Boss Distortions - in order of gaininess

[Mincer]

Boss effects have manuals? Who knew...

Some of the Roland rack effects (and a few of the Boss ones) were so convoluted with menus inside of menus, that if you didn't read the manual, you wouldn't get any sound, and it could be 1 of 1000 settings.

 

[superpete]

the combo drive was a sleeper pedal of theirs that i loved. it was supposed to be like a vox ac30, but it could get really saturated for a brian may type sound. i found it killer for ratt styled riffing.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Oh thanks a lot guys..... There's a distortion pedal with more nuts than the metalzone that I haven't tried yet?
ebay/reverb here I come.
Just shame on you....

 

[Aceman]

Some of the Roland rack effects (and a few of the Boss ones) were so convoluted with menus inside of menus, that if you didn't read the manual, you wouldn't get any sound, and it could be 1 of 1000 settings.

Clarification: Boss pedals.

I had an ME-6 once upon a time...but that was fairly obvious. Honestly, I really liked that thing. everything you needed, nothing more, very sensible, and 25 patches...I had a killer Marshall patch and an awesome Van Halen 5150 patch, among others.

 

[Aceman]

I mean - part of this is about "Just how dirt boxes have they had?" anyway...

 

[beaubrummels]

Seems like it's a little like Duncan's, where an innocent mod becomes a new production model.

 

[GuitarStv]

This is the chart in the manuals:

This chart is crazy. No fucking way is the BD-2 the smoothest sounding OD boss does.



Actually, WTF does smooth/rough and metallic/natural really mean? I'm not sure I understand the axis of this graph.

 

[Securb]

Actually, WTF does smooth/rough really mean?

It is the finger feel when you are playing the box.

 

[Artie]

This chart is crazy. No ****ing way is the BD-2 the smoothest sounding OD boss does.

On the other hand, do the Keeley mod, and it's my sweetest dirt box.

 

[PFDarkside]

It is the finger feel when you are playing the box.

Jeez, I don’t even want to know about Natural/Metallic.

 

[Mincer]

This chart is crazy. No ****ing way is the BD-2 the smoothest sounding OD boss does.



Actually, WTF does smooth/rough and metallic/natural really mean? I'm not sure I understand the axis of this graph.

I have no idea. But this is Boss' own chart from about 20 years ago. They were never good at descriptions of what their stuff did.

 

[GuitarStv]

On the other hand, do the Keeley mod, and it's my sweetest dirt box.

I love the BD-2 and have been using it for more than a decade and a half . . . but smooth . . . that is not a good descriptor. It has some biting/raspy higher frequencies that are awesome. The SD and OD pedals all sound smoother to me.

I have no idea. But this is Boss' own chart from about 20 years ago. They were never good at descriptions of what their stuff did.

They might as well have put yellow - blue as one of the axis.


: P

 

[Demanic]

Oh thanks a lot guys..... There's a distortion pedal with more nuts than the metalzone that I haven't tried yet?
ebay/reverb here I come.
Just shame on you....

Well, I would say that would be a Metalzone modded by Keeley. The first setting on the three position micro toggle is the original MT-2. And it just goes up from there.

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[Artie]

I love the BD-2 and have been using it for more than a decade and a half . . . but smooth . . . that is not a good descriptor. It has some biting/raspy higher frequencies that are awesome. The SD and OD pedals all sound smoother to me.

I gotta dig mine out again. I have the SD, DS, and BD. Plus, the Tri-Parallel mixer to test them. This should be a cool test.