All user reviews for the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

pedal analog overdrive / distortion

UTILIZATION

typical configuration 3 knobs (tone, volume output volume effect)

SOUND QUALITY

used with a Fender mexican classic 60 (neck pickup fender wide range), several fender amps (25 field, twin reverb, deville) RPET and studio recording

I kept this pedal a few weeks I did not like the sound supposed to be hot and blues. I find the sound too acidic ... far from a TS9 or TS808. I made a small modification very easy on the condo tone but not convinced.

again, I do not know if this is standard but I think it is a little too much buzz engagement (quality of electronics?) yet I bcp pedal overdrive / fuzz and it happens mostly on old 70's / 80's.

pushing the gain a background you come to a saturation / fuzz, not bad but also not its primary use it seems to me (again the buzz is even more important)

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it used for 50 euros and sold it three weeks later to 60 euros ... I much prefer a TS9 / TS808. In the end it will just served me a recording of a song on a pretty chorus "grunge" sound is for use cleaner than what I had on hand at the time studio (big muff / boss ds1 / Ibanez MT10)

a listen here https://andellipsis.bandcamp.com/track/be (on the chorus so)

but I do not have that choice, I really do buy secondhand ^^

This pedal is to play, as the name suggests, Blues or Blues / Rock. It performs these functions perfectly, since pressing it gets Bluesy sound very good and the years 1970-1980.
It has 2 inputs (like all), 1 volume, 1 tone and 1 Gain.

UTILIZATION

I find this pedal very easy to use and very easy to adjust.
I will not hide (like wah), I did not even cast a glance at the manual before I use it ..!

SOUND QUALITY

The effect is effective, Bluesy and quite realistic.
I use this pedal with all my guitars, but especially with the Fender Stratocaster (better for his Blues and Blues / Rock).
I prefer to put the issue in the middle, the middle and Tone Gain three quarters: it looks like that sound both Bluesy, but if you scratch the ropes course, a sound a little more rock.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this pedal for 3 years now, and I am quite satisfied with its sound and its effect. I bought this to really get his Blues and Bluesy, but would also produce a sound more Rock.
Ideal for clear sound to a sound Blues, just by pressing the foot (set the settings before pressing ..)!

I take risks may be saying this, but I think this is one of the best pedal in Boss! Not even scared! Those who do not share my view will move to the next, yet listen to what I have to say about this pedal. Except that it looks like a DS or SD 1 1 except the color (blue, normal, talking blues ...) and has as its frangines potentiometers gain, tone and volume, BD 2 brings us a multitude of sounds from clear sound with this little je ne sais quoi mini crunch to overdriven typed lamps.

UTILIZATION

Capricious, it is not a pedal that excels on all the amps in the world. I have 3 tube amps, a champion 600, a blues junior and a hot rod deluxe (yes, I like Fender) and BD 2 rings only on the hot rod. With others, it seems insignificant overdrive and soulless nasal limit. On my Hot Rod is insured heat, round, velvety and parameterizable wish to gain through and tone that brings any color you like (except nasty metal).

SOUND QUALITY

No metal of course, but still meaty ... I use it as a non-nasal distortion, and I boost with a 1 SD for solos. There can be metal. But generally, it is used for rock, with good gain pushed yields the sound of Gary Moore. With a little low on the neck pickup of a Strat or a Les Paul which means shining lamps. Its sound specificity is nonetheless gain below half for the slight color saturation that comes your arpeggios and nuances of your pick. It is very reactive with the guitar volume without losing the treble, and you will notice that the race of the gain is very impressive. That is why I say this is the best pedal in Boss.

OVERALL OPINION

As I am inherently unstable, one day I bought and resold, then bought a few years after to resell again. And then I decided to acquire a third time, and for life. I think it is essential in my pedalboard, and I use it everywhere, in the studio and in concert, she said exactly what I'm looking for sound. Try one and see for yourself ...

Pedal Type "Over Drive" but with more of "testosterone" as classic as OD Ibanez TS. "Mine" is located between Over Drive and distortion. Clearly, we can "cruncher" slightly to downright!

UTILIZATION

Easy adjustment and fully detailed on the form provided with when buying.
In my opinion, this book is a good start to get a real idea of ​​the potential of the contraption.

SOUND QUALITY

For me it is not the best overdrive pedal, but it is my favorite. It sounds more "chemical" that Ibanez TS9 (which I also, hence the comparison), but it has more bass and punch. Crunch is delicious and whatever volume level of the amp. This is not the case with "ma" TS9, expressed much better when the receiver reaches a certain volume level. So, when I work at home, I only starts the BD2.Notez it goes very well with other OD pedals or distortion. Mine is silent, so RAS at this level.

