BOSS BD-2 Blues Driver | Compact Overdrive Pedal | Creamy & Crunchy Tones | Tube Amp Simulation | Responds to Picking Dynamics & Volume Changes | Wide Gain Range | Simple & Versatile Controls

It's a Boss pedal so you can't go wrong. The beauty of this pedal is the versatility. You can go from a slightly distorted low gain right up to a nice modern metal hi gain. The pedal is excellent build and quality. I haven't used with a battery as it went straight onto my board with it's own dedicated power supply. Easy to use and sounds epic.

I can't compare this to the non-Waza version since haven't tried that one. For reference: I'm using this with various guitars and pickups, going into the clean channel of a valve amp I'm very familiar with. First, the tone and musicality of this pedal is remarkable - in a very good way - ranging from almost creamy to super biting, as you change the settings. There is a huge range of gain. At low levels it can act as a tone enhancing boost. Right though to smooth searing blues lead. The volume had all the range you could need, so great for a solo volume increase if that's useful for you. At reasonable gain levels there's no discernible added noise or hum, and the dynamic sensitivity of this creature is so responsive to touch, finger or plectrum intensity, and guitar volume knob that I spent hours with the pedal set to on, and just vibing out using my guitar controls and pickups and having a magical vibe out. Yet to really explore the custom setting switch tones, but initially, that introduces another spectrum of slightly different options. I am over the moon with this pedal and highly encourage you to try it if looking for this type of pedal. I've owned the closely competing green pedal by another brand, which is also phenomenal, so I don't see it as better or worse, just different. This one suits my preferences better, but that's entirely subjective. A final word: I'm finding this great as both a viable extra amp channel, as well as something I can keep on whilst using the clean channel (set to really clean) and breaking up the sound purely by rotating the guitar's volume knob.

Best overdrive I have ever used. Fantastic with a clean Fender amp

My favourite pedal that I own, fast delivery

Solid both in terms of sound and reliability. I've had one for about 4 years and it has never left my board, it's a great blues overdrive kind of pedal and pretty versatile, too. If I need to play a solo it's usually the pedal of choice because even maxed out the melodies still come out the other end of it in one piece, albeit heavily overdriven and when set to low gain it's very subtle and responds quite well to dynamics. If I need some fuzz I'll use my Big Muff but I've found that putting the BD-2 through the Big Muff actually sounds really, really good in an insanely ridiculous but still functionally usable kind of way. They're not for everyone, that's the same for any pedal, to be honest. There is a modified version but really you're better off getting another pedal than one of those because if you didn't like the BD-2 you probably won't like that either, it just doesn't sound different enough. There are loads of really good budget blues/tube overdrive pedals out there, we're spoiled for choice these days.

Contesting, this is a bit warmer in the sound than the metal pedal

Very good overdrive pedal. I bought it because it seems to be one of the best loved distortion/overdrive pedals for blues/rock/heavy rock (along with the more expensive Ibanez Tube Screamer and a couple of other pedals). The Boss BD2 produces a much better overdrive sound than my amps' built-in distortion options, especially with my hollow electric guitar, but also with my Les Paul. Tweak controls are great and allow for plenty of different distorted sounds, and you can also use it as a volume boost pedal for the amp and/or other pedals, which is very handy. Build quality is also great as with all Boss pedals. It's a no frills, simple and effective distortion pedal, great for blues, rock and heavy rock/punk rock sounds.

I've been loving the Boss BD-2 Blues Drive it's a fantastic overdrive pedal that nails that warm, blues tone without muddiness. Super responsive to your picking dynamics, and the gain knob is perfecto . Pairs great with my les paul for them vintage blues vibes. Solid build, worth every penny 10/10!

Classic boss pedal, heaps of info on you tube Looks great on my pedal board

Avevo già una versione Taiwanese e volevo concedermi quel piccolo upgrade per la "Silver screw". Si è dato il caso che ci fosse un Warehouse deal, con cui ho risparmiato circa un 20% dal prezzo del nuovo. E quindi conoscendo il pedale, ho pensato di fare un piccolo investimento per avere un pezzo un po' più da collezione.

J'avais la Boss blues driver et je voulais étendre un peu mon pedalboard avec une pédales un peu plus velue. J'ai donc échangé mais blues driver avec le JHS qui combine la Boss blues driver avec la JHS Angry Charly de JHSbien plus énérvée ;o) Ce n'est pas Deux pédales en une mais une multitude de pédales en plus car on peut: -Utiliser uniquement la Blues Driver -Utiliser uniquement la Angry Charly -Utiliser la Blues Driver en parallèle de la Angry Charly -Chainer la Angry Charly en parallèle de la Blues Driver -Chainer la Blues Driver devant la Angry Charly -Chainer la Angry Charly devant la Blues Driver Il y a aussi possibilité d'ajouter une micro pédale JHS qui sert de "remote switch" pour passer d'un son à l'autre Bref j'arriverai pas au bout de ses possibilités, j'adore Micro Bémol, les boutons de réglages imbriqué les uns dans les autres sont difficile à manipuler. Mais auraient ils pu faire autrement pour tout caser?

Great Pedal! This Pedal really opens up the sound of your amp. Beautiful top end sprinkle, and plenty enough gain. Not Metal gain, but great hard rock gain. Boss pedals are built to last, and are very consistent with great classic sound. For the price range, you don’t get better.

Premetto che la spedizione Amazon è eccellente come sempre: neanche 2 giorni ed è subito arrivato! Il Blues Driver è un Overdrive Full-Tone. Nel mio caso cercavo un Overdrive da abbinare al mio amplificatore Fender molto medioso ( ho subito scartato un Tube Screamer che è già molto orientato sulle medie) e al BOSS DS1; il tutto suonato con una Stratocaster G&L. Si tratta di un pedale eccezionale con 3 semplici controlli: level, tone, drive. Il range di gain ottenibile è spaventoso: al minimo già si sente sufficientemente definito, al massimo ha sonorità prossime ad un Fuzz. Quindi la gamma di suoni ottenibili è molto ampia, ci si può suonare veramente di tutto. Ovviamente il genere prediletto è il blues, ma credo che è tranquillamente utilizzabile anche per un hard rock più spinto. Per quanto riguarda la dinamica, anche qui c'è poco da dire: ineccepibile. Plettrando con morbidezza il pedale sembra quasi spento, plettrando con più forza esce fuori tutto il carattere del pedale. Unica "pecca": aumentando il gain aumenta notevolmente anche il volume, per cui va regolata accuratamente la relativa manopola. Costruttivamente ben fatto, sembra molto solido (del resto come tutti i pedali BOSS). Pagato 67€, prezzo più basso sul mercato dopo un'attenta analisi, anche qui eccezionale Amazon. Insomma a questo prezzo è un best buy, non ha nulla da invidiare a Overdrive ben più costosi, del resto si tratta di un pedale celebre e rimasto nella storia! Assolutamente consigliato.