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Friedman BE-OD Overdrive Pedal
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Tied with the 5150 overdrive for my favorite overdrive

By: James G      Submitted: 9/19/2022

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1 person found this review helpful.

Product Rating Product Review If you’re looking for a Hi gain pedal, look no further., This pedal growls
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A must have pedal.

By: Shawn      Submitted: 6/24/2022

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review As usual AMS delivered in timely fashion. The Friedman BE Overdrive is fantastic! Like an old Marshall in a pedal. Really controllable and great tone control. A must have!
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Gain for Days

By: StillBillSmith      Submitted: 6/12/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I love this pedal. You can really dial in your tone very easily. The tight knob is really nice. You can get slightly overdriven tones to metal mayhem. I really love the fact that you can get full out gain at low volumes. This pedal is a keeper.
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Perfect in anyway you want to use it

By: Andre Corona      Submitted: 3/18/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This friedman pedal is better than I had ever hoped. You can go high gain or a little it lower gain. It does well in many situations. It has surpassed my expectations of a pedal 100%.
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Incredible OD/Dist

By: JKC      Submitted: 3/2/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This thing sounds fantastic. I've been on the hunt for a while for a heavy overdrive / classic voiced distortion and nothing seemed to hit the spot until I tried the BE-OD. There's a HUGE range of drive available on this pedal using the internal gain pot. Turn it down if the pedal is too metal for you, turn it up if it's not metal enough. Great for punk, pop-punk, classic 80s/90s metal, and modern high gain stuff too. This thing is awesome.
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Love this pedal, great tone for all those hard rock/metal riffs

By: Daniel L      Submitted: 6/6/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love this pedal, great tone for all those hard rock/metal riffs
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Love it!

By: Tony Frazzini      Submitted: 3/5/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This pedal is amazing if you have an EQ and compressor it really unlocks the true magic, and grit of this pedal. The only issue I have is it hisses.
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After the recent purchase of the Friedman Small box 50, I decided to try Friedman BE OD.

By: Rusty Maxwell      Submitted: 1/26/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review After the recent purchase of the Friedman Small box 50, I decided to try Friedman BE OD.... man!!!! 2nd best decision I have ever made musically, the first being the Small box 50. Ladies and gentlemen if there was ever a doubt in your mind of having complete control of your tone ranging from one end of the musical spectrum to the other, let doubt take a hike... pull the trigger people total bliss awaits you and with the phenomenal customer service, delivery, and great payment plans fitting any budget, American music supply put the icing on an already delicious cake....
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Tube gain in a box

By: Ryan      Submitted: 1/2/2020

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7 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Probably the best drive pedal I’ve ever played through. Sounds better than the dirty channel on my Orange combo.
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Extremely versatile high gain madness!

By: Daxman73      Submitted: 11/27/2019

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I got this pedal to be my "amp" in a box for practice and smaller gigs and wasn't expecting much, but man this pedal is SOOOO much more. I can get anything from metal mayhem to soulful, bluesy rock. It completely blew my expectations out of the water. Very touch sensitive and dynamic which is uncommon in a high gain pedal. Excellent construction, built like a tank. Take the time to learn the controls and this pedal will replace many of your other drives.
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Sounds great till it broke

By: Jeremy      Submitted: 10/6/2019

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Product Review First off this is the first time I have recived something from AMS and it not work, but the Friedman be od when I used it the first time I was loving it the sound was like a tube amp just amazing I was loving this thing and when I went to cut it back on a few hrs later it had a high pitch squeal that got worse depending on which way you turn the presence knob very disappointed
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This is a great pedal

By: Cody      Submitted: 9/10/2019

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Product Review does anyone know what power adapter goes with this pedal? I like to play any thing from grunge up to metal so I figured I’d give this pedal a go I must say it more than fulfilled my hopes thanks AMS
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Hotrod Marshall in a box

By: Dave      Submitted: 4/10/2019

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review It's like they took Eddie Van Halen's amp from the 70s and stuffed it into this little magic box. Is all the bite and attack of what a hotrod and Marshall should, but roll off your guitar volume and it cleans up nicely for smooth bluesy type tones. This is one sweet pedal for the money!!!
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Love it!

By: Daniel      Submitted: 11/8/2018

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Product Review Great pedal. Plenty of gain for whatever you want. Dial it back for more OD drive style and crank it for your pleasmental pleasure. "Tight" knob let's you manage the compression. Bass, treble and prescence knobs give you all the tonal versitality you need. I pair it with the defcon 4 and it completely rips. Great od/distortion pedal for the price.
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Sounds like the real thing

By: JM      Submitted: 10/31/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I live in an apartment so massive tube amps are too loud for me unfortunately, but I run this directly into a Seymour Duncan powerstage and a 212 and it’s as close to the real thing as you can get. They were not kidding when they said “amp in a box” with this thing. Sounds killer thru the clean channel of a tube amp too.
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HOT PEDAL!!

