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* Knob 1: '''"Level"''': Pedal volume. Turn the knob fully counter-clockwise to turn down volume.  
 
* Knob 1: '''"Level"''': Pedal volume. Turn the knob fully counter-clockwise to turn down volume.  
 
* Knob 2: '''"Tone"''': Fully clockwise is maximum treble frequencies in the tone. As knob is turned counter-clockwise those frequencies are filtered out.
 
* Knob 2: '''"Tone"''': Fully clockwise is maximum treble frequencies in the tone. As knob is turned counter-clockwise those frequencies are filtered out.

Revision as of 18:31, 9 May 2018

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver. While there is a complaint that some have regarding the pedal being treble-heavy, this is otherwise a well-respected overdrive pedal that can also veer into distortion tones when the highest levels of gain are dialed in.

Controls

Boss BD2 front.png
  • Knob 1: "Level": Pedal volume. Turn the knob fully counter-clockwise to turn down volume.
  • Knob 2: "Tone": Fully clockwise is maximum treble frequencies in the tone. As knob is turned counter-clockwise those frequencies are filtered out.
  • Knob 3: "Gain": Sets the level of overdrive/distortion of the pedal. Turning the knob clockwise increases the amount of overdrive/distortion.
  • Footswitch 1: "On/Off": Toggles the pedal on or off.

While characterized as a good-sounding overdrive/distortion, the Blues Driver is also known for being "ice-picky" in the tone department, with a preponderance of treble frequencies. Most players end up having to turn down the tone knob in order to roll off those treble frequencies.

Bypass:Buffered

All Boss pedals are buffered. The BD-2 is not an exception.

General Information

Having been created and released in 1995, the BD-2 Blues Driver is an overdrive/distortion pedal that is a late-comer to the Boss line-up regarding their largely well-respected overdrive pedals.

In the middle of 2017, Boss appears to have changed the PCB that hosts the BD-2 circuit. Inside the updated BD-2 is a far smaller PCB. There are modifications of the BD-2 that can change the tonal character of the pedal. There is a Monte Allums modification (linked below) that we have purchased and are applying to our BD-2 in order to tame the "ice-pickyness" we believe is a bit of a problem. If you are intending to modify your Blues Driver, you're going to have to make sure you have a pre-2017 pedal that has electronics that are actually modifiable.

Pedal Manual

Phase Inversion:Yes/No

Schematic ID Electronic Part Action Phase State
X X X X

Schematic

Artists

We are currently unaware of any artists actively using the pedal now, or who have in the past.


Additional Sources