Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

Not too hard.

I use the send/return loop. I put the chorus last outside the loop, but compressor, distortion, and wah within (in that order). I have it set to minimize the noise (i turn the gain up on my compressor) and it does a wonderful job. With the compressor on it's smooth, when it's off the noise supressor causes noticeable cutoffs in sustain. Some people say that it blocks noise without sacrificing sustain. That's definitely true to an extent.

Don't regret buying it.

This pedal was a bit diffucult to use in the begining, but if you take a look at the manual, its not so bad. I give it a 9 because there where so many jacks. But after that its all uphill.

After looking in the manual, and setting it up correctly I realized how well it acually works. No noise what so ever. I cant even hear my hand sliding up and down the fretboard. Knobs are Threshold, Decay, and a Reduction/Mute Switch. I run BOSS NS-2, DOD DEATH METAL, DOD GRUNGE, DANELECTRO MILKSHAK CHORUS, then VOX WAH. It sounds encredible, wait, there is non!

It has never failed me yet, and I dont plan on it.

Never delt with them. Musicians Friend is very reliable though.

I pump gobs of distortion thrrough my amp and cant tell if their on unless i look at the pedals.

I recomend it over anything, and its not one of those huge rack space HUSH things either, its small and built to perfection.

Well, the manual has a couple of good examples about how to use de NS-2, and you can do many useful things with it, it is really easy to use, just be patient about finding your right settings.
But I'm really satisfied cause this pedal really does what I was looking for, of course, in my case.

Ok, I use some Ibanez guitars connected to a Shure wireless system, or a normal instrument cable, depending the situation; my effects are in this way: Boss CS-2 Compressor/Sustainer, Digitech XP100, Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive, Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Ibanez PH-7 Phase Shifter and The NS-2. All those pedals are mounted and routed in a Furman SPB-8 Pedalboard, and then to the front of my amp.
My main distortion sounds come from a Marshall TSL100, so I use a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay in the effects loop of the amp.
Well, as I guess you might know, the high gain that amp's distortion produce, can introduce a lot of noise to the signal, and also the use of wall warts, long cables, and effect loop pedals can intoduce more unwanted noises to the signal!!!!!!!, so, if you're having problems with ground loop noise for the use of many long cables or wall warts inductance and what not, do not hesitate and go for this pedal now. It really helped me to give a solution.
Some guys are worried about the sustain and the cutted notes, but, you just need to learn how to interact with the NS-2, it is not the class of gate that cuts out everything, you can visualize this with the reduction diode: when this diode is dim while you're playing, you don't have to worry about the sustain, even if you're playing softly, or with the volume of your guitar rolled back, just worry yourself about not getting noises while you're not playing.

Boss kicks ass.

Well, I play guitar since 10 years ago, and I like to play whatever, but rock is my main style, and as the years go passing by, I have been introducing new gear to my rig, I play live almost every week and I was really having problems with noise cause the way I use my rig, but this pedal is at this time the best solution I found for a good price.
I think this pedal adapts to the problem you're having, but its functionallity will depend on even how you play, in the use of your guitar volume, your amp settings, effects settings, connections between all your pieces of equipment etc etc etc. just find the right settings to the threshold and decay. Something great of this pedal is that it doesn't cut the sound abruptlly, it does the reduction in a smooth way, so you don't have to worry too much about the sustain, again, everything is up to your playing and your settings.

plug and play... loop the nastiness in and voila
absolutely necessary when using multiple voicings and filters

i run an extensive setup:
7-string>>pitch shifter w/ exp. pedal>>octave>>auto wah>>
bass synth wah>>ns-2>>compressor>>distortion>>
chorus>>phaser>>flanger>>ns-2>>delay>>delay>>reverb

this pedal takes care of all that unwanted hiss and squeal...or I can dial to squelch the noise...or I can dial to let it shreik: good stuff

personally, I'm not striving to sound like anyone...just the sounds in my head!

well, i can't very well get backups for all my pedals
of course, it's a BOSS... it's not goin' down any time soon

I play whatever: some would call it Nu-metal, some would call it ambient rock, some might call rap-core...depends on the tune...depends on the project...depends on the band

Just like any peice of equiptment,
takes a little bit of fooling around to find the perfect settings,,
but not hard at all.

