What's The Difference? Boss Blues Driver and Marshall Blues Breaker 

I agree, that sounds golden!

With the strat into the fender I prefer the BB, but going into a higher gain amp I prefer the BD-2.

Just at the right time, they've reissued them.

check out the Blammo BB clone

I already have a blue pedal, so I think I have buy the black one.

Thanks, I love these pedals!

Sorry 😉

@@JasonAyalaSpare man you make life hard. Jk. Great vid!!! Keep it up

I love it. If one is good than two is better.

I just run the BB with the vol at 3:00 which gives me unity.

You've got to start on a good base

I'm interested in trying it and maybe also the Snouse black box and JHS morning glory.

I have a pantheon and it’s killer!!!!Fantastic versatile overdrive!!!Highly recommend!!!

Which do you run first in the chain when you use them together.

@@GroundbreakGames personally I’m running both the Snouse Blackbox and the BD2 before the TS circuit. So the signal chain is TC Spark > Blackbox > BD2 > JHS Bonsai and so on, but I never stack the Snouse and BD2 together, I find it too Grindy

You check out the Nordvang Mayer dual drives? I grabbed both and they’re phenomenal

Have u considered getting a Klone? If yes, where would u put it in your John Mayer chain?

Its for this very same reason that I bought the King Tone Duellist. That is essentially a Bluesbreaker and a Tubescreamer in the same box... Love it!

Scored!

I have a Reverb 75 too. Great amps! I'm looking out for a BD-2 on eBay, but for some reason people are paying nearly as much for used ones as for new ones. I also have an EHX Glove and 1980s Guyatone PS-015, so I'm hoping the BD-2 is sufficiently different from them.

@@ParaBellum2024 I don't really understand why they hold their value so well, they're not exactly rare..

@@JasonAyalaSpare Right now they appear to be out of stock in the UK, and I get the feeling RU-vid's algorithm has led to more interest in them. We're subjects in a social experiment.

I'd agree, The blues driver sounds better with my Marshall.

@@godbyone how does it compare to the BD-2 waza?

The BD2 has a lot more gain than the blues driver, and imo is the better sounding pedal.

BD-2W is great!

@@sixslinger9951 Yep, Keeley Super Phat Mod is my #1 drive pedal.

Try the Timmy by Paul Cochran. 🇦🇹

Yes and no. Almost every opamp is internally a bunch of transistors basically arranged like the basic amplifying blocks in the blues driver. The blues driver ones are not complex and offer interesting response, but they are very simple imperfect opamps. On top of that there are symmetric hard diode clippers in there as well. The blues driver is an awkward device. Never personally really liked it, but I like the originality of the circuit.

@@stevenburvenich168 Thank you Steven, to me it sounds a pedal I couldn get a pleasing tone of. The Mad Prof Simble is my main/always on ped clean, after that to taste: MP Royal Blue/BOSS OD-3/Mosky Deluxe Preamp/Tomsline Bluesy/ Dod Looking Glass/Nobels ODR-1/Mosky/JOYO/Saphue US Dream/Caline Pure Sky/Tomsline Dumbler.................all into ZOOM G2 for some reverb/delay ( and heavy lead tone...) All in all Ive managed to cut down if not the number but the cost of pedals during time: having had the DUDE,HRM, Mojohand DMBL, MI Crossover for 200€ pedals that didnt respect the Mad Prof Simble clean delicacy! My advice: get the Simble if you can ( discontinued) or the Twimble( the Simble in the Twimble is a bit modded why I dont have it(( but Ive gathered 4 Simbles)), cheers from Kimmo😎

@@kimmolingonheimo thx for the info. I mod and solder my own taste. The best overdrive so far is a modded bluesbreaker circuit. A little more compressed yet still way open on low gain setting.

Yes, it's one of the issues with the BB, it has one usable setting. What it comes down to is do you like that setting?

I've seen them advertised, never tried it.

@@JasonAyalaSpare The Donner Blues Drive is particularly good. It was almost as good as my Fulltone Fulldrive 2, and it stacked well with my other pedals. I also had the Rowin Dumbler, which was quite good, but nowhere as good as my Simble clone. There's a guy from SA who makes great clones. He sells them on eBay. I have a couple of his clones.

@@JasonAyalaSpare I bought the Donner Blues Drive and Morpher distortion, which is a Riot clone, on Amazon last year for $29 (free delivery). I don't know how much they are now. The Blues Drive was very good. I sold them because I'm too shallow to replace my expensive pedals with cheap Chinese clones. I’ve been playing since the mid-70s and the Blues Drive was one of the best ODs I've tried. I've moved on to ADLFX clones from eBay. The Simble clone I bought sounds better than my Wampler Euphoria. I bought Friedman Smallbox clone too so that I can get Marshall sounds out of my Princeton for recording.

It's the Mooer Blues Mood.. Excellent pedal. Keeley BD-2 phat mod clone

@@MaxPower-js1sk i bought his Buffalo FX TD-X clone and want to get his Wampler Sovereign clone

Thanks

I'm going to have to try the ODR-1, so many people swear by it.

No problem 🎸

Yes, that sounds good. I've been thinking about the Power Stack for a while now. ✌️🇦🇺

I haven't tried one yet.

The Dualist is a Blues Breaker and nobles circuit.

I honestly can't say 🤔

Trio was believed to be BD into TS808 and continuum and WTLI was believed to be mostly BB into TS(idk if it’s 808 or 10 but they’re very similar)

@klfdqjmqboiklnkq I find with this guitar/amp combination the BB was better suited. I prefer the BD with humbuckers

That makes sense. A friend likes his bd2 with humbuckers. To me with single coil tele it sounds raspy.

Can't have enough flavours of overdrive.

Deluxe Reverb 68

I got one too. Not bad.

Nice, mine sounds great, but doesn't stay in tune.

I never thought of it like that 🤔

I agree with this

oh god😂

Fender deluxe reverb

@@JasonAyalaSpare I bought a blues breaker 30 years ago and sold it. Yesterday I bought another one 2000% higher price after watching your vid. That neck position is a killer.

@@smoochie3331 I love it, easily my favourite overdrive.

@@JasonAyalaSpare have you compared it with the bd waza craft?

@@smoochie3331 I haven't.

When you strip everything back, your guitar into amp tone should sound good. If it's not then it's like pushing shit uphill.

It's from one of my songs called Holes in My Pockets

Will check it out. @@JasonAyalaSpare

The morning glory is a Great pedal. But I think I prefer the Blues Driver Waza Craft.

It's 30 years old, but yes there were some issues. The switches often broke.

@@JasonAyalaSpare I have an original Guvnor, that I gave my dad. Started doing it before long. Bought a mint Shredmaster that had never been used a few years ago - model from before the reboot. Started getting crumbly right away. I’ve heard similar stories from other players too. The main switch on the Guvnor has a broken spring or something. You can press it down and turn on the pedal but you have to pull it back out manually to turn it off again. My dad was never a man to abuse his belongings. My takeaway so far is they just simply skimped on quality with the switches and knobs, but it’s no big deal really …

@whynottalklikeapirat Right, well hopefully they fixed these problems for the reissues.

@@JasonAyalaSpare Yeah - time will tell …

That's why I compared them 🤔

Would you agree they're different?

@@JasonAyalaSpare they wouldn’t both be on my board if they were the same. They’re both fantastic pedals, but they’re very different. I like the BD2 at the beginning of board as a boost and the Bluesbreaker at the end as both a tone shaper and my last overdrive. Your video really captures both pedals really well

you're probably right

@@JasonAyalaSpare So do I 🙃

I agree

"Vile dadrockers" lol