Boss ST-2 Power Stack
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The Boss ST-2 Power Stack distortion was designed to recreate the authority and complex depth of full stack tube amp. With the versatile Sound control, a wide variety of classic tube overdrive and modern chug are available because the Power Stack's gain and dynamic character change. The Boss ST-2 also provides 2-band EQ for scooped metal or growling midrange and enough output to push your amp further into overdrive.
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I am an 80's hard rock/glam metal player, and I have been too long caught up in a quest to find the "holy grail" tone from those hot-rodded Marshall amps that all the big guys in the 80's used to play, since I can't afford a Marshall amp myself (for now). If you, reading this, are obssesed with that beautiful 80's crunch as I was, look no further. This pedal does it. How?, well that's because this is a pedal especially designed to emulate the Marshall sound(s). It models several Marshall configurations with it's "sound" knob. "Crunch" = Plexi character, low to mid gain distortion, "drive" = JCM800 character, mid to high gain distortion, and lastly "Ultra" = JCM 2000 or modded Marshall's distortion. Keep in mind that not all amps are good pedal plataforms, so I recommend you to use this pedal in front of the clean channel of your amp and think of it as another "amp channel", but in a box (pretty much Pete Thorn's words in his review for the ST-2). Trust me, I bought a lot of 80's related affordable accesories looking for the infamous "holy grail" sound. This pedal delivers it best. Sometime, things that we want are closer than we think. Rock on, my unanimous friend!
Been playing metal since '79 and the best pedal I have found to replica the jcm800 is the NUX plexi crunch pedal...amazing marshall tone for $50
I too want, but can't afford, a jcm800 or silver jubilee stack, so I ended up finding a 1988 Marshall Lead 12 and have been pretty stoked with it. Especially after putting in a Celestion greenback. Still might pick up this pedal too
@@dagony7383Hmmm. Disagree. I did buy theNUX and the Marshall pedal itself. Both miss out on dynamics and depth in tone. And the the ST-2 delivers a gig worthy reliable Plexi, JCM 800 AND 2000 in one go. I gig it. Looking for Gary Moore and JoBo sounds. My Guitar teacher, a serious death metal head, gigs using true Marshalls, but always brings his ST-2 as a backup. Brilliant pedal. Best 200 bucks ever spend.
I just bought this pedal and I’m psyched to try it out. Thanks so much for the additional inspiration!
I get the Boss hate. They're affordable and your average joe can own them. I'm an average joe who has played through Boss pedals for 17 years now and they've always done right by me. I really have enjoyed using this pedal and it gives a great representation of the Marshall sound. I suppose if I had the disposable income I'd try the high priced ones. But I'm a family man with not a lot of bread and Boss pedals are a godsend for me.
Rock on, there are many times that great sounds have been achieved with simple pedals.This pedal produces some of the best harmonics and tone which has this British bite, while others 3 times more expensive fail. And since I've been there and done that, the only thing to trust is YOUR EARS. Sounds good for you ? then it is good for you and that's all.
I'm by no means a guy with a lot of disposable income, but the pedal world is not divided into boss pedals and expensive pedals. The beef with boss is that they're too consistent, sometimes sterile. And they alter your tone.
Electro-harmonix makes awesome pedals which are cheap and true bypass. MXR also makes decent and reasonably priced stompboxes.
You don't need to go Fulltone/Strymon/JHS/Suhr to achieve great tone. Also, no need to be contained in boss' walled garden. Open your mind, bro!
Danilo Almeida If you see the pedals Orince used live, you'll see mostly Boss. I believe there is an article in Tone Report that shows pictures of his setup and a diagram of the effects chain from guitar to amp. Edit---It's a Proguitarshop article; Andy wrote it.
proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/prince-the-unsung-guitar-hero
CorbCorbin Yes I love looking at Prince’s pedal board and knowing a lot of guys scoff at it. But he slayed us all on the guitar.
So many of the greatest guitarists ever used Boss pedals heavily. I get it if you're not a fan of rock music. But rock fans have heard boss pedals thousands of times on all different types of albums, so there's a reason we love them. Affordable, yet even the pros use them. It's hard to name one of the all time greats of rock since the 80s who _haven't_ used a boss pedal in the recording studio or live.
This is the best Boss dirt pedal I've ever heard tbh
This has got to be the best distortion box in the Boss line -- maybe even better than my modded DS-1. It has such a rich, organic sound with lots of dynamic range -- not too trebly and buzzy like a lot of distortion boxes.
