Green Nobels ODR-1

[clapointe1]

So why is it so great ???

[jeremyscotthill]

Dunno. Heard it. Liked it. Bought it. Love it. :banana

[americananalog]

So why is it so great ???
It's a soft overdrive with a mellow attack. I'm not sure how "great" it is, it's not for everybody. I'm referring to the old green one.

[alvarete]

Wampler Underdog (http://www.indy-guitarist.com/inc/sdetail/3292) is a clone of the ODR-1, but with modern niceties (bypass, etc). Also, the profit goes to a good cause. AND IT'S PINK! We need more pink pedals out there.

[Rena Rune]

Seems a bit odd cloning the ODR-1.

I have a modern ODR-1 I got modded to have higher gain. It sounds pretty boss like this, was a bit more vanilla before, but still not a pedal i can find a use for. I have a Boss SD-1 which has a much roundier sound to it. Back when I got the ODR-1 I was looking for a "Roundy" sound but decided to make do with a gritty one.

[sonvolt]

I have a Rockett Chicken Soup, which is a clone of it. Not really my cup of tea.....great country lead pedal though.

[dewey decibel]

I have an old green one, bought it new. It's super transparent, but does have a bit of a bass boost. Sounds great through a BF Fender combo- the bass boost really adds some needed thump. Just a very natural feeling/sounding pedal. Also cleans up pretty well.

[lifeinsong]

This is not true. The Wampler Underdog is a clone of the Nobels ODR-S...big difference from the ODR-1 in that the ODR-S and Underdog both have individual Treble/Mid/Bass controls. If you can find one, jump on it!

Wampler Underdog (http://www.indy-guitarist.com/inc/sdetail/3292) is a clone of the ODR-1, but with modern niceties (bypass, etc). Also, the profit goes to a good cause. AND IT'S PINK! We need more pink pedals out there.

[Boleary2]

from what I understood, Brian was copying the ODR-1 but added more versatile EQ (and fat switch)....I just ordered one and am going to be disappointed if it is ODR-S clone as I really really love ODR-1..... anyone know brian????:huh

[Loop-Master]

Dunno. Heard it. Liked it. Bought it. Love it. :banana


Pretty much this.

[lifeinsong]

If you read the description on his website, Brian states that it's a copy of a pedal that's popular with Nashville players, AND it's their version with the 3 band eq(Nobels ODR-S)...but he also expanded the eq to have a little wider range and added a little extra overall gain. Basically it's his take on the ODR-S with a few improvements. Killer pedal!

from what I understood, Brian was copying the ODR-1 but added more versatile EQ (and fat switch)....I just ordered one and am going to be disappointed if it is ODR-S clone as I really really love ODR-1..... anyone know brian????:huh

[Boleary2]

the only thing i find weird about that is that it seems that most people I know from nashvegas are playing the ord1 in green or silver box...i have never really known anyone to mention the odr-s...maybe i will be surprised...i should have checked into it further...i was pretty happy with the odr1....

[Rex Nomad]

Be careful if you're shoping for a used one. There was a short period of time (I think near the end of the green and into the beginning of the silver) when these were shipped with the wiring harness wired backwards to the pots. I know because I got one. It didn't sound very good at all - real muddy and flubby. I happened across a post (it may have been here on TGP - I don't remember) that detailed the issue. Once I changed the wiring all was good. It is a very nice sounding overdrive.

I have read the circuit is the same in the green and silver versions.

[ruger9]

It's just a less-mid-humpy, more open, tubescreamer. And that's a good thing. What the Bad Monkey is to the TS808, the Nobels is to many boutique, less-mid-humped overdrives... Fulldrive in FM mode comes to mind.

GREAT pedal at new price of $56 (which is what Adirondack guitars sells them for), but I sold mine simply because I didn't need it with the FM mode on my FD2. But I always say, for guys looking for GREAT ODs, bang-for-buck, for TS get the BM, for more open/less mid hump get the ODR-1.

FYI, the silver ODR-1 is the same circuit as the green ODR-1, don't let anybody sell you a bridge. (excpet for the initial run of silver ones that did have the gain/vol pots reversed.)

[Catoogie]

It's just a less-mid-humpy, more open, tubescreamer. And that's a good thing. What the Bad Monkey is to the TS808, the Nobels is to many boutique, less-mid-humped overdrives... Fulldrive in FM mode comes to mind.

GREAT pedal at new price of $56 (which is what Adirondack guitars sells them for), but I sold mine simply because I didn't need it with the FM mode on my FD2. But I always say, for guys looking for GREAT ODs, bang-for-buck, for TS get the BM, for more open/less mid hump get the ODR-1.

FYI, the silver ODR-1 is the same circuit as the green ODR-1, don't let anybody sell you a bridge. (excpet for the initial run of silver ones that did have the gain/vol pots reversed.)

YES!!! The Silver is the same circuit as the Green, I'm pretty sure Brian said so himself on another thread here about the Chicken Soup which is reportedly a clone (with improvements) of the ODR1 but doesn't sound as good. Sometimes the reason things sound a certain way is due to the quality (good or bad) of the parts and the design. Using 'better' parts and design 'improvements' like true-bypass doesn't always make the pedal sound better, as in the case of the Chicken Soup. I have three Silver Nobels ODR's, two ODR-1s and and an ODR-1 Plus which has a switch for higher gain. All of them are great pedals. Very transparent and natural, just like your amp but MORE. My favorite low to mid gain OD.

