Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

In this photo of John Mayer's pedalboard, his Boss BD-2 Blues Driver pedal can be seen in the bottom row of the board. If you look closely, you can see the ["Keeley Electronics" sticker](https://images.equipboard.com/uploads/source/image/72187/Kee2.jpg) on the back of the pedal, meaning his BD-2 was the Keeley-modded version.

From Billie Joe's guitar tech speaking about his pedals, "Blues Driver, and that's it. I'll just kind of, depending upon the song, manipulate it to get feedback or gain or whatever." "There was some stuff where to get a really big tone, we’d just plug a guitar through a Boss Blues Driver and mess around with different echoes and delays." - [Guitar Player.](http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-once-again-proves-the-power-chord-is-king/61018)

In this photo, a Boss Blues Driver can be seen on Kevin Parker's pedalboard.

In this video you can see a glimpse of his board. The colouration and shape of the end pedal appears to be that of a Boss Blues Driver.

In this [interview from the April 2000 issue of *Guitar World* magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20040213203727/http://archive.guitarplayer.com/archive/artists/thecure.shtml), Robert explains his pedalboard circa the recording of the album *Bloodflowers*.

In this pic of Prince's pedalboard you can see the blues driver on the left of the mic-stand.

At 8:40, Frank says "currently for my main tone...it is a [Orange Thunderverb 200 watt](https://equipboard.com/items/orange-thunderverb-200-watts), which I overdrive with a Blues Driver."

At second 0:13 of this video you can see Tash's pedalboard with the Boss BD-2 blue pedal.

Andy Timmons' guitar tech points out his Boss BD-2 at 10:23 in this video.

You can see the 'BD-2' with tape above the Boss grip in the first and last photo, and without tape in the second photo. It's easy to identify by its 'Boss StompBox' shape and it's three knobs and classic colour.

Paul Weller can be seen with a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver on his pedalboard in this photo.

A pair of Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Pedals can be seen next to each other on Kelly Jones' pedalboard used in Stereophonics. They are labeled "1" and "2". This pedal can also be seen in [this](http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/photo-of-javier-weyler-and-kelly-jones-and-stereophonics-and-richard-picture-id85349346) photo.

at the upper right of the picture, the Boss BD2 can be seen.

Courtney Barnett uses a Boss BD-2, according to [this article](http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22424-courtney-barnett-the-new-sensation?page=2).

This is a picture I took at a Highly Suspect concert back in August of 2015. You can see in the bottom row of the pedal board that the third pedal from the right is a blues driver.

Jake Bugg can be seen using a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver in this image of his pedalboard.

zoom in and you can find that blues driver on his pedalboard, nothing shaped like that except the BD by Boss

Daniel from That Pedal Show build Gem his new (30th May 2017) pedalboard, where this pedal can be seen.

On the right of this photo from inside Carrie's house, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is seen on the pedalboard.

Visible at 0:06. Taken from Exclaim! TV's session

At 1:27, the Blues Driver can be seen at Andy's feet on the right side next to the tuner.

In the middle of the image you can see a bunch of pedals. There is a blue pedal with something in yellow.This is the BD-2. (Between the POG and the Boss Digital Delay).

Can be seen in this image.

Used by igor Seen on photo

"I’m having a custom pedalboard developed as we speak, which will include a [BD-2] Blues Driver, a Flanger [BF-3], a DD-3 Delay, and a Reverb pedal [RV-5]."

Boss BD-2 was featured in his "gear list" during the 2015 Premier Guitar rig rundown.

*Premier Guitar* writes in [this article, "Sharing a Lung"](http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/20579-manchester-orchestra-sharing-a-lung), that the Boss BD-2 is a part of Andy's gear.

Can be seen as one of his pedal in the pedalboard.

Seen on Carlson's pedal board in this photo and [at Lunario del Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City on October 8th, 2011](https://www.flickr.com/photos/hipster_bebop_junkie/6284977986/in/photostream/).

