Marshall Blues Breaker II Guitar Pedal, Gearwire

[stretch90]

Can anyone tell me if the pedal actually sounds like this in person? It sounds insane here!

[LIGHTintheHALLS]

Why do most pedal reviews have a guy soloing on the neck pickup with the gain cranked. What the hell do they sound like when you hit an E chord, on the bridge pickup, with the gain at 9 o'clock?!

[ellendera1]

wat a phaget, wit da mizspellin' + gramma coment . dats nut rok n' rol

[rocketace2228]

F#%K PEDALS - When they are trying to emulate any amp. All you need ia a good tube amp, a guitar with high quality pick-ups, tonepots, and tonecaps..

[Claymation99]

The BB2 freaking blows, and this coming from a person who isn't too picky about pedals. It has such a digital sound on the blues setting. I will say that the clean boost setting through a tube amp is killer, but not even worth the $50 i paid for it. Get a Blues Driver or something

[grandslammmful]

look at my video Marshall Bluesbreaker 2 BB2 vs Marshall AMP overdrive

[LesterPaul01]

I can get that tone with a tubesceamer. WTF!

[TheStrangerInTheRye]

@LesterPaul01 A boss blues driver will do it too..

[Kangaroopoo007]

once again not as good as its boss equivalent

i can see yo are playing with some feeling and emotion but it just dont come out

its more like a distortion...kind of crappy tone

sorry marshall another fail

[oasisfanmatt]

would this sound good through a marshall mg15dfx??

[bogoid]

I find this pedal really good for a "trashy" punk rock sound when it's on full overdrive using my guitar (a kramer vanguard).

With a SG it sounds really rock n blues, like old ac/dc :)

[boro5150]

Tocando así este tio te vende lo que quiere. Hasta la giralda

[lespaul469]

laziness in spelling Lol. bluesBREAKER

[yobhsiFehT]

lol "Laziness in spelling will not be tolerated" - I love that!

... lol... Nice.

[radomu1]

"The Eric Clapton Woman Type Tone" lol

[TheRozzersTube]

I've just bought one of these but whenever I play with it, with reverb up past mid-way on the amp or drive up on the pedal i get an awful howling after i've just played something which gradually dies out for about 2-3 seconds. The gain is not affecting it, but if anyone can shed some light it would be appreciated.

[overdrive302]

@TheRozzersTube man I have the exact same problem... but is only occurs when you use both reverb and the BB2 at the same time... really annoying

[happystreetboys]

fun the fire

I got one!

[nickfromdtown1992]

all of these, especially for the price, sound really good

[metropolis2k]

Great pedal - the two modes make it very versatile. Cool video and playing.

[SteveTheJazzMan]

sounds like my Modded Valve Jr

[TheDimebag94]

blues braker is amazing...

[drone713]

Or maybe that riff was just insanely awesome

[drone713]

I think 1:06 sold me

[SuperJzero]

@drone713

Absolutely 1:06 is where it's at!

[TyLaw321]

does anyone know where i can find these pedals?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[spudgun05]

how about any music shop on the planet, could'nt be any easier to find

[TyLaw321]

@spudgun05 really?!?! none of the shops around me carry it

[spudgun05]

ebay???

[ramonesdude93]

check on amazon

[StevesGuitars]

you can get it for $50 on Casico interstate music. They're an online retailer

[torbjorn66]

out of the Jackhammer, Guv'nor and Bluesbreaker, which is best for a solo boost type pedal? I'm using a DSL50 half stack.

[xlp3t3r]

I use the Guv'nor and the bluesbreaker together I play a strat type guitar and use the bridge pickup through the Guv'nor for screaming lead gets lots of pinch harmonics and the blues breaker on Middle and neck for a really nice bluesy Hendrix type sound where you need a little boost but dont want to drive it too hard

[punkrawkshow83]

where can i get that pedalboard (for 8 pedals) !??!?!?!?!

[joeb0]

probably by contacting Marshall to see where they sell it.

[Lochsloy92]

There is a Marshall pedalboard with all 8 pedals on ebay right now! Search :Marshall Effects Pedal Board LOADED...it should come up! :)

[TriggerHappy971]

@punkrawkshow83-

As far as I'm aware, You can't actually buy those boards. You can buy all 8 pedals and make your own board, but those boards with all the patch cables Marshall use for show, for Music Shops and Demo shows alike...........

[GuitarzMyThing]

@punkrawkshow83 I went to my nearest local hardware store bought a sheet of plywood, cut it, bought some little tiny L brackets, bought some velcro stickys with a glue surface on each of the sides. Attach a piece to everyone one my pedals and, screwed in the L brackets to the plywood then attached the other end of the velcro to the L brackets. Making it easy for travelling, takes abuse well and if I wanted to switch some pedals around. All I have to do is pull and stick into another location!

