Maxon OD-808 Overdrive is a great pedal and a good deal if you're looking for a transparent overdrive pedal that can still give you a good amount of crunch and drive. It's actually quite reasonably priced considering that it's a Maxon, although it is of course a reissue. I'd definitely be curious to hear it compared to the original as I've yet to have that ability. I'd recommend checking out the OD-808 if you're in the market for any sort of tube overdrive pedal.