Guyatone OD-2

Its very easy to use. Just don't velcro it to your pedalboard ike I did. You'll leave the back of the OD-2 on the board.

I use mainly a Boogie Mark III with Fender Teles and Strats. I use Rio Grande pickups in all of my axes. I haven't noticed any excessive noise on any of the settings. Unlike other reviewers, I wish this thing had a tone control. The OD-2 I have is super trebley. When I roll back the tone control on the guitar half way it sounds great, but in the band I'm in, I'm working so many effects, pickup switches and amp channel changes that its not convenient to be changing my guitar tone knob all the time.

I've had this two months gigging almost every weekend and have had no problems. I would use it without a backup. I use everything without a backup except guitars.

I'm going to keep looking for that perfect overdrive pedal. Until I find it the OD-2 is fine. I'd love it if it had a tone control. It was definately a great value.

Can not get any easier to use, two knobs. You just plug in and play

I play an American Series Strat through several tube amps and only tube amps. MB Rocket 44, Highly modded Fender Bassman and a 1966 15 watt Gibson GA-15-RVT. It does exactly what is was designed for. That is to retain the guitars tone, but boost it and add some bite. It really is't a distortion box. Think tube screamer, but better. I tried out the current Ibanez Tubescreamers and this little Guyatone sounded better.

NO problems yet I'll wait and see. I don't use backup.

Never dealt with them. Never had to

If your looking a a Tubescreamer I highly recommend this pedal. It was the best 62 dollars I ever spent. I won't gig without it.

Anyone who needs a manual for an overdrive with two knobs (volume & gain) needs to be hit in the head with it. Very easy to get a great
deal of lead-smoothing sustain, provided you use it with a half-overdriven tube amp.

I am a devoted overdrive pedal afficionado. I've owned all the Fulltone drives and fuzzes,Bosses,Drive 0 Matic, Blues Pearl, Marshall,Ibanez and Maxon. THIS IS THE LOWEST PRICE I'VE EVER PAID
FOR A GREAT OVERDRIVE. Seriously, I paid 45 bucks for it and it replaced the above listed drives. No need for a tone control it is neutral. I give it a nine because a 10 is the reason we continue to buy new ones.

In keeping the cost down on this so it can outsell the boutique market, Guyatone opted to cut corners on the components, the pots are cheap the switch is OK but cheap, and the rubber ring that holds on the bottom is only good if you don't need to keep changing the battery. However it seems to be built good enough to withstand a few years of stomping. At least it isn't $200.

I hope they send new rubber rings to customers when they get dried out and break. Seriously, if you use a powered pedalboard instead of batteries, the bottom should stay fine for a long time.

I have used this pedal with a Gibson Les Paul, PRS McCarty, and C.S. Strat into a 72 Marshall, Blues Pearl ShreadHead and Bluesmaster, and an old Super Reverb. The guyatone was such a natural sounding drive pedal that it sounded good with all guitars. It is less compressed than an Ibanez or Maxon, and kind of reminds me of the old Boss OD-1,
the one with two knobs. However, this one didn't get shrill on high notes and didn't add treble which I hate. It added warm growly overdrive the Marshall sound and added a nice hollow tubey sound to Fender type amps. It makes me want to hear what Guyatone's expensive overdrive model sounds like.

Very Small Very Simple two knobs level and drive
battery access is a pain you remove a rubber ring and it's
sort a bitch to get it back on

This is the Perfect Booster. You must use it as a booster.
If you only try it as your source for overdrive tone it will not
satisfy.... BUT...... if your amp channel is already half dirty
then this will make it WONDERFULLY MORE DIRTY and thou shalt be
SATISFIED!!!!

who can say?

I don't care

Use it to boost your lead channel. Turn your crunch into SCRUNCH!!!

2 knobs, Vol. drive. Easy.

Comparing this pedal to a TS-9dx(setin ts-9 mode)through a Peavey classic 30,JCM 900 50w,Fender 60w Hotrodd deluxe ,
The TS-9s reissues and the Od-2 VERY similar in tone.
The Od-2 has slightly less drive,and less "snarl,bite,attack" then the Ts-9.For some players,situtations it is a plus,but I sometimes miss those slightly less smooth more agressive tones of the Ts-9.
Notes are more round on the 0d-2.
It is really usefull with the drive at around or below 12oclock for some clean boost/slight drive stuff,nice :)
The lack of a tone knob stinks :[ ,making it a very flat EQ response,so changing the amp settings helps.(Guyatone says it helps the tone.mmm.. really think so?)

