Wednesday, December 24, 2025

OVERDRIVE- SEYMOUR DUNCAN 805 Overdrive ...10 years later & still loved???

Seymour Duncan || 
805 OVERDRIVE
$180.00 USD
When any brand makes a line of pedals 99% of the time they have a 
Tube Screamer on offer. Some freely admit it but most give it their own 
label and pretend they have just reinvented the wheel, LOL.
The design of the original is both elegant, very effected and best of all 
cheap to make. One really has to work at making one that is a disaster. Perhaps not the first but giving the pedal a full range EQ of Bass, Mids 
and Treble is definitely a bonus.
     CONCLUSION __
Duncan has done very, very little to keep in the pedal game. 
Outside of their several pedal board amps, they have made squat for years. Putting an amp on the floor is hardly rocket science. Worse yet they are type D digital amps. No balls 
and in their case the prices are criminal. But I digress. 
This ts uses a NOS vintage 808 OpAmp. It can however oddly be pushed into a breakup with noticeable growl. It is not 
your grandads transparent OD, LOL. If nothing else it is as good  
as any and after 10 years of no more than word of mouth says 
a lot for its no nonsense function and robust build. 
Final word? it is the very best of the  boring ol' ts pedals, lol   
 

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