Nobels ODR-1 BC | Could this be the ultimate overdrive pedal? Review & Demo

Today, we’re taking an in-depth look at one of the underrated classics of the transparent overdrive pedal genre: the Nobels ODR-1 BC Bass Cut edition! Get the ODR-1 BC here: https://thmn.to/thoprod/486304?offid=... The ODR-1 has been around for decades, but up until fairly recently it was something of a secret weapon among guitar players in the know. It’s long been the tonal weapon of choice for Nashville’s top session players – like Tom Bukovac – and in recent years it’s started to break out and become one of the main stompboxes in discussions about transparent overdrives. The classic ODR-1 pedal features three controls – Level, Drive, and Spectrum (which controls the tone by adjusting the lows and highs yet leaving the mids untouched at all times) – and while it’s excellent for adding anything from a bit of top end tonal sparkle to your tone to delivering full-on heavy rock overdrive sounds, the pedal did have one criticism from some corners: there’s too much bass on tap! This is something Nobels have now addressed with the Bass Cut edition. The pedal features an internal switch that you can toggle to either have the Bass Cut engaged or disengaged, and the idea is to remove any of those unwanted low-end frequencies that can make your tone too boomy, loose or flubby. Turning on the Bass Cut, especially when using humbuckers, should add some much-wanted tightness. In this video, I put the ODR-1 BC to the test in as many different musical styles as I can, from country, folk and indie, to pop, rock, blues, punk, metal and more. I use my Fender Telecaster for single coil tones, and my Epiphone Les Paul for the humbucking sounds. As a bonus, I also compare the ODR-1 BC to its smaller brother, the ODR-Mini! You can get the ODR-Mini here: https://thmn.to/thoprod/452254?offid=... Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits: 00:00 Hello! 00:15 Introduction to the ODR-1 BC 01:17 Pedal controls and features 02:48 Today’s rig and plan Pushed clean tones 04:28 Clean reference tones and turning on the ODR-1 BC 05:00 Southern rock picked arpeggios 05:19 Blues progression 05:40 Country ballad arpeggios 05:53 Country lead sound 06:06 Ascending droning indie chords Overdriven Tones 06:19 Fat indie rhythm chords 06:49 Kings Of Leon inspired riff 07:04 Garage rock riff 07:20 Edgy indie barre chords 07:34 Droning indie chords 07:46 Indie octaves 08:11 Airbourne inspired rock riff 08:33 Driving rock riff 08:47 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff 09:04 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff 09:21 Classic rock riff Heavy Overdrive Sounds 09:38 Classic hard rock riff 09:55 NWOBHM riff 10:14 Alternative rock riff 10:38 Punk rock power chords 10:50 Green Day inspired punk rock riff 11:16 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D tuning) 11:33 Progressive rock riff (Drop D) 11:49 Modern rock palm-muted power chords (Drop D) 12:13 Heavy metal lead sound (Drop D) 12:28 Metal chugging riff (Drop D) 13:03 ODR-1 BC as boost into an overdriven amp Direct A/B tests: Bass Cut On vs Bass Cut Off 13:46 Poppy barre chords 14:43 Groovy classic rock riff 15:09 Upbeat indie rock barre chords 15:32 Glam rock riff 15:53 Hard rock single string melodic riff 16:38 Epiphone Les Paul classic rock loop 19:35 Fender Telecaster loop: ODR-1 BC vs ODR-Mini 23:23 My thoughts 23:57 Sounds and Bass Cut switch discussion 26:49 Things I like about the pedal 27:36 What I don’t like 28:12 What other similar pedals are out there 29:48 My conclusions on the ODR-1 BC and why you should buy it My setup was as follows: I ran the ODR-1 BC straight into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head. That went from the amp’s Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done. Oh, and I used my Boss RC-10R to play the loops. Here’s some links to those bits of gear: ----- H&K Black Spirit 200 head: https://thmn.to/thoprod/447827?offid=... Boss RC-10R Rhythm Loop Station: https://thmn.to/thoprod/470055?offid=... Focusrite 4i4 (the new 2i4): https://thmn.to/thoprod/467952?offid=... ----- Enjoy! ----- Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe. #NobelsOfficial #NobelsODRMini #NobelsODR1 #OverdrivePedal #TransparentOverdrive #RichWordsMusic Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much! ‪@nobelspedals9983‬