Boss BD2 Blues Driver Guitar Effects Pedal 5 Year Guarantee Part Exchange Welcome! - Click Here To Get Your Valuation The Boss BD2 pedal has made a massive impact on numerous great players thanks to its sweet, transparent, tubey overdrive. This pedal has an array of functions and possibilities it’s great for pushing your amp into saturation, which is ideal for blues and rock players! Although this pedal has no problem going full on distortion using a clean channel which generate a rich tone full of body but with lots of clarity for chords with plenty of notes. As you probably know, Boss has a reputation for building pedals that will last! You can throw it, kick it and juggle. It’s really up to you. But it won’t break. These pedals will endure the brutal rock and roll touring life; the proof is that this pedal is on dozens of musicians boards across many genres. Boss just proving that durability and affordability can go side by side. Barry - Rimmers Music Product Specialist More about The Boss BD2 Blues Driver Ideal Sound for Blues The BD-2 Blues Driver offers that smooth, yet gritty tone that defines legendary blues guitar. This sought-after pedal gives you immediate access to the rich overdrive and soulful distortion typically found in vintage tube amps with decades of history. Dynamic overdrive Released in 1995, the Boss BD2 Blues Driver is a relative latecomer to the Boss overdrive family but with its clever design features, earns its place at the table on merit. Circuit-wise, the BD2 is an evolution of the OD2 circuit and was the starting point for the OD3 (the OD2 was a radically different circuit than the original OD1). The circuit stands itself apart from other Boss overdrives with a couple of neat design features. The main one is the ‘fixed tone stack’ network after the first op-amp, and this is what gives the Blues driver its distinctive character and tone; this basically copies old silverface amps and boosts the mids and bass while limiting the treble. This allows it to be one of the few pedals that doesn't sound muddy or muted when the tone control is rolled down. The other is very simple but remarkably effective, having a boost stage with an op-amp that won’t clip gives the transparency and dynamic response that the Blues Driver is famous for. The BD2 has a flat to slightly scooped mid-range and sounds similar to silverface amp breakup but can get fuzzier at higher gain settings. The OD3 doesn't have quite as much gain available as the BD-2 but does share a fairly flat midrange with a decent amount of bass. It can be as smooth or crunchy, depending on how you set it. With only slight similarities, the BD2 and OD3 are different enough to warrant owning both. Features Classic "blues" guitar tones with tube amp simulation Warm distortion and overdrive Responds to nuance and volume changes Roadworthy design is ideal for gigging musicians Basic three-knob layout is easy to use AC adaptor or 9V battery operation Specs Nominal Input Level: -20 dBu Input Impedance: 1 M ohms Nominal Output Level: -20 dBu Output Impedance: 1 k ohms Equivalent Input Noise Level: -118 dBu (IHF-A, Typ.) Connectors: INPUT Jack, OUTPUT Jack, AC Adaptor Jack (DC 9 V) Power Supply: DC 9 V: Dry Battery 9 V type (6F22/9 V), AC Adaptor 9 mA (DC 9 V) Accessories: Dry Battery 9 V type (6F22/9 V) Dimensions: (W) 73 mm, 2-7/8 inches (D) 129 mm, 5-1/8 inches (H) 59 mm, 2-3/8 inches Weight (incl. battery): 0.4 kg, 0 lbs. 15 oz. Boss
About Rimmers Music:
Rimmers Music (Est.1978) has an excellent reputation and is regarded as one of the best Musical Instrument Retail Company’s in the UK.
We deal with large amounts of goods on a daily basis via our physical stores, established mail order website www.rimmersmusic.co.uk and dedicated education sales division with education catalogue (distributed to over 26,000 schools and Music Services all over the country).
We also have stores on EBAY and Amazon retailing musical instruments.
Retailing both new and used equipment Rimmers Music has a reputation for offering competitive prices (always with long guarantees for peace of mind) and excellent part exchange prices.
We also buy old instruments to recycle and sell, enabling our customers get a refurbished bargain and also help the environment.
We price check daily to ensure we are giving you the best deal possible. If you find a better deal than we offer we would be very surprised and like to hear about it.
We offer delivery and collection services for all products to make the process of getting your new instrument and part exchanging your old instrument easy. We use next day delivery and collection services for most items, via various courier companies we have accounts with.
Via these couriers we give tracking information for timed delivery slots (in most cases). We also sell specialist items that require an additional level of delivery service, items such as acoustic upright or grand pianos. These specialist delivery items are delivered by our trained team of experts who know how to handle items of this nature, are fully insured, professional and give our customers the installation with the care and attention they deserve.
We sell a huge range of musical instrumentssuch as acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, guitar amplifiers, acoustic pianos (upright and grand), electric pianos, acoustic drum kits, electric drum kits, digital keyboards, synthesizers, percussion, DJ equipment, PA systems, World percussion such as Djembes and Cajons, classroom equipment such as glockenspiels and maracas, accessories and much more. We sell in the region of 350 different musical instrument brands from many distributors and suppliers such as Yamaha, Roland, Korg, Casio, Alesis, Kawai, Mapex, Meinl, Taylor, Takamine, Mahalo, Nord, Blackstar, Fender, Squier, Stentor, Paiste, Steinway, ESP, Vox, Pearl, Tama, Faith, Valencia, Carlsbro, Vintage, Jupiter, Odyssey, Encore, HK Audio, Boss, Peavey, Focusrite, Epiphone by Gibson and many more. We are the one stop music store withmusical instruments for all the family.
Our customer service team are excellent, they are trained daily on the musical instruments we sell and can guide you all the way to the instrument you need, with simple expert advice. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and service we offer our customers. We want you to recommend us to all your friends and family and we can only achieve this by giving you customer care beyond your expectations, we aim to do this each and every time you contact our company.
Offering affordable easy payments with Low Rate Finance companies for many years, we have made it easy for our customers to get the instrument of their dreams. We offer 0% interest free credit and low finance rate options on all orders of £250.00 or over, available both online and in store with usually instant decisions. We aim to make the musical instrument you want as affordable to you as possible, as fast as possible.
We have established Rimmers Music Schools at each of our branches with hundreds of satisfied students of all age groups from 5 years old to 95 years old. Our music studios are purpose built by us and fully stocked with the latest equipment for you to use. We are also London College of Music and Rock School examination centres (and are highly respected by both), although taking exams is optional. We want you to have your lessons and enjoy them, some people like exams some don’t, we will teach you at your pace in the styles you want to learn, or take you through the exams of your choice. All our tuition is via private one to one lessons so you do not have to worry how you look or sound, just have fun. We will help and guide you all the way. Some of our staff also work as College Lecturers, which again re-enforces our background and knowledge in this area. All our teachers are DBS checked for security on a regular basis and many have students that have returned each week for lessons for many years, constantly improving to higher and higher playing standards and improving the knowledge they have. We offer all our customers a Free Lesson in our Rimmers Music School on the instrument of their choice. We currently teach piano, keyboard, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, singing/vocal coaching, clarinet, saxophone, flute, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, violin and music theory. Basically we can teach you to play to a high standard and all the music theory to go with it. For customers who cannot get to our music school (and customers who can) we allow access to our exclusive online lessons we have created free of charge 24 hours a day.
To conclude, Rimmers Music is a reliable musical instrument retail company with excellent value for money products from all the top brands and manufacturers and we can also teach you how to play.
Phone:
01772 622111
Email:
marketing@rimmersmusic.co.uk
Location:
Rimmers Music LtdUnit 18 Centurion Ind. EstateFarington,
Rimmers Music LtdUnit 18 Centurion Ind. EstateFarington
Lancashire
PR25 4GU