Peavey 5150 II is a loud amp. The NS-2 takes away almost all noise. The only problem with this unit is that it doesnt just take away hums and squels, but it also cuts notes off early. To have the pedal work truly how it shoud and eliminate all noise, the nobs must be set in a manner that also cuts of notes that are ment to be sustained. it mistakes large bends at the end of solos as "noise" and cuts it off. The pedal does what it should, Suppresses noise, i just wish it could differentiate.

100%

never

it is essential for a live show to avoid loud hums and squeling feedback when the amp is at high levels.

It's fairly easy to use. When I use mine, it really helps with the distortion.

The manual is pretty easy to understand.

I use an old Maya Strat that I've had more or less rebuilt over the last 17 or so years. I've used the NS2 with a Randall half stack and a MT2 Metal Zone. I would consider the NS2 very essential is you use something like an MT2.

Asking if a noise suppresor makes noise seems like an oxymoron, but no, it doesn't make any noise.

Yes it's dependable. Boss puts out some decent effects.

I would gig without a backup because this is the ONLY ONE I got!!

I've heard some horror stories about Boss CS. Even tho I honestly cannot give a rating I'll say one thing, thier website stinks as far as information goes. I've wanted to check out online samples of the GT6 and there never seems to be one.

I've only played it around the house with my Metal Zone pedal. My wife loves the fact that there is something in the universe that seems to be able to control distortion the likes the MT2 puts out. I play mostly in church these days and probably should find a way to use it.

I've been playing for nearly 25 years. My style varies between rock, hard rock, gospel, bluegrass and classic country. No rap, hip-hop, modern metal or modern pop.

I've been thinking about getting rid of all my pedals and going to one unit like a GT. Under different circumstances, yes I would replace it if it were lost or stolen. Even if I go with a GT or VG system, I might still keep it around "just in case".

I bought it because it was Boss and out of nearly a dozen pedals, only 3 of them aren't Boss.

Quite simple to figure out....3 knobs, turn them to the desired gate effect you need. I didn't get a manual with it, but I've used noise gates before. This isn't a 'gate' per-se, cause it's soooo smooth.....more like a noise 'garage-door'

Well....I use a Gibson SG, Les Paul >> Boss NS-2 >> Boss HM-2 >> Korg AX 100-g >> Boss 10 band EQ >> Boss CS-3 >> Roland JC-77 Amplifier.....with an Electro-Harmonix Memory Man in the effects loop of the Noise Surpressor, and it REALLY helps big time. I guess the 'Sound Quality' is really terrible....? Seeing how the NS-2 takes away all the bad noise of the signal. So, that would make it a great pedal. Get it?

As you can probably tell from my rig....I LOVE Boss stuff. Play without a backup? In a heartbeat.

Figments of the imagination, these people.....Who has actually needed them?

I play anything from Pink Floyd to Black Sabbath to Deftones.....and it helps to have the NS-2....really it does. I swear, people, Boss could make Christmas wrapping paper....and I'd buy it. The NS-2 really helps to get rid of the signal hum when not playing....just makes it sound better. No tone differential either...nice 'n' clean, and true. I like the 'Mute' function too....helps for tuning, without annoying everyone in the room. Someone wrote a review on this and said it was more of a tool, than an effect. So true. But what a tool it is.....like a swiss army knife made by Boss.....Hey....That'd be cool, eh?

easy, but read the booklet first...

if you use many pedals (such as me) it will make your sound...better!!! how is it possible? simple, it has an effect loop so you get a lot more of the original tone with less pedals in the way. i not sure way pepole are not talking about it. it's an amazing thing and was a surpise to me. it does a great job suppressing noise and if you dont go crazy with the nobs it wont kill your sustain +it has a mute function you can do silent tuning live...great!i only give it nine couse it's not perfect but damm close!

yea!it's good

dont know?!

a must for me it's:1.noise supressor
2.a'b box for silent tuning
3.kind of a tone bufer thanks to the effect loop brings back your sound!
4. it can power up effects (i dont use it for that..)
does a lot more than you think and yea it kill the noise and doesn't kill the guitar. get it!

