The change from version 1 to version 2 is soundwise rather small. The Volume-control is slightly smoother, but the overall sound is affected very little. The high end is slightly softer and the bass maybe a little bit weaker, but all in all a very subtle change.
Moving on the next version the differences in sound are significantly larger. The amount of distortion and volume is increased, the mids strongly boosted and a slight touch of compression is noticeable, whereas the shiny high end is reduced. The structure of the distortion is slightly smoother and rounder, not quite as gnarly and gritty as in the previous versions. The differences are not radical here either, but definitely very noticeable.
Version 4 is again not a dramatic but very noticeable change. The asymmetric clipping creates stronger harmonic content and makes the sound rounder and smoother. Compared to the v3, the v4 has now a higher clipping threshold resulting in a larger voltage swing before clipping occurs - the overall amount of distortion is thus slightly less giving a more transparent sound than the v3.
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I have one of those. It doesnt sound bad but its noisy as hell. My buddy has an OCD and we abd it. Really not the same sounding to me. The OCD was a head and shoulders above the Drive pedal. But for the price its worth picking up.Chris McKinley said:It's also interesting to note that the Danelectro Cool Cat Drive is a replica of the OCD only with cheaper components.
droptrd said:I have one of those. It doesnt sound bad but its noisy as hell. My buddy has an OCD and we abd it. Really not the same sounding to me. The OCD was a head and shoulders above the Drive pedal. But for the price its worth picking up.Chris McKinley said:It's also interesting to note that the Danelectro Cool Cat Drive is a replica of the OCD only with cheaper components.
The Dano Transparent overdrive was extremely close to my Timmy I just sold.
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