Boss OS-2, anyone tried one?

[Progrockabuse]

Anyone got any experience with the OS-2?

Online it says they can be bright or tricky to dial in.

I was about to grab an sd-1 again after thom’s recommendation but this OS-2 is local for £30 and didn’t know if it’s a worth a punt.

[Freddy V-C]

Pretty sure the other guitarist in my first "proper" band used one of these as his main distortion for a while. Pretty unremarkable sounding, but inoffensive and a decent enough basic overdrive. Kind of fizzy maybe? But that could just have easily been down to the rest of his rig, rather than the OS-2.

[Doog]

Stompbox Breakdown is one of the best pedaltube guys out there, scope it:

[Progrockabuse]

I’ve not actually come across that channel, doog. It’s pretty good. Not a bad sounding pedal, in his hands.

Might be worth a punt

[sunshiner]

It's a great pedal and is underrated, hence the low price.

[dub]

I've been curious since finding out it's Stephen Brodsky's main tone.

[riotshield]

Anyone got any experience with the OS-2?

Online it says they can be bright or tricky to dial in.

I was about to grab an sd-1 again after thom’s recommendation but this OS-2 is local for £30 and didn’t know if it’s a worth a punt.

Used to be my main driver for years before replacing it with 2 Carl Martin pedals. It is a pedal with no surprises and does its job well, but has certain limitations, in the sense that it will sound most of the time like the classic Boss pedals of that era.

It is quite creamy I would say and eventhough indeed slightly fizzy and bright, you can tame the trebles with the tone knob. It went well with the AC30 and the mix between OD/Dist can give you few different sounds.

At 30£ it is a fair deal.

[71Smallbox]

I had one a while back that I got for cheap to flip ages ago and I remember it sounded pretty good. It is the pedal Joey Santiago used to use in classic era Pixies.

[Progrockabuse]

Thanks for the input good peoples.

Seems to get some conflicting reviews, some love it some hate it. Seems people are hoping it’s the best of both a ds-1 and an sd-1 and then not living up to either of those pedals.

The demos mostly sound pretty good on the most part, just that it’s nothing groundbreaking.

It’s still for sale, so might give it a go. Could always flip it on the bay for a profit maybe if I don’t like it.

[Thom]

Worth a shot as it’s local. As you said, you can flip it if no good, and you can still get SD-1s pretty cheap.