Item Reviews for: Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Overdrive Pedal  -  BOS BD2 LIST
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Overdrive Pedal
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Works as Intended!

By: Josh      Submitted: 3/25/2024

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Product Rating Product Review Great little Drive/ overdrive pedal. You can make more than just a bluesy sound. I love it and is definitely one of my favorites! Thanks AMS!
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Just right

By: Steve      Submitted: 1/8/2024

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Product Review Exactly what I was looking for. Just the night amount of overdrive I was looking for.
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warm and wild

By: Buddy      Submitted: 10/23/2023

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Product Review This pedal can be set warm and wild. Sounds great with a little distortion and is loud. With the gain turned up this pedal responds well and cuts through. Brings out the tone to classic rock. Fun pedal to play with.
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Boss BD-2 Bluesdriver

By: Brad      Submitted: 8/15/2023

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great pedal. Sound I was looking for in an overdrive pedal. Would definitely buy again.
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Yep - it's a Blues Driver

By: Ely      Submitted: 6/29/2023

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Product Review Cool classic pedal. Gain levels go from very light John Mayer kind of OD to practically fuzz levels of gain. Works really well low gain with high volume to push a tube amp at edge of break-up over the top. Only giving 4 stars because I didn't fully bond with it, i.e., it ended up not working well with my guitar/amp/pedalboard combo. Worked well with other setups at home, just not the right fit with my live setup (Gretsch 5420T -> BD -> SD1 -> Blues Jr).
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Awesome pedal

By: Tim      Submitted: 3/4/2023

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love this pedal. Boss makes the best pedals on the market won't go wrong with these
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this has that classic sound I was looking for and can be cranked past that when wanted

By: benny      Submitted: 1/4/2023

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review easy to adjust and after 10 months of using it am able to dial in just what I want to hear.
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Why did I not get this years ago!?

By: Kyle      Submitted: 5/1/2022

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Product Review This pedal has added a totally different sound to my playing. Blues isn’t my main style but its given me the opportunity to shape my sound in a different way using a Tele or Strat. I didn’t know my Teles could growl a bit more but still not lose that bluesy sound.
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Great price great pedal

By: Al      Submitted: 10/25/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Excellent fullness of sound regardless of setting.
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Great tone!

By: Chad J      Submitted: 8/27/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I love this pedal! Exactly the tone I was looking for. Great pedal for the money!
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You should have this on your board...

By: Michael D. Scott      Submitted: 6/11/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Love this pedal...! If you don’t have this on your board, you’re missing all the fun...! I mean seriously, this pedal puts the ‘Rock’ in “Rock-n-Roll”.....!
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Great pedal

By: John      Submitted: 4/21/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great sounding pedal. Very versatile. Goes from warm and fuzzy to kick ass.
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Sweet and bluesy

By: Les      Submitted: 3/27/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review By far the best overdrive out there from mild boost to great overdrive can't loose with this one get one today and drive on.
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Growling blues pedal

By: Doug      Submitted: 3/26/2021

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Product Review This pedal gives my Fender that superb growling blues sound. I love it.
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Name says it all

By: Tony Finocchiaro      Submitted: 3/13/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is a great pedal for playing blues. Saw kim simmonds of savoy brown fame using this pedal in concert in November of 2019.
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Essential gear

By: Jw Crow      Submitted: 2/16/2021

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Product Review How did I live without this...who knew?...my Strat does new things...played through an Acoustasonic 40...its sings and crunches the blues..never understood the fascination with pedals mmm..now I do..get that tube sound without the tubes...highly recommended ..
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Great sound, adds a new dimension to my blues playing!

By: Bruce      Submitted: 1/8/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I love this pedal, and it's a great value! I've used one a few years ago with my old Tele, and had to get one for myself for my Esquire. I don't know why I waited so long! As always, AMS came through with a great deal - they're boss, man!
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Great tone and multiple levels of crunch

By: Joel      Submitted: 9/26/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I use this pedal in line with my digitech multi-effect unit. I can dial in almost any type of overdrive I need. Great for soaring blues leads and slightly crunchy rhythms. Highly recommend
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It's the Boss

By: ED      Submitted: 9/16/2020

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6 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This pedal has some very good sounds to it. Great quality comes from Boss. Great pedal for your collection. I'm happy i added to mine.
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I love this pedal!

By: Mark Pszenny      Submitted: 8/24/2020

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Product Review For years I’ve heard about the Boss Blues Driver but always passed it up for tube screamer and/or higher priced OD pedals. I decided to rebuild my pedalboard but, didn’t want to spend too much. So, based on reviews of the blues driver, here on AMS, I decided to give it a try. Well, man was I pleasantly surprised! This is a fantastic OD pedal, far better than any comparable OD pedal I’ve used in the past. I did a gig with it 2 days after it arrived; my tone was amazing ! With AMS you can’t go wrong! I won’t buy from any other!
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Pedal delivered quickly. Not what I expected.

