The Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro was designed to provide a
wide range of tube-amp overdrive tones as well as a transparent,
hi-gain clean boost. As the name implies, the OD-820 was intended
for use by professional guitarists with advanced playing
techniques.
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Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro Pedal Overview
The OD-820's expressive tone reproduces fingering and picking
nuances with haunting precision, making the best use of any guitar
or amplifier's character. With a full-frequency response, minimal
compression and zero tonal coloration, the OD-820 won't mask a
player's performance weaknesses like other overdrives can.
The Maxon OD-820's amazing sound lies in its power section.
While the OD-820 accepts 9 volts coming in, it then uses a DC-DC
voltage converter (#MAX1044) to bump this up to 18 volts. This
higher voltage allows for a more accurate, full-frequency
reproduction of the input signal than other units can provide. This
higher voltage also allows for more balanced powering of the
circuit, providing stabilized positive and negative DC voltage to
the overdrive, blend, and tone sections of the circuit.
Overdrive and Blend? That's right the other secret weapon of
the OD-820 lies in it's blending of distorted and non-distorted
signal to create its massive tone. The OD-820's Drive knob does
double duty, controlling both the amount of gain and the balance
between distorted and non-distorted signal. Note that we said
non-distorted signal rather than dry signal this is because this
signal is still processed through the tone section of the OD-820's
circuit before reaching the output. So, at the lowest Drive
settings only non-distorted signal is sent to the output, providing
the OD-820's stunning clean boost tone.
Like the OD808, the OD-820 distorts signal in the amplifier
section of the circuit rather than having a separate clipping
stage, which provides a smoother, more realistic tube-like
overdrive than other methods. The higher voltage supplied to the
amplifier section provides slightly more clipping than the OD808 or
OD-9. The OD-820 uses only JRC4558 op amps for the warmest
overdrive tone possible.
Maxon OD-820 Overdrive Pro features include:
- Input Impedance: 500K Ohms
- Input Jack: 1/4 inch standard phone jack
- Output Impedance: 10K Ohms or less
- Output Jack: 1/4 inch standard phone jack
- Equivalent Input Noise: -107 dB (VR Max)
- Residual Noise: -98 dB (Level, VR Min)
- Maximum Gain: +46 dB (VR max) (at 1 KHz)
- Maximum Amplitude: +16 dB (At 1 KHz)
- Switch: Normal/Effect (true bypass configuration)
- Controls: Drive, Tone, Level
- Power Consumption: 19 mA (10 VDC)
- Dimensions: 117 mm (W) x 150 mm (D) x 60 mm (H)
- Weight: 500g
Maxon OD-820 OverDrive Pro (code 57486)
Guitar Effects Pedal, Overdrive, True Bypass, Professional circuitry ideal for use with tube amps, for clean top boost and transparent overdrive tone.
£149.00 (inc vat)