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Old December 21st, 2011, 01:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Best Overdrive Under £80
What do you all reckon?

Judgeing on Tone, Build quality and price.
A few contenders I could think of were;
Tubescreamer
Boss SD1
Digitech Hardwire Tube Overdrive
Digitech Bad money.
NOBELS ODR-1 Natural Overdrive
Joyo Vintage Overdrive
Biyang OD-10

Same of those aren’t up there with boutique drives but there value for money makes them great.

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Old December 21st, 2011, 02:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'll take you well under £80: DOD 250 or MXR Distortion +

Essentially the same basic circuit, but both sound awesome. Yngwie to Randy to Jerry and everywhere in between.
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Old December 21st, 2011, 02:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old December 21st, 2011, 02:22 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Bad Mokey = best value overdrive.

However it is a tubescreamer type with mids hump. (some love, some don't)

If you prefer a flatter EQ try Marshall Bluesbreaker II or Boss BD2
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Old December 21st, 2011, 03:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I like the Blues Driver (if you want transparent) and the Green Screamer (if you want a TS-like mid hump).
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Old December 21st, 2011, 04:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Bad Mokey = best value overdrive.

However it is a tubescreamer type with mids hump. (some love, some don't)

If you prefer a flatter EQ try Marshall Bluesbreaker II or Boss BD2
I have the bluesbreaker and I have to say it sucks!
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Old December 21st, 2011, 04:41 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Boss blues driver
Joyo vintage od
Joyo ultimate drive
You could get both joyo pedals and still have change outa 80 quit.

Can't fault the blues driver though!!
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Old December 21st, 2011, 05:19 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Boss SD-1 and mod it to your liking!
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Old December 21st, 2011, 05:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
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120 bucks? I'd say a used Fulldrive. Those things are killer.
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Old December 21st, 2011, 05:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Old December 21st, 2011, 06:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
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What's happened to the Dano Cool Cat? My V1 TOD & OD are superb.

Haven't tried the V2s but the demos I've seen on youtube seem to suggest they're OK as well.
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Old December 22nd, 2011, 02:19 AM   #12 (permalink)
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120 bucks? I'd say a used Fulldrive. Those things are killer.
Used Fulldrives are going for about £100 on UK ebay.

If youre realy lucky you may just get one for £80, but that's a long shot.

OCDs are going around £97

Mind you, there are some good deals out there though. The other day I missed a Diamond J Drive which went for £74
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Old December 22nd, 2011, 04:34 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Boss OD-3. £79. Great box.
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Old December 22nd, 2011, 05:14 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Boss blues driver
Joyo vintage od
Joyo ultimate drive
You could get both joyo pedals and still have change outa 80 quit.

Can't fault the blues driver though!!
Joyo are introudcing a new range to their pedals, not sure when but I am dead excited, I love Joyo.
I have a blues driver on my od20 and I really like it, does low gain without sounding to knarly which is my complaint with the marhshall, it breaks up and sounds cheap.
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+2 on the Bad Monkey. Sounds alot like a Tube screamer but cheaper. The Boss sd-1 and blues driver are pretty good too
Does the bad monkey suck tone at all?
Within the £80 price range one could get the Digitech Hardwire Overdrive which is very good, but is the bad monkey just a cheaper version that sounds the same?
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Boss OD-3. £79. Great box.
How does the OD-3 compare with the cheaper sd1?
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120 bucks? I'd say a used Fulldrive. Those things are killer.
Pushing the boat out there with 120 but the fulldrive sounds killer! really versitile.
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Old December 22nd, 2011, 06:09 AM   #18 (permalink)
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How does the OD-3 compare with the cheaper sd1?
More refined, more volume on tap, more balanced EQ (less mid-hump).

It gets a lot of love on this forum.
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More refined, more volume on tap, more balanced EQ (less mid-hump).

It gets a lot of love on this forum.
SD-1 is basically, TS with asymmetrical clipping. OD-3 is completely different pedal. But my favorite is BD-2, better highs, IMHO.
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I've tried most of those, the Dano TOD V1 is indeed at least as good as the best of that list... V2 is crap (to my ears).
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