By: EdT      Submitted: 8/13/2020

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Product Review It came with a spent battery inside. The LED light didn't seem like it was working until I plugged an adapter to it. Every video I heard with this pedal sounded great with the guitars played. When I hooked it up to my guitars it didn't sound anything like the videos. No matter what I did, I could never duplicate any of the sounds. I tried it with electric Ovation, Fender and Ibanez guitars. It sounded muddy with little presence. Even with no distortion it sounded scratchy. I never put it into my pedal board. Not worth the money even though it was $10 cheaper than usual. Pedal in decent shape.
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Great overdrive

By: Christophe      Submitted: 6/25/2020

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Product Review This thing drives a little harder than my TS808 and doesn’t seem to change the shape of the tone as much as the screamer. Definitely way more gain in this box too. This pedal is ideal for a shoegaze sound, just the eighth amount of noise and grit on 7 chords, 9 chords, and 11 chords. It doesn’t have as much sustain as other drive and distortion pedals I’ve used, but it plays well with other pedals, so this shouldn’t be a problem even for solos and leads.
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Awesome Pedal

By: Chris      Submitted: 6/6/2020

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Product Review This pedal sounds great with my Schecter Silver Mountain. I prefer the Metal Zone with my Demon 6
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So so so so so so so so so so so so so So so so so.

By: Philip Stewart      Submitted: 5/26/2020

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Product Review So so so so so so so so so so so so so So so so so...SO stupidly good. In my tiny apartment...I can now keep the master at 3....but, get the sound I want.
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Awesome and versatile

By: J      Submitted: 5/1/2020

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Product Review Great overdrive pedal. Good tone and very versatile. Stacks well with other pedals as well.
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Great basic drive pedal

By: Marty      Submitted: 6/20/2019

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Product Review I like that this doesn’t get muddy like a lot of drive pedals do, but it can get shrill if the tone is up too high. I’m using this as a basic drive pedal to add just a touch of grit to an otherwiise clean sound. The gain is all the way down, the level is at noon, and tone is at 11. There’s is an EP booster hitting the front of the chain, and the BD-2 is right after the wah. It gets pretty close to the sound of an amp just barely breaking up, and even kind of responds like it too. I don’t know if it’s the best drive pedal for what I’m using it for, but it’s working for me right now
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Best Blues pedal for the money

By: Kenrex      Submitted: 3/25/2019

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Product Review I definately recommend this product
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Beyond all my expectations

By: Mitch      Submitted: 3/5/2019

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Product Review This pedal has graced my music abilities farther over the top of where I had expected it to take me. Slow mild Blues tone to the more distorted jungle rage fast on the edge of oblivion of what seems like metal tones with a push of my overdriven sustain solo's, man I cannot tell you enough about the versatility of this Boss pedal.
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Boss RULES!

By: Frank Lowhorn      Submitted: 1/9/2019

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Product Review Moving back to the original stomp box style pedal. I have been a Boss fan for a very long time and will continue. Purchased this actually for travel with the compact 3 pedal case. This just might be part of my full time set up. Amazing sound and simplicity of use. I recommend this stomp box and all their other items. Always the best from AMS.
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love it

By: Devin Vaughn      Submitted: 12/18/2018

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Product Review Very good sound and tone for blues
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Great sounding pedal.

By: PGH      Submitted: 12/9/2018

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Product Review Works great. Worth the money
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Good enough 4 a PRINCE

By: TC      Submitted: 11/12/2018

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Product Review Truth be told I got this thing because I heard Prince use it during the 21 nights aftershow. Besides that it is very bluesy and I can go feom mellow tone to all out overdrive. Response to picking and all. This stays in my collection.
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I love this thing

By: Adam Gravedoni      Submitted: 9/26/2018

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Product Review I love the range it has you wanna play blues? You can play blues. You wanna play metal you can play metal
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Great blues and hard rock overdrive pedal

By: Lance Black      Submitted: 9/21/2018

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Product Review This sounds great for boosting the amp and overdriving.
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Love it

By: Linda      Submitted: 9/8/2018

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Product Review Great product
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Good pedal

By: AJ      Submitted: 1/17/2018

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Product Review Wide range of effects, from blues to metal if you choose. Plus built to last. Chris at Ams was a great help.
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This thing is great!

By: FENDER STRAT IS AWESOME!!!      Submitted: 1/3/2018

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Product Review This is a good overdrive pedal. Gives me the blues tones that I need and want!
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Everything I hoped for

By: Garry McNew      Submitted: 8/23/2017

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Product Review Absolutely my favorite pedal. Just the in between blues sound I was seeking. Well done Boss!! Well done AMS !
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love it

By: AIC      Submitted: 2/11/2014

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Your general opinion of this product. Sounds great. Works well with other pedals. Yes, its boss , very dependable. Pedals. All of the above tone. Looks like boss :-) Boss has always stood tall over time.
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Great pedal!!!!!

