Friedman BE-OD Deluxe Overdrive

Uno de mis pedales favoritos. Nunca he tocado un Friedman BE-100, por lo que no sé qué tal se compara al original, pero sin duda el sonido y la sensación que ofrece al tocar son muy buenas.

La distorsión se me hace muy natural y se lleva muy bien con un overdrive delante para moldear el tono de distintas formas (aunque no es necesario). El potenciómetro de presence es una gran incorporación para evitar el fizz o compensar amplis muy oscuros.

Ojo, no es un overdrive a pesar del nombre, ambos canales son de distorsión aunque uno esté seteado por defecto con un rango de ganancia más bajo que el otro.

I needed a pedal to play with more gain than my overdrive pedals and after lots of research I decided on that one.
Superb quality of construction and features. The 3 band EQ is a must for me. I Just wish that it could be set to mid gain or JTM 45 territory as well I keep the internal trim pots set to zero and there's still plenty of gain on tap. It seems to sound better with the gain knob quite high.

Finally a pedal that does what it needs to do. Most dual distortion pedals have a boost section that in general boosts the gain of the pedal, and I wanted and needed a volume boost. I have owned a Blackstar HT Metal pedal for a long time, but it was to bulky, and needed a seperate power supply and had a tube in it. For a non stop gigging musician those 3 things are a no no, at least for me. So with this product I got a normal sized pedal, two volume independant channels (gain trimpot inside of pedal, awesome) and it runs on 9V (or 18V with a double cable). And the sound... fantastic. Some of the online videos don't do this pedal justice. When you try it and play it, the feel of a Friedman tube amp that you get is unbelievable... the EQ is not extreme and is very usable, it has a lot of gain but even all the way up it is not unusable, the little presence knob and the tight switch is fantastic too for fine tuning your sound depending on what guitar and amp you use. Very versatile. Usually I can say at least one bad thing about a product but this time I have nothing.. Thank you Friedman.