Dirt Review: Blackstone Appliances Mosfet Overdrive 2Sv3

Construction and cosmetic concerns:

The fact that the pedal has no obvious knobs is the first thing that catches most people’s attention (mine included), but closer inspection reveals small board mounted pot shafts that sit just above the fact of the board. These pots are a loose enough that you can turn them with the edge of a pic or a fingernail, but you are not likely to change settings accidentally. Since these pots are board-mounted and peek through the front chassis I would assume this pedal is a little more vulnerable than average to damage from having a beer (or other liquid spilled on it). Additionally, in doing some research on the pedal I found some comments/concerns about the stomp switches being mounted directly to the board. That said, in the couple of months that I’ve been using it the pedal seem nothing if not solid. The pedal is pretty tightly packed in the small box and one of the compromises that has been made is the jacks and power supply connector are very close together, so those that rely on wide flat pedal board connectors will have an issue getting everything to fit. The case itself is coated in a thick black covering (powder-coat?) that has a matte finish and a bit of texture to it which seems extremely durable.

In addition to the external controls, there is also a pair of tweak-able trimmers inside, a buffer switch, two user swappable capacitors. This bad-boy has been designed to be a tweaker’s wet dream. So if you are the one knob, plug-and-play type you may want to look elsewhere.