By: Cody L      Submitted: 9/30/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review When you’re in the mood to jam out some searing rock tones, this pedal should be the go-to! It can do crunchy, it can do compressed; it can warp you to the 80s with Rhodes tones and then take you to the sanatorium with Hammett style crunch. I find this pedal is great on its own or even better with an EQ pedal in chain. Does not play well with other distortion pedals, this one is too mean!
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BE100 in a pedal...no kidding!

By: Michael H.      Submitted: 9/26/2018

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Product Review An amp in a box, no other way to describe this pedal. I have played on a BE100, and this pedal is as close to the real thing as it gets. Excellent pick response, effective tone controls, and SO MUCH GAIN on tap. When gain set at zero, you get a nice crunchy tone, enough for rhythms, etc. At around 8 o'clock on tje gain dial, the pedal takes on new life. I normally run it nowhere past 10 o'clock, and am happy with the amount of gain and response this pedal gives. And running it on an 18 volt supply is the only way to do it. The headroom changes at 18v, and is alot more crisp and tight. I would recommend this pedal over many others i have owned, such as the OCD or the Bogner Red, which are great pedals in their own right, but do not come close to the BE OD.
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Literally The HBE in a box!!!

By: Apollosë      Submitted: 9/7/2018

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Product Review It's The Best OD Ever!!!
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This is a great pedal

By: Josh      Submitted: 7/24/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is the best distortion pedal I have ever played through. It is very versatile, especially with the internal trim pot. It can go from a slight overdrive to full on metal, you will never say that it doesn’t have enough gain, i keep finding myself backing the gain down. I will point out that ive played this through multiple tube amps, and the outcome has been great on all, but i tried through a solid state randall rg1003, and could not get a usible tone, so that may be something to think about.
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It's Practically Perfect

By: Corinne Votaw      Submitted: 7/23/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Automatically sounds good. Friedman is clearly a genius. It's built like a tank, the knobs are solid so they don't shift while playing, and the sound is incredible! On my tiny VHT combo, or my triple rectifier.. this thing is amazing!
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Great Metal Pedal

By: Robert Parker      Submitted: 7/22/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Out of all of the metal oriented OD/Distortion pedals I have played/owned in the past 28 years, this is the first one I've actually put on my pedalboard for gigs. I use it with a Mesa Royal Atlantic head, into the clean channel and get excellent results. So far it seems to play well with my other pedals, (CAE Crybaby wah, OCD, Xotic EP Booster and BB Plus). The BE-OD definitely sounds and feels more like an extra channel for the amp rather than a distortion pedal. It is also not buzzy like so many other pedals geared toward heavier music. I am glad to have it for the thrash/death metal I still play on occasion, without having to pull out my Dual Rec.
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Best investment yet

By: Mark Dunbar 55 year veteran player      Submitted: 4/19/2018

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Gave me the tones I was looking for 50 years. Finally... this jewel does what it claims and a whole lot more.
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Black magic in a box awesome

By: B Brown      Submitted: 12/10/2017

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love this OD. Reacts like an amp when you roll off you guitar and has more than enough gain to go from Blues to Metal. Hands down you get what you pay for and this little black beauty delivers 100%.
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Awesome OD/Distortion Pedal, one of the best on the market today!

By: Cloud Meinhold      Submitted: 12/8/2017

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This high gain pedal offers tons of tone options. Most like an actual amp OD channel. Super happy with the internal trim pot to either increase, or decrease the gain. You can't go wrong with the Freidman BE-OD, everything from Classic Rock, to Heavy Metal, get yours today!
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Daviid Friedman Knows What He is Doing!

By: Jeffrey Becker      Submitted: 4/2/2017

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10 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I was in the market for an overdrive pedal that would give my Marshall, 100 Watt, Jubilee head a little more dirt, but still keep the characteristics of my amp, (I bought a Marshall for a reason, I love the, "Marshall " tone). If you play guitar, then you are aware that Dave Friedman makes some amazing amps. I watched plenty of videos on overdrive pedals, and pulled the trigger on the BE-OD. This pedal is, Killer! Well made, plenty of control to dial in exactly how much grit/dirt you need. The tight control is very useful to determine a lose low end or a cleaned up sound. There is even a pot adjustment, in the housing of the unit, to give you more control over the gain that is adjustable, which I use. If you are looking for a well made/designed Overdrive that can dish out the complete spectrum of grit, check out this pedal, it delivers!!