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BOSS Super Overdrive Guitar Pedal (SD-1)

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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

		BOSS Distortion Guitar Pedal, Single Mode (DS-1)	Donner Blues Drive Classical Electronic Vintage Overdrive Guitar Effect Pedal True Bypass Warm/Hot Modes	Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer - Classic	Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Guitar Effects Pedal

Customer Rating	(815)	(1377)	(609)	(371)	(416)
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Item Dimensions	4.00 x 6.00 x 3.00 inches	4.00 x 6.00 x 3.00 inches	6.60 x 4.70 x 2.60 inches	5.30 x 3.00 x 2.40 inches	3.94 x 3.94 x 1.57 inches

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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

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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815 ratings

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#1,617 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
#400 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: StandardVerified 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

style: StandardVerified Purchase

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.

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Carrie K.

Say Yes to the Pedal

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2017

style: StandardVerified Purchase

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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Sergio C. Gonzalez

Nice breakup characteristics, not great in my rig.

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2019

style: StandardVerified Purchase

I really wanted to love this pedal. I'm a Boss fan. Used to have an OD-20, which I think is the best od/distortion station ever made. I recently got into gain stacking and I bought a looper, so I needed a little OD to run in front of it.
I bought a Donner TubeDrive for 20 bucks on ebay…. and I was blown away at how good it sounded.
I bought this SD-1 really wanting a deep feeling OD, and it didn't cut it for me. I'm playing a American Special strat into a Fender Super Champ.
Pros: the breakup dynamics are great, it really responds to your picking dynamics, really feels and sounds like an overdriven clean channel. Solid construction. It's a very clear pedal, in that your guitar really comes through, and doesn't add a lot of color.
Cons: In my strat to Fender amp rig, it sounds a little too bright. The pedal is alsmost too transparent, but does accent mids noticeably. I can't really get much out of the tone control. Using it as a boost, I have to really turn the tone knob down to roll off the brightness. I was hoping/looking for something that also gave me a little more bottom end. I'm sure this stomp box works better in a different setup.
Compared to my Donner Tube Drive (which I now like more after shooting them out), the Donner just has a broader range of tonal control and gain control. I can get more bottom end out of it, and it just adds a lot more depth in my setup. The breakup characteristics are not as organic feeling as the SD-1, for sure.

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Joe LoonyTone

BOSS rocks

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018

style: StandardVerified Purchase

This is a great pedal. I am using it mostly
stacked with a distortion n some effects with the drive down and tone around noon. I wasn't looking for a crazy OD pedal, just one to give that extra little something to my tone. Mix it around in your pedal chain to find the best result. I've tried it on clean channels by themselves, mixed with pedals and also on OD channels. I can tell this is gonna be an always on pedal like my TC Electronic Forcefield Compressor. The SD-1 with the compressor, DOD Gunslinger or Fuzz box. Damn, I love it. Works pretty well overall with any setup I tried. Again doesn't color tone too much. Can't beat BOSS

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Scotty

5 stars considering the price. I use it mostly ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2017

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5 stars considering the price. I use it mostly as a slight boost (level 100%, gain 0%, tone 11 o'clock) before a TC electronic dark matter distortion into a clean Hot Rod Deluxe (EQ around noon). I'd call it Vintage high gain, think Megadeth or Master of Puppets (if you take out most of the mids on the amp or use EQ pedal).

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

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2017

style: StandardVerified Purchase

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.

3 people found this helpful

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Great value Boss pedal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2016

style: StandardVerified Purchase

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

style: StandardVerified Purchase

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

Andy

Nice pedal shame about the delivery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2020

style: StandardVerified Purchase

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

style: StandardVerified Purchase

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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