Analog Vs Digital: Boss Super OverDrive SD 1

[LucasLeCompte]

People love to compare amp to amps, but not much attention seems to be spent on the pedals in the axe fx (minus everyone asking for a klon). Leon's video on the SD-1 (It is a card in the actually video) made me want to get an SD-1, then I wondered how it matched up against the modeled one in the axe fx. I test it on a clean channel, high gain, and then with some lead tones. It isnt a true "which one is better" type of thing, it is more of a how does it sound the SD-1 match up against the stock settings on the ax. Enjoy!

If you wanna skip around:

Clean Tone 1:37
High Gain Rhythm 8:20
Leads 16:30

 

[Daveis]

The Boss SD-1 sounds smoother to me. Thanks for doing the comparison. I really wanted to come away liking the Axe better.

 

[1poorplayer]

Gotta believe the adjustments are there on the III to “match” whatever the analog is - exactly , if that’s your goal.
The comparison shows that the III is amazing ( IMO ).

 

[James Nash]

One thing to keep in mind: I believe your SD-1 has an input buffer on bypass, so it's likely changing the tone of the Axe-Fx even when switched off...

 

[Daveis]

Just passing this video along for anyone who wants to compare Boss overdrive/distortion pedals to the Axe drive block