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BOSS Bass Driver Pedal
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Your Price: $265.99 CDN
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The modern solution for the modern bassist
The BOSS BB-1X Bass Driver is a premium stompbox designed to make your bass sound bold and punchy. More than just a standard compact bass pedal, the BB-1X is like a preamp, a crucial component in creating quality sound. It captures the essence and subtle nuances of your bass, amp, and playing and emphasizes all their best characteristics.
Incorporating BOSS' latest MDP technology, the BB-1X delivers a wide range of superior sounds, from natural clean tones to heavy distortion. It adapts and responds to any playing style or register, but never loses the body and core tone of your instrument. The BB-1X's natural-sounding distortion preserves the high definition and dynamics reflected in the finest details of your sound.
The BB-1X provides a clear sonic outline to enhance your sound, yet never muffles your low end. With the Blend knob, you can easily adjust your tone by mixing the direct signal with the effect sound. Low, High, and Drive knobs offer an extremely wide range of sound creation. These controls not only shape the frequencies, but change the characteristics of the tone as well.The Line Out jack on the BB-1X goes beyond a standard DI out, providing a newly crafted and enhanced direct sound for reaching larger audiences through a PA system. The "1X" in the BB-1X's name represents the pedal's premium look, sound, and feel. Whether you're defining your standard tone or spicing up your sound for soloing, the BB-1X Bass Driver is a must-have for every modern bassist.
Features:
• Bold, punchy sound that invigorates the original tone and responsiveness of your bass and amp
• Contains BOSS latest distortion, which adapts to every register and never muffles your low end
• Blend knob allows for mixing the direct signal with the effect signal
• Independent Low and High knobs for ultra-wide tonal adjustment
• Two output jacks: a normal output for a bass amp and a Line Out for a balanced connection directly to a PA or recorder
• The Line Out jack provides a modern and enhanced direct sound that brings out new characteristics in your tone
• The newest member of the special-edition X-series BOSS compact pedals, which offer premium looks, sound, and feel
• BOSS five-year warranty
Specifications:
Nominal Input Level: -20 dBu
Input Impedance: 1 M ohm
Nominal Output Level: OUTPUT jack: -20 dBu; LINE OUT jack: -20 dBu
Output Impedance: OUTPUT jack: 1 k ohm; LINE OUT jack: 600 ohms
Recommended Load Impedance: OUTPUT jack: 10 k ohms or greater; LINE OUT jack: 600 ohms or greater
Controls:
• Pedal switch
• LEVEL knob
• BLEND knob
• LOW knob
• HIGH knob
• DRIVE knob
Indicator: CHECK indicator (Serves also as battery check indicator)
Connectors:
• INPUT jack
• OUTPUT jack
• LINE OUT jack (1/4-inch TRS phone type)
• AC adaptor jack (DC 9 V)
Power Supply: Alkaline battery (9V, 6LR61) or Carbon-zinc battery (9V, 6F22), AC adaptor (sold separately)
Current Draw: 54 mA
Expected battery life under continuous use (These figures will vary depending on the actual conditions of use.) Alkaline: Approx. 6 hours
Accessories: Owner's Manual, Leaflet ("USING THE UNIT SAFELY," "IMPORTANT NOTE," and "Information"), Alkaline battery (9V, 6LR61)
Option (sold separately): AC adaptor (PSA series)
SIZE AND WEIGHT
Width: 73 mm (2-7/8 inches)
Depth: 129 mm (5-1/8 inches)
Height: 59 mm (2-6/16 inches)
Weight: 450 g (16 oz.)
The BOSS BB-1X Bass Driver is a premium stompbox designed to make your bass sound bold and punchy. More than just a standard compact bass pedal, the BB-1X is like a preamp, a crucial component in creating quality sound. It captures the essence and subtle nuances of your bass, amp, and playing and emphasizes all their best characteristics.
Incorporating BOSS' latest MDP technology, the BB-1X delivers a wide range of superior sounds, from natural clean tones to heavy distortion. It adapts and responds to any playing style or register, but never loses the body and core tone of your instrument. The BB-1X's natural-sounding distortion preserves the high definition and dynamics reflected in the finest details of your sound.
The BB-1X provides a clear sonic outline to enhance your sound, yet never muffles your low end. With the Blend knob, you can easily adjust your tone by mixing the direct signal with the effect sound. Low, High, and Drive knobs offer an extremely wide range of sound creation. These controls not only shape the frequencies, but change the characteristics of the tone as well.The Line Out jack on the BB-1X goes beyond a standard DI out, providing a newly crafted and enhanced direct sound for reaching larger audiences through a PA system. The "1X" in the BB-1X's name represents the pedal's premium look, sound, and feel. Whether you're defining your standard tone or spicing up your sound for soloing, the BB-1X Bass Driver is a must-have for every modern bassist.
