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BOSS Blues Driver
Your Price: $159.99 CDN
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The BD-2 Blues Driver delivers the creamy yet crunchy sound associated with great blues guitar.
This popular pedal provides instant access to the kind of warm overdrive and emotive distortion usually reserved for 30-year-old tube amps.
-Classic "blues" guitar tones with tube amp simulation
-Warm distortion and overdrive
-Responds to nuance and volume changes
-AC adaptor or 9V battery operation
This popular pedal provides instant access to the kind of warm overdrive and emotive distortion usually reserved for 30-year-old tube amps.
-Classic "blues" guitar tones with tube amp simulation
-Warm distortion and overdrive
-Responds to nuance and volume changes
-AC adaptor or 9V battery operation
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Not Blues genre, just Bluesy. 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Cambridge, Ontario
A conundrum of excellence that is love or hate.
It's more like a flat EQ boosting, square Fender distortion effect than a Bluesy OD crunch.
Like fuzz, you can find crunch, but narrowly.
BUT, it's all signal strength dependent, which makes it VERY expressive, which lends to the Blues moniker.
A Kenny Wayne Shepard Blues Rock style, even John Meyers specific, over general genre is adequate. Prince very much LOVED the expressions it reacted to.
With at least solid state amps, there's areas of static sizzle layering, like a dusted volume pot. This also leads to Blues-like genre, ie, old gear.
Not my want at the moment, but perhaps when I've learned to play more (much more) Blues, or handle modulation better, I'll get back into it. No plans to depart with, though will loan.
Also is great for "transparent" boost pedal, though the Behringer SF300 or an EQ pedal have more use if just a boost is needed. They'll do transparent or personal colouring, allows room to expand.
Posted by Jay on Oct 31, 2024
Boss BD-2 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Red Deer, Alberta
It is an excellent overdrive/distortion pedal in conjunction with the rest of my equipment. The "rest of the equipment" (amp, other pedals in the chain and guitar) have an important effect on how it sounds, and for me, it sounds excellent! Although, I would have preferred to have a full circuit unit (mine is a surface board)!
Posted by Yves Beaumier on Sep 21, 2023
I'm so disappointed. 1 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Summerside, Prince Edward Island
I was expecting a lot more from this pedal. It's good quality because it's BOSS but I'm not happy with the sound at all.
Posted by Ed Hutchinson on Jul 8, 2023
One of the best drive pedals 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kamloops, British Columbia
I was surprised that it does exactly what everyone says it does, at least in the positive reviews.
Yes it could get fizzy if you dialed it in poorly but that has nothing to do with anything. It is not generally a fizzy drive pedal at all. It will liven up a solid state rig no problem.
The difference I noticed with the BD2 is about as dramatic as getting an entirely new amp for clean-ish tones and light overdrive. Perfect for chords, like Johnny Marr kind of drive with a lot of clarity. If you like analog solid state amps like I do and don't want to mess with tubes, the BD2 can get you close to that fender deluxe sort of vibe.
The main reason I bought it was to give a little oomph to clean jazz...seems every other drive pedal I have adds too many mids and ruins it if I use them for a clean boost. Not so with the blues driver. It doesn't mess up my eq and adds a lot of dynamics used in that way.
Yes it could get fizzy if you dialed it in poorly but that has nothing to do with anything. It is not generally a fizzy drive pedal at all. It will liven up a solid state rig no problem.
The difference I noticed with the BD2 is about as dramatic as getting an entirely new amp for clean-ish tones and light overdrive. Perfect for chords, like Johnny Marr kind of drive with a lot of clarity. If you like analog solid state amps like I do and don't want to mess with tubes, the BD2 can get you close to that fender deluxe sort of vibe.
The main reason I bought it was to give a little oomph to clean jazz...seems every other drive pedal I have adds too many mids and ruins it if I use them for a clean boost. Not so with the blues driver. It doesn't mess up my eq and adds a lot of dynamics used in that way.
Posted by Gnatbeelson on Oct 13, 2022
Better as a boost pedal 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Cambridge, Ontario
The pedal sounds great although not as a "creamy" overdrive as the description exclaims.
