EVH 5150 Overdrive Review: A/B comparison with Friedman BE-OD. My overall thoughts.

[@PainterDans]

Some days I just hate my tone and I can’t get a tone I like no matter what I use. The next day, same rig, sounds great

[@al6377]

Amazing video, just what I was looking for: how those pedals behave with another overdrive pushing them. Thanks so much !!

[@ernotossavainen6814]

Great demo. I have both EVH 5150 and BE-OD DELUXE pedals. I find that it's easier to get a good tone out of BE but if you spend little time with MXR you can get great tones out of it as well. So in my opinion both are great pedals.

[@islandfocus2]

Thanks for the good review. I currently have the BE-OD Deluxe but like you I wanted to explore other OD pedals and the EVH came in mind. I found a used EVH OD pedal in excellent shape for $150 SHIPPED in Reverb. I went ahead and purchased it. Thanks again!

[@RickordProductions]

Thanks man. How long ago did you purchase it from Reverb? I’m wondering if you bought the one I listed. I quoted $150 for it too. Yeah I ended up selling it. Lol.

[@islandfocus2]

@@RickordProductions - Just bought it this morning. It was listed at $138 plus $12.14 State Tax. Shipping is free. Total is $150.14.

[@SaintsCheat]

I sold my BeOD. Was a can of bees no matter how I tweeked it. Each to their own I suppose. This 5150 sounds badass to my ears 😅

[@RickordProductions]

The trick with the BE-OD is not turning the presence too high, maybe keep it around 10 or 11 o’clock. Keep the treble semi low like almost at noon and the tightness up to like 1 o’clock. Then set the EQ on your amp to a really crystal clean channel setting the treble around 1, maybe 2 o’clock, the mids around noon and the bass around noon as well. I’ve gotten killer metal tones from that pedal. I know that can of bees sound you’re talking about. I can’t stand that tone. It reminds me of 90’s distortion pedals.

[@nuthinbutlove]

Same

[@oliverkrisespina7419]

Nice demo.. I like how the EVH sounded on your demo. I have both pedals, and l also have the be od deluxe, and for me, they both sound great. I agree with you to use the EVH pedal in a clean channel of an amp; l tried it on the effects loop and it didn't sound right.

[@PainterDans]

Yep, It’s meant to go in front, that’s why it’s called an overdrive

[@paulgtarist]

You never run a distortion pedal through an effects loop. Always in the front on a clean channel.

[@stevenlevine2106]

I own the EVH 5150 overdrive and run it through a Blackstar ID 30. Although it’s solid state, it allows you to use different tube voicings. I find a big difference in the character of the pedal depending on which tubes you run it through (FWIW).

[@nuthinbutlove]

I wish they would've made the boost on the 5150 an actual switch. That little button is a killer for me. It's like the Xotic SL. Love the pedal, hate the inconvenience of the switches.

[@Bob1Gee]

Good video. I too thought the Freidman sounded a little too compressed here compared to the EVH. I actually also have the EVH and I pretty much keep the same settings as you have here……mids pushed a little more. But I actually keep my guitar volume down and get a pretty nice mid gain thing and then crank the guitar volume back up for solos. I have yet to try this in a live/gig setting so I don’t know how well it will cut through a band mix 🤔

[@donaldlemieux]

Nice demo and great playing man

[@Smart-Alex]

Def the BE-OD over the MXR

[@DrKennyWang]

5150 is the best overdrive pedal I’ve ever owned, it all comes down to the three band EQ and range of gain from very light breakup to complete meatball overdrive

[@youlooksweetpotatoe2938]

I had both. I like EVH because of noise gate and it reallt depends how you tweaks your tones...

[@briangradysyndrome]

As a set up I had a 5150 pedal, tc electronics hall of reverb and flashback with a seymour duncan power block *the small one through a 1x12 laney. Sounded freaking amazing.

[@christopherdunn317]

I combined it with the metal-zone waza and it kicks ass now ! its great on its own but i need more gain still it wasn't enough !

[@ricardodiaz4381]

The Friedman sounds way too compressed where as the EVH Has more breathing room alone the Friedman you have to use a second pedal too boots 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@tanker1960]

The 5150 and the Bogner Uberschall pedal with pre and post EQ! I can recreate any amp/tone. trying to justify a Amptweaker and a Ceres, cannot do it! Slap it with some EQ!

[@PainterDans]

The Bogner red ecstasy pedal kicks ass too

[@tanker1960]

@@PainterDans You are giving me G.A.S. will play with one to see, lol thank

[@ruibreal]

I wonder how the different pedals sound with the magnum 44 pedal that would be an interesting video

[@RickordProductions]

The 44 Magnum is simply nothing more than a power amp. It really depends on what preamps in addition to either the 5150 or the BE-OD is running to and then how you set your EQ will determine whether it sounds good or not.

[@stanislavmigra]

For my, also here the 5150 has that "Tin bucket" tone, that I just cant stand. Many people seems to enjoy it, but not for me.

[@HesheR82]

I also got the evh and Friedman and returned. Keeping the @+

[@JonJourdan]

Solid!

[@stephenchow5161]

you would love the be deluxe. way better than than the original in terms of tweaking

[@RickordProductions]

I love the Deluxe. I’ve had a chance to play with it quite a bit when I worked at Guitar Center. I know the recommended voltage for the Deluxe is 18V but would the pedal survive a show just running on 9V?

[@ricardodiaz4381]

When you used the Les Paul it sounds way too bright and not enough mid range and loss it’s bottom end 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@christineblack4654]

have you seen other vids at all?? this thing is killer :)

[@RickordProductions]

I always watch as many videos as I can before buying gear that catches my attention. I've seen plenty of vids on this pedal which is why I got it. I wasn't pleased at first but after giving it a second chance I ended up liking it. I sold it after a while because I went back to using a multi effects unit.

[@HesheR82]

Have you tried the jhs angry charlie or jhs @+ ?

[@RickordProductions]

I want the JHS @+ so bad! I was considering selling the Friedman but I love that pedal too much.

[@HesheR82]

@@RickordProductions I actually got the deluxe and returned it. For the money it didn't wow me like I wanted. The Riot also sounds good.

[@duaneraymond4252]

What are you tuned to?

[@RickordProductions]

Standard tuning

[@duaneraymond4252]

@@RickordProductions Thanks. Nice tone and playing with both pedals. Heavy, full sound, not a distorted, jumbled mess.

[@RickordProductions]

@@duaneraymond4252 thanks man. Some people like to push too much and then it ends up sounding noisy. I don’t even turn up the gain much on the overdrive pedal. I keep it slightly up enough to bring a little breakage but still sounding clean. The EVH and the BE-OD already has high gain and saturation. I use the overdrive pedal to push the lower mids on the distortion pedal.