Features:
• Bold, punchy sound that invigorates the original tone and responsiveness of your bass and amp
• Contains BOSS latest distortion, which adapts to every register and never muffles your low end
• Blend knob allows for mixing the direct signal with the effect signal
• Independent Low and High knobs for ultra-wide tonal adjustment
• Two output jacks: a normal output for a bass amp and a Line Out for a balanced connection directly to a PA or recorder
• The Line Out jack provides a modern and enhanced direct sound that brings out new characteristics in your tone
• The newest member of the special-edition X-series BOSS compact pedals, which offer premium looks, sound, and feel
• BOSS five-year warranty
Specifications:
Nominal Input Level: -20 dBu
Input Impedance: 1 M ohm
Nominal Output Level: OUTPUT jack: -20 dBu; LINE OUT jack: -20 dBu
Output Impedance: OUTPUT jack: 1 k ohm; LINE OUT jack: 600 ohms
Recommended Load Impedance: OUTPUT jack: 10 k ohms or greater; LINE OUT jack: 600 ohms or greater
Controls:
• Pedal switch
• LEVEL knob
• BLEND knob
• LOW knob
• HIGH knob
• DRIVE knob
Indicator: CHECK indicator (Serves also as battery check indicator)
Connectors:
• INPUT jack
• OUTPUT jack
• LINE OUT jack (1/4-inch TRS phone type)
• AC adaptor jack (DC 9 V)
Power Supply: Alkaline battery (9V, 6LR61) or Carbon-zinc battery (9V, 6F22), AC adaptor (sold separately)
Current Draw: 54 mA
Expected battery life under continuous use (These figures will vary depending on the actual conditions of use.) Alkaline: Approx. 6 hours
Accessories: Owner's Manual, Leaflet ("USING THE UNIT SAFELY," "IMPORTANT NOTE," and "Information"), Alkaline battery (9V, 6LR61)
Option (sold separately): AC adaptor (PSA series)
SIZE AND WEIGHT
Width: 73 mm (2-7/8 inches)
Depth: 129 mm (5-1/8 inches)
Height: 59 mm (2-6/16 inches)
Weight: 450 g (16 oz.)
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Easy to Use Preamp/Di pedal 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
Unlike other preamps with tons of control, this preamp only have five knobs, making it easy to use by any level of player. Good pedal to use as preamp & DI out, but also great in refining and boosting other drive pedal (s).
This pedal is distortion, might be puzzled if you were thinking about drive of Sans amp or dark glass. It delivers bold & punchy clean tone when the drive knob is below 8'~9'. The boss claims the pedal as distortion, but it sounds closer to fuzz.
The downside is perhaps the exclusion of middle knob, and since it automatically sets light mid scoop, this downside is quite apparent. Indeed such function absolutely works well when playing in a mix, but if you are searching for intense mid scoop or mid boost, this might not be your pedal.
Posted by Paul on Sep 27, 2024
One of my favorite dirt pedals 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Cambridge, Ontario
Which is kind of odd. I'm not going to say this is a super refined pedal or that it creates a sound that will have Angels bless you and the audience weep at its beauty.
It's chunky and an odd but kind of unique type of distortion. And I love it. The preamp part of it makes things really punchy and clear, it's a great sound on its own. The dirt itself is really cool though. It doesn't sound like any other dirt pedal I've tried and ultimately that's why I love it.
Posted by Brock on Apr 27, 2021
Great pedal, but make sure to look at videos or try it before you buy 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Laval, Quebec
Great quality pedal as all Boss pedals. This one fits perfectly in their recent years improved new models. Only down side, it is expensive, but when I look at the competition like MXR, which offers great quality pedals, price is okay.
About this bass driver, don't expect to get a "Big muff creamy fuzzy" kind of sound. It is more like an overdrive which offers to boost the gain to a high level. It is nice to add some groove to your sound and personally I don't like when the gain is at maximum, but at the middle position, it sounds great, specially when I combine with some other effects like my MXR envelope filter. Also, you can keep your dry signal not affected, which is absolutely necessary on bass. Can be used as a signal booster as well.
Is there any comparison to a BOSS ODB-3 + EQ-7? I don't think so! Just look at some comparison videos on Youtube. The type of distortion is quite different. I just don't like the kind of sound I can get out of an ODB-3. Anyway, it is definitely like comparing a real distortion pedal with an overdrive one.
The BB-1x is definitely a keeper for me.
Posted by Yanick Theriault on Mar 31, 2021
Really great bass driver 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Hamilton, Ontario
This bb1x from boss sounds great! Worth the price easily..
Posted by Roman on Aug 3, 2019
A bit underwhelming 1 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
I bought this used thinking it was a great deal for bass drive and lime out.
To my ears it sounded very digital and not pleasing to the ears at all. Almost more like nails on a chalked board. It was returned two days later.
Posted by Jubes on Apr 9, 2018
Boss B-1x 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Montréal, Quebec
Great for adding punch in your sound. Help allot a soft E string to kick more.
Posted by Denis on Dec 18, 2017
Boss Bass Drive 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Grande Prairie, Alberta
As a guitar player switching to bass, this pedal gives me the amount of control over my tone that I'm used to getting through my guitar rigs! A very organic overdrive that's meaty and doesn't lose low end.
Posted by anonymous on Aug 21, 2015
Just okay 0 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Edmonton Whyte, Alberta
It sounds pretty good. If I didn't already have an overdrive (ODB-3) and an equalizer (GEB-7) I would probably buy it.
Posted by anonymous on Apr 27, 2015
ODB-3 + GEB-7 = BB-1X 0 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Edmonton Whyte, Alberta
I tried it out with a Fender Jazz bass into a Traynor solid state amp. It sounded pretty good, bold and punchy as promised. It seemed like an ODB-3 bass overdrive pedal combined with a GEB-7 bass equalizer pedal. If I didn't already have both of those pedals, I would probably pick this up.
Posted by anonymous on Apr 15, 2015
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- Performance Guarantee: Normal wear and tear is covered, so your product will be performing as well as the day you purchased it for the entire duration of the coverage. Band and Orchestral Performance Warranty does not include replacing pads or cleaning for woodwind instruments, unless deemed necessary by our repair staff. Ultrasonic cleaning for brass instruments will be provided if deemed necessary by our repair staff, but is not routinely offered under the Performance Warranty.
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