BOSS Bd-2 Blues Driver Guitar Effects Pedal

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The Boss BD-2 shines as a very clean boost pedal. The volume knob at the bottom, cleans up everything, allowing the player to utilize the knob to boost or cut the signal volume. Also the Boss BD-2 Blues driver is durable, affordable and quiet. It contains all the makings of a great boost pedal, edging quite many dedicated boosters. Tone and Performance Playing with the Heavy Water’s two distinct boosts against a tube amp makes for the most of its fun factor. Running it into a 30-watt tweed combo, we found it only took the lightest push from the clean boost circuit to tip the amp into full-on overdrive – and with the lows control at midday, it sounded every bit as pure and transparent as we remembered from the right-hand side of The Dane. If you found this review on the Boss DB-2 Blues Driver both enjoyable and informative. Comment below your own review or any questions you may have regarding this product. marks the 25th anniversary of the classic Blues Driver from BOSS Pedals. The BD 2 is a standard pedal for many guitarists, offering a clean, crisp vintage amp-like break up all the way to speaker ripping blues sustain and everything in between. Many Guitarists have had this on their boards for everything from Crunchy Clean Sounds, Fiery Solos or even boosting other Overdrives/Distortions with its unique style of sustain and tone.

The latest chapter in the BD–2 history was written by its most hailed modder. After 15 years of tinkering with the original pedal, Robert Keeley released the Super Phat Mod Full Range Overdrive. Here is where the trifecta of gain, level, and tone knobs on the BD–2 proves genius despite its simplicity. By experimenting with a light dose of gain and adding increments of tone and level, you can get an even sweeter sweet spot than your amp would achieve on its own.

Overdrive vs distortion: what’s the difference?

So within my pedal chain I have 4 key low-to-mid-gain overdrives ranging from Klon Style, to Tube Screamer Style, to Dumble Style and onto Blues Driver type - the way I have it each gets progressively gainier, in fact I have a 5th medium gain overdrive - which used to be an OCD, but has now been displaced by the Hamstead Intergalactic Driver. The idea is to have the most suitable pedal in each slot - one that combines superb dynamics, tone, versatility and smart form factor and features.

Learn to maximize your overdrive pedal for guitar or bass. Plus, get essential tips to utilize the effect for multiple genres and sounds. Read more… Pedal Partners: Combining Overdrive with Other Effects The new Boss Waza Craft BD-2W is a new take on this classic stomp-box, which faithfully recreates the sound of the BD-2 and adds some new features. Built using a refined, discrete, all-analog circuit, the BD-2W has 2 modes; ' Standard' and ' Custom'. Standard mode is the original circuit found on the BD-2 and custom mode features a new overdrive, rich in body and sustain. You can count on bulletproof construction and affordability with most Boss pedals, but you're not always guaranteed a wide range of adjustability or subtlety. The nice thing about the BD-2 is that is actually does provide a wide range of tones, some more desirable than others, along with all the usual ruggedness and simplicity of Boss pedals. This pedal wouldn't have lasted as long as it has if it weren't able to deliver on its blues-in-a-box promise. Even if you don't have an old tube amp or boutique overdrive on hand, the BD-2 is a workable substitute for that sweet, tactile blues sound. If you do have a tube amp, though, the results are even tastier.

Blues Driver

Octave pedals carve a path for guitarists to veer into synth tones and big bass riffs. Find out how to utilize this expansive effect. Read more… Pedal Partners: Combining Distortion with Other Effects

As simple as an EQ pedal may initially appear, it’s a must-have for any pedalboard, large or small. Learn to use this essential effect. Read more… Pedal Partners: Combining Phaser with Other Effects To know what you want in a pedal, you have to know how they work, so we’re going to give you a primer. There is a lot of variation that goes beyond the two pedals we’ll be reviewing today, so if you want to learn more, look around on here or any other guitar playing forum and you’ll get all the answers you need. Accessories: Owner's Manual, Leaflet (USING THE UNIT SAFELY, IMPORTANT NOTES, and Information), Carbon-Zing Battery (9 V, 6F22)

That means that the BD–2 can perfectly prime your clean tone for the rest of your effects chain, making it easy for that clean guitar to cut through. There’s a good chance that once you use it to sculpt your cleans, the BD–2’s LED will be on perma–glow. Hand-built using top-of-the-line components in Hudson Electronics’ Yorkshire workshop, the Broadcast might look like it’s come straight out of a 1960s recording studio, but the ideas displayed within are innovative and original.