BOSS JB-2 Angry Driver, Multicolor

I’m a big fan of JHS and have a few of their other drives, but I also wanted to see where all the love for BOSS’ Blues driver comes from. Suffice it to say, the blues driver side of this pedal is fantastic. Probably the most used drive on my board right now. The JHS side sounds great too but I don’t use it nearly as often. Build quality is exactly what you would expect from BOSS. I’m sure it will outlive me.

De lo mejor que ha realizado Boss, combinar los legendarios Angry Charlie de JHS y el Blues Driver de BOSS, permite utilizarlos por separados, combinarlos y sobreponerlos antes o después.

This is one of those purchases that had me saying "wow" within minutes of using it. Upon receiving this extremely diverse pedal, I plugged it into my Fender Hot Rod 2x12 by way of my Telecaster. First, I played the JHS (Angry Charlie) with less than half distortion, which had a great bite to it and a strong midrange. The JHS is well known for its Marshall JCM styled sound and it definitely delivers. Next, I tried the Boss setting (Blues Driver) and I realized that these pedals were both worth the price tag alone. Next settings were JHS>Boss, Boss>JHS, and Parallel mode- each of which rocked my house in a completely different way. Blasting the distortion on Parallel mode, with my neck pickup on created a purely ROASTED sound- the signal breaking up in an incredible way, much like something you'd hear from Jack White.Using my Gibson Firebird was a great surprise. With the mini-humbuckers a bit hotter than the single coils in my Tele, the signal created more distortion that was easily tweaked independently on the JHS or Boss. I also played my Les Paul with similar results and was blown away by the range of sounds I could get from one pedal. I was even able to get bluesy single-coil tones out of each Gibson guitars, but they DID NOT DISAPPOINT when it came to pure rock 'n' roll. In fact, all three guitars I tried out did not limit themselves to their individual stereotypical sounds, as I was able to channel so much more.I haven't been so excited to start recording some great rock and blues tracks since I got my amp! This purchase does not disappoint. I consider $200 an expensive pedal, but the Angry Charlie alone is $200, and they've absolutely nailed the sound of it. This is like a Swiss army knife of guitar pedals that sounds great and diverse, and I'd recommend it for nearly any genre.

I had the blues driver before and sold it. Only so much room on the board and wanted another tube screamer. It's a good pedal though. The jhs in the other hand, oustanding marshall sound in any amp. Being able to blend the two even sweeter.Bottom line, the pedal is expensive but I don't need any more over drives. This covers everything I need in one pedal. Worth the buy.

For me it is the only discount and overdrive pedal I have now. The BOSS blues driver is awesome and the JHS Angry Charlie is great thick but clear distortion and with both in the same pedal, it’s amazing. You can have each separately or set so you switch between the two or have the BOSS in front of the JHS or vice versa or both in parallel. The knobs are split so the top half is for the JHS and bottom have is for BOSS so you can set separate levels, tone, drive, etc. for each. Extremely versatile and sounds awesome like driven a tube amp. I recommend it completely and it is worth the price, solid build, like all BOSS pedals.