OVERALL OPINION

I waited a long time before I offer. But I do not regret the purchase. As mentioned above, this is not perhaps not the best pedal in its class but it is very versatile and potentiometers are very effective. Can sculpt 5 or 6 different sounds and usable dice the first hours of operation ... This is a very good pedal for me, very comfortable in blues, R & B and even rock.

gain
level
tone

UTILIZATION

Very simple and multiple uses:
Treble-boost (improve a solo)
-overdrive/disto blues to rock: stevie ray trend (in its lighter than the TS9)
-Have a clean sound (strat) as if it is plugged into a Fender amp
3 good points!
I put 9/10 because for the booster, it's great
for the more clean, kind Fender is great too
and the way TS9 overdrive, the sound is nice and warm bcp, pt be less natural, but in the end I prefer the pedal to the TS9 cold
very good pedal to have in his pedals! the sound is just magical, beautiful, sharp but not so garish set
For overdrive (acdc trend) may be preferred pedal lamp or TS9 but the blues driver has a very good sound for a pedal that is not light

SOUND QUALITY

Very good even if the pedals have a light sound more realistic, but will not have the SUPER CLEAN it gives

OVERALL OPINION

I compared to the TS9 and vox COOLTRON (sound + light, beautiful, + overdrive acdc trend, but it is less sturdy than other pedals lamps)
For now, I use that to get a clean sound, more blues, more strat
or as a treble boost
and it is great for all that
I even wanted to put in my two pedals!

The TS9 is beautiful but cold: less digital sound pt be

I think you can get tired of the distortion of the blues driver but no sound great clean sound

Effect distortion pedal mild (relatively). Editable No, not rackable, analog connections jack.Electronique high quality, very strong, very well done!

UTILIZATION

Config ultra simple, three boutons.Manuel always useful and simple in Boss, in his ptite boite.Les are very simple to obtain.

SOUND QUALITY

The effects are very effective adapted blues and mild saturation, it is more suitable when pushed too my avis.Je uses a tv and strats fender.Je prefer this pedal in saturation but not too extensive thoroughly it sounds good even qd.

OVERALL OPINION

I sold it cheap a bluesman, one evening concert who needed but I'll racheter.Si you find secondhand: jump on it must have been, it makes service all the time if you don 'have no saturation but also for DS1 will Biern blues, I trouve.Rapport money, not given but given the Boss pedals I've never been dropped, they are hyper fiables.Oui I would do this choice also I have a lot of pedals Boss.

See description

UTILIZATION

The pedal could not be more simple and easy to use

SOUND QUALITY

I tried other home boss overdrive and distortion MXR, and they all had less gain, and its Beacoup less fat and rich as this. Do not rely too has its name because if it is of course perfect for the blues, it is more than enough to play rock, and (probably thanks to my Dimarzio SD), I use it to play hard rock 70s ( Montrose, led zep, scorpions: ...) and even the Heavy metal has the randy Rhoads: here is one of his solo with the pedal: http://www .youtube.com / watch? v = vnKrNyZJJk0

on the other hand, do not expect distortion worthy of the name, the sound will not you typed and vintage aps offer tons of sustain and feedback. The sound loses as a background with the gain, must not exceed 4 hours too, with 13 h volume. I also keep the knob "tone" at 10am.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for over a year and I'm happy, the sound is very airy, natural, more fat than its competitors, and curiously enough generous on the gain, without ever being aggressive.

Purchased at Kayes Music Scene, Canoga Park, CA for $79.99.
After consulting with numerous fellow musicians on the best and worst of overdrives. Weighing out the money factors against quality factors and playing with the 2 finalist I settled on the Boss BD2.

The pure quality of tone I get with the equipment I use was the deciding factor. The price being twenty dollars less than my next option wasn't bad either. The contagious tone from the BD2 is round, expressive, smooth, and sultry. The controls make it easy to dial-up that sound you've been hearing in the back of your head.

Nothing, it's just what I wanted.

Brawn and beauty combined--it's built to last with aesthetics to boot.

I would get it again in an instant. Great tone and durability at a great price!

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I bought this pedal from Sam Ash for $80 and it was worth every penny!

This pedal is so versatile! It blows me away how sensative the knobs are! The slightest twist of a tone or overdrive knob brings about a totally new sound! I could easily gig with just this pedal and have a great amount of versatility. You can go anywhere from the slightest overdrive to a nice, tube amp overdriven tone, to a heavy, loud, grunge overdrive that sounds so impressive. Although the name implies "Blues", you could easily use this pedal for anything from jazz to Rock. I like the color too. and of course, the Boss name guarantees that this thing will outlast me!

