Boss SD1 Distortion Pedal

Comments about Boss SD1 Distortion Pedal:

I'm a beginning adult guitarist and wanted to play around with the different sounds that I could get from using a pedal. Not wanting to spend a ton of money I found the SD-1 came highly rated and at a good price. The pedal came and I plugged it into my small tube amp and began noodling around. At first the unit was great. Again, I'm a beginner so I'm sure that I wasn't using this thing to it's potential but it was still fun to hear the different sounds I could get. I used the pedal maybe 5 times in my basement, never out of the house, no gigs, nothing like that. Around the fifth time I used the pedal it started acting up. With the pedal hooked up but not activated I had no problems. When I activated the overdrive I would get static coming through the amp. Thinking it was either a cable gone bad or a tube possibly going out I swapped all that out for new items. The problem persisted.

I contacted the customer support by email and got a reply saying that the pedal sounded defective and would need to go in for repair. Remember, this is a brand new pedal that has been used a total of two weeks at this point. I called the customer support number included in the email to talk with a representative. They agreed that the pedal needed to come in for repair and that I would need to pay for return shipping on the item.

As the product was brand new, for me to pay to ship back a clearly defective item was inane. I told the representative this and was told that's the way it was, take it or leave it, then I was hung up on. I called back, different representative but same answer, this time I wasn't hung up on though.

I would understand if the pedal had been used longer but this pedal was two weeks old. I refused to spend any more money on a product of a company that completely fails to cover a defective product. In the future I will take my purchases to other manufacturers that will actually back their products. The low price of this pedal is enticing but indicative of the quality to be expected.

Comments about Boss SD1 Distortion Pedal:

This pedal should be worth more money. Its an amazing pedal!! unlike other distortions, this distortion has tone. The sound is clean, but edgy and not too muddy.

Comments about Boss SD1 Distortion Pedal:

This pedal had just the right tone I was looking for. I would recommend this for anyone. It also has a great price for what you get from it.

Comments about Boss SD1 Distortion Pedal:

dont be intimidated by those green pedals.this pedal does its work loud and proud!

Comments about Boss SD1 Distortion Pedal:

I tested this pedal against TS808 Ibanez on Fender Twin Reberb through overdriven channel and sounds were very close using one american fender guitar. I think that I saved a lot money on it since I love this kind of tone.

Comments about Boss SD1 Distortion Pedal:

"I heard this pedal on records played by Zakk Wylde and I immedietly fell in love with that sound. I just had to have that pedal. I went [...] and played it for the first time, bought it same day. That simple. Whether on clean amp, or overdriven amp, it sounds amazing. GET IT!!!"