By: Jason from Palmyra, PA, USA      Submitted: 9/17/2012

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VERY well built pedal. They come with a 5 year warranty! Your general opinion of this product. great vintage tube amp sound out of this. I use it on my Bugera V5 tube amp. Sounds smooth. sounds good on my active EMG81s.
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Full bodied sound

By: Vanessa_Nomad      Submitted: 7/13/2012

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Well, I bought one about 8 years ago. Then I packed it away for six years while I was traveling around the country for an unrelated job. When I finally reunited with this pedal, I plugged it back into my old SKB pedalboard, turned up the drive, and gave myself an aural climax. It was yummy! See above - 8-plus years and still sounds like a dream. Very durable and gushy, creamy sweet sound. Your general opinion of this product. I'm very pleased. It is just a stomp- box, after all. It can't compete with a Marshall stack or Fender blackface, but this is about as good as it gets for a pedal if a warm, bluesy tone is what you're after. Controls are very idiot-proof (good thing for me!!) Wonderful tone. Lots of versatility but it doesn't muddy the tone from your guitar. It goes from sweet and clean all the way to dirty, screaming banshee, with every degree of crunch and growl in between. Really? This question for a stomp-box?? Again ... it's a stomp-box.
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chased my blues away....

By: Don from The Dakota Territory, USA      Submitted: 6/3/2012

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Very well made and dependable. Your general opinion of this product. Great pedal. Feels good. Bluesy Blue Smnooth
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i really like this one

By: zedthewizard from vt      Submitted: 2/7/2011

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Your general opinion of this product. great product . . . nice transparent warm overdrive in sturdy box. heavy but transparent adds some chunk if you want . . . can lay down the cream all the way fuzzed up as it goes. easy controls. great
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bd2 rocks

By: Reverend Blue      Submitted: 9/27/2008

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5 Your general opinion of this product. 4 it's blue--so . . . . N/A
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Blues Screamer?

By: AMS Customer from USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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QUALITY:
Its a Boss pedal...if you've bought Boss pedals before, you know you don't have to worry about quality. I'm half tempted to try running over one with a car to see if it does any damage, I bet it'd survive.

FEATURES:
It does what it advertises. Theres not a million bells & whistles or anything, just set that one tone & you're good to go. Not sure how many other features you need.

EASE OF USE:
Piece of cake! 3 knobs & stomp away...the book even has examples of various tones you can acheive. Thats one of the reasons I've always liked boss pedals.

VALUE:
Well, it ain't cheap. But cheap pedals are frequently dry sterile sounding solid state noise coming out of a plastic box that you're scared to stomp on when playing. The quality of this things tone & the durability of its build are definately worth what they charge.

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I was bummed by its sound. I almost never use it. There are so man
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The sound I have been searching for!!!

By: AMS Customer from USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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QUALITY:
Built very well, very strong!!! No cheap plastic or thin metal case here!!!

FEATURES:
Wish it had another tone knob...it is a little noisy but not bad...to be expected I guess.

EASE OF USE:
Plug up and go, not much "playing with" needed

VALUE:
Could be a little cheaper but then again I guess everything could...it is built well and sounds good so I am happy!

SOUND:
AWESOME!!! I love that warm and smooth overdrive sound...makes you want to play all day!!!

STYLE:
Rock, Classic Rock, a lot of Pink Floyd

MUSIC EXPERIENCE:
hobby for 10 years

OVERALL:
Good buy!!! If it was stolen I would buy another.
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wicked!!!!!!

By: AMS Customer from USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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Your general opinion of this product. someone stole mine........
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Fantastic product... Click here to read why

By: AMS Customer from USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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Your general opinion of this product. great price, great sound, great durablility, great product


QUALITY:
very durable

FEATURES:
Tons of features

EASE OF USE:
plug in and play

VALUE:
much cheaper here than anywhere else

SOUND:
sounds incredible

STYLE:
rock, blues
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might sale it.

By: AMS Customer from USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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Your general opinion of this product. Just sounds likes noise..
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Great Little Tool!!!

By: Danny from Huntsville, AL      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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Your general opinion of this product. I love this thing! I got it off ebay for $38 w/free shipping! What a bargan! I use it all the time. Right now I have created my own special amp modeling setup. I have the BD-2 running into an old Toneworks AX1G guitar processor and then into a Behringer GI100 direct box with cab simulation. even without the AX1G, I get a very good amp simulation. The AX1G has delay, EQ, modulation effects, it's own distortion, and a few other things. But the 2 prize winners are the BD-2 and the GI100. Very smooth sounding distortion!!! ;-)
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This pedal is perfect!

By: Kip Count from New City, NY      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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O.O

By: me from Doral, Florida, USA      Submitted: 2/5/2008

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QUALITY:
It's great! Everything is well made in this thing, it has a great quality! The jacks don't make noise when you pull/put a cord (it maybe do a little noise, but if you put it with caution it won't). I've let it fall couple of times, no problems.

FEATURES:
The amazing of this pedal is the control on the overdrive and on the tone, you can create 101 types of sound with just turning 2 knobs.

EASE OF USE:
Just plug, push the pedal, play and adjust the knobs as you like. Piece of cake.

VALUE:
I won't say is cheap, because is not! It's quite expensive, but is probably that is the only pedal that you'll find with this cool sound and quality.

SOUND:
WOW! This pedal sound rocks! You can create many, many, many types of sound which goes to an cool british blues, passing to an american screamy blues to a cool hard rock! No! It's not for metal players, this has a very smooth and cool sound.