There is only one thing about this pedal that could pose a problem - it sucks up 9V batteries like there's no tomorrow! This problem doesn't affect me, however, because I also have the Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner and I plug that into the wall with an adapter and then attach my other pedals to my tuner with a daisy chain. So, because I don't use batteries, this doesn't pose a problem for me. I would highly suggest getting the adapter for this pedal, though, because it does use up the battery power pretty quickly. That's my only gripe, even though it doesn't affect me.

What can I say besides, "It's a Boss!" That says plenty on it's own. This pedal is solid metal construction and is made to outlast the owner. I'll probably be selling this thing on ebay on my bed and it'll be as good as new, due to the infamous Boss quality!

For anything from Jazz to Blues to Rock, this is the pedal for you! Get it! (But get the adapter too!)

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I got my blues driver off ebay. I wanted something that had a little gain for soloing and I did a lot of reading before I got it and I liked it so I got it. I paid 50 dollar's for it and I'm happy I did.

You can use it with blues or rock or jazz or country. Its small and takes up no room you can take it any where. If you get one it will last you your whole life. You can get a lot of sounds out of it. It sounds some like a tube amp. Goes great with all amps and guitars. I like every thing about it.

Nothing. I like it all but it eats up 9 volt batteries. You will wan adapter. I like it all.

made of metal caseing and will last you for the rest of your life.

It gives you any thing you need I think most people that have one will say the same thing.

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Paid $50 at a used place.

It sounds very good if the gain not set too high (Maybe 10 o'clock maximum). At that level or less, it is more dynamic and, although a tube amp sounds better, it can fool the average bear while the band is rockin' live.

There is a nasty tail as the note dies that is typical of these types of transistor pedals... but you have to really listen so it's no big deal. It also slightly kills your low end but it's not as bad as, say, the Boss SD-1.

Excellent

In my opinion, the pedal is a good tonal option if , like me, you prefer an analog pedal board instead of digital all-in-one effects. To me it sounds good with a Fender but better with a Gibson.

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I received this pedal as a Christmas present from my Dad a couple of years ago along with my first electric guitar.

My effects experience level may not be as high as others, but I really like this pedal. It sounds terrific. I have been playing a lot of blues lately and the pedal really does the trick to get some great tones. A friend of mine who is a professional guitarist recently bought this pedal as well to use at his gigs.

I have yet to find something I don't like about this pedal. If I lost it or it was broken I'd go out and buy another one today.

The construction is very solid, I am not worried about hurting this thing at all.

Overall I am very pleased with this pedal. It has a great tone and is very good for playing blues. I would highly recommend this pedal for anyone, whether just starting out, or someone who has been playing for many years.

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Bought used at a local guitar store because I wanted a bluesy sound. I paid about 50$ for it.

Excellent range of tones, good crunch to it, great for rock, and of course blues. With it set to max, fiddling with the tone knob can get you some heavier sounds too. Amazing for soloing.

It can almost handle punk, but even maxxed out, it never loses that crunch that it has. Not really a problem for me, because i like it, but you may want somthing heavier depending on what you play.

It's Boss.

Bottom line, I play all kinds of stuff when i gig, from weezer to AC/DC, to clapton, to Pearl Jam . . . even a little ozzy now and again . . . this pedal is a favorite.

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Bought in San Diego for the value.
Paid $60.

Recently, I had my BD-2 Blues Driver modified by Robert Keeley. (www.RobertKeeley.com)
It’s officially called a Tube Tone Mod or a BD-2 Mod. Having played many overdrive pedals throughout the years, this pedal, with the mod, is up there with the best. Stock models sound muddy at high gain levels. In addition, the tone knob is virtually useless. It only captures dull to harsh. Robert changes 6 capacitors in all to increase the bass response and change the harshness of the tone control. He uses high quality capacitors instead of what Boss chooses to use. Now, the pedal can dial in bluesy-gritty sounds or high-gain tones of a tube amp. NOT EXAGGERATING!! And, it sounds natural. The mod takes out the buzzy sound of a stock model. I can actually use the tone knob to dial in Fender or Marshall sounds. It is currently the only overdrive pedal on my board. I play through an old Marshall Plexi and a newer TSL 100. The pedal sounds very natural with both amps. Even through my practice amp, a Vox solid state 15 watter. Guitars include a Les Paul, Jazzmaster, Tele and a Hamer, and the pedal brings out the best in all guitars.



