Behringer BOD100 Bass Overdrive

the power-in socket is on the right next to the guitar input.

WHY?

very annoying.
had to rewire my pedal board so the cord would reach.

extremely easy to use.

probably because the sound range is fairly limited.
but it is limited to quite a good sound and the wet /dry mix pot gives the ability to layer a little overdrive behind a clean signal or vice versa which is kind of cool.

my setup is as follows:
rbx series yamaha bass guitar (passive p and j pickups)-> boss oc-2 octave -> bod100 -> electro-harmonix bass big muff pi ->laney dp300 bass amp ->(effects loop) boss ceb3 chorus -> boss dd-7 delay -> laney dp300 bass amp -> fender quad box 4x12" and JBL 17" speaker cabinet.

the sound range is fairly limited but it is limited to quite a good sound and the wet /dry mix pot gives the ability to layer a little overdrive behind a clean signal or vice versa which is kind of cool.

ok so the reason i wanted to write this was this...

i have been playing with the bod100 for about 6 months and had a lot of fun with it, 6 weeks ago i bought a 'electro-harmonix bass big muff pi' and the bod went into the cupboard. today i decieded to A/B the two of them to check the difference.....

granted, it was the same set of ears adjusting them both to my taste, but when i turned down the dry out of the bod100-
they were so close it was scary.

i am guessing that the bod might be a rip off of the green russian big muff that the bass big muff is supposedly based on.


dont get me wrong- if i had to give one away it would be the bod100, however the difference in price doesnt reflect the difference in sound. and i am starting to think a switchable wet/dry mix pot on the muff would be a great idea.

i am currently running the bod100 along with the big muff with the bod setup with clean signal bleeding through the overdrive and swapping between the 2.

sounds good with the balance at about 21:00, gain at MAX, cut the highs- boost the lows, octave pedal in front of it and a subtle chorus in the effects loop after the equaliser... which brings me to the point of saying: IMHO EQs are the key to a great sound with this and all distortion units.

it seems strong enough for most
but
it is made of plastic.

but

it is cheap.

if it got stolen or you broke it you could replace it 5 or 6 times before paying the same price as similar units by other manufacturers.

if you LOVE it- rehouse it in a metal box , (true bypass it and move the power input to the back where it belongs.), and youve got something that should last forever.

this sort of thing is generally exchanged at a store level- buy it from a good music shop and you will have no dramas.

never had to deal with them.

not much left to say without repeating myself.
good pedal, great sound but limited range.
wet / dry mix is the best feature and gives the unit a little versatility.
behringer has made a name for themselves for "ripping off" other manufacturers stuff then selling it cheaper. this is the number one thing i hear against them. this is a definate plus to me. the other manufacturers charge too much and most of what you are paying for is hype.
well worth the price of admission.

Easy to use. The manual was OK, I read it carefully, With the high, low, gain and balance knobs you can easily find the sound lou like.

I play a Fender Precision on a Hartke HA4000 amplifier. I bought this pedal just to experiment with an overdriven bass sound. From the beginning I thought: if I don't like it, I throw it away. The BOD-100 pedal is not noisy. But when I played with it for some rehearsals, I found out the deep bass sound simply disappeared. The pedal ate my lower frequencies! It was quite a release when removed the pedal: got my old sound back!

It was dependable for the time I owned it (about 1 month).

Never dealt with them

I play from hard rock to jazz. Once I found out the pedal made my bass sound disappear, I sold it immediately. I should have known better: plastic stuff in this price category simply cannot be good.
Why would you buy expensive basses and amplifiers if you let a 25 Euro pedal screw your sound? I would never buy such a pedal again. Sure, this stuff is OK for kids and students.
I am currently looking for another bass overdrive or fuzz pedal.

Plenty easy to use (it's a distortion box, for cryin' out loud). Manual is good, though they should include example settings for newbies. Since you have so many options (two band eq, level and gain, mix of clean and OD sound), you'll need to experiment a bit, but should be able to dial in a good sound in no time. (And if you want some example settings, download a manual for the BOSS OBD-3 -- this is basically a more affordable version of that pedal.)

Excellent! I bought it to play along with my King Crimson (the John Whetton years) and Yes albums, and I'm getting a great sound, very much like those records. From mild tube grit to serious fuzz, all without losing any low end. Very little hiss or signal degredation. Great, great, great!

Plastic, but fairly sturdy. I'm an at-home player these days (my gigging days are long behind me) and I take care of my stuff, so I expect it to last a long time. If you're tough on your equipment or gig at a different bar every single night, you might want to buy a second one as a backup (and for the price, why not?!).

No idea.

I was skeptical about buying it -- it looked like a cheap BOSS clone -- but for the price (1/3 of the BOSS OBD-3), I figured I'd give it a chance. Very glad I did -- I'm going to be happy with this pedal for a long time.

BOD100 Essential element, no mucking around with the 'manual' (a6 sheet) Easy to understand (but small) control knobs. Switching works like it should. Body is plastic, but so are our cars! As durable a stomp box as anyone could ask for.

