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