Customer Reviews

Behringer BOD400 Bass Overdrive Authentic Tube-Sound Overdrive Effects Pedal

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What I mean by that is that it has a bit of Muff style fuzz in the distortion mix. It's still more of a overdrive/distortion pedal to me.

This box has a good amount of gain on tap. Folks looking for extreme gain might not like this pedal, but the BALance knob is why I like it. (A compressor pedal might be useful if you want more sustain.) The LEVEL control has a lot of range as well. It has enough output to drive an amp hard, and distort the tone further.

What amazed me is the dynamic sensitivity of the distortion. Even though it is heavily compressed at high gain settings, it's possible to pick softly and notice the volume drop slightly. The volume won't drop much, but that means lower gain settings are usable. The other aspect I favored with this pedal is the low end. BASS can be cranked high, and not get too muddy. I still like it set at about 3:00 as a max setting. With the EQ, BAL and GAIN knobs cranked, the tone reminded me of my Boss Hyper Metal cranked up. This could be a great pedal for anything from blues to old school death metal. It can also be used as a gain or signal booster with the BAL knob set to DRY.

There really isn't much that I dislike about this box. Not even the pedal's purple color bothers me much. Goth heads might dig it just for that, but one can't be too sure... and once again, the bright blue LED is a nice touch.

The Behringer stuff sounds great, but is cheaply built.
I played with this pedal one time and then the next time I hooked it up sound wouldn't travel through it, it wold turn on, but no sound.
If you do want to buy it, just know that this has happened, and your pedal may fail you as mine failed me.

I got this pedal to provide myself with a less harsh alternative to the Tech21 VT Bass pedal I have. This pedal is awesome! I use the Tech21 for the absolute mayhem, and the BOD400 for the overdriven, slightly growly tones. Great sound out of this thing, I am totally pleased. And only 25 bucks?!?! I'm gonna buy a couple of back-ups just in case I'm a little too rough on this one, cuz I don't want to be without this pedal on my board. Get it, you won't regret it.

don't see why this pedal gets so low reviews! its a good entry-level pedal that is great! its no boutique but it still sounds great! lot better than its price point! great product. my only complaints is that 1. it might just be my unit but i can't access the 9V battery compartment. 2. it is plastic... but that's why the price is so low! and it seems pretty durable. however the bottom plate weighs more than the entire pedal w/o it. was little disappointed bout that.

But still overall... great pedal! good buy!

This is a decent pedal. its not an awful sound, it just feels too easy to get feedback...it may be because my band plays loud of whatever, but yeah. Its a good affordable pedal