1 00:00:11,706 --> 00:00:13,598 Hello dudes and dudettes. 2 00:00:14,567 --> 00:00:18,567 This is the review for the Boss Blues Driver. 3 00:00:19,170 --> 00:00:21,049 Also called a BD2 4 00:00:21,899 --> 00:00:23,439 I have two of these pedals. 5 00:00:24,497 --> 00:00:28,497 One is the original Boss BD2 Pedal. 6 00:00:29,305 --> 00:00:31,805 Sounds great, really good pedal. Used it for years. 7 00:00:31,805 --> 00:00:33,535 And then I discovered, another one. 8 00:00:35,141 --> 00:00:39,721 Which is called, the Keeley modified BD2. 9 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:43,279 Modified by a guy called Robert Keeley. 10 00:00:44,556 --> 00:00:46,979 You can see his website at robertkeeley.com 11 00:00:47,593 --> 00:00:50,499 He modifies pedals and makes them sound better. 12 00:00:51,419 --> 00:00:54,615 And the difference is quite remarkable really. 13 00:00:54,796 --> 00:00:59,826 It gives you a lot more grunt, kind of a lower end sound with these 14 00:00:59,826 --> 00:01:01,616 Keeley modified blues drivers. 15 00:01:02,817 --> 00:01:05,977 If we just talk about the standard one for a second, it's a really 16 00:01:05,977 --> 00:01:08,357 straightforward kind of a boss pedal. 17 00:01:09,422 --> 00:01:14,482 Boss pedals are really good strong pedals, solid metal things. You know. 18 00:01:14,761 --> 00:01:17,764 They take a regular battery underneath the lid of the pedal. 19 00:01:19,005 --> 00:01:21,305 It's pretty simple controls on these things. 20 00:01:21,887 --> 00:01:24,817 And they take a regular 9 volt power adapter in the back. 21 00:01:26,443 --> 00:01:30,443 The Keeley one is essentially, it looks the same except they've added 22 00:01:30,443 --> 00:01:32,813 a little, I think it's called the 'Fat Switch'. 23 00:01:32,813 --> 00:01:35,973 It's the little switch that I'll go through with you in just a sec. 24 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,890 Essentially looks the same, just sounds a little different. 25 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:41,790 They change various components inside the pedal. 26 00:01:42,546 --> 00:01:45,556 I think it's capacitors and stuff if my memory serves me right, 27 00:01:45,556 --> 00:01:46,946 but I could be wrong. 28 00:01:47,090 --> 00:01:49,730 Okay, so here are the two different pedals side by side. 29 00:01:50,287 --> 00:01:54,287 The one on the left hand side is the Keeley pedal. 30 00:01:54,637 --> 00:01:57,157 You can tell, two ways you can tell the Keeley pedal 31 00:01:57,423 --> 00:01:59,703 First of all, it's got a blue 'on' switch. 32 00:02:01,215 --> 00:02:03,575 And the boss traditional one has a red one 33 00:02:05,164 --> 00:02:07,154 Second thing that's slightly more obvious 34 00:02:07,167 --> 00:02:09,718 is the Keeley one has this little switch here. 35 00:02:10,796 --> 00:02:12,666 I think they call it the 'Fat Switch' 36 00:02:12,996 --> 00:02:14,607 I've always had it up actually. 37 00:02:14,607 --> 00:02:16,827 I haven't experimented much with it being down 38 00:02:16,827 --> 00:02:19,307 so, maybe we'll have a little look at that in a sec. 39 00:02:19,307 --> 00:02:21,047 The three controls on each one 40 00:02:21,838 --> 00:02:23,588 First one, is the level control. 41 00:02:23,588 --> 00:02:26,805 Which as I said before, the thing that you want to probably be doing 42 00:02:26,805 --> 00:02:29,695 is setting that so it's the same volume as your clean sound. 43 00:02:29,747 --> 00:02:33,347 Unless you want it to be a volume boost in which case you'd set it slightly 44 00:02:33,347 --> 00:02:35,539 louder than your clean sound. 45 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,410 We've also got here a tone control. 46 00:02:38,410 --> 00:02:42,410 Which is generally adding more top end or more low end to your sound, 47 00:02:42,410 --> 00:02:45,200 depending on what it is that you want it to achieve. 48 00:02:45,446 --> 00:02:48,720 And last of all, you've got your gain which is how much distortion 49 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:49,769 you have on. 50 00:02:49,769 --> 00:02:51,730 So that's enough on pedals at the moment. 51 00:02:51,730 --> 00:02:55,140 This is just again, my fender teli cast bridge pick up 52 00:02:56,514 --> 00:02:59,440 It's a hum blocker it's been put in the teli. 53 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,996 And messer boogie express 525 amplifier. 54 00:03:03,414 --> 00:03:05,524 Set on the clean channel with no distortion. 