[bluebrowne13]

I cannot stop watching Rob Math's demos - the guy just freakin' rocks!

[Dioxido87]

he does, but he doesnt show the products very well

[joeb0]

If you are planning to post a comment, please read the description on the side for information.

[coldandhomeless]

THIS GUY ONLY SHOWED YOU THE DRIVE MODE! i own 2 of these and they make any amp better. i run one into the preamp with the volume on 12 o clock in boost mode (when in boost mode, only the volume knob does something). so to me, it is a even match to a mxr micro amp, but with soft clipping for texas blues when activated on a totally clean amp. BUY THIS PEDAL OR @ least try one!! you wont be dissapointed ppl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[musicman69123]

Everyone has their own opinion, but to me this pedal sounds great. Its doesn't exactly have the Marshall Bluesbreaker sound, but it has really high quality vintage distortion for a pedal. And it definitely does not make a guitar sound like a Gibson.

[Breadstick1234]

I am buying one of these RIGHT NOW!

[bulenterdem1977]

this great player shows someone how a pedal should be demonstrated. great demo and incredible pedal.

not easy to nail eric clapton's les paul's woman tone with a strat, but he got a great, smooth and fat tone with lots of sustain anyway...

[jp6l6]

This is just the proof that pedal isn't transparent. If a Fender souds Gibson...

[bulenterdem1977]

transparency is not always what all the players want from a pedal. most players use overdrive/distortion/fuzz pedals to add color, instead of transparency... and between 1:07 and 1:18, i would like to call it fat strat sound instead of les paul sound. before that, it still sounds transparent to me.

regards.

[jp6l6]

"not easy to nail eric clapton's les paul's woman tone with a strat". You wrote this, not me.

To me this pedal doesn't reproduce the tones of a real Marshall Bluesbreaker amp and it's a shame because it is a cheap pedal. The sad truth is only expensive pedals can do it.

[vidzaratm]

Dude , is Blues Driver BD2 better than this pedal ? Big muff maybe ? Pls answer , i have a gig in 2 weeks and i need some pedal for soloing ... Thanks a lot

[jp6l6]

I know four pedals that do the right job but these are expensive : the Vexter Box of Rock from Zevex, the OCD from Fulltone, the Workingman blues (the best ?) from Menatone and the British from Tech21.

[ddecto]

I would like transparency, you can change your tone a little with different guitars, settings, pickups etc. That's why alot of digital pedals are not very good for live use, you can't really change the tone by that much with a different guitar.

[Bobbyeagle]

I doubt any distortion pedals are truely transparent. One of the new Big Muffs allows you to bypass the tone circuitry, but unless the pedal has that then the signal is going through the circuitry and will be affected. Unless the pedal doesn't have a tone knob/setting... but then again, we have true bypass on our pedals because the curcuit board is always going to shape the sound a little.

[bulenterdem1977]

jp! i know what i said and i stand behind them! nothing conflicting if you are able to evaluate my comments!

[01ashfordsmithsam]

not everone can afford boutique pedals and tube amps. Just because a product is cheap, it doesnt mean its shit.

And if you are that good a guitarist, you can make anything sound good right? ;)

[Gomagomes]

indeed! making a good tone it's just about knowing how to tweak your equipment

[ddecto]

it's all in the hands. Clapton can probably get the same sound outta his fender tweed(if he had a gibson) if he really wanted to.

[musicman69123]

He does have a gibson, ddecto, probably more than one. One of his favorite guitars is the gibson sg.

[tiddlywinks98712]

THIS PEDAL DOES NOT SOUND LIKE POO!

[jjevansj]

i really like the tone of this pedal,, its a nice vintage sound

[guitarguy974]

that thing sounds beast i want that instead of the boss blues driver

[motokev]

i have botique pedals and I have this one. I personally like it..... its really depends on what amp u play through. pedals works great for some but not all amps

[JLRSG]

I have a marshall mg30' series amp and one of these pedals any suggestions on settings?

[SoloBen247]

dont waste the money on a pedaltrust me save up for a tube amp

[haydenisace]

well that depends which pedal you have lol

[ickefes]

I actually believe that I for one like pedal distortions most times. Often tighter when riffing. Maybe I like transistor distortion and through clean channel on tube amps to get the subtle compression the tubes give. But I have only played on a maxed out tube amp a couple of times during couple of seconds each so maybe I miss the magic a totally maxed out tube amp does using it's own tube distortion.

[stefanlowe]

Are there any other pedals a lot like this?

[Yayoduster]

I'm looking for a Duane Allman sound and I'm thinking of the Gun'nor 2, the Bluesbreaker 2, or the BBE Green Screamer. A lot of people are saying the BB2 does not work well with humbuckers? Any advice?

