0:00:11.706,0:00:13.598 Hello dudes and dudettes. 0:00:14.567,0:00:18.567 This is the review for the Boss Blues[br]Driver. 0:00:19.170,0:00:21.049 Also called a BD2 0:00:21.899,0:00:23.439 I have two of these pedals. 0:00:24.497,0:00:28.497 One is the original Boss BD2 Pedal. 0:00:29.305,0:00:31.805 Sounds great, really good pedal. [br]Used it for years. 0:00:31.805,0:00:33.535 And then I discovered, another one. 0:00:35.141,0:00:39.721 Which is called, the Keeley modified BD2. 0:00:40.310,0:00:43.279 Modified by a guy called Robert Keeley. 0:00:44.556,0:00:46.979 You can see his website at [br]robertkeeley.com 0:00:47.593,0:00:50.499 He modifies pedals and makes them sound[br]better. 0:00:51.419,0:00:54.615 And the difference is quite remarkable[br]really. 0:00:54.796,0:00:59.826 It gives you a lot more grunt,[br]kind of a lower end sound with these 0:00:59.826,0:01:01.616 Keeley modified blues drivers. 0:01:02.817,0:01:05.977 If we just talk about the standard one[br]for a second, it's a really 0:01:05.977,0:01:08.357 straightforward kind of a boss pedal. 0:01:09.422,0:01:14.482 Boss pedals are really good strong [br]pedals, solid metal things. You know. 0:01:14.761,0:01:17.764 They take a regular battery underneath[br]the lid of the pedal. 0:01:19.005,0:01:21.305 It's pretty simple controls on these [br]things. 0:01:21.887,0:01:24.817 And they take a regular 9 volt power [br]adapter in the back. 0:01:26.443,0:01:30.443 The Keeley one is essentially, [br]it looks the same except they've added 0:01:30.443,0:01:32.813 a little, I think it's called the [br]'Fat Switch'. 0:01:32.813,0:01:35.973 It's the little switch that I'll go[br]through with you in just a sec. 0:01:36.080,0:01:38.890 Essentially looks the same, just sounds [br]a little different. 0:01:38.890,0:01:41.790 They change various components inside [br]the pedal. 0:01:42.546,0:01:45.556 I think it's capacitors and stuff if my[br]memory serves me right, 0:01:45.556,0:01:46.946 but I could be wrong. 0:01:47.090,0:01:49.730 Okay, so here are the two different pedals[br]side by side. 0:01:50.287,0:01:54.287 The one on the left hand side is the [br]Keeley pedal. 0:01:54.637,0:01:57.157 You can tell, two ways you can tell the [br]Keeley pedal 0:01:57.423,0:01:59.703 First of all, it's got a blue 'on' switch. 0:02:01.215,0:02:03.575 And the boss traditional one has a red one 0:02:05.164,0:02:07.154 Second thing that's slightly more obvious 0:02:07.167,0:02:09.718 is the Keeley one has this little switch [br]here. 0:02:10.796,0:02:12.666 I think they call it the 'Fat Switch' 0:02:12.996,0:02:14.607 I've always had it up actually. 0:02:14.607,0:02:16.827 I haven't experimented much with it being [br]down 0:02:16.827,0:02:19.307 so, maybe we'll have a little look at [br]that in a sec. 0:02:19.307,0:02:21.047 The three controls on each one 0:02:21.838,0:02:23.588 First one, is the level control. 0:02:23.588,0:02:26.805 Which as I said before, the thing that you[br]want to probably be doing 0:02:26.805,0:02:29.695 is setting that so it's the same volume [br]as your clean sound. 0:02:29.747,0:02:33.347 Unless you want it to be a volume boost [br]in which case you'd set it slightly 0:02:33.347,0:02:35.539 louder than your clean sound. 0:02:36.200,0:02:38.410 We've also got here a tone control. 0:02:38.410,0:02:42.410 Which is generally adding more top [br]end or more low end to your sound, 0:02:42.410,0:02:45.200 depending on what it is that you [br]want it to achieve. 0:02:45.446,0:02:48.720 And last of all, you've got your [br]gain which is how much distortion 0:02:48.720,0:02:49.769 you have on. 0:02:49.769,0:02:51.730 So that's enough on pedals [br]at the moment. 0:02:51.730,0:02:55.140 This is just again, my fender teli cast [br]bridge pick up 0:02:56.514,0:02:59.440 It's a hum blocker it's been put [br]in the teli. 0:02:59.440,0:03:01.996 And messer boogie express 525 [br]amplifier. 