Hello, i am running 3 OD pedals.
In order, Boss BD2, Ibanez TS808, Fulltone OCD.
Have a question about running one OD pedal into the next.
When running all 3 together, OCD last there is some serious sustain.
Which is great.
Was wondering if that much gain/volume running into the Fulltone OCD is going to damage it?

Also am looking at having the BD2 on permanently as a clean boost/compressor.
Running either of the TS808, OCD after for overdrive.

Cheers.

no risk of damage.

personally I use the booster as the last in line but ther's no particular rule, do what sounds best

you won't damage it.

You may find that the OCD is a better box for overdrive than your other two - I'd switch them around to see what works best for you as the booster at the end of the chain.

what amp(s) are you running them into?

I had a Keeley-modded TS9 that I used as a booster for a while before getting the Keeley Katana boost, which is transparent, clean, and complements my other pedals well. I've since moved the TS9 off the pedalboard, and put a Keeley Fuzzhead in its place - it plays well with both my Timmy pedal (set up for a bit of grit) and my Barber Direct Drive (my crunch).

Enjoy, and don't be afraid to move them around to see what you like.

You really do need to experiment to get it right.....even when you do get it right, you'll change things around.

Right now I have Maxon SD9 (AnalogMan) into Sparkledrive.

Consider an EQ pedal in front of your OD stuff to shape things the way you want them.

Running into a Fender amp.
Tweed Deluxe at the moment, hoping to upgrade to a Twin Reverb soon.
The Keeley BD2 kind of tightens up the sound a bit.
Am running this as my clean sound with a bit of grit.
Adding to that either the 808 or OCD as overdrive.
Will check out an EQ pedal.
The Katana looks good but am liking that edgy clean tone i can get with the BD2 first in chain.

There's so many different ways you can set this up, it's mind boggling... You can:

1. Have an always on OD so that it crunches up when you dig in, the cleans up when you pick softly. The next can be your distortion and the third can be the lead sound.

2. Same as above but run A-B as your lead sound and the third as a volume boost for solos.

And so on. I think it's worthwhile to have fairly different types of distortion for the various stages, so that you've got a lot of different tones to work with. In my church rig I have a Dredge Tone (TS9ish) set really clean for basic tone, a Zendrive set crunchy for my regular rhythm, a Mosferatu set distorted for higher gain, and all 3 on together for a smooth, singing lead... I run into a clean Vox with a volume pedal in line so I can control the lead volume (since, with all that compression, changing guitar volume does nothing to overall volume).