Real easy to use. Just plug your guitar into it, and put everything else in the loop (you might want to keep delay pedals out of the loop as when the delay decays, the noise suppressor will cut down on it and mute it), then output to your poweramp.

There's a threshold knob to set signal the level at which the pedal kicks in, and anotehr knob to set how quickly it mutes the signal when the threshold is reached.

Jackson RR3 - Tu2 - NS2 - Compressor - Wah - Mesa Dual Rectifier, then out of the Rectifiers FX loop into Chorus, Flange, back into the NS and out of that into a delay pedal and into the FX retun on the amp. This way the Pre-amp stage of the Mesa is in the NS's loop and everything gets muted (they can be fairly noisy amps with the gain cranked up).

I've put the tuner before the NS. When it was in the loop, the NS still registered that you were playing while tuning, and turned itself off. This meant the tuner was on and muting the guitar signal, so I got all the amp buzz back when I tuned. With it infront of the NS, this problem goes away.
When the signal level is above the set threshold, it's completely uneffected (as far as I can tell, and I'm usually quite anal about these things). I have teh attack set very high, so that when it turns on, it turns on almost instantly, so I don't know if it does a nice job of gating the signal slowly or not.

Read the other reviews.

Ditto.

Never had to deal with them.

Play heavy drop tuned metal, with lots of sharp stop-start riffs (hence the high attack level on the pedal, and teh main reason for buying it). It makes those sections really tight (well, as tight as my playing at any rate) :)

It's the most indespensible pedal I own. I wouldn't want to use the Boss compressor in my rig in a live situation without it. It does a nice job of keeping the noise down between songs.

Very simple to use. Just two knobs.

Original tonalitiy stays pretty well intact. I run it at the end of my chain, before my amp. I am using a PRS custom22 into a Mesa Dual Rec. I have the threshold pretty cranked and the decay as little as possible. Sustain and original decay of notes is very impressive for a noise suppression unit. You will notice a slight difference, but nothing terribly bad. Plus in a footpedal you can just turn it off when you need notes to sustain or feedback.

Boss makes great products that last and last. Its built like a tank. Had mine for almost 3 years.

Never needed it.

As far as noise gates go, it kicks ass. Especially for the price.

This unit is extremely easy to use. I bought mine new and it came with a manual but I didn't have to read it; just turn the knobs until you get the right settings and go.

I use this with a Les Paul Custom through the NS-2 and a bunch of other pedals into a Fender Bassman 135. I use the Boss DS-1 distortion which tends to be pretty noisy. This unit stops all the extra noise without changing the tone. I had an old Boss NF-1 Noise Gate but it would cut off the signal once it dropped below a certain range. The NS-2 slowly suppresses the sound, bringing it down quietly without any sudden stops. However, when the settings are tight on this thing (set for silence immediately after muting the strings) it reduces sustain dramatically. You can change the settings to clip later but it introduces more noise after you stop playing. I give it a 9 only because of the sustain loss. I know this might be by design but it's still a small problem. You can, however, easily turn the unit off via the footswitch if you know you do not need to mute the strings and your normal tone and sustain are back.

We've heard it all before; "It's a tank", "You could drop a bomb on it", "It'll survive a nuclear war". Well, it is a Boss so I don't worry about it crapping out on me. I would play out without a back up.

Never had to deal with customer support for any Boss product.

I play heavy, drop D rock. Often I use quick stops or choppy rhythms and this unit eliminates all noise between the stops. If you dial it in tight there is NO delay after you stop playing. Your rig immediately quiets and you have a tight, solid stop. This is why I bought it. I would immediately buy another one if it were lost or stolen. It also powers up to 8 other pedals so I use it along with a TU-2 to power my never-ending line of pedals. Great buy.

It was easy to understand how it works. Only 3 knobs. And for the send/return, I used the manuel. But before using it, read the manuel to be sure your using it well.

