The best Overdrive

[Alverman12]

Which is the best Od pedal?
I'm building the TS 808 with several mods so I can't tell anything
so according to you which is?

[Connoisseur of Distortion]

yes

[DDD]

It's not a problem at all to find a proper answer to the question. All we have to do is find a BEST guitar player and ask him. He knows for sure.

[jonathan perez]

^^^^^

yngwie knows 

[Seljer]

Then it'd be the DOD 250 (or his signature one that he uses these days) 

I've only built myself a TS808 and I like the thing, easily puts my amp a couple of notches into a nicer metalish territory than the amp would go into alone (mud, urgh). And my amp is a little solid state thing (...when people say these only sound good on tube amps).
But there are dozens of overdrive pedals out there and I haven't really tried them....

[jonathan perez]

"i tought god how to play guitar."
                               -Malmsteen

[JimRayden]

yes

A truly excellent answer to the question. I second that.

---------
Jimbo

[didier]

"i tought god how to play guitar."
                               -Malmsteen

he tought clapton??  

the best overdrive?
its all down to personal taste i guess...
the tubescreamer must defenatly be the most famous overdrive
but if that makes it the best?? i dont know
other famous ones and frequently looked after:
proco the rat; mxr distortion+; boss SD1; marshall guv'nor; EH big muff...

[g3rmanium]

Which is the best Od pedal?

This one of course !!!!11

[mojotron]

I would say the one you like the most.

This comes up all the time and there is no consensis - even amongst those who have built most everything. This is a purely personal taste thing.

Now if you narrow it down to, say, "the best Van Halen sound" or "the best Ge Over Drive" - then you might get a more focused response. Of course, the best answers might be found using the search feature of the forum as a lot of this has been covered in the past.

[markm]

Which is the best Od pedal?

This whole topic seems very familiar here......Deja-Vu' maybe 

[petemoore]

  Here's a few criterion:
  Sold most copies.
  Greatest Mfr. Profit margin
  Easiest to clone
  longest lasting
  Simplest design
  Most complex design
  Fewest knobs
  Most knobs
  Greatest # of 'guitarhack' endorsements
  Most commonly recognized name
  Least known
  Greatest Db output
  Hardest clipping
  :From a marketeers viewpoint...the one that has the cheepest production costs and sells, or the one that's still fairly cheep to produce but sells like hotcakes.
  From an engineering viewpoint...the one
  "Best" implies 'all others are lesser'...that'd probably include my 'designs', therefore I'd not be inclined to argue the opinion.
  Biggest hump in midrange
  Least Bassy
 
 
 

[MetalUpYerEye]

Which is the best Od pedal?

This one of course !!!!11

Hehehehehe! You got your ModelName and ManufacturerName backwards; that page says that its called John LANDGRAFF and made by Dynamic Overdrive!

[Bernardduur]

I really like my Colorsound Overdriver; my most used pedal EVER!

[Meanderthal]

 I'm obsessed with this one- The Danelectro Fab Overdrive. Way too cheap to clone or build... but the SOUND of this thing! Hiva-jeeva!(ducking the rotten tomatos being launched now!)

As has been said before- this is all about what massages YOUR eardrums to orgasm... No matter what you like, someone somewhere will think you're insane for even liking it!

You're gonna hafta blaze your own trail with this horse, pardner. Sorry, facts is facts, but this one's pure opinion...

Might as well ask which one is the best MUSIC. Same answer.

[aron]

Yeah, unless you're asking what's the best overdrive to someone ELSE, then many opinions will fly. That's what this entire forum is about. Letting YOU make YOUR perfect/best overdrive yourself.

[markm]

Unforunately, the only person who can say what the best overdrive for you is, well..........you.
There are lots of choices out in DIY-land but just think how good you'll get at building circuits! 

[petemoore]

  I wonder had there been more discrete circuits like Blue Magic or Jfet Emulators early on in the history of effects if there wouldn't be more 'TS converts'...I never quite got that one exactly 'right' for me, in fact today I pulled the DC jack and an OS Comp I had in that box, a few days ago the stompswitch for the ts was scavenged.
  Actually the closest things I have to an "Overdrive' right now on the board would be FF, BMP, Dist+, *Rangemaster, and OS Comp. I could still use a good one..'something Fet' I think...
  I was mainly doggin' that 'best' word...
  For 'Tube Amp' maybe CMOS.
  For other Tube Amp maybe FET
  For "TS" type [blues driver, landgraff...many other variations..] Opamp Feedback loop clipper like TS.
  A 'Voiced' 1 Blackfire stage or even a Tweek-O might be to your liking.
 

[Antero]

The Highway 89 is the only one that I've ever been really impressed by...

[Doug_H]

The Highway 89 is the only one that I've ever been really impressed by...

Thanks, yeah... Me too...