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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.
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