Demos in the Dark // My High School Boss OD-1 Overdrive Pedal

[@PedalboardoftheDay]

I've always wanted this pedal. You just make me want it even more.

[@DemosInTheDark]

i’ll loan you the $30 to grab one on the used market. you’re good for it.

[@tonyevans9999]

yep, got the same version, and it's killer. I also used it non stop in my chain when I was gigging into a pair of clean Fender amps, and that's me done pretty much

[@sparklemotionguitars]

My gold standard overdrive, also the pedal I played in Jr High & Highschool, from 83-89. I wish I still had it.

[@frank_gappa]

Great recording/studio pedal! The sounds you got were killer. Boss is rad.

[@DemosInTheDark]

it’s about as classic as ya can get!

[@mikeh892]

The difference between the two models is the "good" opamp one uses half of a quad opamp for the input/output buffers. The model you have uses transistors for the buffers. That being said, they both sound excellent to my ears.

[@DemosInTheDark]

thanks for the insight!

[@DadoSimicStudiostriver]

OD1 is one of the best pedals ever, but they are not for everyone. Its one of the best pedals for heavy metal players used to tight the tone and give it more life, push mids in front and above all focus. There are still players who use it in their studio up to this date.

[@brazillianmetalhead]

A warm pedal. It’s like a flame drive 🔥

[@Matthewtaylorn]

Dude. Please channel all of this incredible talent and creativity into making something I can stream, buy, download, or whatever. The demos are fantastic. In fact, I'd love to see what you could do with my personal rig, but the songs you create are actually so freaking good. Like, come on.

[@DemosInTheDark]

oh well, i have a few groups i’m regular with. one is called the honeydogs, i play with a guy named mark mallman too. i didn’t write any of those songs tho. 😎 thanks for the kind words! really appreciate it!

[@vintagetone22]

well a few years back i found the good one the 14 pin chip silverscrew from june 1978.the man i bought it from looked after the pedal very well since he bought it in 78.but he asked for a heavy price,so i told him if you can hold on to it i pay you half now half in one month and he did .man am i glad i made that purchase.i bought history not an overdrive pedal.oh did i mention it has the original box and manual too.boss is king.

[@DemosInTheDark]

whoa cool!

[@vintagetone22]

@@DemosInTheDark oh noooo now i just bought my 2nd od1 silver screw from 1980 with the nec c4558c chip.and yes i have a problem now im sick in buying od1 pedals.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@whistlingskull]

You could make your high school gym socks sound killer.

[@DemosInTheDark]

just had painful flashbacks of high school gym. thanks a lot. 😂

[@destroso]

I wish they reissued this but I had to settle for a clone

[@rude_tech]

I honestly like them better than Tube Screamers

[@DemosInTheDark]

i’m less partial to TS’s too.

[@Naughtez]

What a thoroughly usable pedal! The sounds were banging! Less is more. The dynamics issue would be annoying though...

[@DemosInTheDark]

and that’s just a preference/playing style thing. i have a number of friends who would rather tap dance on their boards before touching their volume knobs.

[@EverydayGuitarist]

man, that strat tone was radddddd

[@DemosInTheDark]

and you don’t even like strats!

[@EverydayGuitarist]

@@DemosInTheDark yeah. Strats suck. You make them sound good. 😂

[@DemosInTheDark]

@@EverydayGuitarist that’s on shaun and marq, homie.

[@riffwizardsupreme]

Boss needs to reintroduce this pedal because the world doesn’t have enough tone bypassed overdrives