When you’ve been playing guitar for a while, you’ll eventually need to look outside the instrument for things to spice up your playing. Sometimes even the most skilled guitarist in the world with the most amazing sounding guitar needs a few more tricks in his bag than his own skills. Everyone’s searching for that extra sound that takes their playing from amazing to simply godlike.
Fortunately there are a lot of great companies out there trying to help us musicians take it to the next level. Boss is one of them. They make the most complete set of effects pedals that I have ever seen, and that is saying a lot because I’ve looked at the lineup of almost every effects company out there.
Fortunately there are a lot of great companies out there trying to help us musicians take it to the next level. Boss is one of them. They make the most complete set of effects pedals that I have ever seen, and that is saying a lot because I’ve looked at the lineup of almost every effects company out there.
For guitarists selection is a huge factor when you’re trying to pick out a Boss pedal. You get a certain type of person who wants the “all in one” option – a pedal that they can use in almost any situation and it will serve them nicely, but not amazingly. Others prefer a really custom option for each musical situation that they find themselves in. They might want a really extreme wah wah pedal for a specific riff in a song, and they a delay pedal for another more ethereal section of another track. Even still, they may want to throw in some more modulation on a more progressive piece and having just one pedal isn’t going to cut it. They want the specialized options and I have to say that Boss pedals delivers these to a tee.
For instance, they have a really solid distortion pedal that will essentially cover you when it comes to distortion. You can take it from a really clean sound with a little bit of dirt to a sound that is reminiscent of a garbage truck outside crunching down the latest trash pickup. It’s all up to you – that’s what Boss does so well. They give you ultimate customizability when it comes to the level of effects you want to put on your signal. I haven’t seen this high a range of selection in a long while, if ever, especially when it comes to the distortion pedal.
The BC-2 combo drive is a great way to channel the sounds of the British rock invasion that took place in the 1950s and 1960s and it’s stripped down to the bare essentials. You might take that to be a bad thing, but you would be mistaken – oftentimes pedal companies like to throw in these little “extras” and instead end up creating huge hassle for the end user because they just get confused with all of the different options. The BC-2 has four knobs, an input and an output. That’s it – and that’s all it needs.
So, if you’re looking for something to breathe life into your playing again, take a look at the boss pedal line. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.