[KennyM]

I picked one of these up after seeing them on the boards of my favorite guys that are cutting a lot of records. what can I say.... this little $60 Ebay find has been firmly attached to my board for two years amidst all my big buck Cornish pedals. I love this thing.

[Boleary2]

selling and going back to my cheapie odr1!

[CE-2 Man]

A month ago, gots me a Tube Driver, all the way from USA, big money, great pedal - i thought my quest for tone was atlast complete. But 2-3 days later I find a Nobels OD up the road in a pedal cabinet at the guitar shop, pay a few pence for it and guess what....its had 3 times more use than the new sparkly BK Tube Driver! This little bastard seems to be acquiring itself a reputation for outperforming its more illustrious pedalboard counterparts - it can definitely hold its own, a great sounding bluesy pedal, really sings. If you can find one, buy one is alls i'm saying.

[Boleary2]

http://adirondackguitar.com/effects/nobel/odr_1.htm

[niner]

i got a new silver one from adironrack and its killer but the level knob has to be cranked to match the volume to direct signal. so does this mean it needs a mod done with the pots that indyguitarist was talking about?

[Catoogie]

i got a new silver one from adironrack and its killer but the level knob has to be cranked to match the volume to direct signal. so does this mean it needs a mod done with the pots that indyguitarist was talking about?

I have three and the level knob is the same on all three and pretty much like any other pedal. I never have to crank mine an inordinate amount for it to be at unity. Are you using a power supply or a battery?

[pete james]

I had an old green one...stupidly sold it....then saw a silver one cheap,bought that and it sounds EXACTLY the same as the greenie!

Best bang for buck pedal I have ever bought!

[dav3boy]

I have one of the newer ODR-1's -- the quality of the box is bad, but this pedal is great for $56. Its not a TS for sure, but its a great sounding rhythm pedal especially with a tele! Great for lapsteel bends and swells!! When i've cranked the gain it still has guts and sounds good. A bit of a bass hump -- but thats great for tele bridge pickups! IMHO

[cdugger]

I have a seymore duncan twin tube...through a blues deville, will the ODR-1 add anything new tone wise??

Thanks

Chris

[slopeshoulder]

Sounds like folks are describing what a red snapper does, but RS does better (esp. 4 knob)?

[Unadan]

Anyone pick up one of the reissues of this pedal yet?

[Bwana_Gear]

Old thread, but thought I would point out the Nobels ODR-1 and ODR-S are not just TS clones. Architecturally they have as much in common with a RAT, DS-1 and OCD as they do with a TS. The clipping from a TS is from a diode pair in the feedback loop of an opamp, and the clipping of a RAT, DS-1, OCD, etc, is from diode pairs to ground after the opamp. The Nobels features both of these clipping stages for both so-called soft and hard clipping. The ODR-S is an ODR-1 with a 3-band EQ, with the tones of the ODR-1 essentially being a subset of the tones from the ODR-S. Nobels has been a little weak on the hardware ruggedness (and there was that weird thing with the miswired batch of silver ODR-1s), but both the ODR pedals sound great.

[corn husk bag]

Yes, I love my odr-1 but I really love the versatility of the odr-s, and often use it to manipulate tone.

Kind Regards,
Steve

[grg.bld]

I have an old green one, bought it new. It's super transparent, but does have a bit of a bass boost. Sounds great through a BF Fender combo- the bass boost really adds some needed thump. Just a very natural feeling/sounding pedal. Also cleans up pretty well.

:agree

[LouRossi]

I just picked up the reissue during the PGS sale. Very happy about it as my old odr is on life support. The new one seems a tad more sturdy and seems to have a touch more gain.

[niner]

Does anyone know how the new green reissue compares to the silver ones? I bought a silver one awhile back. The pots seems to be correct, sounds pretty good....i have to crank the volume to 100% to get it to be as loud as when i switch it off though. Thoughts on reissue vs silver??

[fuzzg0d]

Does anyone know how the new green reissue compares to the silver ones? I bought a silver one awhile back. The pots seems to be correct, sounds pretty good....i have to crank the volume to 100% to get it to be as loud as when i switch it off though. Thoughts on reissue vs silver??

That doesn't sound right. My green reissue gets unity volume at around 4 on the volume pot, with the drive and tone pots set around 5 or 6. There's plenty of volume boost available past that point too. I don't think it needs to be at 100% even with the drive set close to zero.

[Muzzy]

$56? Where?

[Wagster]

I had an older green OD-1 and gave of to my wifes cousin. I like my Rockett Chicken Soup better. I hear the XTS Imperial is a great sounding Nobles style drive.

[thiessen3.14]

I don't know anything about the silver ones, but there was an issue with many of the old green ones having two pots mistakenly switched. Mine sounded ok wrong, but after switching the pots to correct positions it sounded better. Just a nice transparent overdrive. If the silver one sounds as good as the original (and by posts here that seems to be the case) i don't see the reason to buy a $$ clone.