Boss Drive Zone Twin Pedal

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• COSM Overdrive/Distortion Modeling pedal with 22 killer Stompbox models including 6 all-new tones
• Attack Shape control adjusts overdrive's response dynamics to your playing
• Heavy Octave parameter creates sounds one octave below notes played on the 4th string, 4th fret and lower-great for heavy, single string riffs
• Line output with Amp Simulator; also works as headphone output
• Amp Control jack for switching amp channels

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If Boss does anything to improve this pedal, the first thing they should do is double the number of memory settings.

I found that at least four of the key sounds from this pedal where foundational. That is, those four sounds will get me a lot of mileage and are not once-in-while special effects. So, for me this is four pedals in the space of two and about the price of two, and that's a bargain. From there, all the extra sounds are the occasional special effects that are the cherries on top.

The controls are logical and provide a fair amount of flexibility. In some cases, the controls give you more variations then are available on the corresponding single-size pedal (a juicy benefit). In other cases, like that of the MT-2, the mid-range controls aren't there, so middle boost or scooping is less tweak-able (a minor inconvenience). So, this would be the second improvement I would ask for from BOSS: a middle control (perhaps both level and frequency, please).

The "Attack Shape", from "Smooth" to "Edge" was very usable for all of the various effects (many of which don't normally come with such a control). The "Octave" effect is usable, when you want that kind of thing (which is rarely for me).

As for the quality of the tone... well, it sure sounds like a Boss pedal (and a few others too). This isn't what one would call a "boutique" pedal, but it will provide a very wide range of sounds at much less than boutique prices. If you are a boutique-pedal junkie, then this won't be your main sound, but it might be all those others that you need to fill in the holes... like the ones left in your wallet by the boutique pedals.

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I got this pedal for probably the same reason as everyone else who gets this pedal I wanted some of the original pedals that are modeled on the Boss OD-20, but it's much more convenient and cheaper to get them "all-in-one" than buy or make each individual pedal yourself (some of which are no longer readily available in their original forms) and put them all in a huge pedal board. This unit does exactly what it claims to do it accurately reproduces the sounds and responses produced by the pedals it models. I have, had or have personal experience with several of the pedals that are modeled, namely the Ibanez TS-808 Tubescreamer, the Pro Co Rat, Boss DS-1, Boss BD-2, Boss OD-1, Marshall Guv'nor and MXR Dist+, and I can personally vouch that these models are sufficiently close to the original pedals that I either can't tell the difference or the differences are so small that they can be explained by the variation between pedals even of the same make. Any minor differences that you perceive or more likely think you perceive can be tweaked with your EQ. There are no digital "artifacts" or harshness because Boss obviously sampled the original pedals at high enough rate, with enough bandwidth, to reproduce their characteristics to the point where the human ear can't tell the difference. Of course, some of those pedals have less tone control and less gain range than the OD-20 (which has an added "turbo" range on the gain) and a few as is the case with the Fulldrive 2 have more options. In those cases you have to tweak things properly and use your brain a bit to get a dead-on reproduction of those pedals but it is by no means difficult to do and if you understand how to use tone controls properly you can do it in seconds.

My one complaint with the OD-20 is that it is not true bypass and, like most other Boss pedals, is a perceivable tone sucker when switched to "bypass". I don't know why Boss can develop and manufacture sophisticated digital signal processing models such as found in the OD-20, but still can't manage to put a simple, cheap, true bypass circuit in their pedals. I suspect it's because Boss makes a separate line switching pedal (the LS-2 Line Selector) that they don't want to make semi-obsolete by putting true bypass in their other pedals. For that reason, I don't want to give this thing a full 5 stars but think it deserves better than 4 stars, so I'm rounding up to 5 because there's no 4.5 stars option here. If you play a fair bit with the pedal disengaged and are really picky about your tone, then you'll want to get a line switcher so you can truly bypass the OD-20 when you're not using it. Other than that, this pedal is a stompbox dream it really does have accurate models of all those pedals in one box.

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A lot of different sounds for the price. Have since bought a GT-10B which for $350.00 including the case is probably a better deal considering all the effects plus the capabilities available. Had I to do it over again I'd skip the OD-20 and shoot for the GT-10B. A hundred times the pedal for four times the price.

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I have many of the pedals that this pedal models and this is spot on. It is great in front of a tube amp to give tons of distortion variety, from SRV tube-screaming to Scholz's Rockman to Hendrix Fuzz and Satch sustain. If you don't want to take 15 pedals to a gig, this is a great alternative!