All user reviews for the Boss OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion

- Effects: Overdrive / Distortion
- Analog pedals
- The effects are not ditables via a Mac / PC
- Jack IN / OUT Jack - It's easy

UTILIZATION

- The configuration is very simple gnrale. It happens easily find its appropriate. One of the highlights of the pedals is that you can make it sound aisment a guitar with single coil. (Scratching my main: Fender Telecaster with Seymour Duncan pickups) - (I take with my old example of overdrive pedals, Behringer home - even if the quality of the Behringer pedals BOSS and do not compare - The Behringer n'tait not "audible"). The sounds are simply excellent. A stroke of knob and presto, we move between the distortion or overdrive, or both, or more than one and some the other, etc ...
- A classic textbook that Submitted the product, explains every knob (and for once, correctly described a manual in French ^ ^), and found the end the pedals virgin, in order to write its rglages prfrs, super ide when you know the versatility sound of it.

SOUND QUALITY

- The effect is effective. sounded great. In fact, it's my BOSS pedals Premire, has been a while since I wanted to buy it, thanks to his first shuffled the overdrive and distortion. For his type of sound, it is versatile trs. The knobs are sensitive trs, we can spend a good rock sound with overdrive (gain background, MIDI and Tone Overdrive mode) a softer sound, neck pickup (see 2 0 Gain, Tone in the bass, or noon, and in both modes), we can make small arpges nice ... Anyway, it a lot more possibilities sounds, as this is an example. And I think it's a pedals that do not bleed much, in fact, we come to distinguish all the notes, specially when the gain is the bottom. Rare that I can not find on my amp ... Finally, it is soft and aggressive, really well, and with my Cry Baby, I saw: indeed, I can have her screaming as I do with this distortion, pure happiness.

- I use it with a Tele and a copy of SG, a Fender amp and Vox AD15VT 15W for home, for a Marshall 100W RPTES, but I think without ending for a Fender amp 100W for RPTES.

OVERALL OPINION

- I bought APRS Tuesday afternoon. When I try in-store, direct, love at first sight. has sounded great ...
- I love the wide range of sound, moving from a mild sound distortion trs agressivit with a "correct" for rock.
- I have not tried many MODEL. I saw the pedals first, and I hooked her live sound. I could take a chouilla cheaper (the Ds-1) but frankly, I'm not big on sound basic Disto. I'm originally overdrive, and this combination is perfect for me, it is possible to change the sound to his mood or the needs of a component.
- Report / Qualit excellent price. When I started several years y'as buy effects pedals, I turn first to m'tait Behringer, with a price dfiant competition. On some I bought I kept one for fun. I switched to multi-effects, often (from my multi dernire dated, I still possde and is very well), and I just bought my Premire BOSS. A super sturdy pedals, all in a box in Intgr mtal me that looks great solid (nothing to do with the Behringer).
- Yes, I would do this choice, but I would try to watch sparment pedals (distortion and the overdrive), just to compare noise.
PS: Metall nags of scratches, go your way, the pedals are made for rock

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UTILIZATION

Because this pedal combines both effects in one, you can spend some time to find the combination that kills, even if all this is intuitive and simplest way, since it is sufficient to adjust to his liking ( smooth, however, not as a nag, huh?) the four knobs of the pedal to change the sound. Note that these knobs are very sensitive and each in a real impact on the sound, thus the usability and range of sounds from this pedal are interesting and rather complete.

SOUND QUALITY

I use it mainly with a hint of overdrive distortion (this pedal can sound a real kitchen, the kind a hint of spice to add flavor, etc. ..). The resulting sound is quite dirty (I use most often simultaneous channel saturated koch Studiotone my amp, just to bring more heat and scale to the whole, the two marrying perfectly) but still relatively warm, if not to push the distortion, this one is particularly ugly and cold.

Furthermore, adjusting the tone control is quite subtle, because if it fits like a nag, the sound tends to be too sharp and rich media, in contrast, by lowering the minimum, the sound is muffled and unclear. We must therefore take some time to tweak before finding his perspective nickel tone. Once they found that with proper gain is pure happy, sound enough typed post rock / garage / punk (with the dirty side, for my part, I love).

in the volume and gain, past 12, it's hard head, plans for the enjoyable post-rock (mogwai of a scratch in use elsewhere in series 2), garage, punk ...