IF YOU OWN THIS PEDAL, PLEASE GET THE MOD. IT WILL MAKE THE PEDAL A KEEPER, NOT SOMETHING YOU’RE USING UNTIL YOU CAN AFFORD A BETTER OVERDRIVE PEDAL.




Stock models sound un-natural.
With the Keeley mod, the pedal sounds great.

Constructed well.

IF YOU OWN THIS PEDAL, PLEASE GET THE MOD. IT WILL MAKE THE PEDAL A KEEPER, NOT SOMETHING YOU’RE USING UNTIL YOU CAN AFFORD A BETTER OVERDRIVE PEDAL.

ROBERTKEELEY.COM

Without mod rated 2
With mod rated 10 on a 1 to 5 scale

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I have only been playing for 1 year, and I I bought the BD for about $75 at a local music store in PA. It is worth the money, very durable, heavy metal casing for its size, like all Boss pedals.

I got it because my friends brother, he has played for about 7 years, and he used one and i liked it's bluesy tone.

I like the tones I can get from it. I play a Squier now through a shitty amp,( I am getting a Parker P-38 for x-mas) and it sounds great, without gain it gives a full, clear sound, with gain to 10, it gives a great classic rock/brit blues sound. There is a tone control, a level(volume) control, and a control for gain. The Blues Driver is a great sounding, high quality unit, and I recommend it.

Not much, you might want to get an adaptor because it eats up a 9 volt in about 20 hours. Besides that I can't think of anything else.

Made of a metal casing( same as all Boss pedals, very durable). I have owned it for about 5 months, and I have had no problems so far.

If you you need a classic rock/british blues/heavy metal-maybe sound in a quality package, the Blues Driver is for you.

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$60 Used on Ebay

I like the nice warm tube sound. The unit has a different sound than something like a Tube Screamer, but then again if you want to sound like everyone else get one of those.

It eats batteries like it hasn't eaten for months.

This is a Boss! What do you think? You could drive over this think with a dump truck and it will still work.

You're going to be able to dial in a lot of cool tones with this unit. Aside from it's hungry appetite, you can't go wrong. Try and find one used, like I did, if you're not sure though. You can always resell it and recover pretty much what you paid in case you don't like it.

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This is a Boss pedal, therefore, super sturdy, inside (e) and outside.
Analog
Important note for those who start with the pedals: attention to the power supply! The Boss PSA (30 €) does not buzz. This is not the case with most other ...
Advantage of the boss pedals: LONG walk with a 9V battery, provided we think to unplug the guitar cable after use!

UTILIZATION

Fairly obvious. For ideas of setting, see the video of the Boss site.

SOUND QUALITY

This is great for me. I use it with a Gibson Les Paul plugged into a tube amp Black Heart Little Giant. This is ... beautiful!
Even on fairly rotten amp transistors of rehearsal, we believe it. Nothing to do with the very poor quality of most of the overdrive channel ...
Obviously, this is an old school overdrive: metalheads, go your way!

OVERALL OPINION

I've had over a year. This was my first pedal. Before I used the overdrive channel of the amp (roland cube) is something else, anything else!
I highly recommend it.

The Boss Blues Driver (BD-2) is a typical Boss overdrive pedal. It has familiar settings, one tone knob to adjust the EQ of the pedal, one knob for overall volume, and one knob for the amount of gain. The pedal can be powered by 9 volt batter or external AC adapter. Dimensions of the pedal are Boss’s typical 2.4" x 5.1" x 2.9" and it weighs about a pound.

UTILIZATION

The Boss has the same build quality that has proven the test of time. It is a very reliable pedal and I’ve never heard any complaints in the build of the pedal or quality control. I wouldn’t worry about any Boss pedals breaking on you. It’s a very straightforward layout and the knobs seem sturdy and hold your settings well. The housing and jacks are metal and will deal with life on the road. I could have used a better EQ section than just the basic tone knob, at least a two band EQ would have been nice.

SOUND QUALITY

This pedal is not meant to be a super heavy sounding distortion pedal, so when I hear people complain about the amount of gain on tap it just seems silly. There is as much gain on this thing as you would expect for a pedal called a “Blues” driver. You can easily get those sustained rock leads, but there isn’t enough gain to get a saturated 80’s metal lead tone, as would be expected. The sound of this pedal does simulate the sound of a pushed tube amp fairly well (better than the Super Overdrive SD-1 from Boss), but it is a little sterile sounding when compared to a boutique pedal like the OCD from Fulltone for example. An added high and low EQ selection would be nice, but this pedal holds it own for those dirty rhythm and lead tones especially so with a Stratocaster or Telecaster into a tube amp.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall this pedal would be a good pedal in the 50US dollars market, but for 100US dollars there are better options out there. I prefer it to the similar priced Ibanez Tubescreamer, but once again I feel that pedal is overpriced for what it does. I like the Digitech Bad Monkey because it splits the tone into two separate knobs, allowing for more tweaking and it runs around half the price, but I do feel the BD-2 responds to picking attack slightly better (not 50 dollars better IMO). I also think the Danelectro TOD is way beyond this offering from Boss for half the money. Overall I feel my money would be better spent on an OCD in this price range, or with the Dano TOD if budget is a factor.

