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Boss OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion
fredian fredian
Published on 06/03/08 at 09:51
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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.