BOSS BD-2

[Irish Mike]

Has anyone used the Boss BD-2, 'Blues pedal'- I am looking for a real 'bluesy' sound (Whatever that is
Any recommendations, comments, etc- Thanks

Irish Mike

[Steelpriest]

Maybe try an old Ibanez tube screamer and set the distortion level very low, I have good memories concerning this... And also Marshall had their Guv´nor distortion pedal accompanied by a fellow device in that series, I can´t remember the name, I mean it was Blues Master or something alike and it sounded very lovely, sweet and smooth, warm overdriven sounds...

[ZacAttack]

I agree with Steelpriest , I have owned both of those pedals in the past and they blues it up when needed. The Marshall Gov'ner has a little tube in it and that adds ,,,,well that tube sound ;D but if you have a bit more to spend I have to say go with the Digitech RP line I have the RP 200A and it has more presets that I can name, a bunch of them are actual artist presets and then you get a bunch from digi as well and you can go in and adjust the perameters to suit your liking. But as for the BD-2 ,,I played it at a store and its cool I was just in the market for a pedal that does alot more so I went with the RP-200A.

[Steelpriest]

The Guv´nor had a tube? I dare to doubt this... I speak of the original first Marshall Guv´nor, ...this black box with the four control knobs and the trusty footswitch. It could be operated with a 9 volt block battery so it is impossible that it had a tube, hmmm... but I don´t know about the second series, I never had those, only the real Guv´nor of the first series and this was pure solid state. But a digitech RP200 should be nice, I tried the RP50 in a store and even this little gizmo was amazing.

[ZacAttack]

Ok wait :is thinking: wow so many pedals, so many brain cells later ;D ok Im not thinking of the Rat or the Gov'ner so what am I ,,,,? Ok what ever it was I gave it to my dad years ago and I bet he still has it. The tube screamer comes to mind but no :is still thinking: ok it was a little bigger than the Rat it had 4 no 3 nobs and a big ole 3 pronged eddison plug on it and was vented on the side and you could look in and see the little tube in there glowing and would almost burn you after a long set if you picked it up, ::almost wants it back now:: And it gave a real fat tube distortion. If anyone can identify this box before I do please post it. I know I am gonna loose sleep over this one.

[Steelpriest]

Was it maybe a Hughes & Kettner Tubeman? Brushed silver design? Or an old Guyatone? Hehe...

[noeljob]

i have owned quite a few od/ distortion pedalsin me day.the boss ds-1 is a little too much for blues. try a bodd od-1 or od-2. go to musician friend online. you can samlpe the boss pedals.
i think you would like the digitech rp200a. i own one now. it is the very best effect pedal ive ever come in contact with. too many variation to list.

[samicksg]

My friend has a BD-2. I really like it, nice warm "bluesy" sound, however Im sure theres better pedals out there.

[ogi]

I've been to the music store the other day and tried a couple of Boss overdrives: BD-2, SD-1 and OD-3. I picked up SD-1 because it gave a nice warm sound (for a digital pedal ) and worked well as a clean boost.

BD-2 was also great, nice bluesy tones and just enough of gain for some heavier stuff, however it was way too treble-y.

OD-3 just sounded like a fart to me, I was really disappointed.

Tubescreamer works better with single coils, while BD-2 is really a humbucker beast (IMHO). It's a very decent pedal for the price.

[CAFeathers]

I had a BD-2 and found that it muddied up to easy for my taste.