First pedal in the picture

Used for Jones' Wurlitzer 200A on the The Fall Tour, as mentioned by keyboard, guitar and drum tech Futz in this July 9, 2010 *Mix Online* interview. > “We also have a stock ’70s Wurlitzer 200A electric piano going through a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver (for extra crunch) and an Ibanez AD-9 analog delay before going to the bass input of the Fender Bassman,” says Futz. It is also visible in [this photo](http://fohonline.com/site/wp-content/uploads/10/02/nora.jpg) from [this February 2, 2010 *Front of House Magazine* article](http://fohonline.com/newsroom/news/norah-jones-rocks-with-sennheiser-and-neumann/) and [this 2010 live performance](https://youtu.be/H8rv0s2zwfQ?t=10).

a Boss BD-2 is clearly seen between an MXR Phase 90 and an Electroharmonix Big Muff Pi

This photo taken by Cole Becker shows his Blues Driver BD-2 pedal.

On his website Dave Kilminster lists this item as part of his 2006-2007 gear.

"Listening to playback during recording sessions has made me aware of the nuances of my playing. When I was just banging away and not paying attention, my tone sounded more youthful and energetic, but as I’ve gotten older, I can’t help thinking about the subtleties. Sometimes you can get to a point where you know too much; luckily, I’m not there yet. But I do know a lot more than when I started."

In this 2015 photo of Coombes performing in Cardiff, there is Boss BD-2 Blues Driver in his pedalboard.

"But Ricky was really the main reason I turned to electric guitar, and I must tell you, for all the folks listening out there, the first pedals I really got turned on to were BOSS pedals. Moving to Nashville in ’96, I had a little BOSS treble box, a TU-series tuner, the CS-3 Compressor, the BD-2 Blues Driver, and a DD-3 Delay."

The item can be seen 3:12 into this video

Grant uses a Blues Driver Pedal in his Feeder era rig.

In 2017, Nils Lofgren opened an online account on Reverb's website, on which he sells his own pieces of gear. So far, a lot of items have been sold, including the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver.

According to Premier Guitar's article, Franklin uses the Boss BD-2 blues driver pedal.

I stood right in front of him the whole concert and had a perfect view of all the gear he used that night.

Minute 1:15: we can see the Boss CE-2 Chorus Guitar Effect Pedal in Julia's Pedalboard. Not a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver.

"The only pedal I used was a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver to push the front end of the amps for solos."

"Then there’s a Boss Blues Driver that’s always on, and then it goes into a blackface Fender Twin. When I record, I can just pan those a little bit side to side and it’s a great big sound. I get a distorted signal through the Twin because of the Boss Blues Driver, which I can turn up a bit to get just a little extra dirt. In certain rooms that are really small but dry, I can’t turn the Super up to 10, but I can turn up the Blues Driver and still get the dirt".

In the instagram picture, Tim shows the pedals his been using for the new record (top row, second one).

"...then the signal goes into a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver that he uses for speaker-eating distortion."

Pedalboard as of 2016.

In this Instagram post shared by Fairchild, the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is visible.

At 2:55, there is a great shot of Colin Frangicetto's pedalboard, displaying the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver at the top, second from the right.

At 4:36 he talks about his pedals (Keeley modded Blues Driver)

Orla's blues drive pedal can be seen on this Instagram pic. Apparently she's readying for the boogie.

In this 2013 profile for [Australia's *The Music* website](http://themusic.com.au/interviews/all/2013/02/22/muso-midge-ure-greg-phillips/13204/), Ure indicated that he was touring with a Vox VTX150 amplifier. "Pedal-wise, Midge is keeping things fairly simple and for tonight's gig was using a Boss Blues Overdrive to compensate for the hire amp's lack of grunt."

"On Monnos I used a Rat clone and a modded Boss Blues Driver but both on separate amps – this might explain a slightly clearer tone on the new album."

"Gillard plays his ‘76 Les Paul Custom through his Mesa/ Boo­gie Dual Rectifier half-stack, and uses a pedal-board loaded with a Boss TtJ-2 tuner, a Boss BD­2 Blues Driver overdrive, a Boss TR-2 tremolo, and an Ibanez CF-7 chorus/flanger." - 2001 Guitar World Interview, interview was found on the official Guided by Voices website.

Throughout this video, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver can be seen on Dhani's effects board.

