Boss Blues Driver.

XxMangoxX

Basically I want to get a new distortion/overdrive pedal.

I've heard some clips on the internet and like the sound of it, though it was played with very little gain on the clips.

Anybody here used the Blue Driver?

tragictravisty

yes. okay pedal, sounds somewhat fuzzy at high gain. with gain up this pedal is only good for single note solos, chords are ill defined with few overtones. also voiced very harshly, the treble is sort of just about upper mids, so it really stings your ears. tone all the way down makes for good single note blues leads.

jellybelly

I have one and its a great pedal, not really 'blues' as advertised but more classic rock, and while it isn't great with singlecoils it SINGS with humbuckers; only extreme settings get 'fuzzy' but there is a ton of note definition, even in chords (I've used one live extensively) and its quite dynamic and responds well to pick attack and backing off on the volume. Notable players are Carrie Brownstien from sleater kinney; listen hard to songs like 'jumpers' where its her, an SG and a fender super reverb in a room rocking out. Also I don't know if anyone knows him but Dave Kilminster uses one as his main boost, replacing his 'wimpy' tubescreamer (I'll find his interview); I saw him use it when he played with Roger Waters on the 'Dark Side of the Moon' tour last year. Even without gilmours expensive pedals, Dave pulled every lick off perfectly. So

tragictravisty

most of the time i played it it WAS through a #### amp. BUT i also played it side by side with the zakk wylde overdrive, which i was equally disapointed in but for different reasons through a laney vc-15. lovely amp. both the wylde and blues driver had an overly tight low end by the way. but with the laney preamp cranked and drive/vol cranked on blues driver and tone at zero i got a GREAT sound. but with the amp clean it just didnt cut it.