Boss PS-6 and ST-2
By Rob Sandall
| Posted in Guitar
Not to be outdone by stablemates Roland, Boss has just announced the excellent arrival of the PS-6 Harmonist and ST-2 Power Stack. While incredibly different to each other in terms of sonic capability, both should provide several new strings to a guitarists bow.
The Boss PS-6 Harmonist acts as a pitch-shifter and harmony generator all in one noticeably affordable pedal, making use of a powerful DSP chip to provide four separate shifting effects and three individual voices for really laying on a thicker sound. Two- and three-voice harmonies can be selected via the required key for immediate gratification, detuning effects are there too, and a new ‘super bend’ feature can also be kicked in, the plethora of options all easily accessible via four knobs and one chunky switch.
‘Super bend’ effectively allows for up to four octaves of pitch bend – gigantic sweeps will be possible at the click of a switch. It’s likely to seal the deal for the virtuoso and metal players out there, but with this level of harmony functionality in such a small pedal, we’re expecting a much wider fanbase.
The Boss ST-2 Power Stack, however, should be 
just about anyone’s cup of tea – a distortion pedal aimed at those who need the sound of a big, fat, all-tube stack.
There are three different tones available for quick selection – crunch, drive and high-gain – so you won’t be limited to just the one stack, and bass, treble and level controls all do a good job when it comes to fast sound editing and tweaking. As with all Boss pedals these days you can always DI straight into a mixer or computer input, but we suspect that this pedal will be used for extra whoomph in conjunction with amps that perhaps just can’t achieve the same fearsome distortion tones.
We’ll be clamouring to get ahold of the Boss PS-6 Harmonist and Boss ST-2 Power Stack ASAP, so swing by the blog soon for more on how the little gems both perform.
Tags: boss harmonist, boss power stack, Boss ps-6, boss st-2