So far so good after 3 months

Very nice pedal, great for blues and rock. :)
If you like the Ts-9s,boss Sd-1,ODs ect., this pedal is a worthy alternative.
Is sounds as good or better in somecases.
Construction/housing is simple,with the rubber ringplate on the bottom of the pedal,kind of flimsy and cheap in my book :{(this pedal should be cheaper to manufacture and buy to buy than the boss,Ibanez ODs since the others have better housings.

Very Easy to get great warm overdrive, two knobs, . Tiny, can fit in your pocket!

No noise at all. I wish they were true bipass though. It sounds great still(like almost true bipass). I use two fender stratocasters and a hot rod deville tube amp. The effects I use are: Guyatone WR-2, Guyatone VT-3, MXR phase90, Pro Co Rat, and Boss digital Delay. I used to use the Boss OD-3, which is a great pedal but not as smooth as the Guyatone. The boss also breaks up when playing the higher notes, the Guyatone does not do that. The guyatone also has more overdrive making it more versitile. I highly recommend this pedal! It was a lot cheaper than the Boss. I'm not busting on the Boss, it's a good pedal but I would of rathered put the difference of $20-$25 into another guyatone pedal.

It looks very sturdy and it's a great size as well

This pedal is a great match for me. As a said this thing is a great size for throwing it in your pocket and going, it also saves space on your board. It beats and of the overdrives that I have tried and owned. It doesn't have a tone control(which is OK because it sounds perfect) but from what I understand is that the more controls you have on the effect, the less tone you get. I own 3 Guyatone pedals and they are all incredible, for their size and sound. Don't waste your money on anything-just get a guyatone. You won't be sorry.

Easy to get a good sound, provided you can play, have a tube amp, and a good guitar. Never tried with a solid state rig, but its been my experience that distortion on a SS rig sounds square-wave, industrius-irritato. This little orange cutey has got bright yellow markings, and two knobs (level, gain). Go ahead, try to find a bad sound.

Playing a Fender `54 reissue Strat w/ vintage pickups, and a Les Paul Classic gutted and refitted with good capacitors, Duncan `59 and Screamin` Demon pickups into a Mesa Blue Angel 1x12. I bought this thing for several reasons. 1). I`m always on th lookout for a better overdrive pedal 2). I read the Guitar Player magazine review of it (Nov. 2000); and it won an "Editors Pick" award; their description: "like a TS-9 but clearer and better focused" and "non-compressed response" (which is something I`ve always hated about my reissue TS-9).
Also, I read the other reviews in this catagory, and everybody likes it. Do I agree? Hell yes! You can`t get a lot of the sounds you can from a TS-9 (there`s no tone control) but I don`t miss it. It goes from just breaking up to mildly singing sustain, (no heavy sounds, but cranked with a humbucker like my Screamin` Demon it can definately do vintage type classic rock), but this is all moot. This is a transparent, vintage overdrive thats great for blues, and roots, SRV etc.; and its the best of this ilk I`ve come across yet. Its narrow range of distortion is a plus in my opinion (makes it hard to get a nasty surprise on stage, you know what you are going to get, and its good every time), I have my Mesa V-twin for high gain solo stuff, and this thing for my blues tone. What`s that you say, you own a V-twin (that has a blues channel) and you bother with cheap asian pedals? Are you out of your mind? That`s right folks, athough the V-twin is my favorite high gain distorion pedal, I`ve never liked the "blues" channel much. Even more important, without some kind of aftermarket "mod" you can`t set separate levels and EQ for the "Solo" and "Blues" channels; making it very, very non-versatile in a live setting. This thing from Guyatone is the perfect compliment for me. Despite not having a tone control it always sounds good and not muddy even with my Les Paul; the absence of a tone circuit, makes for a simpler circuit. And in this case simple is better. When the unit is off, it has true bypass (Yahoo!). Hey Boss, how about true-bypass switching on YOUR pedals?

Only had it a month, its that inexcusable guyatone design with the rubber ring that is stretched around the perimeter, this holds the bottom on the unit. I concur with the other reviewers, this ring`s future prospects do not look good. Also, without a doubt, Boss`s construction is far and away better than these (internally too).
Still, it is a metal housing, and is probably quite durable (do not, however drive a centurian tank over it or throw it out of an airplane).

No experience, but it has a warrantee and I live in Japan, probably ok. I owned one of their amps once, they were there for me. Can`t say about US support.

I play blues primarily (at least as far as this pedal is concerned). Been playing longer than I`d care to mention. If this pedal were lost or stolen, I`d go out the same week and get another one (that`s the beauty part, they`re cheap, currently being produced, and did I mention cheap?) so there`s no need to hunt anyone down and rip their bowels out.....

Two knobs: level, drive. Plug it in, turn it on. There doesn't seem to be a bad sound at any of the settings. The manual (as if it is really necessary) is the same as it is for every Guyatone micro effect: a generic outline of all of Guyatone's micros... including some not available in the US.

