I don’t think it would be advertised as Germanium if it wasn’t. It definitely doesn’t sound like a silicon or FET or Mosfet OD to me, it sounds germanium. I don’t know what transistor they use though.

I don’t know about that, I would think that would have been a big deal on Harmony Central if it was the case, and I’ve never heard that before.

It is just a one transistor OD, so it’s not going to have a bunch of sustain. I don’t have one myself, but personally if I did, I’d probably stack it with another OD or fuzz. Sort of like a Rangemaster- nobody uses a Rangemaster on its own, it is always going into a hot amp.

I don’t think the Germ OD was ever intended to be a high gain pedal with sustain. It’s more of a boost pedal that pushes your amp a bit for some added crunch and dirt. The ability to starve the voltage is a bonus missing from most boost pedals of this nature, and adds a bit of crackly fizz to the tone. I would appreciate it as such, and try not to think of it as a distortion or fuzz.

I picked up my Germanium OD or “Odie” as I call it.

I checked it out here at the site and decided to try it out at a local guitar store. I liked it very much, so I purchased it.

It is a definite boost. I do not play with a lot of distortion ,at the moment, outside of what my clean channel provides when it breaks. I always want more sustain.

This pedal adds an interesting twist to the boost with the volts and bias knobs and their relation with each other along with the gain.

When I first played it I wanted to turn the gain way up and the volts down low and mess with the bias as I saw fit.

I found a couple of really wonderful settings that I will will be putting in the old notepad.

But… The rich tone it brings out of your amp with the the gain way down, it accentuates your clean channel, even seeming to clean it up, delivering a crisp and smooth sound. I was impressed. Especially with my boss dm3 analog delay. It sounded magnificent.

This is a great pedal.

My only complaint, minor as it may be, is that the jump in volume is really extreme with the gain turned up. I found that if I adjust all three knobs accordingly the jump in volume isn’t so extreme, so that is a plus. Also maybe a volume pedal may work better, as I really don’t like to turn the volume down on my guitar and don’t want to sacrifice a wonderful setting because of shear volume issues.

Mine doesn’t Hum all that much… I was actually surprised. My little big muff hums quite a bit, not my Germanium.

Which power supply are you using?!