Product ReviewsBoss OD-20 Distortion Guitar Effect Pedal

Used Boss OD 20

I just completed an outstanding sound check with my used Boss OD 20 duel pedal purchase. It was quite a treat to play thru all the vintage overdrive and distortion tones of years past and to tweak several of them to a even deeper levels of fat or thin tones. All tone and selection knobs worked flawlessly. No annoying noises. I feel fortunate to have track down a dual pedal in such good shape (I had been searching for over a year) both in looks and functionality (all mint close to brand new). It came in original box with appropriate serial numbers and manual. The thing is--the price was right in line with today's going price for used BOSS OD 20. Which added up to be a surprisingly Great Deal!Read full review...

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Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: takeshiba-japan

OD-20 replaces so many pedals and is road worthy

The BOSS OD-20 is a very ruggedly built, buffered multi-effects pedal. The clones of the ProCo RAT and Klon Centaur sounded very similar to the real deal to my ears. The emulation of classic BOSS pedals is interesting because of the additional controls not present on the original. It will take some time to dial in an identical sound, but if you're looking for a swiss army knife of overdrive and distortion tone then the OD-20 is great.
For gigging the ability to create and save presets is the killer feature. Jump into your sizzling leads with a tap of your foot, or setup programs to cover an entire session. Read full review...

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Hella fuzz options in one stomp bax

This pedal uses COSM processor modeling to emulate various famous fuzz, distortion and overdrive pedals. Though BOSS sold it as a thing that would give you all or most of their distortion and overdrive pedals in one, I find the OD-20 doesn't really emulate them very well. The original version of those pedals sound better to my ears. It failed at those things so was discontinued.

What the OD-20 does really well, at least mine, is emulate Fuzz Face, Octave Fuzz, Big Muff and Rat very well. In other words this box is best used for wild distortion, fuzz and octave effects. A low octave boost pot adds heavy depth on tap. There's a BOSS MT-2 emulation that also rocks. You can choose straight presets or you can tweak them with manual controls and then store 4 different sounds, plus a separate manual sound, giving you 5 distortion/fuzz options at any time. Switching between them is not the most elegant, I don't recommend it if you're trying to switch between 2 sounds back and forth quickly. But if you set your amp at a warm clean sound, you can go from that to wild mad fuzz in a stomp. Add an overdrive pedal for something in between or use a clean and an overdrive channel in your amp. Did I mention the OD-20 can also switch your amp's channels for you? Great if you don't have the original switch for your two channel amp.

It's sturdy and reliable, it's a tank. Non stop fuzz face and big muff emulation. If you're into those sounds this baby is handy to have.Read full review...

Very Cool Pedal

If you're only going to use one pedal this is the one to have. Pretty straight forward other than the programing and even that wasn't too bad once you play with it a little and get use to it. Very versatile and sounds great. Shipped right away and came on time. I dig it I'm sure you will too. I do suggest getting a power cord (about 10 bucks) or expect to use a lot of batteries. Highly recommended...Read full review...

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BOSS Heavy Metal Pedal.

Good choice for beginners. This was a duplicate of the first distortion pedal I had in 1988-90.

Boss OD-20

The Boss OD-20 is the answer to my guitar playing woes. Rather than switch guitars for a seven string for a song or two or play a baritone the heavy octave feature is incredible, creating a thick heavy sound without mud. The overdrives and distortions are some of the best modeled I've ever heard, way beyond line 6. Perhaps it is because Boss only really used COSM to recreate their own signature pedal sounds. Definitely going to be a mainstay on my pedalboard.Read full review...

Great value

This cost the same as a couple Boss OD's.... You get more than a couple OD's from it.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: b_drive_japan

Excellent condition. Thank you.

Excellent product to the guitar players. More options & features with styles of other popular guitar overdrive distortion pedal.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: boingosaurus_music

Awesome overdrive pedql

Amazing and real analog dirt goodness!! ;)

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: takeshais_0

Boss OD-20

Great pedal! After you get used to the controls and the functions you will find yourself with a lot of great options for distortion (light and heavy), fuzz and there is even an octave knob for low frequencies! You can store up to 4 effects in the memory and keep another one on manual mode, giving you 5 effects just a stomp away!Read full review...