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Dirt Review: Blackstone Appliances Mosfet Overdrive 2Sv3
Initial thoughts:
This is a pedal I’ve been curious about for a long time initially because of the unusual form factor and flush mounted jacks. I even sent a note more than a year ago to John Blackstone and asked about his experience with its usability as a bass pedal. He responded quickly and politely, but indicated he thought it would be ‘ok’ at best.
I took his advice and moved on to other GAS induced purchases. Then the fateful day came when I cheap “buy it now” sale appeared while surfing the darkest wilds of e-bay. Flush with cash from a slew of personal sales, I impulsively purchased it.
Looking into the product manual a bit more, I decided to toy with the socket mounted caps on the insides and tweak internal knobs freely to see what I could hear!
Finally, yes! Thanks for finally reviewing this one, I’ve been wondering for a year!
Comment by ZombiCrow — February 9, 2009 @ 3:26 pm
Wow, I’m really impressed with this. A lot more than I expected. Bravo.
Comment by Brandon — February 10, 2009 @ 12:27 am
blackstone says you have to run this pedal first in your chain, has it worked ok for you run after other effects?
Comment by IPS — February 15, 2009 @ 3:21 pm
There is a buffer/non-buffer switch inside the pedal. This would allow you to run it after other pedals. That said, I liked it better in first position… so it might not be a great match with germ fuzzes (or other boxes that ALSO like first position).
Comment by grygrx — February 15, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
well with my current setup it would only be after a sansamp thats on all the time, and a tuner.
Comment by IPS — February 15, 2009 @ 4:56 pm
so noting that it takes top spot for a low od for bass. how is does it compare to a cream pie since you have one now? this could be a solution for me to starve off my desires for one again =)
Comment by irvinz — February 16, 2009 @ 2:57 am