[menga111]

check out the visual sound tube screamers, they sound better than they look!

[purenectar]

sounds very generic and too much gain. too much guitar wanking. sounds scooped too. no wonder they cost like £45

[LazyHammond91]

I have this pedal and it sounds different......I think he's using the "booster" mode probably with the od channel of the amp

[doogdoogdoog]

Or more likely your guitar, amp and hands are yielding a different sound. I'm sure the dude knows the difference between the 2 modes, he's defo using the tone know, which doesn't do anything in the boost mode.

[musicislife4567]

doesn't john mayer use one of these?

[jabasoo]

bluebreaker 1 (the original bluesbreaker pedal) i believe...nonetheless i want 1!

[jabasoo]

thats what mayer has i think

[bbbobbbieo]

I have one of the original Blues breakers, its a solid black pedal from marshall, very basic looking, and I just use it to boost my signal and add a weeeee bit of drive. It doesn't sound like this much at all... I think he uses a Od signal and the pedal at the same time

[stymye]

he has a tiny hat on his chin.

[mothercruncher]

That's EXACTLY the sort of tone I'm getting out of my Bluesbreaker II. Are you fellas using decent pickups and genuine valve amps?

[Snotra]

I dont like the way they voice these pedals. They tweak them for strat guys.

[rixills]

that sounds great. i think i will buy one so i dont have to use the drive channel on my fender HRD. and continue to use my Tubescreamer for leads.

[ultimatumjs]

i have one and it sounds nothing like that.

[moenmusician]

you're so right! It sounds drunk compared to the vid. But the old bluesbraker is better!

[Wang0Phat]

There is no way the pedal sounds like this. NO WAY. That sounds killer!

[gustavogflopes]

The pedal works good only with single coils. [2]

It's true, I've built onde with the original schematic and it doesn't work great with my les paul as it works with a stratocaster (single coils only)

[surfco]

Whatta piece of shit you are...

[dirtbomb666]

the jackhammer is the best pedal in this range, it is much more versatile and bigger range of sounds.

[drewcantplay]

agreed, i hate the way it is marketed as a metal or hi gain pedal though, because it is so much more.

[darwinator12932112]

what would be better a tubescreamer or this?for cream sorta of stuff

[Blakreil]

TS 808 is realy diverse and is a realy good boost if you have other overdrive pedals

[dirtbomb666]

i would say the tubescreamer would be better for the sound you are after

[murraypw]

anyone tried the ocd?

[nickkalisz]

walking goatee

[MRJimcoMustache]

the sound from the pedal is vintage he didnt say he was gonna play vintage sounding music

[JimJamGibson]

I got a great idea of the tone and am going to look further into this pedal because of this video. Thanks for posting.

[anetmp]

The pedal works good only with single coils.

[wolfgangrocker]

messy legato, boring vid.

But i got a bluesbreaker pedal and its lush.

[cyberoach]

is this truly a GearWire video? how come they didnt explain what's in the store? and then what's in the guitar section? and then what's in the pedal section? and then buy the pedal and then waste 2093 hours explaining what's in the box, catalogs and instructions??? IM DISAPPOINTED GEARWIRE.

[joeb0]

geocities(dot)com / robtheonion

[chrisgtra]

xaxaxaxaxaxa cyberoach u r right

[joeb0]

No, it's a review on a marshall product.

[joeb0]

which Rob decided to give them I'm guessing.

[bucknasty1148]

i already got a great metal pedal(metal muff) and a softer blues pedal(ts808) and fuzz(little big muff). but i want a good overdrive pedal now with more gain than my ts808. the main tone i want is kinda randy rhoads, iron maiden, just good hard rock tone. i diffenently dont want something crunchy. i want smoother high gain saturation. should i get the bluesbreaker or a govnor???

[hotrodstrat]

I think you should go for the guv' nor

[bucknasty1148]

k thx, that was what i was leaning to

[mobetterblade]

i use a marshall reganerater and a echohead as well as a behringer hellbabe and a danelectro FAB metal.

[gibsonguy787]

Nice playing.

[RadioCambodia]

that marshall blues driver its on my rig...smooth sound

[mariecarter100]

Brilliant pedal. just got this on the strength of the video demo. Boost gives my valve amp the natural valve overdrive without having to go to loud - still retains all the tone! Blues mode setting gives great crunch/overdrive. voooom - you miss the point 'turning gain on any amp to 1' will not give the full warm tone and natural overdrive-You need to overload the pre amp and in turn overload the power amp(valve amps only) Well built and looks the part.

[purplemonkeyelephant]

Whatever you guys say, it does sound nice on this video