55 00:03:07,470 --> 00:03:11,470 So, if we have a look at the different variations in kind of color you got here. 56 00:03:11,470 --> 00:03:13,320 If you turn your gain quite low, 57 00:03:17,892 --> 00:03:19,112 You get a bit of crunch. 58 00:03:21,308 --> 00:03:22,680 And then, 59 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:23,628 -music plays- 60 00:03:28,839 --> 00:03:30,490 The clean sound. 61 00:03:33,184 --> 00:03:35,414 Here it is, just a really low gain. 62 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,170 So, it's kind of, you know, a little bit crunchier 63 00:03:44,170 --> 00:03:46,184 it's a really nice Blues Driver. 64 00:03:46,299 --> 00:03:48,619 It's using not too much gain kind of effect. 65 00:03:48,855 --> 00:03:50,515 If we crank that up a little bit. 66 00:03:54,195 --> 00:03:56,135 You're back into having a little bit more 67 00:04:01,423 --> 00:04:02,673 Here it's quite bitey. 68 00:04:02,673 --> 00:04:06,673 It's got quite a good level of crunch there without it being over the top. 69 00:04:06,734 --> 00:04:07,767 If we whack it up, 70 00:04:07,767 --> 00:04:10,747 This is kind of around the setting I normally have it I guess. 71 00:04:17,205 --> 00:04:21,205 It's quite chunky, you know. You got a nice, -music plays- 72 00:04:24,464 --> 00:04:25,440 Nice distortion. 73 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,440 Of course you can wind it right up to max. 74 00:04:33,611 --> 00:04:35,045 Which is pretty damn heavy. 75 00:04:35,045 --> 00:04:36,815 It's not- it's still kind of bluesy. 76 00:04:36,855 --> 00:04:39,245 It's not like a heavy metal kind of distortion. 77 00:04:39,245 --> 00:04:41,514 It's just a nice crunchy blues distortion. 78 00:04:41,732 --> 00:04:44,822 Generally, I've found this to be better set lower. 79 00:04:44,822 --> 00:04:46,752 This is kind of the maximum I guess. 80 00:04:48,903 --> 00:04:50,504 Where I think it sounds good. 81 00:04:50,733 --> 00:04:52,263 Tone control, very versatile. 82 00:04:52,263 --> 00:04:53,743 Again, if we wind it right up, 83 00:04:55,582 --> 00:04:57,574 it's really crunchy and really bright. 84 00:04:57,574 --> 00:04:58,954 Wind it back the other way. 85 00:05:00,804 --> 00:05:02,224 All that top end disappeared, 86 00:05:02,224 --> 00:05:04,824 so it doesn't tend to sound quite so nice there. 87 00:05:07,611 --> 00:05:08,501 It's not bad. 88 00:05:08,501 --> 00:05:10,441 Either side of 12 o'clock is not bad. 89 00:05:10,861 --> 00:05:13,011 tend to prefer on the brighter side. 90 00:05:14,082 --> 00:05:16,432 Maybe it's because my hearing has gone a bit. 91 00:05:16,432 --> 00:05:20,112 But otherwise, tend to have my guitar sounds a little brighter than normal. 92 00:05:20,180 --> 00:05:22,350 That's kind of where you're looking at there. 93 00:05:22,350 --> 00:05:26,350 Somewhere between say 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock would be the normal kind 94 00:05:26,350 --> 00:05:29,125 of settings for your tone control in this instance. 95 00:05:29,688 --> 00:05:31,619 So, if we just -music plays- 96 00:05:32,192 --> 00:05:34,852 Just have a flick of that switch now on the Keely one. 97 00:05:36,458 --> 00:05:37,998 Not a whole heap of difference. 98 00:05:39,668 --> 00:05:41,968 Seems just a little touch fatter here 99 00:05:41,968 --> 00:05:44,618 with the uh. -music plays- 100 00:05:52,623 --> 00:05:55,640 Seems to be affecting the kinda upper mid range a little bit. 101 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:56,730 But it's, yeah. 102 00:05:56,730 --> 00:06:00,320 Generally I've always just had that switch up if you've got the Keely one. 103 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,370 Okay, so if you haven't got the Keely one, 104 00:06:03,071 --> 00:06:03,971 what's going on? 105 00:06:04,021 --> 00:06:06,751 So, basically, the pedal's gonna be pretty much the same. 106 00:06:06,751 --> 00:06:08,141 -music plays- 107 00:06:10,761 --> 00:06:12,413 So, if I turn it off now. 108 00:06:12,413 --> 00:06:13,693 Turn the Keely one back on 109 00:06:18,139 --> 00:06:19,546 And back again. 110 00:06:25,019 --> 00:06:29,019 The regular boss one is kind of, I'd describe it as being slightly 111 00:06:29,019 --> 00:06:29,809 thinner. 112 00:06:29,809 --> 00:06:33,136 It doesn't have quite the same amount of grunt as the Keeley one has. 113 00:06:33,136 --> 00:06:37,396 So, this is for me, quite a preferred kind of, they call it a mod. 114 00:06:37,396 --> 00:06:39,356 Yeah, a modification of the pedal. 115 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,872 So, but I still think this is a great pedal. 