0:03:03.414,0:03:05.524 Set on the clean channel with [br]no distortion. 0:03:07.470,0:03:11.470 So, if we have a look at the different [br]variations in kind of color you got here. 0:03:11.470,0:03:13.320 If you turn your gain quite low, 0:03:17.892,0:03:19.112 You get a bit of crunch. 0:03:21.308,0:03:22.680 And then, 0:03:22.680,0:03:23.628 -music plays- 0:03:28.839,0:03:30.490 The clean sound. 0:03:33.184,0:03:35.414 Here it is, just a really low gain. 0:03:41.560,0:03:44.170 So, it's kind of, you know, [br]a little bit crunchier 0:03:44.170,0:03:46.184 it's a really nice Blues Driver. 0:03:46.299,0:03:48.619 It's using not too much gain kind of [br]effect. 0:03:48.855,0:03:50.515 If we crank that up a little bit. 0:03:54.195,0:03:56.135 You're back into having a little[br]bit more 0:04:01.423,0:04:02.673 Here it's quite bitey. 0:04:02.673,0:04:06.673 It's got quite a good level of crunch[br]there without it being over the top. 0:04:06.734,0:04:07.767 If we whack it up, 0:04:07.767,0:04:10.747 This is kind of around the setting [br]I normally have it I guess. 0:04:17.205,0:04:21.205 It's quite chunky, you know.[br]You got a nice, -music plays- 0:04:24.464,0:04:25.440 Nice distortion. 0:04:25.440,0:04:28.440 Of course you can wind it right up[br]to max. 0:04:33.611,0:04:35.045 Which is pretty damn heavy. 0:04:35.045,0:04:36.815 It's not- it's still kind of bluesy. 0:04:36.855,0:04:39.245 It's not like a heavy metal kind of [br]distortion. 0:04:39.245,0:04:41.514 It's just a nice crunchy blues distortion. 0:04:41.732,0:04:44.822 Generally, I've found this to be better [br]set lower. 0:04:44.822,0:04:46.752 This is kind of the maximum I guess. 0:04:48.903,0:04:50.504 Where I think it sounds good. 0:04:50.733,0:04:52.263 Tone control, very versatile. 0:04:52.263,0:04:53.743 Again, if we wind it right up, 0:04:55.582,0:04:57.574 it's really crunchy and really bright. 0:04:57.574,0:04:58.954 Wind it back the other way. 0:05:00.804,0:05:02.224 All that top end disappeared, 0:05:02.224,0:05:04.824 so it doesn't[br]tend to sound quite so nice there. 0:05:07.611,0:05:08.501 It's not bad. 0:05:08.501,0:05:10.441 Either side of 12 o'clock is [br]not bad. 0:05:10.861,0:05:13.011 tend to prefer on the brighter side. 0:05:14.082,0:05:16.432 Maybe it's because my hearing has gone a[br]bit. 0:05:16.432,0:05:20.112 But otherwise, tend to have my guitar [br]sounds a little brighter than normal. 0:05:20.180,0:05:22.350 That's kind of where you're looking [br]at there. 0:05:22.350,0:05:26.350 Somewhere between say 10 o'clock and 2[br]o'clock would be the normal kind 0:05:26.350,0:05:29.125 of settings for your tone control in [br]this instance. 0:05:29.688,0:05:31.619 So, if we just[br]-music plays- 0:05:32.192,0:05:34.852 Just have a flick of that switch now on [br]the Keely one. 0:05:36.458,0:05:37.998 Not a whole heap of difference. 0:05:39.668,0:05:41.968 Seems just a little touch fatter here[br] 0:05:41.968,0:05:44.618 with the uh. [br]-music plays- 0:05:52.623,0:05:55.640 Seems to be affecting the kinda upper mid [br]range a little bit. 0:05:55.640,0:05:56.730 But it's, yeah. 0:05:56.730,0:06:00.320 Generally I've always just had that [br]switch up if you've got the Keely one. 0:06:00.320,0:06:02.370 Okay, so if you haven't got the Keely [br]one, 0:06:03.071,0:06:03.971 what's going on? 0:06:04.021,0:06:06.751 So, basically, the pedal's gonna be [br]pretty much the same. 0:06:06.751,0:06:08.141 -music plays- 0:06:10.761,0:06:12.413 So, if I turn it off now. 0:06:12.413,0:06:13.693 Turn the Keely one back on 0:06:18.139,0:06:19.546 And back again. 0:06:25.019,0:06:29.019 The regular boss one is kind of,[br]I'd describe it as being slightly 0:06:29.019,0:06:29.809 thinner. 0:06:29.809,0:06:33.136 It doesn't have quite the same [br]amount of grunt as the Keeley one has. 0:06:33.136,0:06:37.396 So, this is for me, quite a preferred kind[br]of, they call it a mod. 0:06:37.396,0:06:39.356 Yeah, a modification of the pedal. 