All user reviews of 5/5 for the Marshall BB-2 Bluesbreaker II

This pedal is probably underestimated and yet !!!

It is a boost + a Marshall overdrive typed Bluesbreakers so hot enough.

UTILIZATION

It's very simple

ON a boost but you can not adjust the treble or bass boost of

It also has an overdrive with drive, tone and volume: the sound has a tendency to be the "woman tone" of Clapton

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is amazing for boost
THE BOOST
basically, it wants to make the sound of an amp lamps: you can have the crunch so without increasing the volume of the amp

Otherwise, it enables clear sound dirty = have a great sound very nice crunch and very warm
very blues and rock to 70's we will say

Fans of Gary Moore, Paul Personne and other bluesmen, it'll give you that if you have a good amp and a good scratch

therefore, a crunch BEAUTIFUL and if you already have an overdrive or distortion, it will add heat and let ente notes
beauty and power, it can be very hard to bottom

THE BLUES OVERDRIVE
it is good but I prefer the BOOST

Small downside: the ovedrive could have been more aggressive (question eq)

and for the boost, I wanted a treble-bass setting (especially acute)

OVERALL OPINION

I have for years

I have not tried the latest boost other brands

The sound is very warm in boost: it changes completely and as no other pedal the original sound
Cheap prices

Double pedal effect
- Drive a priori modeled on the legendary amp of the same name
- Boost

4 settings: choice of mode (drive or boost setting), drive, tone control and volume

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UTILIZATION

Very easy to use

Boost Mode is fine in addition to a lot of drive and amp is easily adjusted by turning the volume only

The Drive mode is controlled with 3 knobs that seem to be quite progressive.

SOUND QUALITY

Drive Mode provides a very round drive (I do not know if it is in the vein of the amp of the same name), although it lacks a bit of heat
Blues, boogie, rock fat sound quite in these strings.

The pedal works very well on all the amps I've had Marshall MG50DFX (transistor), 1987X, Orange AD30, Peavey Classic 30, Laboga Alligator 5201s and little Fender Champion 600, and this whether in its boost mode as well that drive.

OVERALL OPINION

This is my first pedal, and it is part of my essential.
At the time the issue of choice was difficult with conventional TS9, TS808, but the Marshallian tone and scope conquered me (at the time this drive was ideal to give more character to the MG50 I owned).
Today I almost operates essentially boost mode with my Laboga a drive with more body and warmth.

its price is also advantageous

Approx. 40 pounds at Dawson's in St. Helens
Merseyside. Got it nearly 3 years ago.

It has become my most used and fave. pedal - it gives me the blues colour that I want. I stay nearly always in the boost mode and not much in the pedal's blues mode. You'd think it would be the other way round, wouldn't you?
Boost mode gives a slight overdrivey/break-
ing up sound. Can use this to boost up your solo bit 1/2 way through your song.

Only thing is - the volume level between the two modes is way off. So if you do switch modes mid-song, either you're in for a blast or your audience is instead.
Be prepared for any audience not to return!

Very good and solid indeed. Quite easy to change the battery as well - not that I've done so often.

Really good value for money - I love it. I would say that I find it useful to stick with a tried & tested setting. Maybe you experiment at home with the pedal, but don't mess about when you're playing for others. Well done Jim Marshall!

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I bought it in December 2002 at Klangfarbe, Vienna (Austria) new for EUR 65,-
Since I have a Marshall tube amp I was looking for a suitable overdrive pedal.

This pedal has two functions:
1) overdrive for the old vintage blues sound
2) clean boost for power tube saturation of tube amps

I have a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL201 amp and the overdrive of this pedal is perfectly in between the clean and the crunch channels of the amp.

Using just the clean amp channel and the boost of the pedal it is very easy to get a sweet harmonic power tube distortion.

The positions of the dials are a bit hard to read.

It is very sturdily built and even features metal dials and a cold forged metal name plate.

I was looking for a mild overdrive for my tube amp. I borrowed a Maxon OD808 from the store a week earlier but did not like it that much.
The BluesBreaker has good sound and I think the boost feature is fantastic for tube amps.
And you can't beat the price which is easily half of comparable Ibanez or Maxon pedals.

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Overdrive type 70's with the sound of a marshall combo lamps.

- A selector (or overdrive boost)
- A drive potentiomtre
- Potentimotres 1 tone (qualo broadband)
- An output volume potentimotre

Case mtallique robust.