Setup: Vantage guitar -> Ibanez Ds7 -> Bf-3 Flanger ->(the 2 in the loop) -> Ns-2 -> DD-3 Digital delay-> Peavey rage 158. Before I got my noise suppressor, my setup had make a lot of noise with my flanger and with my amp . But, now all noise is gone. My effects sound better in the loop except the DD-3. But if you put your threshold to the max or close to it, your volume will drop a little. But for the noise it suppress, it is not too significant.

As others have said, it is a BOSS and last longer than you.

I never dealt with them.

I play most of the time alternative music. With my setting, my ns-2 is now essential. It suppress all the noise that disturbs me. And what I like the most of it, it's that the ns-2 can to power my others Boss pedals. But if it were lost or stolen, I would replace it without hesitation.


If you have a setting that make a lot of noise, buy it, especially if you have a lot of Boss pedals.

Strange at first because you don't know what it is doing! (2nd Hand - no manual!)

It's best to think of it as a Tool rather than an effect. Plug your guitar in, crank your amp up full, then don't play a thing and you'll probably hear humming/cracking noises. You get rid of this with the pedal and when you have other pedals in gear it reduces noise that they create to. Once I got my head around this I realised that this was a pretty useful pedal.

It should take just a few knob turns to take away that unwanted noise.

I use 72 reissue Telecaster > Boss NS2 > Boss CS2 > Marshall DSL100.

The Marshall and CS2 create a bit of noise and using the NS2 helps to get rid of a lot of it. It doesn't seem to detract from the sound in any way so I am going to giver it a 10 as it serves it's purpose really well.

GOOD TIP - If you play real heavy hardcore/metal stuff with stabby, stops and starts the pedal has a "mute" setting. When you press your sound will stop making those sections of your songs sound tight as you like!

It seems to eat batteries but other than that no problems.

Never used them

I would recommend this to anyone who wants to be a bit more professional with their sound. I bought it because Steve Albini uses one and I haven't been let down. It just cleans your sound up nicely letting you hear what you want to hear.

I must confess for the money I paid (delivery from US to UK etc) it is probably a bit of a luxury but hey! it was only money right??

We don't need no stinkin' manuals! Just turn it on and play with it.

UPDATE:4/29/01
If you play electric music and use high gain pedals or noisey classics(MXR chorus,Small Stone,Rampage).You'll need this pedal!!The sensitivity and subtle decay rate alone makes this gadget worth every penny.I use the NS-2 all the time.INDISPENSIBLE!! Someone said it changed his tone...hmmm...never bothered me.
In my opinion,if Boss built a rack-mount stereo version,with the SAME components,I'd buy it in a flash!But really,they should just keep making these and don't change a damn thing.
I'd had an NS-50 and "JEEZ",it totally sucked!

Had it almost 4yrs. without a glitch.Just gigged it last night.

???

Some guys/girls are loyal to one pedal company.For me,it depends on the product be it Boss,Ibanez,E.H.,Rocktron(yada,yada).This is Roland/Boss's MOST USEFUL PEDAL ever!

Just use it as written in the Manual.

Jesus Christ – I wish I´d came across this Pedal much earlier… This little Thing is really doing WONDERS! Just like another Guy mentioned before run your NS-2 first, put your distortions in the loop and then go to your effects or amp. I run my Zoom 5000 Driver Pedal in the Loop (powered by the NS-2!), then into the Korg AX100G (Woooouuuuuwwwww – it sounds like a Wall of Marshall Stacks!) and it´s unbelevible, how all Hum and Buzzing disappears. I´m using the following Settings on the NS-2: Threshold 12 o´clock, Decay at Minimum. I´m playing a Fender Stratocaster Special Edition with Texas Special PU´s and Fender Vintage Telecaster and always had large Noise and Feedback Problems playing heavy Distortion or Overdrive Sounds with the Bridge and Neck Pickups. Now that belongs to the Past…

Solid as a Rock, no need for a Backup.

Never needed.

I´ve tried several other devices before (like Rocktron´s AGX and Hush Crap) and was thinking, that there is no effective unit to solve my Problems. But now I know better.
When you have such Problems with Single-Coils too and you are looking for a really good Device for Noise and Hum cancelling – THIS IS A MUST! Go and buy it immediately and you will thank God for it!!!

