Sunday, March 2, 2008

Biyang: OD-7


I've managed to put the Biyang OD-7 through some set ups today, the picture here was the pedal at its most beneficial. Some notes:


  • *The pedal acts as a solitary drive unit very well. If you thrive on cleans but would require minimal dirt at times, this OD-7 would impress.

*The WARM mode is especially fulfilling as it recreates that revered TS808 offering with the right amount of drive intensity & tone colouration. No surprises here as it's equipped with the same tone chip as the aforementioned pedal but at 1/3 of the price...

*In conjunction with other pedals, the OD-7 did well by being non-intrusive tone-wise. The 3-modes lets you choose how you wish to boost your dominant drive/ distortion unit. It does the sweet saturation impressively with metal-type distortion.

*As an amp drive booster, the OD-7 proved equally (if not better) impressive against whatever contenders there are out there (I own a few of these). Once again, the tri-modal voicing lets the fickle minded player employ the pedal accordingly, which was especially useful with my multi-chanelled Marshall JVM. The OD-7 was there to complement clean, cruch & high drive settings without switching pedals.

4 comments:

Kenneth said...

hey sub, heard about the biyang brand on your blog. would be thrilled if you reviewed the biyang tube amp retailing at std value, seems like it may really be a bang-for-your-buck kind of amp.

subversion.sg said...

I tried the Biyang 2203 tube amp. The cleans are fantastic, the drive would please crunch fans but it won't do metal for sure. More updates in time to come.

Anonymous said...

sorry if this is alittle late, but your Crate cab.. which model is that?

subversion.sg said...

It's a GT412ST; I got this one especially because of the Celestion Seventy 80 in there- brilliant!