Nobels ODR-1 BC 5-stars Reviews

Terrific real overdrive

A great pedal, it's a 'real' sounding overdrive (not a tube-screamy type) and it works really well driving a clean amp or a already distorted setting to make it sing. Essential kit for me, live or in studio.

my favourite overdrive

ive used a number of overdrives over the years but this one is the one thats been on my board since i bought it. great tone, easy to subtly change and always sounds good

There is a good reason i have bought TWO of these

This pedal is really responsive, dynamic and sounds great. I use 1 to 'drive' the Nobels Distortion and 1 for a stadium rock sound with the drive knob turned all the way up and spectrum around 8.

Highly recommended!

a classic pedal

And indeed, it has its own character. I am still exploring it, but it gives another sound than my other drives. I like to use it to put some sparkles and noise on reverb and modulation sounds without losing the original sound to much. The bas cut is a nice feature for preventing mud. But in many cases I didn't really needed it. I like this kind of transparent, not mid pumping overdrive very much, I like to try some more of these pedals. A pity that the 'sweet baby' from joyo just is sold out since yesterday.

A nice discovery

If you are in search of a clearer, warm overdrive, ODR1 is for you.

Bass cut is a nice addition, I activate it to keep a balanced sound with my Tele and cab/amp settings.

Great for stacking indeed.

Nobels ODR1 best overdrive

I used many overdrives OD808 TS9 OCD fulltone Carl martin Empress multidrive Wampler brentmason clarksdale Boss OD3 Maxon 808 this is a amazing overdrive real guitarsound + overdrive the spectrum is super no fucking mid boost or highboost easy to use and supersound all the boutiqe overdrives stopmbox you can bring back to the musicshop also the freaks with the original TS808 for €1000 buy Nobels ODR1 and for the rest bitcoins !

Other green overdrive

From light crunch to heavy overdrive - ODR-1 can do it all.

A little secret

Great pedal, you can see why some big timers use it.

Best drive ever

With the Bass cut switch it’s the best and more dynamic responsive drive ever played. Low price, boutique sound.

Great overdrive

For me, this was one of those 'wow straight away' pedals. The first chords and notes I played when I plugged it into my pedal board were the type of tone I spend hours trying to dial in with other ones. Were it not for the Wampler Euphoria (I'm turning into big a Wampler fan), the ODR-1 would probably be my favourite overdrive pedal. It's also pretty good value compared to its competitors. Overall, a really great pedal that's definitely worth checking out if you're looking for blues overdrive tones.

This one is a keeper

No, it's not the original. Yes, it sounds good...to me. If I had played this years ago then maybe I would have still have the original.

I play guitars with single coils and this pedal does a great job of adding some nice warm grit without a noticeable bump in the mid range. The spectrum knob it aptly titled as adjusts a broader frequency spectrum as you not just adding mids or cutting highs. The overdrive can definitely do rock, indie, country + gristle, and sprinkle new life into a lead.

I know the word transparent means something different to the many pedal makers but this one is pretty close.

The bass cut is a nice feature but I kicked it back on to keep my guitars from sounding too thin.

I rated the quality high but have only had the pedal for about 4 weeks so it has withstood the test of time...yet.

good stuff

nothing else to say. Sounds good, built good and designed practically!

I still can not understand why all the builders can not put inputs and outputs as this one has - in front of the pedal?!? Feels like they never built a pedalboard and never connected pedals to each other in real?

Good thinking Nobels!

Cool Overdrive,

I've had this overdrive for a couple months now and it's truly an inspiring pedal.

You can dial a lot of different tones going from a mild overdrive to almost distortion like tones.

The spectrum knob is at first a bit weird to dial in, because instead of EQ'ing between low and high frequencies, it boosts low mid and high frequencies together. The higher the spectrumknob, the higher the boost of the two frequencies. It can be a brittle sound of you turn it all the way up.

I like to boost the spectrum just past noon, the drive quite high and slam the pedal with a boss OD3 to accentuate a bit more mids.

The basscut switch inside is a cool feature but does not make that big of a difference I think.

A useful thing on the Nobels ODR-1 is that the batterycompartment is reachable from the front, this is handy if you need to change a battery on your pedalboard during rehaersals. I wish more companies did this, a really nice touch from nobels.

All and all a very good pedal, it certainly deserves the love it gets from a lot of people on the internet. Great product!

Best pedal for amp like overdrive

used it with fender HR deville 2, pedal is great for using with clean or dirty amp,with clean u get the same character but overdriven with crunch u get it to lead terotiory ,

its almost like its the same sound just gained up, it has a bass cut wich is great if u are using it on a high headroom amp,

pedal has a buffer wich helps with signal integrity, if it changes the sound drastically, i found, u have your pickups to high

overall: fantastic

Nobels ODR-1 BC

I'd tried a few fat bluesdriver type overdrives and never quiet liked the grainy texture, so was looking for something smoother. This is why I like this pedal and it is firmly velcroed to my pedal board. The ODR-1 is really effective as a fat boost in the low gain but it can also be used for higher gain depending on your preference. At first I wasn't completely sure because it was a bit muddy, but once I used the BC internal switch I was convinced. The switch is easy to access and it gives a much better degree of clarity, especially when stacked with other drive/distortion pedals. The volume level is really easy to set in a chain, this is not always the case but the ODR does a great job.

I play a strat into a FHRD. It's a little bit larger than the standard pedal, so if you are going to squeeze it on a board you may need to adjust the other furniture :-)