0:06:39.666,0:06:41.872 So, but I still think this is a great[br]pedal. 0:06:41.872,0:06:43.372 It's got all the same thing 0:06:43.372,0:06:45.342 You can run the gain low 0:06:45.909,0:06:47.939 Sorry, that was the wrong [br]control there. 0:06:47.939,0:06:51.939 You can turn the gain down low [br]and get the -music plays 0:06:54.488,0:07:00.048 Off. [br]With a little bit of crunch. 0:07:02.249,0:07:04.219 Turn the level up a little bit actually. 0:07:06.104,0:07:10.104 Or you can run it up again up around the [br]sound or something. 0:07:11.513,0:07:12.992 Gain back down a bit. 0:07:12.992,0:07:16.072 Often, as you turn the gain up,[br]you've got to turn the level down 0:07:16.072,0:07:17.682 to keep it at the same volume. 0:07:18.318,0:07:21.648 If we wind it right up, you know, [br]go into the full thing. 0:07:21.648,0:07:22.808 -music plays- 0:07:32.225,0:07:36.225 You know, it's got a pretty decent [br]kind of proper level of distortion there 0:07:36.225,0:07:37.545 with the old blues driver. 0:07:38.349,0:07:39.799 Now, just one little find 0:07:40.039,0:07:41.989 so, both of these, great pedals. 0:07:41.989,0:07:43.649 I prefer the Keeley modified one. 0:07:43.702,0:07:47.282 But you know, the plain Boss Blues Driver 0:07:47.282,0:07:49.522 if you're looking for a first distortion [br]pedal, 0:07:49.522,0:07:50.522 is a really good one. 0:07:50.658,0:07:53.200 Just a cool little trick for you that [br]you might like. 0:07:53.853,0:07:56.543 If you put your pedals [br]quite close together like that, 0:07:57.615,0:07:59.225 a common trick is to have 0:07:59.284,0:08:02.094 say, one with quite low level gain 0:08:02.771,0:08:04.221 So as being, you kind of hear, 0:08:04.221,0:08:05.431 -music plays- 0:08:06.063,0:08:07.923 Your rhythm sound if you like. 0:08:10.692,0:08:12.192 And then another one, 0:08:12.560,0:08:13.310 Off. 0:08:13.418,0:08:14.468 -Music plays- 0:08:14.468,0:08:16.338 As being your lead sound. 0:08:16.358,0:08:19.458 So, if you put your foot down on the [br]two of them at the same time 0:08:19.464,0:08:22.164 of course it turns one on and one off 0:08:22.164,0:08:23.514 So, you'd have your rhythm. 0:08:26.058,0:08:28.066 Jump on them both at the same time. 0:08:28.066,0:08:29.796 And then, [br]-music plays- 0:08:32.001,0:08:33.371 Back off we go. 0:08:35.158,0:08:37.758 And you're back to your rhythm sound again 0:08:37.758,0:08:39.328 So, that's a cool little trick 0:08:39.328,0:08:41.468 If you get a couple of this boss style [br]pedal 0:08:41.468,0:08:43.318 with the two things together. 0:08:45.722,0:08:47.432 That's a really nifty little trick. 0:08:47.432,0:08:48.972 Definitely worth checking out. 0:08:48.972,0:08:51.572 Both of these are running on batteries[br]at the moment. 0:08:51.572,0:08:53.152 But of course, they both have the 0:08:53.533,0:08:55.720 the little thing, space in the top there 0:08:55.720,0:08:58.987 For you to plug your 9 volt power [br]adapter in 0:08:58.987,0:09:00.897 which is definitely a good idea. 0:09:02.192,0:09:05.452 And my phone is ringing, so I'm going to[br]have to go answer that now. 0:09:05.452,0:09:07.590 But uh, yeah. Hopefully that gives you 0:09:07.590,0:09:10.359 a good look [br]at your Boss Blues Driver Pedal. 0:09:11.430,0:09:15.100 I hope you enjoyed my little review of [br]the boss blues driver 0:09:15.100,0:09:17.440 and the Keeley modified boss blues [br]driver. 0:09:17.626,0:09:21.023 Don't forget to check out the website [br]where I give you links to 0:09:21.023,0:09:22.083 all the manufacturers. 0:09:22.083,0:09:23.550 And loads more info about gear 0:09:23.550,0:09:24.970 and playing, and stuff. 0:09:25.304,0:09:27.654 You know, discouraged. I'm sure you've[br]been there. 0:09:27.654,0:09:30.400 If you haven't, you should go and [br]check it out! 0:09:30.578,0:09:33.948 I'll see you soon for another pedal review 0:09:33.948,0:09:37.948 See ya.