That Pedal Show | 2 weeks ago

What’s the difference between a Blues Breaker & Blues Driver overdrive pedal? And which one would you choose?

Welcome to the show! Ever been confused about your Blues Breakers and Drivers? Us too…
Today we’re comparing a ’90s Marshall BluesBreaker with a Boss BD-2w Blues Driver to see what we discover. After that we’ll move on to a couple of latest evolutions of the BluesBreaker design via Keeley and Origin Effects. Which ones do we like best? Have a guess…
Both amps are on all the time, just in case that isn't obvious.

Enjoy the show!

Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
0:48 What are we doing today?
3:40 Today’s BluesBreaker
4:18 Today’s amps
6:00 BluesBreaker cleaner & low gain
9:35 BluesBreaker with Strat
10:48 BluesBreaker tone control
12:00 Blues Driver cleaner & low gain
14:15 Blues Driver not bluesy?
16:40 BluesBreaker more gain
20:45 Higher gain comparison BD & BB
23:07 Clean up from the guitar
27:35 Which one would Dan choose?
28:22 Strat with more gain
29:23 Which one would Mick choose?
31:00 How much?!
31:52 Keeley Blues Disorder intro
33:05 Pedalboard practicalities?
34:40 BB Happy Place Dan
35:45 Blues Disorder sounds
42:10 Origin Halcyon Blue intro
43:15 Halcyon Blue sounds
48:59 Halcyon Dry control?
52:47 Halcyon Adapt control?
57:50 Which one, then?
1:01:12 ES-345 with them all
1:05:14 Les Paul [SG] Jr with them all
1:07:12 Final thoughts

Pedals & Stuff used in this show
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• TC Electronic PolyTune3 Noir Mini
• Marshall Blues Breaker (1996)
• Boss BD-2W Blues Driver
• Keeley Blues Disorder
• Origin Effects Halcyon Blue Overdrive
• Boss SDE-3 Digital Delay
• Electro-Harmonix Oceans 3-Verb

Guitars in today’s show
• Gibson Custom True Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Murphy Aged - no specific video yet
• Fender Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/rnQ4OIJFTgY
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/WOMHUQeHGRQ
• 1965 Gibson ES-345 TDSV - Mick’s video here: https://youtu.be/tdYvdn7vDDE
• 1961 Gibson Les Paul (SG) Junior - Dan’s video here: https://youtu.be/0CORolxVmeY?si=mPyWKKToqjkcgnHg

Amps used in today’s show - both amps are on all the time
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb (completely standard, regular reissue model)
• Tone King Imperial II head and 112 cab (original speaker)

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