That was so much more helpful than the official videos for this pedal.

Boss really nailed it with the Combo Drive and the Power Stack. They are hands-down the most organic, warm and rich-sounding distortion pedals in their line. You can mimic the overdriven Vox AC30 sound of Queen's Brian May to a tee with the Combo Drive. And if you want that raging sound of a wall of Marshall stacks, the Power Stack is for you. The Boss DS-1 used to be my go-to pedal for distorted tones, but I might retire it for one of these newer pedals.

Pete...your virtuoso playing and musical knowledge really speaks volumes to the seasoned musician...I always enjoy your insights...Cheers my bro!

9 years on, found this pedal, needed a review, found this. Top man Pete, great review as ever. Yes, I bought the pedal. Cheers!

@flaneursong78

3 жыл бұрын

Same situation here! But I didn’t buy it yet. How do you like the pedal?

@gunnerjenson

3 жыл бұрын

It does all that Pete shows and more. I use it as my main overdrive. A great sound through my Deville. 👍

@flaneursong78

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the confirmation. I’m going to try to find one!

@castleanthrax1833

6 ай бұрын

If it's half as good as the St2, it's worth it.

I love when people are dismissive of this pedal on forums and harp on about digital this and digital that, then Pete uses it and sounds superb!!!! If it's good enough for him then it's good enough for me! I love the thick sound it gives when you turn it on. It's a surefire way to get Brian May in a box!

@martymclochlin4836

5 жыл бұрын

I know. I love this thing and didn't even know it was digital till the other day. I dont give a shit, it sounds good to me and makes playing fun and enjoyable for me.

@KRAZEEIZATION

5 жыл бұрын

I think there’s a lot of misinformation about gear and guys jump on the band wagon taking sides. If every guitar player used analog then a lot of sounds would never be heard. Pete would sound good with a rubber band and stick!

This is THE BEST online demo I've ever watched. Helluva job man, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I own lots of vintage, rare Boss and boutique pedals of all sorts. I would put this pedal up near the top of one I use more than anything else. It's sooooo good. Extremely underrated. You have to really work with your amp to use it in the high gain modes, but this pedal in the 'clean/crunch' settings makes Fender amps come alive like nothing else I've ever owned. Probably my most complimented tone comes from this pedal into a super clean Fender with 6L6s and moderate reverb.

Came here for the review .... was blown away by the playing. Why am I surprised? It’s Pete Thorn. What a player !!!

Pete, you have so much feel and your tone is awesome! Love listening to your stuff

Gotta say, it put a smile on my face when you started playing U2 - Pride. That sounds REALLY close.

I can't explain.........how I love your playing and gear demos Pete!

One of the best pedal demos I've seen, thanks Pete

Pete, outstanding review, man! Really appreciate your approach - you're an outstanding player, obviously, but you do such a great job of working through the settings and presenting "real world" applications for the pedal. There wasn't a whole lot of attention out there for the BC-2 Combo Drive, so your review really pushed me over the edge. I absolutely love the pedal! Thanks for giving me a little more buying confidence when I walk into the guitar store!

This pedal has changed my life!!! Ok maybe it’s not that extreme but seriously this one very underrated pedal... Thanks Pete! 🎸🔊🎶🤘🏻

Pete does an amazing review. This is no exception. Bravo.

@DayTripperLennon When I looked about a year ago, I really liked the Jamman stuff from Digitech, and the Boss loopers as well.

You have a beautiful voice.

this is just simply awesome!

@STRUTSINMUNA Thanks! I like the sansamp stuff alot, and I'd like to try the Character series but i haven't yet. They are unique and seem real useful

Great stuff! I bought the ST-2 based on your other vid...now I will be buying this pedal too.

@americ0yrupailla Well the Bassman cost me $350... so there ya go. Not exactly "Boutique" prices! And it is a basic, benchmark clean tone that everyone knows, that's why I use it for pedal demos. It's just a basic "tube amp".

Amazing Pete!

Finally...I have found someone who does good demos!..Thanks!

Got both Boss combo and Boss powerstack they are awesome!

I’ve watched this video many times and it’s one of my favorite Pete Thorn demos. Because of this video I bought the pedal and have never looked back. It sits at the end of my chain right before the amp and is always on. Thank you for turning me onto this pedal as it has become an essential part of my rig.

@flaneursong78

3 жыл бұрын

Which amp are you using it with? I’m looking for a kind of second channel for my Vox, to benefit from the clean amp and the drive from the pedal and wondered if it could do the trick!

The second last one? Sounded like Tie Your Mother Down to me. Pete, love your videos and the time you take to explore all these different tones and gear. Thanks!

Very awesome sound! Great demo Pete.

