To all those that are saying there's too much gain - the amp was best at pretty much full volume and you use the volume pot on the guitar to reduce the gain and increase the gain. I have had several marshalls and they all work the same ... hence the joke we all know in This Is spinal Tap - turn it up to 11 and you'll get the right tone. Actually, when Clapton recorded the "John Mayall and the bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton" album using a Marshall boutique valve amp (a combo 30W with 4x10 greenbacks (I think)) that he bought especially from Jim Marshall himself for the recording, he said to the sound engineer "don't mike up the amp speaker, I'm going to turn it up really loud and I want you to mike up the room only". This is how the amp got its name as the bluesbreaker amp - before that it had some designated number which I cannot remember. The best model I've ever heard of it is the "1962" pedal by Keeley. The combo that later became a production amp was the JMT45 with 2x12's in it and had KT88 valves in it. The re-issues are the 30W version (a bit quieter than the 45W). There were also rectifier heads made for 4x12 cabs at 50W and 100W ... They are seriously loud and boasted 2 channels which most people chained together
Great demo and playing nice tones from a relatively cheap pedal and to be honest there are so many on the market now when playing in a band situation most people wouldn't know the difference between any of them believe me I've been playing in bands for 40 years and have tried a gazillion of them as long as you have a good platform ie a decent tube amp a compressor and delay you could get away with most of the overdrive pedals out there it's all in the fingers folks
I've had 1 of these pedals since 2001 and for the money, it's a decent overdrive AND boost in 1 and it does the job nicely. There will always be snobbery, placebo, or even utter bollocks especially when it comes to both lower priced and highly priced gear but knackers to all that nonsense. If something does a good job then I don't care if it might not have cost a lot of money. I've bought a few Marshall pedals over the last year and they're good value, and some of them, like the Regenerator have up to 6 effects in 1 pedal.... In fact at some point in the near future I will be making my own video, honestly reviewing the Marshall pedals that I own. It'll probably be called 'Marshall Pedals - Are They Any Good?' so keep your eyes peeled for that if you'd like to see & hear more pedals in Marshall's range because you can get lucky sometimes and pick them up for as low as £20-£25 so they're worth a try in my opinion. 👍
Cheers buddy. I find it astonishing that some companies want hundreds of pounds for a distortion pedal, or any other kind of pedal for that matter, and you can buy similar sounding ones by 'lesser' brands for £30-£50 which in a blind test you'd struggle to differentiate one from the other. It's madness mate.
I find this pedal very useable as opposed to the Boss blues driver..The Boss to me always sounded sterile and at higher gain levels sounded even worse...
Snooze00, I have to agree that this really does sound a lot like my Guvnor GV2 which to me is no bad thing. The GV2 can deliver some great blues rock tones if you take the time to tweak it, maybe it's the same for the BB2?
I'm hearing a lot of rocky sounds coming from a pedal which should sound bluesy if the name is anything to go by. I'll be sticking with my Pride of Texas for now.
Humberto, the Marshall Blues Breaker is a guitar amplifier. The Marshall Blues Breaker is a great amp for rock guitar. I'm thinking this pedal is meant to emulate the amp.
Humberto, you are right. It is allways the same, they cant wait to play rock and metal instead of a nice delta blues or a nice blues shuffle, so we can hear the differences with the pedal, that is what we are looking for. Why they do that ???
To all those that are saying there's too much gain - the amp was best at pretty much full volume and you use the volume pot on the guitar to reduce the gain and increase the gain. I have had several marshalls and they all work the same ... hence the joke we all know in This Is spinal Tap - turn it up to 11 and you'll get the right tone. Actually, when Clapton recorded the "John Mayall and the bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton" album using a Marshall boutique valve amp (a combo 30W with 4x10 greenbacks (I think)) that he bought especially from Jim Marshall himself for the recording, he said to the sound engineer "don't mike up the amp speaker, I'm going to turn it up really loud and I want you to mike up the room only". This is how the amp got its name as the bluesbreaker amp - before that it had some designated number which I cannot remember. The best model I've ever heard of it is the "1962" pedal by Keeley. The combo that later became a production amp was the JMT45 with 2x12's in it and had KT88 valves in it. The re-issues are the 30W version (a bit quieter than the 45W). There were also rectifier heads made for 4x12 cabs at 50W and 100W ... They are seriously loud and boasted 2 channels which most people chained together
Great demo and playing nice tones from a relatively cheap pedal and to be honest there are so many on the market now when playing in a band situation most people wouldn't know the difference between any of them believe me I've been playing in bands for 40 years and have tried a gazillion of them as long as you have a good platform ie a decent tube amp a compressor and delay you could get away with most of the overdrive pedals out there it's all in the fingers folks
I agree and neither would the people at the audience.
