BOSS NS-2 Sucks

[James Freeman]

I have a mint made in taiwan NS-2 that I bought around 2011 and never used much, it sucks.... tone.
In comparison my TU-3 and the new SD-1 (SMT) are ruler flat when bypassed.
Maybe the new SMT NS-2 is better, I don't know.

(edit: family friendly version)

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

That's bad. Really bad.

 

[James Freeman]

 

[James Freeman]

That's bad. Really bad.

I've read online that is has a little tone loss, but man -7dB at 12kHz is terrible, especially if you are going for sparkling clean Strat sounds.
Not critical for humbuckers and distorted tone but still.

edit: Maybe it is critical when it's in the amp's loop, all the nice presence fizz is smoothed out.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

NS-2W Waza Craft will probably have a „Custom“ tone preservation mode.

 

[sleewell]

not huge fan of fortin but their little mini one is a great noise gate.



i kinda think the strat super clean amp crowd is not really considering the ns-2. seems like the ns-2 is more often found on high gain rigs.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Where does that foshizzle live?

 

[James Freeman]

27th Konnichiwa St. Waza-Kurafuto WK. Japan.

 

[TSJMajesty]

The frequency, Kenneth.

 

[Desertdweller]

@James Freeman it’s interesting to me you find the SD1 flat when bypassed. It is by far my favorite overdrive, but if I A/B playing straight into my amp vs playing through the pedal with it bypassed, it clearly cuts some high-end when bypassed. I attribute it to being buffered instead of true bypass, and I have one of the newer black ones.

 

[James Freeman]

it clearly cuts some high-end when bypassed.

My SD-1 does not cut anything, the buffer is pristine.
I ran a few sine sweeps through it at various volumes, all measure flat.
I trust measurement more than anything else, placebo is a real thing.

 

[0XI0]

have you tried the NS-1X version?I bet it's way cleaner like CP-1X. boss analog dynamics stuff has always been a like it or hate it sepia tone

 

[MirrorProfiles]

@James Freeman it’s interesting to me you find the SD1 flat when bypassed. It is by far my favorite overdrive, but if I A/B playing straight into my amp vs playing through the pedal with it bypassed, it clearly cuts some high-end when bypassed. I attribute it to being buffered instead of true bypass, and I have one of the newer black ones.

The old SD-1 circuit is anything but transparent, I think James's one has the modern PCB where they fixed the bleed through.

 

[James Freeman]

The old SD-1 circuit is anything but transparent, I think James's one has the modern PCB where they fixed the bleed through.

Yes, the bypass is clean and distortion free but the -0.3dB volume drop is present in ALL buffered boss pedals, old and new.

 

[HomespunEffects]

Now do the NS-1X. I'm hoping it's better, I plan to use it in my loop.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

@James Freeman , have you ever tested any of the ISP stuff, the decimator and the g string 2?

Just curious .

 

[James Freeman]

No.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

No.

Thank you.

 

[the swede]

I just poop watched this one and though about this thread