All user reviews of 4/5 for the Boss ST-2 Power Stack

Distortion that simulates the sound of an amp lamp. Format type boss classic black with a nice embossed beautifully. 4 knobs: level, bass, treble, and "sound" that quivaut a level of distortion.
It's hump so it's solid, standard ...

UTILIZATION

It could not be simpler ...
The button "sound" can range from a fairly marked crunch type sound hi-gain through a drive.

SOUND QUALITY

The excellent for solos, with a raliste its position in the "drive". She blows normment, for me it is absolutely necessary derrire a noise gate. Rgale the bass / treble is effective. The crunch is not bad, even if I have a personal overdrive for more lgret.

For cons I find that for chords, quickly becomes a draft. So for the drive, I use an overdrive plutt pushed back or Outher distortion (Proco).

For cons I repeat, solo sound really hard.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month and I can not do without it for the solo part. The IDE overall is good and should surely Boss dj floor of a fawn to make the sound less rough and less distortion when the wind is too brand

The range is the overdrive => Crunch => distortion.
CHARACTERISTICS see if the lowest.

UTILIZATION

The manual is nothing. Just advertising for other products Boss.
The rglages are pretty easy .. if potentiomtres Ms. Bass and Treble are often noon. This lack of a rglage mdiums and it is a real handicap on this pedals.

SOUND QUALITY

Saturation is nice, music .. But I say NO to legalization, not the breath of the pedals and not the noise gate to espce Intgr compltement wolf.

I mean the level, bass and treble are noon. The gain of 0 midday remains in the field of Led Zeppelin, AC / DC, Ramones ,...=> No breath or problem on the horizon.
3 hours of noon, the noise gate and blast appear peu.On plays a palm mute a note means the note followed by a "CCCHHcchh ....". 3 hours max, we hear much more .. And a fair compltement.
I put 5 because it filled only half its job.
I play in a v22 and a Bugera ltd EC-1000 with EMG 81-60

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for several months. I have enough toured the pedals and it is far from being finished with all the news.

The (+): Robust
Marshall in a box sounds and AC / DC etc all door
the price
THE (-): Breath
INABILITY to play with a lot of gain (see sound)
legalization

The BOSS Power Stack ST2 is a more recent offering in the company's group of various and sundry dirt boxes. It's basically designed to ape the classic tones out of a driven amp stack such as a Marshall or Mesa Boogie but in a convenient stompbox package. It features all of the standard controls such as level, EQ controls, and drive. It's housed in the standard BOSS chassis and can powered by 9v battery or by an adaptor. It's a very typical and easy to use setup and it has worked for the company for many years.

UTILIZATION

Getting a good tone out of this pedal is simple and effective thanks to the layout BOSS provides. The controls do exactly what you would expect and there is no surprise learning curve like with some other drive pedals on the market today. I found the Power Stack to sound pretty awesome regardless of what I set the controls to. The drive control has a nice sweep to go from lower gain Led Zeppelin or Cream type tones to some awesome high intensity modern rock and metal textures. Very cool.

SOUND QUALITY

I've tried the Power Stack with various guitars and I can definitely say I prefer it with humbuckers for the extra sizzle and crunch factor that it gets. I found that using it with single coils sounded a tad anemic and underpowered for a killer biting rock tone. However when I introduced some humbuckers onto the equation, that's when the pedal really came alive and into its element. Whether I was playing rhythm or lead, rock or metal, the ST2 kept up with vigor and drive to spare. It has a surprisingly tubelike feel and response and lacked the compression of many other pedals that claim to emulate that cranked amp sound, but fall short.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I think the BOSS ST2 Power Stack is a definite step in the right direction for the company. It combines a great and classic interface with excellent tubelike tone and feel. Add to this a low price and the backing of the pedal by the storied BOSS name and you're onto a real winner for sure. Definitely check one out if you get the chance!