The pedal can be seen in this video of the recent performance of "Small Victories"

“I have a Planet Waves tuner, a Morley A/B box, a Zoom 9000, a Boss Blues Driver, a Fulltone OCD box, a TS-9 Tube Screamer, a Boss Chorus and a Line 6 delay.”

photo contains his pedalboard setup, including a blues driver

@ 0:46 on the video

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Ekstrom uses the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver pedal.

In this photo Nick Sadler can be seen using Boss BD-2 (he modified it into Bus Driver lol)

"I’m constantly trying out new compressors and this one has excellent tone and feel. I use it for heavily compressed “pedal steel” parts. The Blues Driver mod has added germanium transistors for extra gain and a Phat tone mod."

In this video you can see Henry's demo of his Blues Driver home made clone

Pedal identified from photo.

Nick's Blues Driver is seen on his pedalboard in this photo. This was posted on the following article: https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/140513/

Dylan uses a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver to add a little punch to his sound.

Phillip Magee, Kodaline's [Sound Engineer](http://gdriv.es/blaiseaudio) tweets a picture of Mark's pedalboard. The pedal can be seen to the right of the [Visual Sound](https://equipboard.com/items/visual-sound-dual-tap-delay-two-channel-tap-tempo-delay-pedal).

An information sheet detailing El Ten Eleven's stolen gear in 2013 identifies their equipment. As they were covered by insurance, these pedals may have been replaced, perhaps even with an identical model.

In [this image](http://imgur.com/Zfkn9Im) from [Underworld's Instagram account](https://www.instagram.com/underworld/), Karl has posted a photo of some of his pedals, with the BD-2 appearing to the left side.

Pedal can be seen in bottom left of picture.

The BD-2 Blues Driver pedal can be seen at 4:48 in this video where Jeff Owen of Tenth Avenue North walks through the gear he uses on tour and in the studio during the "No Man Is An Island" tour.

He uses it in his live rig.

Hisako's also big into Blues Drivers. A Blues Driver can be seen near the beginning of her chain, right after the tuner.

On July 10, 2014 Audiotree posted video from their sessions recorded with Bad Suns. At the 16:47 mark, during "Rearview" guitarist, Ray Libby is tweaking his BOSS DD-7. In this same frame you can see a BOSS BD-2 on his board as well.

He uses Blues Driver.

Photo taken in their live concert showing their pedalboard. The entire concert can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqhlqJRqjVQ and at 33:26 we catch another glimpse of Julia's pedals.

At 0:16 you can see Ray Libby using the Boss Blues Driver pedal in his rig for the Audiotree session.

Tim uses a boss blues driver on his pedal board

"and then I have a Blues Driver, and some $25 reverb."

"Boss Blues Driver is my main distortion for my more ratty sound"

Visible in this Instagram post by Spender.

Used for overdriven tones such as the intro to "Damnation Army"

At 19:24, there is a shot of Pat's pedalboard.

In this picture we see Jack McEwan using the Boss BD-2

Shown in rig rundown video 23:23

We see a glimpse of his pedal board at 1:25 in this video.

According to Premier Guitar, Steen uses the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal.

At 2:38 you can see Aaran showing his Blues Driver on his pedalboard.

One of Danny's Pedals

The pedal is in the chain along with swollen pickle by way huge in the back cabinet along with the Line6 helix rack processor.

In this photo on the amazon's instagram page from november 2015 you can clearly see the Boss BD-2 on Matt's pedalboard.

Seen here in the studio with an array of pedals, including the Boss BD-2.

On this photo of Jinte's 2015 pedalboard, we can see a Boss Blues Driver 2

in the centre of the pic

On his web site Bortnick details the collection of foot pedals that he uses for his guitar, such as the Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer ring modulator, Univox Super Fuzz, Boss DD5 Digital Delay, DOD FX17 wah pedal, Boss Phase Shifter, Boss Blues Driver, and Ibanez AF9 Autofilter.

In this promo video of 2017 we can see the Boss Blues Driver (starting from minute 1:12).

According to this Instagram photo, Wilson also uses Boss BD-2.

Seen at 0:48 on video lesson

The Boss BD-2 was seen on Alfred's pedalboard at the first Tusky show.

On this picture from [A-chan's blog](http://blog.livedoor.jp/sekainoa_chan/?p=3) you can see a Boss BD-2. According to the post below this image this is how her board looked like in Eureka.

