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BOSS LS2 LINE SELECTOR EXPERIENCES?

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pablosynfo

Oct 17, 2007
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#1
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!!
 
#2
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.
 
#9
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.
 
#10
Just get it, it's awesome :D

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.
 
#12
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!"
 
#14
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...
 
#18
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.
 
#19
BassBrass said:
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...
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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.
 

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