Boss BD-2

I am quite fond of this little decive as it pairs very well with my Marshall Class 5. I can get a very decent range of tones and I want to say that even though I am not a pedal person by any means, this one will be staying with me until it dies....then I'll get another one if they are still around! Excellent peice of equipment,

IF I COULD ONLY BUY 1 PEDAL, THIS IS IT !!!!!!

I love this pedal! The BD-2 when dialed in 50% on the gain will sound clean when picked softly. Pick a little harded sounds like a tube amp starting to break-up. Pick even harder and you got the sweetest Tube sounding Bluesy distortion ever. Thats the best thing about this pedal you can control the Gain with your guitar pick. If you want to beef up your solos without completely changing your knobs, purchase a Boss SO-1 and place in the chain behind this BluesDriver and it will create an awesome one two punch for rhythm and leads.

Everything It's Advertised To Be

Sounds like a tube amp, through a tube amp or even straight into a P/A. Balances clean or dirty leads with your rhythm chords, balances single coils with Humbuckers without changing amp settings, and can take the place of a tube amp, with the gain up.

Can be a bit noisy at high gain, but the Boss NS-2 is a perfect companion. Very responsive to attack and guitar volume/tone, and the one-band EQ (tone knob) is remarkably effective at taming a Tele or brightening up a Les Paul, without having to EQ your amp on the fly.

Great pedal, great price

Great pedal for low to medium gain lead work and chords. I run a EH soul preacher in front to push a bit and sounds great. Will be adding a Proco Rat as a over the top tone that I'm needing. You would regret it!

Blues Driver

The Boss Blues Driver was exactly the pedal I was looking for. After using the OD-3 for so long, I was ready for a change in tone. The Blues Driver provided what I needed. Smooth changes between clean and overdrive effects in the strum changes is impeccable. Definitely a must-have for anyone who enjoys playing both lead and rhythm guitar.

Awesome Pedal!!

Great sounding pedal! The BD-2 give me that extra punch when I need it. Sounds great running thru my 63 Tremolux. Great value for a great Pedal!

Boss BD2

Good quality construction, adds warmth on low gain, good crunch but still smooth on high. Loses a little bass on the low end when engaged. Tone control has little range. Overall good tube type sound.

Old Guy, Old Guy Sound

I keep an electric guitar at friends homes in different states in U.S. No matter what I ply through, the BD-2 gets me a great lead sound. It's not fuzz, it's nice overdrive. I only play Gibson guitars and I'm very happy with the sound at every JAM session that I play.

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

The BD-2’s is a smooth sounding overdrive (OD) that is capable of producing a wide range of OD effects that go from extremely subtle to quite hard. This pedal preserves the subtle nuances and dynamics of your playing technique and cleans up well in response to ramping down your guitar’s volume knob. Also, though I described the sound as smooth, it is an “edgier” variety of smooth than most other OD’s on the market, including the Ibanez Tubescreamer or the Boss SD-1…think more Albert King as opposed to B.B. King or Clapton’s Bluesbreakers tone as opposed to SRV’s tone. It features a trebly sound that is less focused in the midrange frequencies and has a a wider dynamic range than the classic Tube Screamer circuit. I find that I have to keep the BD-2’s tone knob at or below the 10 o’clock position to equalize treble between the effected vs. the unaffected tone; whereas, with most other OD/Distortion units, I generally set the tone between 11 o’clock and 1 o’clock for an equalized tone.

All Boss pedals feature an extremely effective buffered bypass noiseless FET switching system that preserves the signal strength of your bypassed signal, even when using long cables and chaining multiple effects together. This bypass does brighten up your tone a bit even when the effect is off; however, I do not find this objectionable. I like this livelier sound and, if need be, can always compensate for this variance by adjusting my amps treble down and/or bass up. However, if you are a real tone connoisseur who insists on completely transparent bypassed tone, then this effect may not be for you and you may wish to opt for something with a true bypass switching system. Of course, with true bypass, you may have to watch your cable length, limit the number of effects in your chain, or employ an active signal boosting device, such as an active volume pedal, MXR microamp, or Pedal EQ with adjustable level, elsewhere in your chain.

Quality Pedal

I spent a couple hours in my local guitar store looking for the best overdrive i could find. I was willing to spend about $150 and tried several that were that price, but the Boss Blues Driver was by far the easiet and best sounding for my setup.A very good deal for what you get.

My First Boss Pedal

When I first plugged this thing in It was at first a bit disappointing, but as I played around with the tone and gain levels I created a monster blues sound that I am very pleased with. The price is a little high, but I guess you get what you pay for. Thanks Sweetwater!