UTILIZATION

Simple, the button to gain easy rgler assayed.
Is refined with the tone and go!

SOUND QUALITY

It typ serious !!!!!
Its enjoyable dirty ... of mdiums everywhere beuacoup of prsence. For fans of CREAM is the apothose!

position is trs powerful booster, I do not trs is also, I find it useful to attack another overdrive with a signal trs inflated (to compensate for single coils in my Start or my tlcaster). I use a jackhammer in complment (marshall) and a tube screamer (Ibanez).
More effective than the solo the rhythm!

OVERALL OPINION

Excellent pedals can aproach that marshall sound without much effort ...

It's corny wish! I love it.

I test the pedals at the same time that Gun'vor2 (see my review for this PDAL ...)

For carractristiques see below.

UTILIZATION

Trs simple one arm, a ring

SOUND QUALITY

For me it's the best distortion pedals of Marshall, the late former "master drive", its hot trs (trs we are close to the lamp) and trs and a typ good gain that can play "more mchant".
The grain is excellent, less than a TS9 end (no longer "dirty") but I like I even approach the sound of my JCM800 is saying.
Start with Lp or rings.
I did put "8" because we still hear a little crettage transistors.
But the report quality and price is well worth it 10/10.

OVERALL OPINION

Virtually "Marshall sound tube" for only 75 euros.
And not just blues type, it can do almost anything ... except the sound of rotten G'V2.

I recommend it.

2 positions:

Boost: It expands the signal is increasing in volume, useful for chain effect or group outings!

Blues: drive, tone, volume ...

UTILIZATION

Like many pedals ... can not be easier, the switch is fine, you can hit it like a pig in the marshall "Tank". ca risk not we let go!
Not much wrong ...

SOUND QUALITY

Start a 'Fender, regardless of the amp, I tried on a good as a 60W 15W transistors, ca dcoiffe, we can go from a slight crunchy bcp something bigger, tr s trs versatile. The sound is warm enough, a good reinforcement of bass / midrange, the treble is not screaming.

The PDAL is frankly good for sound a bit "dirty" as in the opinion Previous evokes.
The rest sounds very notte qulibrs halfway between a rock and his own is a bit harder to reach, but in heels all, there must be a way!

OVERALL OPINION

Report quality price, not dmentiel but, cest indestructible as pedals, it's a tank with its typ. Lover of blues and rock, you will be delighted!

Dedicates the Marshall overdrive pedals.

Connectivity super simple. Plug and Play.

UTILIZATION

Trs simple to use, like all the pedals you plug and it works.

4 knobs: Boost / Blues, Drive, Tone, Volume.

The pedals are trs robust metal housing with her and switch (the people are virtually indestructible). It a great look, color, logo and chrome potentiometers really charming. When he was in the hand is a sense that something seriousness, it does not toy / gadget as some hardware.

SOUND QUALITY

So the only good! It's ecstasy!

Basically I swear by the big distos (guitarist Metal forces) but the I sduire and charmed by this small pedals which have great potential!

I play with a guitar Lag AFL 200 (with dual microphones splittable) on Peavey amp (Bandit 112 and Envoy 110).

Blues mode is quite nice with good sound from a smooth crunch sound Overdrive almost old school Heavy Metal. For cons, I find that the pedals is more efficient with SETTING THE infrieur Drive 50%. With regard to the SETTING THE Tone is located mainly in mdiums.

The Boost mode is the most intrssant with sounds really good. It does not go through the settings and Ring Drive, but you get a crunchy sound really enjoyable. With single-coil sound you get enough light but expressive trs depending on how you play and with double gives more bite that will add a little more saturation without dnaturer sound.
Depending on the mic positions, we get a range of sounds all too intrssant each other.
Microphone positions on the environment and we get a handle trs felt her reminds me a little some solo by Gary Moore.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for several weeks and I am captivated by its sound. I saw it on display in a store and I immediately wanted to try it with my new guitar to see what it can give.

The sounds are really gniales with preferences for mode Boost mode but the Blues ensures good of his cot. I'm not specially branch Blues but with the pedals I discovering new things that make me want to get into good bluesy solos voluptuous.

For the price, the quality is to go.

Everything has been said.

UTILIZATION

Yes, all this super simple, no problemo, no headaches.
Mind the gap volume between boost and drive the blues, it's confusing at first, within a single song.

