BOSS ST-2 POWER STACK
$120.00 USD |
Simple ...back when most of those recordings were made no one wrote about the fact that on those records the player was using a Fuzz Face or a Tonebender thru a Rangemaster Treble Booster and then getting killer sustain from the sheer volume causing a lot of feedback.
Boss naively omitted this in designing their pedal. What you got was a nice fat crunch with no sustain. Yes, exactly what the Boss designers heard from that Marshall Super Lead 100 siting in their lab as their reference. LOL.
With a modern take of a MIAB the designer builds in the gain created by the guys in California through the 80's. I have several and love them but they are what I well know they are.
The layout of the Boss is a simple Level,gain treble and bass. The gain goes from light
Crunch thru to more crunch, lol. It does not saturate or go anywhere near a high gain.
CONCLUSION
You get a nice fat clean chunky Crunch. Ideal for backing vocals and most of thefills & turnarounds that play for short bit between the phrases of the singer. For allelse you want to stomp on one of your modern super MIAB or other high gain winner.It does what I demand from every pedal. Only one thing but done very, very well.
HANDS ON
I got it used in excellent condition for $65.00 USD
On it's own I love heavy bass with a bit of highs and
running the gain at 2 o'clock. More has no tone and
is very noisy. Stacking a Fuzz on it is killer.
I was able to replace 3 other OD from my board.
Those OD's are great but each is not as versatile.
With the Boss if i do not go with exaggerated bass or
gain it can pull off great backup sounds yet go to a
solo and sound great either way.
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