True. I always cheap out on pedals. The only one in my set that is somewhat pricy is my harmonizer.
Much better demo than the others I’ve seen
I've had 1 of these pedals since 2001 and for the money, it's a decent overdrive AND boost in 1 and it does the job nicely. There will always be snobbery, placebo, or even utter bollocks especially when it comes to both lower priced and highly priced gear but knackers to all that nonsense. If something does a good job then I don't care if it might not have cost a lot of money.
I've bought a few Marshall pedals over the last year and they're good value, and some of them, like the Regenerator have up to 6 effects in 1 pedal.... In fact at some point in the near future I will be making my own video, honestly reviewing the Marshall pedals that I own. It'll probably be called 'Marshall Pedals - Are They Any Good?' so keep your eyes peeled for that if you'd like to see & hear more pedals in Marshall's range because you can get lucky sometimes and pick them up for as low as £20-£25 so they're worth a try in my opinion. 👍
Jammy Git
Sensible comment Jammy. Well said.
Cheers buddy. I find it astonishing that some companies want hundreds of pounds for a distortion pedal, or any other kind of pedal for that matter, and you can buy similar sounding ones by 'lesser' brands for £30-£50 which in a blind test you'd struggle to differentiate one from the other. It's madness mate.
How does it sound? It sounds almost like a tube amp. Now I never sell mine.
Yes, a great demo without senseless blues pentatonic`s doodling, just enough to demo the pedal!
Dynamics you have to hear thats why senseless pentatonics would be better than a dull sounding 3 string beginner arpeggio
Excelent demo!!!🤘
Nice guitars. Great demo. Your Fender Amp is not too shabby either.
I find this pedal very useable as opposed to the Boss blues driver..The Boss to me always sounded sterile and at higher gain levels sounded even worse...
The Boss Blues Driver is completely overrated - I had one and got rid of it as quickly as possible!
@@HansBaumeister I also bought the Boss waza blues driver pedal..returned it the very next day...even the custom mode on it sounded very poor..
That depends like for many pedals,on the amp you use it
Great demo
Hi, got a question, i've got this pedal laying around somewhere, can this be used as a TS9 kinda booster? Or are they wayyyyy too different? cheers!
ts has more low cut. it is useable but i would use it on brighter amps
Thank you much for the video!! :)
slash's tone ❤️
Doesnt sound very bluesy, sounds very guvnor v2 ish. I think they made this a bit too gain-centric and mushy. Good review though cheers
Snooze00, I have to agree that this really does sound a lot like my Guvnor GV2 which to me is no bad thing. The GV2 can deliver some great blues rock tones if you take the time to tweak it, maybe it's the same for the BB2?
At lower gain levels ofcourse it sounds bluesy..its slightly mid scooped where the guv2 pedal is slightly mid humped..
Nice Review 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
what are the chords used at 0:41? on the les paul please someone tell me the name of the song even
Darn it, just heard the bit your talking about and had the same idea, looks like a 5 hour long figure it out marathon is coming up for me :-(
I'm hearing a lot of rocky sounds coming from a pedal which should sound bluesy if the name is anything to go by. I'll be sticking with my Pride of Texas for now.
hey sorry, can you use blues breaker as a pre amp?
Not really. You could try it with an IR/Cab sim. It would probably sound decent.
Wjicz amp you plug in?
no offense, but if you're trying a blues pedal, you should try playing blues, i mean real blues.
Humberto he's demo-ing it for the versatility of the Pedal
Humberto, the Marshall Blues Breaker is a guitar amplifier. The Marshall Blues Breaker is a great amp for rock guitar. I'm thinking this pedal is meant to emulate the amp.
Humberto, you are right. It is allways the same, they cant wait to play rock and metal instead of a nice delta blues or a nice blues shuffle, so we can hear the differences with the pedal, that is what we are looking for. Why they do that ???
we will never find out I think
Its a classic rock or blues rock pedal.
deal with it.