I got this OverDirve pedal kit off of Ebay...

[VanDerchuck]

I'm not kidding at all. That says OverDirve. I have a sense of humor so it's worth $20.00 to me.

I need to know what it's supposed to be. I can put any OD or Distortion in it I want. But part of me wants to know if it's a pile of parts that don't work or if the crappy PCB actually works. This is the schematic in the ebay description.



If this looks familiar it's because it is the Boss OD3 schem.



But the BOM doesn't match the schem. No big surprise there. Here is the full description.

http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=111644879772&category=41416&pm=1&ds=0&t=1431347806554

Here is the item.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/121647413914?nav=SEARCH

There's also an equally odd Distortion and a Delay.
Anyone have any guesses?

[Luke51411]

I've seen these before... They seem to just copy and paste from tonepad

[Haberdasher]

It might have made some kind of weird sense if the Drive pot had been labeled Dirve, right?

[Muadzin]

Well, you could do a lot worse then the OD-3. One of the better sounding current Boss pedals IMHO.

[VanDerchuck]

I could do way worse than the od3. You're right. That's for sure. But I don't recognize the BOM either. One PNP,  one jrc4558, and four FETS. Sounds more like a phaser than an OverDirve.

Edit: My phone is now autocrorecting OverDirve.

[peAk]

Totally off topic but I like your Neil Blender avatar!!

[oldhousescott]

With true bypass, you wouldn't need Q9 and Q4, the FET switching. Q8 (or Q10) would then be redundant and could be eliminated. Also, everything after the volume wiper could go, too. Then you're left with 4 FETs, 1 BJT, and one dual op-amp. So, yeah, it could be a simplified OD3.

[GermanCdn]

It might have made some kind of weird sense if the Drive pot had been labeled Dirve, right?

This^

But in all seriousness, if the enclosures a decent quality, it's a pretty good deal.  But throw away the jacks (you probably already have).  They are complete trash, made the mistake of ordering them once from musikding.

[lars]

Crank up the Volmue!

[blearyeyes]

Well there's a typo on the schematic.. it says Drive. Sheesh...

[VanDerchuck]

With true bypass, you wouldn't need Q9 and Q4, the FET switching. Q8 (or Q10) would then be redundant and could be eliminated. Also, everything after the volume wiper could go, too. Then you're left with 4 FETs, 1 BJT, and one dual op-amp. So, yeah, it could be a simplified OD3.

Thanks, I didn't think of that. It doesn't make sens when looking at the BOM and the schematic together. The pcb has a spot for the foot switch that doesn't match the one in the kit. From first glance it looks like it looks like it's not true bypass.

[chromesphere]

$20! Seriously! I might order one for the enclosure.  Because, you know, being chinese, im not sure i would trust anything else that comes in the kit.

Be interested to know what you think of the finished product vanderchuck.

Edit: oh...optical illusion. That enclosures not drilled hah...

[Haberdasher]

$20! Seriously! I might order one for the enclosure.  Because, you know, being chinese, im not sure i would trust anything else that comes in the kit.

That's odd, you don't look Chinese on your youtube videos. 

[VanDerchuck]

$20! Seriously! I might order one for the enclosure.  Because, you know, being chinese, im not sure i would trust anything else that comes in the kit.

Be interested to know what you think of the finished product vanderchuck.

Edit: oh...optical illusion. That enclosures not drilled hah...

It's totally drilled out. I'm actually not going to build it as is. It's going to be for a friend and it might end up in the style of the OCD or Bluesbreaker. I really just wanted the enclosure.

[chromesphere]

$20! Seriously! I might order one for the enclosure.  Because, you know, being chinese, im not sure i would trust anything else that comes in the kit.

That's odd, you don't look Chinese on your youtube videos. 

Youtube is the sweatshop of the media world ;-)