It actually works better as a bright, edge of breakup simulator. I use it as a mild volume boost that allows my soft picking to chime cleanly, but add grit to chords or notes I hit harder.
It also sits I front of a RAT (with a medium distortion setting) on my board to hit the distortion harder if I need it.
For these uses, it's great.
Posted by Jeff Vasey on Mar 11, 2021
Very versatile pedal 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Sydney, Nova Scotia
I play everything from Hendrix to Slayer, and I really wasn't expecting this thing to sound like a distortion pedal. But when I crank the gain and roll my volume knob up to 10, this thing produces a pretty raunchy metal tone. Throw a little reverb on top and I can get a pretty nice DeMartini/Lynch 80s metal tone. With the gain at about 4 or 5 I can get a good bluesy SRV/Hendrix tone as well. All in all I'm very impressed with the range of tones I can get. And like everything Boss makes, it's virtually indestructible.
Posted by Dave on Feb 16, 2021
Super great pedal! 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Wall St), Manitoba
Very good pedal. Out of all of my other overdrive/distortion pedals this one REALLY stands out. Sounds great for blues and rock!
Posted by Canada on Dec 22, 2020
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Closest Store Scarborough, Ontario
Not bad i found the overdrive much better has a warm sound for blues doesnt cut a lot
Posted by John robertson on Oct 4, 2020
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Closest Store London South, Ontario
Posted by John on Oct 4, 2020
Great Pedal 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Grande Prairie, Alberta
I Own this pedal and have used it a lot the tone is pretty awesome for a rock tone or blues like it says on it great tonal qualities I would recommend this for sure
Posted by Bradley L on Jul 11, 2019
Exellent over drive 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store North York (Steeles), Ontario
I have several overdrive pedals of all shape. But this Boss Blues Driver is one of my fav. This one has worked with me in number of gigs, as it is always reliable. If you like overdrive, this one is a must. I personally like it more than TS808 as it is more versatile.
Posted by Simon on Aug 16, 2018
Would Get Again! 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Vancouver, British Columbia
A very good pedal from BOSS that does the job well. It can give you a more metal sound while still having that bluesy feel. I had an issue with the light originally but over time it fixed itself.
Posted by Lucas on Jan 13, 2018
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Closest Store Scarborough, Ontario
Another winner from Boss. Read lots of reviews on this one, but once I got it I really understood how awesome it is. My PRS, DS-1, BD-2, into my Traynor.....what a great sound. Very happy with it, highly recommended!
Posted by The Rock on Feb 4, 2017
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Closest Store Guelph, Ontario
This is a great overdrive pedal. It can go from a small clean boost to fairly overdriven tones. Its not for you if you want a high gain tone (metal or heavy stuff) but its great for rock or bluesy stuff. They are getting a little more expensive so finding a used one would be a good find because boss makes durable, quality stuff.
Posted by anonymous on Feb 8, 2016
excellent,so I bought 2 7 of 7 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Nanaimo, British Columbia
I avoided this pedal for years because of the name. I thought it would be a cheap and crappy attempt at a tube amp. Instead, I loved it so much, I grabbed a second. Full tone overdrive, not "screamer" mid push. Excels at mild OD, but has a fun gained up sound too.
Posted by anonymous on Dec 30, 2013
Versatile! 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
This may be the best overdrive pedal, ever! Nice overtones with enough crunch when you need it, and a mellow sound when you play soft. The closest you can get to the classic tube amp sound without a tube amp. No wonder they call it Blues Driver, it's perfect for blues and classic rock.
Posted by François on May 9, 2013
Great Pedal for Blues, Country, and Rock 8 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Edmonton South, Alberta
This pedal sound great with a tele! If your into Cream, Clapton, Delta Blues or Keith Urban you will love this pedal. The only problem i have is running this pedal with a compressor turned on. It actually kills the sound. I play alot of blues and country music and i have yet to have trouble matching the sounds on a CD. Great for price and very versitle.
Posted by Mark on May 18, 2012
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