Warm Audio releases ODD Box overdrive pedal

June 1, 2023 · 4 sources

Warm Audio released the ODD Box v1, an overdrive pedal based on the Fulltone OCD, on June 28, 2023, alongside the Mutation Phasor II¹. GuitarPlayer reported the launch the same day¹; Gearnews, in a review published June 28, described the ODD Box as "the second of two pedals launched today by WARM Audio"².

The ODD Box is a hard-clipping, op-amp-based overdrive³. Warm Audio says it is "inspired by an iconic pedalboard staple overdrive with a 'cranked amp' tone"¹. Its controls are volume, tone and drive, plus a UK/US switch that changes both the EQ curve and the break-up character⁴. Guitar.com describes the US side as having scooped mids, a tighter and more focussed tone and a lower overall output, and the UK side as "your classic Marshall tone with plenty of mids, plenty of gain and a significantly higher volume boost"⁴. Gearnews found the US mode produced "a notable drop in level as well as a slight loss in clarity"².

Guitar.com reports through-hole construction with a TLO82CP op-amp and 2N7000 transistor, and says the circuit is "pretty much identical to the innards of a V1.7 OCD" rather than the V2⁴. The pedal runs on 9V or 18V, with a 9V internal clip for a battery⁴; Gearnews confirmed 18V operation with Warm Audio and wrote that "the pedal really comes alive when run on 18v"². RockBoard lists the circuit as analog, voltage as 9V DC center negative and current draw as 5.5mA³. Guitar.com gives dimensions of 114mm x 64 x 38mm and describes the pedal as made in China⁴.

The US list price is $119⁴²¹. Guitar.com's review, published July 3, 2023, notes that the Fulltone OCD was no longer in production after Fulltone closed its California factory in 2022, and that used OCD prices had risen⁴.

The ODD Box sits alongside Warm Audio's other overdrive pedals, listed on the site's overdrive pedals page³.