The only negative about the sound, the breath, too important, especially if you push the gain and volume: advice, once the pedal is engaged, play and avoid downtime, as the nuisance question is really audible (not an adapter problem, because I have tried many, the latest being a boss). The only way to remedy this is to drop and volume and / or the saturation level, but I do not recommend, because in this case means much more. Too bad ...

OVERALL OPINION

It really is a practical and versatile enough pedal (even though his favorite is the dirty rock, but then it depends on settings) on both the possibilities and combinations it offers. used, it's worth to buy it because it combines two effects in one, and its level will satisfy more of an amateur post-garage-punk-rock. on the other hand, of his own manic and precision go your way as the breath is really obvious. is certainly the only really downside of this pedal, but still not bad night at all, even if this pedal is well suited to my style.

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UTILIZATION

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SOUND QUALITY

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OVERALL OPINION

I have for almost 10 years (paid 200F). I tried some more expensive pedals, cheaper but surpasses them all ... (Dod grunge distortion amps, distos boss, double muff ...).

It makes a hell of fishing!

on the other hand I use only one setting: everything thoroughly.
It gives a grade well, not very aggressive (I rock, garage).
I also work with another distortion to vraimment cradoser sound, but I still have not found something that surpasses it, which spew more.

A very good pedal for rock!

Boss has more pedals that you can shake a stick at. They have pedals for just about every style of music you can think of and every pedal for just any effects you could want to use as well. They have everything and some things can be hit or miss both for effects and overdrives and distortions.

This pedal has the name overdrive and distortion on the front. Many of the Boss pedals have either or but this one does have both. The reason being is that the color control knob is more of a saturation control knob. It isn't necessarily and gain knob but as you increase it it will give you more distortion and less overdrive. You still have a gain control knob and that of course controls the gain. But gain and saturation are two different things as to why I think they have included both names on the box.

UTILIZATION

Specifications

* Controls: Level, Tone, Drive, Color
* Connectors: Input, Output, AC Adaptor
* Current Draw: 12 mA (DC 9V)
* Weight: 420 g (15 oz.)
* Recommended AC Adaptor: PSA Series


SOUND QUALITY

This pedal is a great pedal when running the front of your amp or any an all out distortion box. Like I said in the beginning you ca set your color control knob to either give you distortion or overdrive. The further up the clock wise face of the control the more distortion you would get. As you roll it down or off you get more of and overdrive tone. Both are equally as appealing. They can fit in almost any style of music.

Use this pedal in front of an overdriven amp and you will get a nice booster type pedal and get some great rhythmic and lead tones. It works well in a clean amp too but I find that there is just something missing in a pedal wheres as a good boost will work wonders on your tone.

OVERALL OPINION

The thing I loved most about this pedal was that it did not sound like a pedal but rather natural amp distortion. If you run in into an overdriven amp i does well. I would recommend this pedal to anyone who uses cleaner amps or now overdriven amps who want a lower volume distortion or even slamming the front of your dirty amp. Great pedal!!! At new you can find these pedals for right at around $90. not a bad price for a good sounding and very usable distortion/overdrive pedal.

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UTILIZATION

We can no longer simply, 4 buttons: volume, tone, drive, and overdrive / distortion
Yes editing sounds is easy.

SOUND QUALITY

The sounds are very effective, it is a bit of a mix between the DS-1 and DS-1.
Me I put the drive up and knob distortion / overdrive shift and I get the sound I was looking for.
It is a very versatile pedal!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a few months, I tested many models before buying and I am very pleased with this purchase.
What I like most is being able to make a mix between overdrive and distortion in one pedal.
The price / quality ratio is very good, I find it even better than the more expensive pedals.
I do it again without hesitation that choice!

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UTILIZATION

Nothing to understand is very simple, you just try to find her ear that you love.