SOUND QUALITY

Come to the point.
I have long hesitated on Catalinbread DLS, including samples made me drool. But clearly built to attack an amp without meds type Fender ("free" means in relation to a Marshall).
Playing on Blackstar HT-5, so I hesitated.
Then I saw samples of the small Bluesbreaker Marshall II, whom nobody thinks she's made to ring on any particular amplifier. Frankly, it was not a question of price that I wanted to "fall back" on this BB-II.
Well, what a surprise on my HT-5! It gives him a less modern type, and can spend the Jimi Hendrix to Slash (well, almost Slash, but uses little hairy gain contrary to legend), to Led Zep and AC / DC. I fear it sounds transo to death, and not at all.
Bluffing in value.
My Blackstar is equipped with a Celestion G10 Vintage, equivalent to the V30 in 10. "I play Epiphone LP MIJ pickups APH-2 SD and Bacchus LP 1956RI equipped with SD Antiquity P90.
Frankly, after the excellent compressor Marshall, I think Marshall makes excellent pedals value for your buck. On their sites, they announce squarely tackle shops pedals. It's a shame that Marshall is unfortunately known today for stews or tran muddy amp lights went out in recent years and are disgrace to the brand.

OVERALL OPINION

Used since ... today.

on the other hand, it's a boost / overdrive designed to ring Marshall. If it is to ring Bassman or Orange or Hiwatt or Soldano / Mesa & Cie, look elsewhere!
I put 9 for value for money. Certainly not the best Marshall in a box on the market, but at 40 € for OCCAZ 'must be nuanced. Not 10 because of the difference in volume between the boost and blues.
So, I would also try the Guv'nor 2.

overdrive type 70's, coupled with a boost function. more "dirty" od a 808, more blues than the Guv'nor.

UTILIZATION

Ultra simple. I got no manual, not necessary. Three pots, volume, tone, gain, and pots / switch to go from overdrive to boost function.

SOUND QUALITY

Pedal is a typed enough. I use it in parallel with od 808 and marshall Guv'nor. It complements and does not duplicate.
It has a more dirty than the guv 'nor and more dark.
it rises much higher gain than in the OD 808, with a sound less distinct. I prefer.

Solos for "cleaner", I prefer the Guv'nor, but I find it warmer than it .. used indiscriminately, it can be messy, but I realize that I use to use less and less the Guv'nor.

Adjustments: Gain 2 / 3 in general, I also sometimes with the couple od 808 matches with a surprising and powerful.
What surprised me is his bb2 with headroom. we can go far enough with, and go tickle the 70's heavy metal, which is a good thing. I thought this area there was rather reserved for the Guv'nor, I was wrong. In the end I realize that I play more often with the config bb2/od808 with my Guv'nor, released a more clean and modern.
I play exclusively with strats, but it sounds different as well with my standard U.S. single or my hotrail, the Texas Special, a vintage blues diparzio my tex mex.
playing with the tone, you get to have a good shine without having shrill treble, again I prefer the guvnor.
My everything is plugged into a AC30C2, top boost channel, adjusted with acute and severe damage to the kids back.
I have yet to try it in my marshall haze 15, but I think it sounds better in Vox.

My favorite setting is:
- (U.S. standard, tone and gain a background)) to gain 2 / 3, tone at 2 / 3, in a neck / middle and bridge with the hotrail.
- (American special, tone thoroughly, gain 9 of 10)), gain 1 / 2, tone at 11, coupled with a gain OD808 at 2 o'clock and tone at 12, middle and bridge position.
- (Mex tex mex deluxe, everything thoroughly), gain at 2 / 3, no od 808, tone almost fully on tutes positions.


OVERALL OPINION

Used for two months, I have the Guv'nor for 6 months and the OD 808 for two years. It is a perfect complement to these two pedals. However, one can definitely not use that as OD ca.
I like: the type 70's, very warm, both slight crunch that heavy overdrive. his mouth, it is badly beautiful! His strength, his logo very "old motel on Route 66"; Its very wide range of use, its non-versatile; its price.

I do not like: the impossibility to switch on the boost to the foot. So I do not use ever of the boost. Otherwise nothing. 9 for AC instead of 10.

paid 35 euro secondhand is like unbeatable value for money.
I remake that choice without hesitation. that's exactly what I wanted. I will go even further, these pedals are also very beautiful and I will buy another, just to have the complete collection ..