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Product type :SOUND AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT
Package dimensions :7.8 cm L x12.2 cm W x16.7 cm H
country of origin :Taiwan
package weight :1.06lbs

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BOSS SD-1 Super OverDrive Pedal

WARM, TUBE DRIVE SOUNDS

The SD-1 Super OverDrive pedal produces the warm, natural distortion of an overdriven tube amplifier while maintaining the subtle nuances of a player's picking technique. It features unique asymmetric overdrive circuitry for a classic, natural tube amp growl. This is one of BOSS' more subtle and smooth overdrive pedals, perfect for blues and rock.

Compact overdrive pedal with warm, smooth overdriven sounds
Tone control provides precise adjustment of drive sound

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Item Dimensions	4 x 6 x 3 inches	4 x 6 x 3 inches	3.94 x 3.94 x 1.57 inches	5.3 x 3 x 2.4 inches	6.6 x 4.7 x 2.6 inches	4.45 x 2.48 x 2.13 inches

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style:Standard | Pattern Name:Pedal

The SD-1 Super overdrive pedal produces the warm, natural distortion of an overdrive tube amplifier while maintaining the subtle nuances of a player's picking technique. This is one of BOSS' More subtle and smooth overdrive pedals, perfect for blues and rock.

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style:Standard | Pattern Name:Pedal

Item Weight

1.06 pounds

Product Dimensions

4 x 6 x 3 inches

ASIN

B0013NDBS6

Item model number

SD-1

Batteries

1 AA batteries required. (included)

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1,284 ratings

4.8 out of 5 stars

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#5,830 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
#1,569 in Guitar & Bass Accessories

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

February 22, 2006

Body Material

Metal

Color Name

Yellow

Battery type

Alkaline

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Savannah Foley

Classic For a Reason

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2018

style: StandardPattern Name: PedalVerified Purchase

This is it. Here you are looking at an SD1. I can honestly say that through total hours used this particular yellow boss stomper is probably the pedal I have accumulated the most out of any in my board. Does it sound perfect? Not so much on its own. The tone can sound sort of thin at times and the tone knob is deceptive at first and like any pedal needs to be learned and sweetly nuanced. Where this little yellow titan shines and is truly ascendant to the upper echelon of significant pedals is when applied to a chain or used with a high gain setup on an amp. Personally I usually run my SD-1 into a big muff pi and the way that they add to eachother is truly impressive. Simmilar to the ibanez tube screamer this pedal "plays nice with others" and can elevate distortion effects and even modulation effects up into something new. Want your synth 9 to get dirtier and heavy? SD-1. Playing through a gain setup on a Marshall and your solo is coming up? Stomp that SD1. Octave pedal isn't enough of a giant "sound wall" for you? How about that SD1. One of the peices on my board that doesn't get swapped and is always early in the chain. Highly recomend purchasing (unless you have no other effects or distortion options, consider and Ibanez tube screamer in that case)

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MRH

The Boss of all Stomp Boxes

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2016

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This is the Boss of all Pedals. I bought my first one 25 + years ago. It really doesn't matter what type Amp you have tube or solid state, if you need some serious Tube Driven Overdrive sound with excellent sustain, this is the pedal you want. I used this first on a Fender sidekick 35 watt. Back in the 80's. Made it sound like a Marshall Stack. Very simple stomp box to set up and use. Far superior to any competitors OD pedals. The three adjustment knobs allow you to shape the sound exactly the way you want. Stomp the pedal to turn it on, stomp it to turn it off and go back to your original amps settings, with no feedback from the SD-1. Always remember when finished playing, unplug the cables, or you'll run down the 9 volt battery. Which will last quite a while if you do. Or, spend a few extra bucks and get the AC adapter if your not running this through a Pedal box. Also, Boss stomp boxes are made from metal, not plastic. So they will last forever. If you check out some of the Iconic guitar legends, you'll see this in there gear lineup. A must have for any true guitar player. You won't be disappointed in this Boss pedal. And the price is sure a lot better than it used to be.

41 people found this helpful

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Otto Correct

The *true* classic OD pedal.