SOUND QUALITY

This is my first distortion pedal, because before I thought that a pedal that could do worse than a distortion of a good amp, and so it does me no good. And now I changed my mind.
I like this pedal for its versatility. I now play a Start with a Fender tube amp 40W, which, however, I appreciate the drive channel. But that makes me a third channel in a way. I like to use the overdrive, and sometimes with just a little drive, it colors the sound a bit, but the version with more drive distortion sounds great too and we embarked forward for more rock.
And with 4 different pots can do just about what you want (except of course the big distortion of metalheads)

OVERALL OPINION

I played with for 6 months. This reassured me over my prejudice is that this pedal is very musical. I expected something rather cold and metallic, and not at all. Now I can not do without.

Hello musicians!

Following the changes that make it very clear improvements MSM on my Boss DS-1 and my Rat ... I sent my Boss OS-2 which was at once more on the ball ...
everyone is following me!


UTILIZATION

My Boss OS-2 lacked everything, definition, level, growth in the settings, a short pedal OS-2 standard ... on his return and after making many attempts at rehearsals and concerts, is a pedal ... p Now, the settings are more responsive, the sound is huge ... it looks like a Marshall 3 bodies in action, the definition is increased, the range of each setting is significantly increased without altering the original pedal but it goes much much more away at the beginning. To say that this pedal is improved would be simplistic, we can speak of sublimation, I dreamed to hear this pedal turned eS Aime Aime made me!

SOUND QUALITY

Frankly as for the other 2 pedals ... I'm not disappointed at all, while retaining its original character, the OS-2 now integrates seamlessly with my pedals, I can even add the DS-1 with OS-2 I tell you ... it's not mind-blowing!
I said that this amendment, no additional switch but happiness ... so if you have an OS-2, no hesitation sending the fast to be changed you will truly stuck ...

OVERALL OPINION

What about the entire team of MSM ... THANKS minimum because it really struggles for us musicians who always want more ... not to mention the quality of work, availability, taking into account requests, the extreme sympathy that I could exchange e-mail leading to the modification of the OS-2!
Too bad we can not meet the team MSM (or maybe at the Paris Motor Show in November at La Villette) or talk on the phone to achieve the changes but I guess the phone would not finish them so the changes do not disturb are not easy to do!
All my gratitude and friendship to MSM
Musically I go to enjoy myself by fiddling the pedals until the next snooze!
Dominica
http://www.myspace.com/dominiquevassart

The Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion is exactly what the name of the pedal suggest - an analog distortion and overdrive guitar pedal. It has a 1/4 inch input and a 1/4 inch output and is powered by a nine volt battery or a nine volt power supply. It is not a rackable unit as it is a stomp box.

UTILIZATION

The configuration of the pedal is quite simple. It has four knobs - one for level, one for tone, one for drive, and one for color. Different combinations of the parameters will give you a wide variety of different overdrive tones. The tone is like an EQ, with all the way up being hi, and all the way down being lo. The color knob can either lean towards overdrive or distortion. I don't have a manual, but the pedal is easy enough to figure out that you shouldn't need it.

SOUND QUALITY

The tone and overall sound quality of the Boss OS-2 is about average in my opinion. While there are a few different sounds you can get from this pedal, none blew me away, and a lot of them came off sounding a bit stale and tinny. I have only used this pedal with guitar as it is what I play and is what the pedal is made for, although it is compatible with any instrument you can plug a 1/4 cable into. I like the overdrive type sound more than the distortion, and while the effects from this pedal are usable, they aren't ground breaking and didn't impress me as much as I would have liked.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using the Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion pedal for about four or five years. However, I don't use it all that often as I'm not a huge fan of it overall. While Boss makes some great pedals and this pedal is built like a brick, the tone quality is about average and I have found some pedals I consider to sound much better than this one. Don't get me wrong, the pedal has a usable overdrive and distortion tone, but I prefer the Boss DS-1 as a distortion and would rather have a Nady TD-1 or a an Ibanez TS-808 for overdrive. The price of this is reasonable, but isn't cheap enough of a difference to make up for the sound quality. I recommend checking this out if you are looking for an overdrive and distortion pedal in one, but this isn't my favorite pedal out there.