The sound quality of the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is fantastic if you are trying to slam the front of your overdriven amp. It will do that 80's tone in spades. So my use was normally just as a simple booster to get the amp sizzling even more. Made jamming really much more pleasurable. It was warm and somewhat smooth but I would call is a bit sleazy. This is a pedal you don't take home to mom....it is a pedal that you told tell your parents about but show off to your friends for high fives if that makes sense. It gives you that pissed off Marshall tone that you hear on so many records from the 80's hard rock glam metal genre.

UTILIZATION

I used it with my Les Paul and Strat style guitar in front of an 80's JCM 800 and Splawn QR. It was more fun to use in front of the 800 than the Splawn since the Splawn already does this sound naturally. If you can get a decent quality JCM 800 fro around $700 and this pedal you have that modded Marshall tone without spending $700 fro some dude to hack up your amp.


SOUND QUALITY

Beware though you will need a noise gate because this thing burns the front end of your amp so heavily that it creates a lot of noise. not a bad thing just the normality or operating in this setting. It gets really angry and actually very fun to play some old VH or Ratt riffs with this setup.


OVERALL OPINION

Extremely easy to use and no need of a manual. However, Keeley does include a manual for his 5 start tone stack which what he calls his mod to this pedal. Plus this unit came with an additional chip inside that change the clipping and tone as well. Not sure the name for it...I think it was called the brown chip or something. I never really flipped in and out the chips but once to test...found the one I liked and used that exclusively.

Overdrive pedal bluessy analog style ...

UTILIZATION

3-button classic tone, level, drive ....

SOUND QUALITY

Its a big deal for solos too serious and deep. in agreement or use rhythmic sound is warm ... when pushing the drive thoroughly sound s'ecrette and it is close enough to a cad his lamp and a coarse warm for fast rhythm rather well ...

OVERALL OPINION

I have a Korg AX1500G which for me is just a volume pedal and wah-wah .... are well below the saturation and should I need a big drive to use those of the korg ...

Volume, drive, tone ...

UTILIZATION

Ets the pedals quite simple to use, it has little buttons ...

SOUND QUALITY

Hhbr /> this is the pedals Quei dcoiffe
ben in fact, no need to talk, just play with ...
I had gained 96 and I did the ultimate stupid to sell it four years later to a system that acqurir rack (I do not know if the system rack is bullshit, but the resell, yes ...)
I rsolu redeem recently, and I must say that this is a killer pedals
ets trsractive it to the game, and to lower the gain, simply lower the volume on his guitar ... and no loss of momentum
really, you guessed it, I love it, but it's not for nothing
Mr. Boss, thank you

OVERALL OPINION

My Vigier and my classic are thrilled
A special pedals, adding anything ..

Overdrive Tubescreamer type, although
BOSS format, as well

UTILIZATION

Great, you do not need to look in Vienna tt alone!
In addition it KostO BOSS
It has more gain that with the TS9

SOUND QUALITY

In fact, g t bluff by the pedals, the Premire 30 seconds j'tais love;
But not more parsk'aprs j'me've realized it's a bit lightweight and has an ibanez not n'vaut example, the sound I was finally seemed synthetic.
That said, the range is wider than Pipelines Limited.

OVERALL OPINION

Shame, yet it is attandrissante with his mouth standard, could have been a pleasant surprise in the middle of so many pedals prtentieuses ... d as it is a bit cheaper than the average ...

This is a distortion pedals to acquire a volume knob, one tone and gain. It can be battery powered or AC adapter.

UTILIZATION

You turn the buttons and functions. TRS is simple.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is warm and suitable particulirement blues and music "distorition moderate." The BD 2 is quite versatile, even if fans do not navigate mtal may not be. The potentiomtres are effective and subtle nuances, without background noise. I use it with a Start or a Les Paul, sometimes with a Variax, a apmli Garen.

OVERALL OPINION

It's a solid pedals and easy to use that can bring the heat amplifier transistors. It is extremely CHRE.