BOSS LS2 LINE SELECTOR EXPERIENCES?

pablosynfo · #1 03-09-2010, 03:07 PM

Hey everyone!! i was planning on buying a boss ls2 very soon. The thing is that ive heard very different opinions about this so i wanted to know what pros here think! im new in the fx world but i think this pedal is going to help me in the near future when i get more pedals. Right now im planning on using it for volume control (I HAVE A big muff that when i turned it on the volume goes way up) as someone suggested here in the forum. Thanks for your help!!

rr5025 · #2 03-09-2010, 05:02 PM

There's a couple of threads out there but the LS-2 is great in my opinion. I use a muff with mine I run my dirt in Loop A (including Muff whose vol is maxed) and synthy stuff in B. Then I just control the volume with the LS-2.

walker rosewood · #3 03-09-2010, 08:21 PM

Buy a Boss LS-2

Lindsay · #4 03-09-2010, 09:03 PM

The LS-2 is a really useful pedal, particularly if you want to run two effects loops in parallel, or balance the levels of two basses into one amp, or select A > B > Bypass etc... It's a Swiss Army knife.

Nerotic · #5 03-10-2010, 12:02 AM

Get it. Every pedal geek should have one in their arsenal. I have two!

warwick.hoy · #6 03-10-2010, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerotic

Get it. Every pedal geek should have one in their arsenal. I have two!

I also have two. I love them.

I've seen some people who aren't fans,...but I think those people aren't fans of boss pedals in general.

pablosynfo · #7 03-10-2010, 11:36 AM

HEY THANKS FOR THE MOTIVATION! haahha. yes, somepeople said it kills your tone etc! but i think im gonna get one, seems so usefull thanks a lot again!

walker rosewood · #8 03-10-2010, 01:16 PM

on the contrary, you can use it as a blend pedal, and add 'tone' to any effect you want.

amfmsb · #9 03-10-2010, 03:58 PM

I have 2 on my board. They actually replaced a true bypass strip. It is not a completely transparent pedal (you can hear some change in your tone), but for me it's acceptable. One of them I use for a clean/effect mixer for a wah pedal and ring modulator. I put those effects in loop A and leave loop B blank so I can mix in my clean sound. The other one is used as a master bypass of most of my pedals, including the LS-2 I just mentioned). I use an LS-2 for this application rather than a true bypass pedal because of the volume control- There is a slight volume drop when all my effects are brough into the loop that I can compensate for with the LS-2.

takfar · #10 03-10-2010, 06:46 PM

Just get it, it's awesome

As I said elsewhere, if you've got two pedals, one of them should be an LS-2. Makes it much easier to blend and control volumes or bypass effects, among other things.

plekan · #11 03-10-2010, 07:13 PM

It's worth it just for the blend. It's so worth it to turn on 3 pedals at once and turn them off all at once too.

jgroh · #12 03-10-2010, 07:37 PM

I got one recently and I do love it, but I havent used it on a gig yet. The gigs lately have been in small clubs and bars, and I just dont have the real estate to take my whole pedal board. I was lucky to get this in mint condition off of craigslist for dirt cheap. Cant beat that. I plan on getting my whole board in business and take it with me to every gig from now on ("...move your crap guitard!"

Gashaponcito · #13 03-10-2010, 10:29 PM

a lot of people use them even Pros, you can't go wrong...

BassBrass · #14 03-11-2010, 08:52 AM

I just stopped using one as a blender...one day I just tried taking it out of the line and Tons of high and low freq suddenly appeared! (mostly high) Now I'd still use it if I had the space to isolate it in a passive loop because it's the Bypass that wasn't good, not it's function as a fuzz blender. It was Fine when some insane fuzz was blended with clean sound, it's tone suck was probably good for taming the Guyatone FZ-2 or it's like. No more blend needing guitar pedals for me...until I get an Xotic blender! Which costs 3 times as much...

pablosynfo · #15 03-11-2010, 01:42 PM

Yeah its so useful, im getting it for sure thanks to you guys!!

paulygonemad · #16 03-11-2010, 01:47 PM

Great for blending your fuzz. I run fuzz in one channel, flange in another and mix to taste.

Geddyfleaharris · #17 03-11-2010, 02:18 PM

They are very useful, very cool pedal. I have one on my board. But be warned - 3 cables in and 3 cables out means for a mess of hard ends jammed into one spot. You do need a bit of space on your board for it even when using right angle ends. IMO.

Seedouble · #18 05-10-2012, 06:46 AM

I've been using it as a cheap and over-complicated way to blend in a Shredmaster (with a busted foot switch) for some overdrive. I've been putting my fuzz before the LS-2, but I might put it in the LS-2's loop and have some clean tone there, if that sounds any good.

Overall, I'm really liking having some clean tone to blend in. Helps in the mix which can get a bit layered. Looking forward to adding a modulation loop one day. The I/O areas are pretty claustrophobic so will have to see how I go with that.

This pedal could have made a good 2-switch Boss format pedal like the RC-20XL. Maybe with an expression input to control blend or something. I've only used one loop so far, so maybe only one switch is really necessary.

EDIT: The extra AC out jack would be useful to some. Also, first Boss pedal I've used in a long time.

alecduncan · #19 05-10-2012, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BassBrass

I just stopped using one as a blender...one day I just tried taking it out of the line and Tons of high and low freq suddenly appeared! (mostly high) Now I'd still use it if I had the space to isolate it in a passive loop because it's the Bypass that wasn't good, not it's function as a fuzz blender. It was Fine when some insane fuzz was blended with clean sound, it's tone suck was probably good for taming the Guyatone FZ-2 or it's like. No more blend needing guitar pedals for me...until I get an Xotic blender! Which costs 3 times as much...

This is exactly how I use mine: I run my LS2 every single gig and blend in my Guyatone FZ-2 and ElectroHarmonix Octave Multiplexer. My trick is to disable the blend on the octave pedal and just allow it to be blended in along with the fuzz (and occasionally delay). I have an ancient Morley volume pedal at the end of the "loop" to make some cool swells and to control the blend as I play.

I literally have never seen anything bad being said about the Boss LS-2, so I don't know what those "different opinions" might be.

NoiseNinja · #20 05-10-2012, 08:11 AM

Just as everybody else said: It's great.

I use it as a clean mix with all my effects in a at around 10 o'clock and the clean mix around 12 o'clock.