Soul Driven Overdrive Pedal Review

The Overdrive I've Been Looking For

First off, shoutout to Andrew from Sweetwater for turning me onto this pedal. I've been tirelessly searching for an overdrive pedal and a quick call to Andrew saved the day. Now, as for the pedal... So far it is exactly what I was after. The tone is fantastic with a great range of gain. You can turn up the gain without it feeling muddy and turn it down without feeling weak. The… read more tone knob and mid boost knob are actually incredibly useful and provide great tone shaping options. Everything at noon is already perfect too. I could go on and on but I won't bore you. Highly highly recommend overall. ONE IMPORTANT NOTE: I was afraid at first because it was noisy, and I mean LOUD noisy. By chance I realized this pedal came with a battery inside and the battery plus my power supply was creating the issue. Removed the battery and it works like a charm. Just in case anyone else has that same issue.

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Killer Pedal

Absolutely love the tone this adds to my amp.Really defines the notes and adds a great sound to my leads.Best od for me to date and ive been playing 30 years in the style of YJM /Joe Stump.Will buy more from this manufacturer.

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Above Expectations

This is one of the best transparent over drives, the built is of very high quality, looks beautiful, creamy fat tone, i connected it to 18V and it gives a noticeable increase in head room. If you are looking for an overdrive for blues, rock or hard rock, then this is your best choice

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Love this pedal

I have an obsession with drive pedals. Of the recent pedals I have been using, the mxr customs shop Timmy, the sugar drive and the tumnus and this is by far the best. I love that this pedal has a knob for adjusting the mids along with a tone knob. I use this a lot with a fender blues jr With a red white and blues speaker (another great Sweetwater purchase) But it feels like it is… read more lacking in the mids sometimes. This allows me to fill that gap. On top of that this puppy goes from edge of break up to full on growl.

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Give This A Chance - I did and sent the Boss BD-2 and the BD-2W back!

After putting this to the test during a rehearsal, I ended up choosing this pedal over both the Boss BD-2 and the BD-2w pedals. It just has a more airy/open sound and responds well to pick attack. For my needs/taste, I only need to run the gain control around 9 - 10 O'clock position and that is plenty of gain to give me that vintage overdrive sound. Also, when this pedal is on… read more and you strike a note, it rings on nicely for a while as compared to the note just disappearing after a couple seconds with other pedals - better sustain. It's about $... higher than a Boss BD-2w waza craft pedal but well worth the difference IMHO. I have test drove several overdrive pedals recently and my Fav's are the Soul Driven, Boss OD-1x,EHX Crayon and the Boss DA-2 (Adaptive Distortion) pedals. Hey, I fell in love with it when I saw the Blue on Chrome design before I ever even got to hear it and the Blue ON indicator LED is a nice touch and will have NO trouble being able to tell if it is ON or OFF like other pedals. Love it! Try one today!

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