"Creamy and warm sound for my Tele and Strat guitars"

"violas del próximo disco"

This pedal has helped him achieve that rich warm tone we can hear in the first EP

no explanation needed

at 0:05 , BOSS BD-2 can be seen.

A blues driver can be seen on his pedal board second from bottom left

McLeod: I play a goldtop Gibson Les Paul. It’s the most comfortable neck I’ve ever played. I’ve laid my Explorer to rest because the Les Paul is so beautiful. Onstage, I only use three effects—a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver for a solo boost, and a Vox wah.

i dont remember if its in this video but in one of Kims like a versions you see a blues driver on his pedalboard

"Donna's pedalboard rig, referred to by her techs as "The Starship", consists of 21 pedals across 3 interconnected boards. It was built by Craig Pattison Rig Design and includes a TC Electronic Flashback Delay, Vortex Flanger and Hall Of Fame Reverb, and a BOSS Blues Driver BD-2, Flanger BF-3 and Loop Station RC-30, among others. Donna's love of feedback is evidenced in her use of an EBow, as heard on the song "ANOTHERLOVE" from Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL's debut album, PLECTRUMELECTRUM and “MR MAJESTIC” from her debut album, DIAMONDS & DYNAMITE. Most recently, Donna has been experimenting with the Empress Echosystem Dual Engine Delay that features up to 35 presets ranging from classic to obscure sounds. She uses the pedal in-stereo creating complex delays by assigning unique settings to multiple cabinets." From Donna's website.

"I just use a Boss Blues Driver or a Sans Amp to overdrive the amp and an echo unit."

Minute 1:03:02 Elvis Costello and The Imposters - March 8, 2018 - Port Chester (complete show) Larry Rulz Published on Mar 16, 2018 Recorded on March 8, 2018 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY

In this instragram photo, you can see his pedalboard. It features a BOSS Blues Driver (BD-2).

Listed under Adam’s gear on Vividgreen.net. It is visible in [this photo](https://gusterroadjournal.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/adams_legs.jpg) from Guster's official road journal, aptly titled "adams_legs.jpg".

This image is from his official website

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

you can see a deep blue boss pedal

Seen here while on tour with The Drums

For low gain dirt he uses the Boss Blues Driver

Pic taken at Life's gig for Dr Martens Play Different in Hull on 05.10.2017. The setlist of the night was: * Excites Me * Sugar God * Rare Boots * In Your Hands * Ba Ba Ba * Euromillions * Hollow Thing * Popular Music * Crawling

This Pedal can be seen on Sergio's pedalboard for the Reckless EP recordings.

Marcel y su drive pedal que ama, muy versatil.

another pedal i use with my guitar

In this photo of Shearwater's pedalboards, in the Oswald's pedalboard (which is the one below), one of the pedals that can be seen is the Boss BD-2 blues driver.

Seen on Studio photo / Effect Pedal board

BD-2 lays next to Hyper Metal HM-3.

Here you can see Dean with a Boss Blues Driver and a Boss Tuner.

"Boss BD-2. I bought this from Ian, our bass player. He had modded it, but neither of us can remember what mods he did. I use this pedal once in a while when I want extra dirt." Source: http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/12/07/rigged-kowloon-walled-city-guitarist-scott-evans/

In this article Barnes Courtney is asked about what effects he uses. He says: > On the record, it's just a lot of clean acoustic with the bass whacked up, but if I'm playing live — especially if it's solo, no drums or bass or anything — I just send it through a Fender amp with a blues driver on it just to give it some gravitas. Because I want the gigs eventually to be quite sweaty affairs, so it just puts across that vibe. It gives it some teeth. > It's a little bit counterintuitive to run an acoustic guitar through a distorted amp, but I just think for what I'm trying to get across — which is kind of a raw, sweaty, determined kind of energy — it does the job.

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This picture of Mark's pedalboard was taken at the KDHX studios performance they did.

In this photo we can see his pedalboard.

In this photo you can see his pedalboard.

Lewis' band Georgia June instagram // pedals pictured in middle left of the screen

Daly's BD-2 can be seen up close at 11:52 in the Bardo: A Night in the Life episode "Rock with Madaila then connect at their studio!"