I think you are right about these pedals not sounding like pedals if they are plugged into a decent sounding tube amp. I love these demos. They are so helpful and informative.

gaaaah that brian may clip at the end is awesome. this pedal sounds nice. maybe one of the only boss pedals i've EVER been interested.

Great demo! Fantastic player!

great review Pete, nice to hear lots of different sounds,

WOW!! Great Demo !! I want one

great demo Pete...I especially thought the can't explain and bohemian pieces were spot on...will have to check out this pedal

Awesome review, amazing play!!!

Thank you for your review.

Thank you Pete!

I love mine and I sing the praise of them whereevery I go and I got compliments on ym sound and i tell them to find a bc2. They dont make em anymore which is a shame because I get the feeling most people overlooked these pedals. You did it justice pete and I think you are the only on the web who has. I try doing research on it but there isnt much on the web about it.

Nailed every single tone.

I'm sold, I need this

Great demo ,the pedal sounds great.

I bought the ST-2 Power Stack pedal and it sounds incredible! Now I play thru a combo already. If I get this pedal will it be a double combo and sound like a 4x12? haha!

Hi Pete! I love your job, you're sound it's really good... Lovely... One question for you: Wich delay you use at minute 5.52? It's the Tera Echo?

nice demo. nice studio, too. natural light complements the bright sound

such a good review

Nice work Pete. The pedal is cool too!

1st song - I Can't Explain by The Who. Best pedal review I've seen on youtube.

WOW!! Best video review i've seen to date. Simple, entertaining, to the point, explanatory, awesome tone and awesome playing. I loved it so much that i went and bought a BC-2 yesterday. my only question to you is what cab are you using with your bassmnan and what speakers? Did you fool around with preamp settings in each song or did you leave it at a standard setting and the rest of it was doe o the pedal? Keep it up 'cause i'd love to see more of these reviews. Thano

Awesome vid Pete. You really laid out a nice demo on a pedal I never would have checked out. I'm off to Guitar Center! And I liked the correct fingering for the 5h string root bar chords! peace

I found it in one of my pedal boxes...bought it years ago after I watched this vid and forgot about it...man, 12 years! This feels like it was yesterday! ..of course I have a Kemper and a real VOXAC15 now ,but this thing is small and sounds good with the right amp...vox-flavour to go... .still a great review in 2024!

Aamazing, Pete! Would this work on a peavey/marshall head and cab you think?

Outstanding! Great demo, really flexes the full capabilities of this pedal! How do you find the FDR-1? Would love to see you do similar demo of that pedal!

Hey roccckkerrr That was "Tie yer mother down" - What a great pedal! Digital modelling has come a long way!

First Boss overdrive/dist. I really really like.

Great demo mate, which one do you prefer, the power stack or the combo drive?

Hey Pete - what year is your strat? Thing looks and sounds gorgeous!

I bought the power stack after watching your video and it's the best sounding pedal I've heard that sounds like a 3k marshall stack, now I need this pedal too ! Lol

This pedal sounds great through the Fender amp... What model of Strat are you playing at 6:00..? Thanks...

great demo Pete, I will have to get down to Sam Ash and check it out, always love the BOSS pedals...sweet man!

Man! The tone for the Bohemian Rhapsody solo was dead on!

I bought it and u need really good pickups and really good amp to get a decent sound from the pedal !! Its super versatile !!

I bought one today and really like this pedal. It has awesome lows and highs, but lesser mids. It does have a unique sound and can go into metal territory. The controls seem interactive. A little twist does a lot.

Hello Pete, Have you seen the 2 videos of the 1979 Dumble Deluxe? Crazy overtones! Have you ever come across an amp that has this kind of cool feedback?

Excellent

I assume you mean the Joyo AC Tone? I've owned both, and I'm now selling the Joyo. For 40-ish dollars, it's not like you can go too wrong, but people need to understand that this is more than a distortion pedal. Pete shows some of the lower gain settings off, but he also ran it through a slightly dirty (IMO) amp. Back off the Sound knob even more (and adjust the level up) and you get an awesome CLEAN Vox tone! The Joyo AC Tone is harder to work with and distorts a little too easily.

@castleanthrax1833

6 ай бұрын

There's also a Carl Martin AC Tone.

Hey Pete! I know it's been a while since you review the BC-2. But I want to know, is this pedal can be used as a preamp pedal for an ampless rig ? Boss BC-2 going into an IR Simulation. What do you think ? Thanks Pete!

Convinced me, just bought one!

the opening tune is awesome, is it on your solo album?

Pete- you should ask Boss to reissue this one. This is a sleeper! They could sell a lot of these. It just came out at the wrong time.

@castleanthrax1833

6 ай бұрын

Yes...

Hi Pete, direct question: AC-Tone or BC-2? Or is there any other Ac-in-a-box pedal you've tried that does beat these two?