Easy to use..just tweak till it responds the way you want it to.

I dont notice any tone change and I'm anal about things.

Boss...tough stuff

Never needed it.

I use a Marshall jcm900 and a Boogie DC-5 and I need more gain for the newer stuff on the radio when using the Marshall. I have a TS-9 808 modded and use it with the Marshall's gain channel. Kinda 2 gain stages and an EMG SPC mid boost in the guitar. When the TS9 and the Marshalls gain channel are on it hisssses like a snake. The NS-2 took that out and I was happy as hell. It does what its supposed to. I dont know how it works this well but it does. I run my TS9 and a Boss chorus in the loop of the NS-2 and all front end hiss,noise and hum are gone. The rest of my pedals go thru the NS-2's output. I lightly strummed the guitar while it was hanging in the hanger and it rang out without cutting out like a gate would. Its was a smooth fade out.

This one is very easy to use. It can be difficult to control the amount of noise with different effects turned on/off if you use the send recieve circuit (+ it will color you tone!). So, I don't. For me it is therefore very easy to use, because I don't use the decay and treshold - they're always set to min.

Before I got the NS2 I hated (really!) BOSS stompboxes - especially the overdrive and distortion boxes. This one is the only BOSS pedal I find usefull. I have tried ALOT of noisegates, and this one is without question the best by far. What I like about is, that it doesn't cut the sound of... You will be able to fade out each tone naturally. I don't know how they made this possible - BUT IT WORKS.
I do not agree with people who say that this pedal doesn't change your tone - it does! But I have found a solution that works for me.

1) Never use the send/recieve circuit with other effects - especially distortion/overdrive.
2) Plug your guitarcable DIRECTLY into the NS2input and let the rest of your effect be connected after the NS2. Do not use the Send/recieve circuit! You won't be able to contol the sound very well and the NS2 will color your tone!! Set the delay and treshold to minimum (or very close to min)
3) If you use a Wah pedal (wich always generates alot of noise)connect it to the send/recieve circuit.

Following these 3 rules you have VERY good ears if you can hear the NS2 in the effects chain, and the NS2 works very well - keeping even extremely distorted sound under control.

I have played blues and rock for 12 years. I play a Fender Strat Plus ==> NS2 (send/recieve circuit connected to Cry baby wah) ==> Ibanez TS9 ==> Marshall Shredmaster ==> ProCo RAT ==> BOSS EQ7 ==> Fender Blues Deluxe 40 W tubeamp.

I have never met anyone who used the NS2 like this - but it works for me. I use the TS9 for a subtle overdriven sound and to boost the Shredmaster. When I turn the TS9 and the Shredmaster on at the same time it will produce a little noise (NOTHING compared to the noise you will get without the NS2)because the NS2 isn't the last effect in the chain (and because the send/recieve circuit isn't used for anything else but the wah). Even with the wah, TS9 and the Shredmaster turned on at the same time, the NS2 controls the noise fabiously.

I give this effect 9 and not 10, because (as I said) if you listen very carefully it does affect your tone a little. Anyway: The best noise elimination unit I have ever tried...

I agree with everyone else - Boss pedals won't break!

Much better than those crappy noisegates - they have never worked for me. This one does - an extremely good pedal. I would buy one right away if i lost this one.

very easy to use, but I highly suggest reading the manual, or else you might be left with more noise than you began with.

doesn't affect the quality as far as I can tell

It seems very, very sturdy. I wouldn't use a backup. Why? Because I can't afford a backup.

Haven't dealt with them.

awesome, I use a fender double fat strat, modified with a seymour duncan invader humbucker and a gibson 57 hum. The invader is a rather noisy pickup and I also use a line 6 spider 212. That also made a decent amount of noise, especially when miced up. But I got this and all the noise is gone.

Very simple controls. One nob switches between the two modes: mute, which leaves noise supression all the time and uses the switch to mute the output, and reduction which allows the switch to turn on and off noise supression. The other two nobs control threshold which determine the volume at which the gate opens up and the other controls decay, which is the rate at which the noise gate "closes".

