Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Guitar Effects Pedal | Warm Overdrive and Emotive Distortion

The Boss Blues Driver is a classic piece of equipment that belongs on everyone’s pedal board. I leave mine on all the time, and slightly adjust the gain and level based on what guitar I’m using. But the sound is awesome, and I wouldn’t be without it.

I love this OD pedal. It's a must have effect, why not the Blues Driver? Easy to control. I use this as my first drive pedal followed by a tube screamer and Rat. The BD2 stacks well with either one.

I'm not José Satriani, but for me this pedal has an amazing balance between an overdrive and a non heavy distortion. Just for music which requires a wide spectrum... Not only for blues... the internet can provide amazing explanatory videos about usability and vs to others like tubescreamer and so on...

Great sound - used it with my fender princeton to get a more country rock sound

Nice blues sound

Like the other reviews state, this is a FUN pedal! I have it connected to my massive pedal box so it simply plugged right in to my power array with no issues. It sounds clean and is very loud! The tone is nice. BUT I also own the Boss Heavy Metal pedal which is a fantastic pedal. I've used it for years so when I added the Blues Driver, I was deeply disappointed in how close it sounds to the Heavy Metal pedal. I have both pedals lined up and I switch them back and forth to test. Both sound a lot alike. It's not enough to really go 3-stars but I was really hoping for a more mellow blues sound and instead I got more of a ROCK sound. It's OK as I have the tone control adjusted in such a way that it's tweaked for a different sound and not a total loss but .. dynamically, it's not all that. The volume of the pedal is great. It really pushes the envelope, even more than the Heavy Metal. That said, it gets 4 stars as by itself, it is a kick-butt pedal. I currently have a slew of FX going through my iPad and into my pedal box (volume -> compressor -> FX -> delay -> amp) and this pedal certainly holds its own amongst the other FX pedals linked to it. I'm glad I own it but I am not sure the price warrants what you get. If you don't already own a Heavy Metal pedal, then it would be a fantastic addition to your stomp collection.

El tono y dinámicas lo hacen el acompañante perfecto de cualquier pedalera

My son researched this pedal and decided on this one. He is very happy with it.

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

He probado muchos Overdrives y este es perfecto. Casi totalmente limpio al tocar despacio y fuerte y estridente al golpear con fuerza. Muy buen output y con la calidad de un Boss como siempre!

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.

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.

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.