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Boss OS-2 Reviews

5 4.6/5.0 based on 10 customer reviews
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Mario
from Tucson, AZ
May 15, 2012 Music Background:
Hobby, amateur

Great product

Works fine and is very user-friendly. Also has a very competitive price!
Ty
from Fort Wayne, IN USA
May 12, 2012 Music Background:
musician

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so amazed with this pedal. It's the first pedel i bought and i bought it a few hours ago and i fell in love right away with the first chord. you have to buy this right now do it! DO IT!
Gary Garvin
from Laurel, MD
May 11, 2012 Music Background:
Playing in bands since 1965 ... classic rock, now!

Great pedal!

As with many Boss pedals, this is a very versatile distortion pedal with plenty of range for many sounds. I certainly recommend it. Sweetwater is nothing short of pro on delivery and items arriving in excellent condition. Good people.
GMoney67
from El Paso, TX
April 3, 2012 Music Background:
Guitarist, Hobbyist.

Forget the rest. Still the Best

This was my first distortion pedal when I started playing about 27 years ago. I've gone through all types of other stand-alone pedals, and mutiple digital effects boxes and none of them sound as good as this one. I don't care what anybody says, this thing is awesome! Both in it's simplicity and it's sound. It's beautiful man! My favorite professional guitarists prefer stompboxes to the digital effects and it's easy to hear why. Stompboxes rule.

from
February 2, 2008

boss is da boss

gives every guitar a chunk of metal
Jeffrey Osgood
from Woonsocket,R.I.
June 4, 2007 Music Background:
Active musician

Who's The Boss?

I bought this over 2 weeks ago from somebody who's obviously insane.The reason I say that is,why would somebody want to sell this pedal?I've been playing for over 30 years,and I've used Digitech,Pro-Co Rat,Morley,Alesis,etc. and all I can say is that this is the best overdrive/distortion pedal that I hve had the pleasure of owning.It's that good.You can go from a bluesy type tone to straight out metal,contrary to what other people say in their reviews of this product.The metal casing is quite sturdy and the controls are very easy to get used to.This is one versatile pedal,let me tell yu.This has a permanent place in my rig and is going nowhere.

from
April 30, 2012 Music Background:
Hobbyist

Great

Its a great pedal and it has really sick effects but it runs out the 9 volt battery sorta fast so youll need to get an adapter for it.
Bruce
from Gotham
April 9, 2012 Music Background:
Hobbyist 20yrs

Best Boss

This is my go to dirty/distortion pedal. I use it to get my ***** to the wall metal type tone. Versatile pedal for dirty tones. I like to set it on overdrive with the gain cranked. Has a looser sound when set to overdrive and a tighter edgy sound when set to distortion. It can get some bluesy tones however I use my MXR GT-OD for that. Run an overdrive before it and liven it up a bit. I gave it a 4 cause it can get a little fizzy at times and it's made in china.
festus
from Newport, NC
January 11, 2010 Music Background:
Learner, Intermediate.

os-2

My reson for selecting the pedal was that i wanted something to give me enough drive to compensate for heavier playing, but also that could handle a small boost to enhance the character of the sound of my instruments. The two circuits, od and dist, do a decent job of mixing together. You can achieve many sounds from a subtle drive boost to over the top grunge. If you are looking for drive with the option of more gain, I would give this pedal a look see.
Tommy
from Hampton, Va
July 22, 2011 Music Background:
Active Player

It's ok if overdrive doesn't define your style

I got this pedal a while back because it was reasonably priced and has both overdrive and distortion. It has been good for my needs up til now but I'm switching to something else. This one just doesn't have enough control. You just have the knob from OD to distortion and can't control the effects separately. If overdrive/distortion is just one pedal in a long string of effects then it's fine. But if you are really trying to play something that relies on dialing in that specific OD to distortion ratio (Blues, Indie, etc) I would recommend going elsewhere. I'm about to get the Visual Sound Jekyll and Hyde and I think it will be much more suited to my needs.

Boss OS-2

Overdrive and Distortion Pedal Effects Pedal for Guitar and Bass with Level, Tone, Drive, and Color Controls

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