My setup is as follows Schecter C-1 Elite with SD pickups, ESP MH-300 with EMGs, Washburn WG-587V -> NS-2 with an Original Crybaby and a Digitech Synth Wah in it's loop -> Looper A/B Splitter -> Channel A Peavey Ultra Plus (Distorted Tones) -> Channel B Boss TR-2 -> Boss BF-3 -> Boss-DD5 -> Ibanez PH-7 -> Boss CE-5 -> EBTech Hum Eliminator -> Peavey Deltabass (Clean Tones)

Does what it should, very well, but it does create a slight problem for me. When the gate is activate it creates just a slight hum in the signal. It's barely noticeable and I actually didn't notice it for the first month of owning this pedal, but it's annoying just the same.

The Hum cancellation circuit does exactly what it should, though I have logistical problems with the the jacks because they're on the wrong sides to make my setup work without a ton of crossed cables.

The pedal powering feature is nice too, but it is definitely a bit noisy, so be prepared.

Completely reliable, I've never had a single problem with it for over 6 months

I've never dealt with them

I play a mixture of styles, mostly modern rock/nu metal style music with a bit of effects-heavy rock ala incubus as well. This does wonders for my playing as it stops alot of the feedback issues I was having with my high-gain distortion as well allows me to play more staccato lines with wonderful clarity because of the high-threshold and short-decay times I can dial in.

I'd definitely buy another one if it was stolen or lost. This is a primary piece of equipment in my setup that I couldn't do without.

If you're having high-gain hum problems unrelated to effects this is a good solution for that. I'm not sure I'd recommend it if you were just having ground loop hum from effects because the EBTech hum eliminator I have does wonders for that and costs less.

Very easy to figure out. But if you need it, the included documentation is easy to understand and explains how to set up the pedal for best results. Basically you plug your guitar into the input jack, connect your pedals through the send/return loop, connect the output jack to your amp, turn everything on, and roll the threshold knob up until the noise is suppressed.

I'm currently playing a '52 re-issue Telecaster, into a Marshall BluesBreaker II -> DOD or Boss Chorus -> Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp. I also play a American Deluxe Stratocaster with Texas Special pickups installed. While I love the sound of the hot and dirty single coil and tele pickups, I get seriously irritated by the hum and hiss inherent in those configurations. This pedal effectively removes the noise between songs and during stops in the music, without affecting the overall tone.

This is my first new Boss pedal. My old Boss pedals and the Boss reputation for quality and reliability lead me to believe that I don't need to worry that this pedal will fail.

Have never dealt with Boss/Roland for support so I can't rate this.

I play mostly Fender Tele's and Strat's in a band that plays classic rock and blues standards. I bought this pedal because I was frustrated with the non-musical unwanted noise my gear produces. This pedal has exceeded my expectations and I do recommend it to anyone deling with noise issues. I also purchased the PSA adapter and power cable and am using the NS-2 to power my other pedals, freeing me from battery dependency! My total cost was about $120 USD.
It was expensive, but if it were lost or stolen, I would replace it without hesitation.

Pretty easy to use, three knobs, Threshold, Decay, Mode. Took a minor amount of tweaking to get rid of all the noise from my Jazzmaster. This pedal has an added bonus of being able to power other pedals, however I have only had this pedal for a few weeks and I'm already considering a separate power unit because I don't like the daisy chain that you have to use to power the other pedals. They're good if you only have pedals with the AC jack in the back, but several of my pedals don't.

This pedal sounds great. It gets rid of all the noise from my Jazzmaster (which hums like crazy, especially with distortion on). I also like the Mute function. This allows me to shut down all my pedals for between songs, or when I need to change guitars. Great at getting rid of all my unwanted noise. I have a few vintage pedals that can also be noisy at times, but this things eliminates it all.

I bought this one used, and it's almost 20 years old, and has only a few scratches to show for it. Boss makes their pedals to last, and I'm sure this one will. Definately would use it without a back-up.

Never had to deal with Boss, I doubt I ever will.