The only Boss distortion pedal I like, it is really good. It is not thin like the Metal Zone and has more dynamics and clarity, it surprised me.
the only? well to each his own but their chorus pedals and delay pedals are on many top pro guitarists boards which says alot. but i get it too, everyone has different tones preferences
@@luisangelEXALTA would this be a great pedal for playing some early Norwegian black metal
@@dextermorgan4366 might not be as high gain as that - unless you run another distortion pedal into it
@@luisangelEXALTAHe said “distortion”.
@@dextermorgan4366 for that price? It’s worth a shot! Sounds like you’d know how to make it work!
This pedal is my tone in a box. It responds like a tube amp. If you're in doubt,just buy it.
This pedal is pretty amazing . I picked up one up used and it’s pretty great . Made my fender deluxe Reverb sound like a beast and sounded great on my VOX AC15 . What a pedal
Great pedal, But first great musician. He has rock n' roll in the hands!
This is the most accurate demo of this pedal so far.
This is the best demo for the Power Stack on CZcams
This pedal sounds fucking GREAT, no other pedal comes close to this amazing tone. Granted you don't have the same level of eq settings as some other pedals, but the actual distortion effect is so much better than literally anything else on the market, and it's CHEAP!
yep I got one for 50€s, and get a jazzy strat neck pup tone, a bit like Mad Professor Royal Blue, but with more mids! Very touch sensitive,like the Royal!
You are 100% right. I'm a blues player, i mostly use the overdrive signal and it's warm and sweet (playing with more bass and less treble). It's a really neutral distorition wich is good, you can get really annoyed with distortions with too much personnality. This one goes places.
Boss digital distortion pedals are great. The ST-2 Power Stack and ML-2 Metal Core are basically digital modeling pedals in small format, and they both sound great.
If this power stack is supposed to be a "marshall in a box" what is the metal core supposed to be?
I just ordered one after watching your excellent review. Thank you.
Seems like the best overall sound is when all the knobs are at the 12:00 position. It generates a fat, meaty and heavy tone without being too saturated.
I run mine exactly the same way. It's a very 'mid-forward' tone, but that's perfect.
I bought this solely on Andy's and Burg's demo of this pedal. Great sounding pedal, even though I highly doubt I'll push the drive past 12o clock. Great for classic rock and blues rock which is what I play.
i use mine w/ cheap solid state amps and it sounds killer.
Now Boss you finally got a decent distortion, seems like a drive that will actually inspire playing.
I watch a lot of pedal demo videos and this is an EXTREMELY well done video, in everg regard. Instant follow, and I will check you guys's feed every time I'm looking for info on another pedal. Bravo x 100 and thank you
While it’s appreciated, the PGS channel stopped in 2017. You can find current vids on Reverb and AndyDemos. Thanks!
I think this is one of the few new BOSS distortions/drives that actually sounds decent. Got a wide range plus the EQ really helps when changing pickups.
If someone wanted just one decent and well priced overdrive on their board, I would recommend this one.
Recently test drove one of these at a Guitar Center. Unlike every other video for this pedal that keeps the knobs at or around 12 o'clock (and never past 3 o'clock)... I went ahead and turned everything to max, and I was blown away. It sounded like a modern Marshall halfstack in every respect (think Van Halen's 1984 tone to Megadeth's Endgame tone and everything in between). Highly recommend this pedal to anyone who wants to add a de facto Marshall channel to their amp or use with a cabinet emulator (such as the ADA GCS-3) to direct-in record to route to PAs for gigs.
This actually sounds somewhat good at the drive setting.. not that mushy as all distortion pedals. Good for that 80's thrash marshall tone.
One of the best Distortion pedal by Boss .
I can pretty much guarantee this pedal has the same basic circuit topology as dozens of 'boutique' pedals, differing only in the choice of component values. There simply aren't that many ways of generating distortion.
When a circuit is sold for $300 by a small manufacturer, it's great. When the same circuit is sold for $100 by Boss, it sucks. If you study circuit schematics, you might realize your ability to listen objectively is affected by knowing the price, but not the internals.
its digital so it doesnt
@@tiktokfinds8846 dude your name is TikTok Finds, so your opinion doesn't matter
Marshall in a box (which is a good thing!)
Vox in a box would be better though
Nathan Rae for that you have the boss bc2 combo drive
Nathan Rae yes, the Boss BC2 Combo Drive is a Vox in a box.
Boss BC-2 Combo drive is the answer.
Boss's best sounding pedal yet
Owned this and a Fulltone Plimsoul. Fighting for the same turf. I kept the Boss. Less hiss /noise. And 2/3 the price. Ac/Dc in a box. Full on though - don't buy this if you're playing Kool and the Gang! 🤣
For $119.00 that pedal sounds great. Boss pedals always rock and they rock for less and that is good for me.
