« Peavey AOD-2 Overdrive »

Borrowed from a friend, broke it, bought it broken, fixed it.
Paid 25$ Canadian.

This unit gives a huge amount of power to a distorted guitar sound. Think Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream kind of big sound.
Full Frequency output fills a lot of space.
Feedbacks very easily (I love it).
Makes powerchords so big.

Puts out a lot of noise
Can't handle low harmonic when battery is dying
Controls are pretty useless below all knobs on full
Battery case is not large enough, and foot pressure damages circuit board connection by jamming battery into board


Solid metal case with a rubber padded no-slip bottom. Knobs are solid. Mine has been deconstructed and rebuilt several times.
Battery should be stored outside case, and leads are therefore suscpetible to damage.
Card connection between board and controls are flaky.

I love this pedal. it defined my sound for about 5 years. If you are going to get one, don't pay a lot for it, and get and AC adaptor.

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