I would give this pedal a 10, but I don't like it very much as a power source. Having to use a daisy chain is very annoying for me since about half of my pedals have the AC jacks on the side, so it's very difficult to get everything set-up the way I want it, and get the power cords plugged it. If you have all Boss pedals, I guess this would be okay, but for me it's terrible, I'm considering investing a VoodooLab Pedal Power unit instead of this one. Otherwise, this thing is amazing, I would recommend this pedal to a stranger if they needed a noise gate.

pretty easy to hook up, when i firts got it i was running my metal zone through it so it took me a while to figure out you ahd to use the send and return. just look at the instrustions and fon't be dumb like me.

i am using a Godin Radiator guitar with a EMG pickup i got installed. my amp is a Peavey 5150. i almost always play with a lot of distortion so without the NS-2 its very noisy, it reduces a lot of noise but some hum is still expected at loud volumes. i can still get it to feedback if i want which is cool. crank the threshold as high as you need it (mine's all the way) and keep the decay low. the mute option is also nice.

this pedal is reliable, it is a BOSS so that is expected. i would use it at a gig but not without backup batteries or an adaptor. it sucks back the batts. i gave it a 7 only because it uses so much batteries.

i play punk rock, its all heavy and fast with heavy distortion, without this pedal i would have to always mute my strings when i'm not playing or else i would get massive feedback. its nicee.

Simple

Does what its supposed to do, cept i hate it how noise suppressors can kill some of the guitars ambience and sustain....this is the only one i have however. I play a PRS CE-22 -- 8 boss pedals and an ibanez tubescreamer ---Crate Blue Vooodoo halfstack. This definitely helps keep my effects clean and my amp quiet. I can hold my hands off the guitar with amp distortion on and the volume knob on the guitar all the way up and the only thing i'll hear is some hiss. makes me smile and warm all over

Boss. DUh.

never dealt

DOes the job and is completely necessary to any and every rig. OH and i forgot to mention that it powers all my pedals through the Boss Daisy chain. ITs a biT** to get them all lined up though with this stupid daisy chain...but hey for 30 bucks it works great for me.

Within a minute I got this puppy to sound good. It didn't come with a manual so the FX loop took some playing with, but I was able to figure it out. Very simple.

Sounds almost perfect. The only reason I'm giving this a 9 is because when it's engaged you can just barely notice a change in sound. But it's really not enough to say so.

You can't really get a bad sound out of this. Even with extreme settings. I have my threshold set at 3 o'clock and attack at 0. Even with quick attack it has decent sustain. I don't know how people can complain about that. well I maybe I do.....

A lot of people set it up wrong. So no wonder they don't get the sustain and sound quality they want.

Run your NS-2 first. Put your wah and distortions in the loop. Then go to your effects or amp. The reason for that is this... the line in on the pedal is used to tell the pedal when your playing. If you put your distortions that buzz even when your not playing in front of the NS-2 it will hear the buzz and think your playing and engage. when you put them in the loop it doesn't hear that yet it still applies the suppression to the signal. You run your effects after the NS-2. Take a delay pedal for example. The delay fades out. If the NS-2 is listening to the signal from the delay it will cut off the quieter repetitions, essentially killing your sustain.

Never had a BOSS pedal fail me...not even used ones

Easy to use. Cleans up your sound. Doesn't kill your tone. I wish I had gotten it sooner.

When I got it I thought i could just pull it out and hook it up. Well no, you have to read the instructions or else you'll end up with more noise than you started with. The threshhold and decay just take some tweaking. I have my threshhold at 10, decay at 0. It really depends on your setup.

I'm using a Fender American Standard Stratocaster with Seymour Duncan neck upgraded Little 59er, and Hot Rails in the bridge, running through a Marshall MG250DFX with an extension 1936 2x12. I also use a Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Boss flange, digital delay, and a Distortion pedal. One problem I have found is that the signal is not as suppressed as it should be. When playing at a low volume it will suppress it even if you do not want it to, based on the master volume setting. One strange thing is that it seems i lose suppression when i use an ac adapter, so I use a battery.

Boss pedals are all well built and dependable.

Nver had to use it.

It's a well built and reliable pedal, a couple of problems but definitely nothing major. You might want to try this out before you buy it if possible, because how well it works really depends on your setup.