I bought this and a Fulltone Plimsoul. The Plimsoul is gone. And it was a great pedal in its own right. The Boss is just better. Less fizz, muddiness to my ear. St2 is inspiring - you will let rip when you feel it 🌴
this was the first boss distortion pedal that I actually loved, it just sounded great
Burgs, I've watched you play over a dozen guitars through hundreds of pedals and can't help concluding that I want a Laney amp. :P I particularly enjoyed the number of recognizable riffs and leads you packed into this vid.
Just got one....best amp in a box ive heard!
This pedal is amazing. Great sounds
It sounds like a Marshall
Boss gets so much undeserved hate. People who complain about the noise in this pedal have clearly never played a real amp before. This pedal is made to sound like noisy, angry amps. It's not supposed to have the control of your favorite non-amp channel circuit.
Sounds pretty good. For whatever reason, I'd never heard until 2018....
5:11 hair metal tone!!!
Excellent demo of this pedal, running it through its paces. Gives a guy an idea of what it can do. Thanks for posting this. Looks like a handy pedal to have for a variety of distortion and amp emulation sounds.
This and BC 2 combo drive are amazing pedals.
i used to have one 9 or 10 years ago and it got damaged, i told my girlfriend about it the other day and she doesn't know that i know she ordered a new one for me for my birthday in 2 weeks but i saw her plan and receipts lol
This is a great pedal but one thing the guys wont say in this video (but I will) is that if you buy this pedal and you have crappy cheap stock pickups this effect is not going to fully give you the stack sound that you are looking for so please change your pickups!!!!
I've tried this effect through Fender Strats and Gibson Les Pauls, SGs and Firebirds and a few PRS guitars. Since all of these come standard with high end pickups it really made these guitars sound fantastic but when played through a cheap $300 or less electric with subpar pickups it sounds rather amenic. So again I say change your pickups, you'll be glad you did.
I concur...
Holy Christ !!!! 5:14 !!! Amazing !! What’s that riff dude? Just made it up on the spot? God damn that’s pure Rockin roll love it !!!
If it had a midrange knob, I'd buy it right away.
Use a SD-1 in front or a GE-7 after it ...
I know there's a lot of bad feelings toward Boss pedals because they are rather generic. I think Boss has been trying to change that of late but they'll never have the reputation of, say, Lovepedal or Wampler (to name two of many). But one of the holy grails of pedals is the ability to get a marshall stack tone out of an inexpensive Fender-like amp. This pedal does a fair representation. AMT (and others) are better. But you're looking at 2-3 times the cost for the boutique pedal too.
Thank you, I love that song, I had forgotten where that awesome riff was from.
awesome choice of riffs
Sounds really beautiful, i'm gonna buy this pedal, thanx fot the demo, nice play as always, brett !
Brett Rocks!!
I'm not into incredibly high gain, but the crunch setting on this pedal sounds amazing (at least with this player/guitar/amp combination). Really nailed that early Angus Young tone.
this is one of the most goddamn pedals ever
This sounds and behaves identically to the Tube Drive sound from the Roland Cube 20X, which I have fallen in love with. I will have to get this pedal.
Yeah my roland microcube has a setting called classic stack which is based on a marshall tone. I knew I had to get this pedal. It's sounds great after having no luck with a RAT.
Hey Burgs, I didn't know you worked for Pro Guitar Shop - Good work, mate! With both you and Andy on board, you have this CZcams pedal demo thing stitched up!
Been playing metal since '79 and love boss pedals but if you want to emulate the jcm800 tone the best pedal I have found is the NUX PLEXI CRUNCH pedal,goes for like $50 and it blows away the power stack pedal
Maybe it is,i think its not,but the diference in quality between Boss vs Nux is huge..Also with the Boss ST-2 you have as an extra the JTM '59 and Super Lead sounds..
Riff Raff, hell yeah Burgs. Back to our Aussie roots we go mate.
This is an amazing pedal, to be a Boss distortion pedal...
Sounds great with this setup.......YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY
Burgs makes me want to watch the PGS demo again
I ran the gain pot out to an empty WAH pedal and hooked them together.
Now I can sweep the drive with the old WAH.
I have a Digitech RP 2-55 that I run through my FX loop that I can use to get some really interesting sound with (esp OD) and it has this really neat Plexi setting. I use that more than I do the BOSS stuff. The DS-1 I bought used through Guitar Center for twenty bucks because I got a twenty dollar gift card and it just seemed right. I would not have bought it full price.
Got it for a couple of weeks...sounds quite good but it has got 2 serious problems: it is unmoddable (digital) and it's also the noisiest distortion pedal I've never had...unusable without a good noise suppressor (and it still remains noisy).
The comment about noise suppression is salient, and I literally have an NS-2 on my board expressly because of this pedal. An undesirable side effect, taking up more space on the pedal board because of that, yes - but considering the low price and excellent tone, I forgive it.
