Boss

JANUARY 2017 TOTAL GUITAR
Reinvigorate your riffs and chords with these four flavours of
flexible flange, chorus, vibe, phase, and much more besides…
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t its core, the MO-2 is a pitch-shifter with
adjustable modulation, but there’s more
to it than that. The MO-2 is fuelled by
Boss’s player-responsive Multi-Dimensional
Processing. So, while its octaver/rotary sounds
approach EHX’s Organ Machines, it blends
with your guitar sound rather than emulating a
diff erent instrument. Three octave modes
(octave up; octave up and dry; and octave-up,
octave-down and dry) are paired with a
modulation texture that blends chorus, vibrato
and rotary. It sounds a little plastic-y on its
own, but add some eff ects and a splash of gain
to the mix and it really comes alive.
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ll-analogue manipulation is the name
of this piggy’s game, which delivers
both chorus and proper pitch vibrato.
The clever bit is that each pedal’s depth and
rate can be controlled either by picking
dynamics, or a regular modulation control,
or a mix of the two. That makes it a handy
stomper to leave on for a song, only to hit a big
chord and have the modulation shimmer at
that crucial moment. A series of fabled bucket
brigade chips gives the tones a darker, syrupy
CE-2/Small Clone vibe – it can add a little hiss,
but neither setting messes with your core
sound. A great fi nd for pedal boffi ns.
Boss MO-2
Multi Overtone
MO MODULATIONS, NO PROBLEMS
Pigtronix Quantum
Time Modulator
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE FILTER
TYPE Chorus/flange, phaser,
pitch-shifter/modulation and
chorus/vibe pedals
POWER REQUIREMENTS:
DigiTech: 9V power supply (not
supplied); MXR: 9V power
supply (supplied); Boss: 9V
battery, 9V power supply (not
supplied); Pigtronix: 9V or 18V
power supply (supplied)
CONTACT: Sound Technology
01462 480000
www.digitech.com
Westside Distribution
0141 248 4812
www.jimdunlop.com
Roland UK
01792 702701
www.roland.co.uk
John Hornby Skewes
01132 865 381
www.jhs.co.uk
AT A GLANCE
£119
£229
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