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2020

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Boss invented the first op amp overdrive pedal with the OD-1 and not long afterwards, Ibanez put out the Tube Screamer, which was basically an OD-1 with a tone control and symmetrical clipping. Not to be outdone, Boss added a tone control to their OD-1 and called it the Super Overdrive and designated it the SD-1. I’ve played modded and unmodded TS circuits and clones and I’ve played modded and unmodded SD-1 circuits and clones. The original still sounds the best to me. Nothing goes as well with a breaking up amp like an SD-1. Nothing kicks a dirt box to the next level like an SD-1 (put it in front of a mid-scooped fuzz for an amazing chunky metal tone, throw it in front of a Rat for a surprisingly good Van Halen brown sound). Single coils, humbuckers, etc. it’s all just grand in that classic way you’ve heard on hundreds of recordings. And it has remained the same for decades. I’ve tried earlier black label units, the most recent SMT version and a few in between, they all sound and act exactly the same to me. If it had a cooler name, it’d be more famous than Ibanez’s world famous green rip off pedal, but as is, these little yellow wonders are brand new for $50 all day long. Save some dough and get the original overdrive. Everything that has come on the scene since owes a debt to this humble pedal, and for my money, nothing does classic overdrive better than the Boss SD-1.

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Carrie K.

Say Yes to the Pedal

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2017

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This is a great overdrive pedal - not just for the price - but a great overdrive pedal, period. It's built like a tank, sounds great, and will outlive your grandchildren.

I use the SD-1 primarily for worship music in our church's band and have it going into the front of a clean amp (a Tech 21 Blonde). With this pedal/amp configuration I can dial in thick, warm overdrive, or a more transparent, delicate clean sound with a little bite.

Your pickups will play a huge role in the sound you get from this pedal. The Kiesel Lithium pickups in my Aries produce a thick, raging overdrive that cleans up ok with the guitar's volume knob. This allows me to significantly change my tone depending on my picking attack, as I can get light, pretty singles notes/chords when picking softly, and full on roaring chords during a chorus. A hot humbucker will drive this pedal into full overdrive quickly, even with the gain on low.

Single coils will respond much differently, producing a cleaner, transparent overdrive in the low to mid gain setting. Turning the gain up higher will of course add to the dynamic response of your picking and allow you to clean it up with your volume knob much more so than with humbuckers.

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The centre-piece of my whole tone. Very yellow too.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2017

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This guy is the absolute centre-piece of my tone. When I fist plugged it in, I was somewhat underwhelmed. But, after a short time playing with the controls you realise this thing produces a warm pleasing edge to everything, whether used clean or as a boost to an already dirty signal. It also lifts the high mid frequencies in a somewhat magical way so everything you play sits on top of a band mix. That's more than worth the price of acquisition right there. Since purchasing this, I am using my distortion pedal (Boss DS-2) or amp distortion less and less. Play softly and it is a soft sound (but still with the mid boost). Hit the strings hard and this puppy GROWLS. It's so velocity-sensitive. Love it. Stupid cheap too. Get one.

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Great value Boss pedal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2016

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This is a great pedal for a great price. It is another Tube Screamer clone but its got a great smooth to dirty sound. I use it mainly for boosts to my sound, but you can dial in a decent amount of dostortion too. It works best for this with the the gain dial at about 3 o clock. As usual with Boss pedals its built like a tank and gig ready. If you're after an overdrive pedal that gives you smoother, warmer overdrive than the brighter sounding Blues Driver then this is it.

4 people found this helpful

Megan

Great pedal - even with solid state

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2018

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Bought this to add some dirt to my Roland Jazz Chorus. We have all heard the “you can’t use overdrive with solid state” argument, but I’m here to say: “Yes! You can”! The pedal adds a lot of warmth and is very versatile; from a little bit of bite to full on ZZ Top. I did find a little high pitch squeal when used with a cheap power supply, but this cleared up with an isolated pedalboard power supply.

3 people found this helpful

Kindle Customer

Nice pedal shame about the delivery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2020

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I just witnessed your driver drop it down on my doorstep . So if it doesn’t work you’ll be getting it back

Rhumpus

value drive pedal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2013

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cheap - cheap as say some really cheap pedals! - but built like a tank - not as transparent as boss's own OD-3 - but useful when you want a bit more compression - lovely light to medium drive - variety is the spice etc. - never likely to break - batteries last ridiculously long - definite middle bump so good as a lead boost in a live mix - very flexible tone control seems to alter character and tone
2016 - still on John 5's board apparently

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