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Jim]]> Live Sound KCFenderFan https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/paged/2/#post-337031 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336792 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:14:31 +0000
I had a Blues Jr and it was just to "farty" sounding, IMHO.

Don't give up on it. It's a great amp.

I do have a 3/5 watt Black heart that I use for practice. Great tone right out of the box and no need to use a pedal as I can really crank it.

Take Care,

Trey]]> Live Sound Boogieman https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336792 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336492 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:39:28 +0000
I've got an Ibanez TS9DX and an EH 'Lil Muff that I like. I played 'em through my Blues Deluxe some before the ear issue. Straight into the clear channel. I did enjoy the tone. You can get really nasty at volumes no higher than 2. Kind of what I'm getting at is that I hear some people use pedals to get the tone in front of an amp that they like clean. I'm not a tone expert or anything, but it sure sounds logical when they argue that point.

I've been unable to run anything with lead or gritty tones through an amp at very, very low volumes and have it sound good. The closest I've come is straight from my Boss GT-10 to my PC, and then I get to hear it on playback. I've got a Super Champ XD too, and the "voicings" sound fairly decent, but it's still too much for the ear. Admittedly, I've probably got a much lower tolerance for noise than a skittish old dog right now. I wouldn't take too much stock in what I say. It might be low enough for you, in other words. Same for pedals on the Blues Deluxe RI.

Smoking Dog here had some killer tone coming out of his, I think, Blues Jr. a year ago. Tone to drool for. Surely lots in his fingers too went into that.

Hmmm, funny thing. I did a EZ-tone Blues patch that isn't too bad on my GT-10. Instead of using the (digitalized) BD-2, they used a (digitalized) tube screamer.

Oh well, just some of the things I've messed with and had varying degrees of success.]]> Live Sound rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336492 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336490 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:12:26 +0000 :D As a matter of fact, I did. I bought the Boss BD-2 a while back. Maybe I just didn't myself enough time to dial it in, but I ended up taking it back. I may give it another shot. Do either of you have one? I would like some setting suggestions if you do.



Jim Sorry, I use 3 different Tube Screamers and a Blues Breaker and it is my opinion that they work for me better than whatever potential is in a stock BD-2. Some reviews of the BD-2 talk about hiss, with gain set beyond 2? Some say not enough drive.

The BD-2 looks like a touchy, or even difficult, pedal to use. There are tons of opinions about them, mostly positive of course, and many people flatly rebel against the Tube Screamer. I guess it's a matter of a few more $$$ for the TS?

I don't think I would consider one (The Boss) without a Keeley Mod. Here's an intelligent review with some substance.

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Keeley_Boss_Blues_Driver_BD-2_Review

And a pretty fair description from Hal Leonard on the Blues Driver and similar pedals of the same family ...

Here is the description and some rational insights from that well-known Hal Leonard Boss book: see P 093

http://books.google.com/books?id=Q7uumqHg4zAC&pg=RA1-PT81&lpg=RA1-PT81&dq=blues+driver+hal+leonard&source=bl&ots=CzTcLYjM1f&sig=OpptwqN0uNz9XmQCuWEEp8urGUU&hl=en&ei=RuCASpy6LpSqNrLi2JsL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false]]> Live Sound Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336490 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336485 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:32:50 +0000 :D As a matter of fact, I did. I bought the Boss BD-2 a while back. Maybe I just didn't myself enough time to dial it in, but I ended up taking it back. I may give it another shot. Do either of you have one? I would like some setting suggestions if you do.



Jim]]> Live Sound KCFenderFan https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336485 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336414 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:59:26 +0000 :D]]> Live Sound Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336414 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336404 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:21:10 +0000 Live Sound rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-336404 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-335447 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:14:22 +0000 Live Sound cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-335447 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-335446 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:14:04 +0000 Live Sound cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-335446 https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-335442 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:53:13 +0000 Live Sound Moonrider https://guitarnoise.forum/live-sound/bdri-its-way-too-loud/#post-335442