116 00:06:41,872 --> 00:06:43,372 It's got all the same thing 117 00:06:43,372 --> 00:06:45,342 You can run the gain low 118 00:06:45,909 --> 00:06:47,939 Sorry, that was the wrong control there. 119 00:06:47,939 --> 00:06:51,939 You can turn the gain down low and get the -music plays 120 00:06:54,488 --> 00:07:00,048 Off. With a little bit of crunch. 121 00:07:02,249 --> 00:07:04,219 Turn the level up a little bit actually. 122 00:07:06,104 --> 00:07:10,104 Or you can run it up again up around the sound or something. 123 00:07:11,513 --> 00:07:12,992 Gain back down a bit. 124 00:07:12,992 --> 00:07:16,072 Often, as you turn the gain up, you've got to turn the level down 125 00:07:16,072 --> 00:07:17,682 to keep it at the same volume. 126 00:07:18,318 --> 00:07:21,648 If we wind it right up, you know, go into the full thing. 127 00:07:21,648 --> 00:07:22,808 -music plays- 128 00:07:32,225 --> 00:07:36,225 You know, it's got a pretty decent kind of proper level of distortion there 129 00:07:36,225 --> 00:07:37,545 with the old blues driver. 130 00:07:38,349 --> 00:07:39,799 Now, just one little find 131 00:07:40,039 --> 00:07:41,989 so, both of these, great pedals. 132 00:07:41,989 --> 00:07:43,649 I prefer the Keeley modified one. 133 00:07:43,702 --> 00:07:47,282 But you know, the plain Boss Blues Driver 134 00:07:47,282 --> 00:07:49,522 if you're looking for a first distortion pedal, 135 00:07:49,522 --> 00:07:50,522 is a really good one. 136 00:07:50,658 --> 00:07:53,200 Just a cool little trick for you that you might like. 137 00:07:53,853 --> 00:07:56,543 If you put your pedals quite close together like that, 138 00:07:57,615 --> 00:07:59,225 a common trick is to have 139 00:07:59,284 --> 00:08:02,094 say, one with quite low level gain 140 00:08:02,771 --> 00:08:04,221 So as being, you kind of hear, 141 00:08:04,221 --> 00:08:05,431 -music plays- 142 00:08:06,063 --> 00:08:07,923 Your rhythm sound if you like. 143 00:08:10,692 --> 00:08:12,192 And then another one, 144 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:13,310 Off. 145 00:08:13,418 --> 00:08:14,468 -Music plays- 146 00:08:14,468 --> 00:08:16,338 As being your lead sound. 147 00:08:16,358 --> 00:08:19,458 So, if you put your foot down on the two of them at the same time 148 00:08:19,464 --> 00:08:22,164 of course it turns one on and one off 149 00:08:22,164 --> 00:08:23,514 So, you'd have your rhythm. 150 00:08:26,058 --> 00:08:28,066 Jump on them both at the same time. 151 00:08:28,066 --> 00:08:29,796 And then, -music plays- 152 00:08:32,001 --> 00:08:33,371 Back off we go. 153 00:08:35,158 --> 00:08:37,758 And you're back to your rhythm sound again 154 00:08:37,758 --> 00:08:39,328 So, that's a cool little trick 155 00:08:39,328 --> 00:08:41,468 If you get a couple of this boss style pedal 156 00:08:41,468 --> 00:08:43,318 with the two things together. 157 00:08:45,722 --> 00:08:47,432 That's a really nifty little trick. 158 00:08:47,432 --> 00:08:48,972 Definitely worth checking out. 159 00:08:48,972 --> 00:08:51,572 Both of these are running on batteries at the moment. 160 00:08:51,572 --> 00:08:53,152 But of course, they both have the 161 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:55,720 the little thing, space in the top there 162 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,987 For you to plug your 9 volt power adapter in 163 00:08:58,987 --> 00:09:00,897 which is definitely a good idea. 164 00:09:02,192 --> 00:09:05,452 And my phone is ringing, so I'm going to have to go answer that now. 165 00:09:05,452 --> 00:09:07,590 But uh, yeah. Hopefully that gives you 166 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:10,359 a good look at your Boss Blues Driver Pedal. 167 00:09:11,430 --> 00:09:15,100 I hope you enjoyed my little review of the boss blues driver 168 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:17,440 and the Keeley modified boss blues driver. 169 00:09:17,626 --> 00:09:21,023 Don't forget to check out the website where I give you links to 170 00:09:21,023 --> 00:09:22,083 all the manufacturers. 171 00:09:22,083 --> 00:09:23,550 And loads more info about gear 172 00:09:23,550 --> 00:09:24,970 and playing, and stuff. 173 00:09:25,304 --> 00:09:27,654 You know, discouraged. I'm sure you've been there. 174 00:09:27,654 --> 00:09:30,400 If you haven't, you should go and check it out! 175 00:09:30,578 --> 00:09:33,948 I'll see you soon for another pedal review 176 00:09:33,948 --> 00:09:37,948 See ya.