ACE= 4/4 scale Cimar Jazz bass with Wilkinson Pickups; cort 3/4 scale with single humbucker.
Boxes=Holden Wasp 100 (Valve) head and Home made enclosure 2x12 plus 2x8 horns (200wrms). Also Pro-amp 20 FET combo (for teaching) and Kustom 12 (Valve pre-amp) for annoying the neighbours!
Sound? = If you ever considered replacing a small combo-amp speaker...get one of these! Bottom end boost is sensational.
Bal/Gain/Level are not on the same scale as guitar distortion (Big Muff, DS1 etc) but then, who wants

Only had the purple people eater a couple of weeks; seems well made and, for the price, it's almost 'throwaway'! I'd certainly buy another without thinking.

Gigging? I recall the urge to stomp, having not gigged for about a year, I reckon the PPE will be up to the treatment.

never dealt with the B men, but 1 of my students have had their gear for over a year and, on first encountering the product, it was up to the mark, and they have never had a problem...designed in a bunker and made in China is a good formula!

Playing=30 years
Gear=as above
Replace=yessssss
Hate?=battery access
Love=Bass eq as my machines don't have active eq
Wishes=phase or flange function to counterpoint the low end with the 'clean' 'funky' characteristics of these effects
Helps=yes! It would be on ebay if it didn't!!!

Very easy a few knobs to twist. easy to get a cool sound

For $30 you can get this type of distortion? I use this to rip peoples faces off in the mosh pit with the wall of sound I get when I use this thing as a volume boost.

I jump all over this thing, I try to break this stupid pedal while gigng and it wont break. I want an excuse to get another one but I cant seem to break it .

who cares ill buy another one when I destroy this one

I play death metal and this things kicks asses in. If someone stole mine I would buy another one , find the thieve and tie him up between two 8x10's less then a cm from each ear, and teach him a lesson he'll never forget about the purple power!

The knobs are self explanatory, nothing special

I was looking for an overdrive effect, the salesman told me the behringer was almost as good as the boss, so for the price, i went for it. 5 minutes into a gig however 'the purple power' started to ignore the offswith so i was stuck with overdrive the entire song. After that it staid that way. So i went back to the dealer and i got another one. Same problem. At this point i simply gave up with behringer. I guess the sound is allright but i like to choose if i use it or not.

you can not

Because it's cheap the dealer was not surprised it broke, even though he said it was reliable, i got a new one the first time. He would send it to behringen or something. Second time i just tossed it in a box for spare parts or something

Never spend your money on cheap crappy things, i ended up buying a better and more expansive pedal..

Just a quick update from my pevious review. I've been using it non stop in every rehearsal and every live show for the psat year or so. Never a problem. I've now have it in hooked into a power supply, never a problem. The Purple Power (what a GREAT nickname) is a tank. Period. I stomp on it a lot, as I use alternate overdriven and clean bass sounds, even on the same song, and i'm not a thin fella,with shoes size 15 and all. Belive you me. It endures. It lasts. It prevails.

Easy to manipulate knobs: highs eq , lows eq, dry vs wet, gain, & level. Very easy to get a desired sound: from a classic overdriven tube sound to heavy wall of distortion.

I bought this badboy for $20 and for the sound quality of the distortion that this pedal puts out it is a steal. the BOD100 really retains the bottem end---REALLY. So much better then the muff pedals from EHX and quite simlilar to the Boss od-3, but IMO it sounds better, darker grittier, and more bottem end. Behringer hit a homerun with this little ped. I'm gonna nickname it the Purple Power!

Yeah its plastic but its solid enough. Sure I'd use it at a gig (and have)and without a backup. Its a cool fun little pedal thats easily replaced should something happen to it, and also a critical component of my sound now-nuff said. Had it for almost a year and still no probs.

Behringer would rather you return a product and get a new one, then fixing something.

I play all sorts of music blues, rock, metal, classical, latin- The BOD100 shines in rock & blues setting- no surprise there. In comparision to the EHX muff line or the Boss OD-3 I would rather have this pedal,a boatload more cash in my pocket, and some kick ass bassy distortion. Ric 4003 mg, ampeg hln 4 x 10, fender pro 400, is my main rig, and of course my little PURPLE POWER!

Nothing difficult to understand.

When I checked it out at music store, it sounded very good. But when I used it playing with my band, the sound of my bass simply disappeared.
It seems to have scooped mids when playing in fingerstyle. And I had no results setting BOD100 with less highs and lows and more level, as I use to do with Tech21 SBBDI.

perharps it should respond better to fast attack playing styles ( as picking or slapping)

Simply unusable for me.

This thing is very easy to use, cos it has analog knobs. I had a multifx unit before this and setting the fx right was a real hasle. But this thing is very easy, you don't need the manual.

I use this thing with a L??kland 55-02 and a SWR 2*10c combo amp. The sound is great. You can get everything from a little bit of drive to full blown Brain melting metal sound.
The amazing thing is that it doesn't take away the low end of the bass wich some other overdrive pedals do.

Well it holds up when you turn the effect on but I wouldn't jump on it. If your really into it and all your energy comes out when you push your pedal this is probably not a good choice.
The case is plastic, so be carefull.

never dealt with them

I play hard rock music and this pedal relly helps doing that well.
If it were stolen I would buy it again, also considering the price I paid for it. very cheap.