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A new version of the Bluesbreaker pedal, with 2 modes of operation—boost or overdrive—and loaded with the more favorable harmonics. Controls include the mode switch, drive, tone, and volume.

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Marshall BB-2 Bluesbreaker II Pedal

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Average of 18 User Ratings

Overall

Overall: 8.90

Quality

Quality: 9.38

Features

Features: 8.57

Value

Value: 9.33

Customer Reviews

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Awesome little pedal!
Posted by Dr. Gone from Columbus, OH on Jan 23, 2010
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Professional
Reviewer's Play Style: Blues, Rock
This pedal really surprised me. It really nails every tone Clapton used on the "Beano" album. It particularly sounds great with humbuckers because Clapton used a Les Paul for most of his stint as a Bluesbreaker. It's even got a boost mode that's great for over driving a tube amp like a Fender Bassman or a Marshall JTM type of amp. I love this little pedal. Don't miss out on this one.

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 8

Value

Value: 8

Heavy blues, without the mushy ' metal' od sound
Posted by da barron of da blues from canada on Dec 16, 2009
Experience w/product: I have heard about it
Reviewer's Background: active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: blues rock classicall.......
Great pedal, nice for tasty laid back distortion, not a heavy metal pedaL, but it can handle hard rock. Overall the marshall govener is a more versitile dirtbox, but the bluesbreaker is perfect at what it does - if you want something more that blues/rock distortion you will probally want something else. Butif you want nice blusey, harmonically saturated, smooth distortion with a different shade of colour than your typical dirtbox this is for you. The boost is a nicefeature , but i'd like the 4pt 2 knob eq (top/bottm)that the govener has on this pedal if it had that it would get full marks.

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 10

Smooth Blues Drive
Posted by Strat_Reborn from Calgary, AB on Jul 25, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Touring Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Blues(Clapton, SRV) Blues-Rock(Hendrix)
This pedal is great. The blues feature delivers nice , smooth drive which allows for singing highs and roaring lows. The boost feature is a bonus considering the cost of this pedal. The boost feature delivers a clean "BOOST" to you signal which can be used for soloing on an already distorted amp.

I was also amazed by the fact that I was able to get an almost Hendrix like "fuzzy" sound out of it by using the blues function with an already distorted amp. This pedal coupled with my crybaby classic doubled the Hendrix vibe.

Overall: Wonderful Pedal recommend it to anyone that like the blues but also want an extra "BOOST".

WARNING: NOT FOR USE WITH SOLID STATE AMPS!!!

Overall

Overall: 9

Quality

Quality: 9

Features

Features: 9

Value

Value: 10

Nice bluesy tone for soloing
Posted by Smoothjazzman from Winston-Salem, NC on Jul 8, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: Smooth Jazz, Rock, Pop
This Bluesbreaker II pedal has a nice, responsive tone for soloing. Coupled with a bit of delay I can achieve a smooth, more natural sounding lead overdrive tone for solos that just sing beautifully & respond to nuances of my picking attack without sounding too tinny or harsh when the volume is turned up a bit. The main strength of this pedal I believe, are the wonderful, singing highs that can be expressed, the weakeness are the more 'wobbly' bass tones which are typical with all pedals modeled for the "Blues", such as this BBII & Boss' "Blues Driver". If you want to get away from noisey metal/distortion pedals and want a more cleaner, retro / natural sounding lead tone with a bit of gain, I highly recommend this pedal. If you're looking to get a crunchy rhythm for rock or metal out of this, you'll need to look elsewhere.

Overall

Overall: 8

Quality

Quality: 7

Features

Features: 5

Value

Value: 9

Ehhh..
Posted by Mic from Houston, Tx on Jul 3, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Worship, Blues, Rock, Folk...
Well this was one of my first pedals and when i bought it i didn't really know what i was doing so... Basically it sounds like crap going through a direct box or anything solid state. I heard it sounds good through a tube amp but i havent experienced that yet. On the boost side you dont have much control over the gain and crunch even if you turn it all the way down, and the blues side its just a crunchy mess. Im gonna try it with my new amp(probably a blackheart) and if it still blows its going bye bye.

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Marshall BB-2 Bluesbreaker II Pedal

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