I've played through/with dozens of overdrive boxes over the years, including original Tubescreamers. This is quite simply the best overdrive tone I have ever heard come out of a stomp box. Guyatone claims to use the in-line version of the same chip used by Ibanez, with the key difference being the elimnation of the circuit used for a tone control (as the OD-2 has no tone control). This may very well be its secret. I mainy use a G&L legacy and an Epi Les Paul w/Duncans into a reissue '59 Bassman or a Sovtek MIG 100. The LP sounds a bit muddy due to the lack of the tone control (as GP magazine says, it sounds like '0' on a Tubescreamer), although this is quite easily corrected by bumping up the presence and treble knobs on the Bassman (There is no need for a box w/ the Paul and the MIG). The G&L sounds absolutely dead on, as it has enough inherent brightness to keep me happy, and the OD-2 has more than enough guts to make it sing through a clean amp or kick my MIG into overdrive heaven (the main reason I bought it).

Overall, the sound of this box is fabulous, better than even tube-driven pedals, however there is one major inherent problem consumers should be aware of. It doesn't have a whole lot of volume boost, and this is overall a rather nice feature because it won't blow your ears off unexpectedly like, say, a Boss Blues Driver has a knack for doing, however if you stick a booster or a graphic EQ in front of it, it will turn to mush. It appears to overload quite easily, losing its character along with most of that oh-so tubelike drive. So if you're planning on running a boost, I recommend using something after it. I've taken to running my own Blues Driver in this position with the level all the way up and the gain on zero.

It also does not have the kind of gain one would need for playing metal, which is not a problem for me, but it could add a nice edge to a higher gain box and may be valuable to those in the metal sect for this reason. If your heart is in Blues, Surf (adds a delectably sweet edge to reverb and tremolo), Rockabilly or good old Rock and Roll, however, the OD-2 is absolutely indispensible for those times when you either can't turn your amp up or need to give a low-output guitar a kick it the slats. It is, to quote the reviews all over, 'more tube than a tubescreamer.' I firmly believe that if SRV hadn't been taken from us so prematurely that his Ibanez would be playing back up to one of these today. You just cannot beat this little box's tone. I'm giving it a '9' only because of the boost/mush factor-- which I think buyers ought to be aware of, although as far as the raw tone goes, the OD-2 really deserves a perfect '10.'

Hmm. See my review of the VT-3 tremolo (not the tube!!!) if you want to see why I gave what I gave.

Still haven't dealt with them. You get a 3-year warrenty, though...

I play a wide variety of music, mostly in the styles listed above (excluding metal...) with the addition of jazz, punk and probably anything else falling within this sort of spectrum. The OD-2 fits in perfectly; it is the overdrive sound I have been searching for. Nothing else has come so close to sounding like an actual tube amp, nothing else can fill in so well in a live situation where you can't fit your half-stack and can't crank your combo. Maybe it could be a tad brighter, although this would give it a bias toward humbuckers. Right now, the tone really doesn't seem biased toward any specific kind of guitar-- it just wants to make yours sound good. Getting a good sound is outrageously simple, and the true-bypass switch makes it 100% noiseless. Just don't stick any high-output boxes in front of it... this may apply to active pickups, as well.

There may be some inherent reliability issues, but provided you keep the battery out of it and don't use it to hammer nails, it shouldn't give any real difficulties.

It is a superb sounding box that you can get new for less than what a used reissue Tubescreamer will often cost. If you are considering purchasing an Ibanez, I cannot recommend strongly enough that you try the Guyatone first.

it is very easy to use only 2 knobs
drive and level

i play mostly blues and the sound is great i have tried many
pedals over the years and this is it.my previous pedal was a ts-9
but i could not stand the presence of compression on it.the od-2
with my fender hr deluxe has that old overdriven amp sound period
with the level at 3 drive at 5 it gives full round sound,heaven!

i have had it for only 1 week so icould not say.
however it feels a bit fragile,not built like a ts-9
but i bought it for sound

Very easy.. It has a line level, and a drive knob.

I am surprised that this pedal actually sounds good! I've possessed some recently that were very substandard! Anyhow, at least one of their pedals is good. The sound derived from this pedal is VERY comparable to a Boss SD-1(Super Overdrive). The guyatone seems to have a better bite than the BOSS. I like the tone over the BOSS pedal. Lets put it this way.. I used both pedals depending on what sound I need to get.

The battery compartment is real cheap. There are no screws. There is just a rubber lip around the bottom panel and the pedal. The rubber will break eventually. I use an AC adapter so I don't worry about that.

Very nice pedal. It's has more bite than a Boss SD-1