I own the Germ4 and have played the Germ OD and I would say yes, but the controls are different; the Germ4 replaces the volts control on the OD side with a tone and volume control (probably more useful controls). They put the volt control on the distortion side. There are more germanium chips , 2 per side, the GERM OD only has one. I’m guessing that the Germ OD will be discontinued if the Germ4 sells well, it is a great pedal!
i doubt they will discontinue the germanium OD just because there’s a better advanced one, they have always had better and lesser models of the same effects, more options for consumers, sum people don’t need all the bells and whistles.
