Your opinion on the BOSS NS-2

[Kindofblue]

What are your thoughts on the boss ns-2. I was thinking of getting one to get rid of some of the annoying hum. Has anyone played with one of these?

[Jazz Ad]

I like the loop thingy. It does a good job. Make absolutely sure you use a battery or separate power supply for it though or you will run into issues.

[Kindofblue]

This isn't a loop though its a noisegate?

[Goose55]

You still will keep the hum. The only effect you'll get is that you won't hear hum when you stop playing.

[niftydog]

Originally Posted by Kindofblue

This isn't a loop though its a noisegate?

The NS-2 (yes, not the LS-2) has a loop to put your fx in - check out the manual.


And as has already been said, a noise gate doesn't "get rid of" anything at all - it just hides it momentarily.

What is the hum issue? Maybe you're better off solving that instead of trying to cover it up.

[tomhanzo]

Originally Posted by niftydog

The NS-2 (yes, not the LS-2) has a loop to put your fx in - check out the manual.


And as has already been said, a noise gate doesn't "get rid of" anything at all - it just hides it momentarily.

What is the hum issue? Maybe you're better off solving that instead of trying to cover it up.

+1 all around.

If you just trying to get rid of the hum in your guitar? I would start by checking the shielding in the guitar (the tin foil under your pickguard). Check that it has a ground attached to the bridge or something else metal on it.

As for my opinion on the NS-2 at what it does. Most usefulest besterest pedal I ever boughted. ahaha. It does its job good. Keeps your noisy pedals in line, and out of trouble.

[ihateusernames]

Had one long long ago with guitar. Didn't care for it, sold it, moved on, never looked back.

[bigchiefbc]

Originally Posted by Kindofblue

What are your thoughts on the boss ns-2. I was thinking of getting one to get rid of some of the annoying hum. Has anyone played with one of these?

Are you talking about white-noiseish hiss, or like a 60-cycle hum? If its just hum, then the EHX Hum Debugger is supposed to be better for that. I think Chronicle uses one. If its more of a hiss, then the NS2 should be great. Although it will not work as well if you don't put all of your noise-making pedals in its loop.

[stflbn]

I like what the NS-2 does. I have mine set to basically kill sound when i'm not playing. Not because of hum or buzz, but because in between songs I may get some noise from a strap button creaking, etc. I keep mine set pretty light and it does a great job. I just keep it last on my pedalboard.

[GearHeadBassMan]

had one for my metal guitarist. killed alot of tone, but let him let a chord ring without getting massive feedback. could be his hotwired EMGs though, the idiot who wired them didn't ground them so they were really really noisy.

[gibsualdo]

Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

I like the loop thingy. It does a good job. Make absolutely sure you use a battery or separate power supply for it though or you will run into issues.

I've never had a problem with running mine from a DC Brick or daisy-chaining from the cheap £10 power supply I use now, maybe I just got lucky though?

Oh yeah and I totally dig mine.

[idoru]

Rock solid, and could probably keep a lid on a volcanic eruption. I've used mine to gate a Big Muff pi, and currently a Tubeworks RT-902 pre-amp with boost engaged & drive maxed.

c-

[tomhanzo]

you could have anything making noise in the loop, and wouldnt hear it unless you were playing your guitar.

You could put a delay in the loop, and make it oscillate till its about to explode. The moment you stop playing on your bass it cuts it out completely.

Mine has never had a problem with daisy chaining power from it to anything.

[bassman1185]

I've got one and I love it. I keep all my drive pedals in the loop, and it works perfectly to keep everything quiet. I play in a hardcore band, and we have a lot of staccato breakdown parts where I need to clamp down on noise, plus I've always got at least a little bit of drive on, plus compression, and my basic tone is the bridge pickup of my jazz soloed, all of which adds up to a lot of annoying noise coming from my amp.

[kevteop]

Out of interest: If you put your signal into the loop return, and another signal into the IN, would the IN signal key the gate?

Could be quite nifty with the wet out from a delay going to IN, or part of the drum mix.