Un grande

Sounds good for a boss, thx.

Great video! I wonder how it sounds compared to the Lovepedal Englishman...

Amazing review that really makes one want to buy this pedal (if I didn't already have an AC-30 I'd want it now), because you show us how those sounds have been used in some of the best guitar songs of all time. However, I've come to think that it's almost impossible to emulate the tone of "Tie Your Mother Down"; natural room reverb and physically turning an amp all the way up must be the key to it.

@martymclochlin4836

5 жыл бұрын

I'd buy one and still try it through ac30. Because while it is aiming to replicate ac30, it has its own unique sound and characteristics as well. I wish I bought 2 when I got mine. They were like 50 bucks

do you use ezdrummer o something like that for the music tracks???

Dig your videos and playing :)

arrgh there matey... I see yer be sharin the settings fer the boHEEmiaN RapSOdee song but I don't be seein any fer the Edge tone that you had dialed in... Makes an old Irish Pirate like MEself sad in the heart I am

Hi Mr. Pete!!! One question: Using this pedal, where put the delay pedal, before or after it? Thank's and greetings!!!

@castleanthrax1833

6 ай бұрын

After.

Very true. Cool vid ;)

@americ0yrupailla same here man, I would like that with the plexitone also

Great demo! Gone from being quite dismissive of this pedal to wanting one by the end of your video

so between this and the power stack which cleans up better when you turn down the guitar volume knob?

@martymclochlin4836

5 жыл бұрын

I have not tried power stack but this thing is awesome when you roll offf your volume. It maintains it's tone. Thats the thing most people dont do. They just keep their guitar volume and tone all the way up. There are great and usable sounds to be had with the bc2

Does this pedal sound better in a band/in a mix? Every time I try it in a shop it sounds shrill.

@martymclochlin4836

5 жыл бұрын

I think it does. especially if you put it through an amp with el84's. I just played it through a buddy's little blues junior and it sounded great!

Hey Pete, can I take this pedal and use it as a preamp to run straight in for recording?

@theanthill1001

9 жыл бұрын

Hey. Well I'm not Pete... but I'd say most likely not, if you want it to sound like it's running through an amp. It probably doesn't have power amp/cabinet emulation unless it tells you that it does... Having said that, you can always plug a guitar straight into the desk & see if you like the sound anyway - ditto with this or any pedal...

[1:00] "I'll give you two guesses as to, uh, what kind of amp it's supposed to replicate." Is it a Fox J.C. Birdie? No wait, no wait... Is it a Knox Gay 3:30? Yes!!! ...Hold on, no. So it's a Watkins Dominator, eh?

Boss BC - 2 combo drive снята с производства и ее нигде нет в продаже !!! Есть boss PS - 6 !!!

What is the song at the beginning??

The perfect pedal to play blues music.

sounds a bit digital... is it ?

that first queen riff (name eludes me) was spot on tonally

@castleanthrax1833

6 ай бұрын

Tie Your Mother Down?

It's clear what I must do now.

wtf!!! nice demo

Just like everyone here, I just love your demos. They are not the "guitar hero" type of bullshit where the demo guy plays a million notes per second and talks about sustain that the pedal gives instead of the sound and the dynamics of the pedal. Have you ever tried any Tech 21 pedals? I'm a huge fan of them and think that it would be interesting seeing what you gould do with the Character Series pedals...

I kinda of doubt that was his first song learned on the guitar, probably more like Eddy's Evolution solo which he mastered in a half afternoon. Great review as always.

Is this pedal like Boss's version of range master treble booster?

@danieleduardochandeleon1572

8 жыл бұрын

not really, this is a version of Vox ac15/30 (amps)

@danieleduardochandeleon1572

8 жыл бұрын

...but it is very similar

Wow, that DOES sound exactly like a Marshall MG10CD!!!! Just kidding, great demo Pete! I do believe you've sold another one! =)

great video .. just one question is this an OVERDRIVE or a DISTO pedal?? I'll appreciate someone reply me ..t-you =)

@FredRaymondNa70

7 жыл бұрын

It's an Overdrive pedal. It simulates an overdriven combo amp sound. Thus the name. Has wide range of overdriven frequency, from very transparent to quite fat (not as fat as a Tube Screamer). Basically it's very versatile.

@elmeromero6559

7 жыл бұрын

Fred Raymond thanks a loooooooooooot =)

@savanaviolenta

7 жыл бұрын

I'm getting myself be,there's on there's only one piece left in my local guitar center and its reduce with 40$

@rjo8500

7 жыл бұрын

On sale online, Alto Music for $26. Open box. Probably a store demo.

Really effing sweet pedal! But now I think I need an old Bassman as well...

VOX AC30 - Now do I win the pedal ;) hehe

You can't lie for Blues ++++

Fender??