
That same month, the Boss BD–2 Blues Driver first hit guitar store shelves, targeting a different sort of player. 1 on the Billboard rock charts for a solid seven weeks.


The Ongoing History of the Boss Blues Driverīy March of 1995, Pearl Jam’s “Better Man” off Vitology had been sitting comfortably at No. What follows is the story of the humble BD–2 and some usable examples of how this Boss classic can sound fresh on any pedalboard.

In this respect, the story of the BD–2 is really a story of all of the different ways people figured out they could use this pedal. The BD–2 earned its place in the stompbox hall of fame thanks to those evolutions and the ways it continues to inspire new and creative applications.