Sounds great!
I don't get everyone's beef with this pedal. It sounds like it's supposed to and that's all I care about.
This dudes good.
I run it all through a Mesa Boogie MK IV and the blues driver is really the first place I go for OD. I also have a TU-3, a Tremolo, DD-7, and a Chorus all from BOSS that are staples of my board. I couldnt imagine not having them on there. I dont think that I ever turn the DD-7 off. I use the TU-3 primarily as a kill switch. Having said all of that. I dont think that I would purchase another OD or distortion pedal from BOSS.
I get a power metally vibe from the higher gain setting.
C'mon folks, this really doesn't sound bad, If I remember correctly, Marshall amps are very bright...
People are just biased against digital technology. If PGS demoed this, but in stead told us it was a boutique pedal they are demoing, nobody would be ranting that it sounds "sharp and flat". Hell, what does that even mean?
It does sound noticeably thin and sharp.
Could it be? Boss made a good distortion?
I would love to see a review of this boss vs the friedman be od
Reeling in the Years!
Fuck yeah!
totally worth the money
I could not agree more with you!
This Powerstack sounds even more "boss" with an eq after it!! Waka waka... for real tho.
My ONLY beef with Boss pedals - and I've used a ton of them over the years - the build quality doesn't hold up on the road. The case/switch set-up they use breaks. The AC jack shorts out. The knobs fall off. My 30+yr old MXR pedals have stood the test of time - still have them, still use them. OTOH I'd get a couple years of one-nighters out of a DS-1. You get what you pay for - BOSS is $100 for a reason. That doesn't make them "bad"
If Boss is known for anything I think it would be the ruggedness. I have a few pushing 25 years and they've always worked.
really nice playing dude
Balistic Gunz I personally thin you're better off with the Marshall stack. I have this pedal and it sounds awesome. But I use it with a Fender Deluxe Reverb. You've already got the marshall sound with that stack.
I want one...
what is your signal flow and amp setting for this review?
sounds amazing!
Best pedal I've tried in this category is the Barber dirty bomb. Check it. Get it.
sounds great indeed
Several things say 'analog' to me:
1) All of its controls are continuously variable, rather than discrete.
2) It has no digital display.
3) Distortion is extraordinarily cheap to produce with analog components.
4) Every BOSS distortion pedal schematic I've seen shows an analog circuit.
This is a great pedal indeed, no wonder Neal Schon uses it quite often...
Doesn't sound very COSM, actually sounds pretty good.
This pedal is actually pretty good..
Very nice playing (as always!). For playing 70s-80s hard rock (GNR - Aerosmith etc.), BUT ALSO willing to find a sound close to 80s melodic hard rock (Danger Danger, Winger etc.), would you suggest Boss Power Stack ST-2 or AMT M2 to be used as a "preamp like" base for my tone? (I already have an MXR 77 Custom Badass Overdrive that I use trough a clean channel for rythm and as a booster when playing through the ovedrive channel of my MG30 Marshall. I also have some effect pedals necessary for the 80s poser sound).
Thanks everyone!
For the most part I agree with Yawyck, however I have a DS-1 on my board that I use just for quick dirt and at lower volumes it isnt too bad. Now having said that I would trade it for a Tube Screamer or a BB Preamp in a heartbeat. I also have a un modded Blues Driver that for lower gain OD is really my first choice (I primarliy play bluesy rock, jazz, some country-fried boogie type stuff but very little metal, for the metal guys I dont think Boss is the way to go IMHO)
True! I would say boss makes some decent modulation effects, but if you want a marshall in a box tone, Boss simply do not work for me.
which pickups have that guitar?? it sound amazing
I agree with Yawyck. I like certain boss pedals like the DD7, RV5, DM2 and CE2 but their overdrives and distortions sound flat, thin, harsh. I don't like them at all.
Hello! nice sound! How do you see this pedal in front of an old Peavey Stereo Chorus 400 solid state combo ?
I heard "Hey Hey, My My" in this video.
Man, Boss pedals are a lot more expensive than I remember them being a couple years back o.0
idk if it's only me, but i hear that nice Megadeth mechanix tone around 1:02 until he starts playing "Carry on wayward son".
I don't really like the sound of the pedal but the playing is great none the less!
This pedal didn't use the COSM simulation.
Do you use a noise gate? I posted a video a few years back but high gain ym strat has hiss.
correct me if i wrong, but digital distortion pedal exist, example: line6 uber metal
It's on your guitar and your playing :)
I really love the sound of this pedal... but I just have too much BOSS pedals in my pedal board...
i prefer behringer over boss.. just sayin.