# Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

> This gain entry consolidates documented Boss BD-2 Blues Driver variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-bd-2-blues-driver/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Gain
- **Types:** Boost, Overdrive
- **Also known as:** BD-2, Blues Driver
- **Controls:** Gain, Level, Tone
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 2 boards, 2019–2024

A blue compact pedal with three black knobs, a red status light and the familiar full-width hinged footplate.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Perry | Aerosmith programmable gain rack | 2024-07-09 | 5 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joe-perry/aerosmith-programmable-gain-rack-2024/ |
| Robert Smith | Three-board Boss system | 2019-03-16 | 4 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-smith/three-board-boss-system-2019/ |