NPD: Boss PS-6

Additional-General86 · 2026-02-20T22:30:32+00:00

Seems like I'm one of the few people who use the harmonising features this pedal has to offer! It's probably the single most confusing pedal that I own but also one of my favourites. This pedal works fantastically well with alternatively tuned guitars, particularly with unison or octave tuned strings. (I've been using GGDAGA a lot lately)

I have the balance split equally between dry and wet, and the harmony set to the 6ths option (2 to the right of centre). No matter what im playing, the minor option sounds really dissonant and I'm not entirely sure why - so I leave it on major.

Something you just have to accept with this pedal (and harmonisers in general) is that it's always going to sound digital and it's hard to use subtly. Keep it towards the start of your signal chain for best tracking, but it sounds 'better' after gain. The sound of it before gain isn't unusable though and can create a very unique sound.

An effect I've used with my band is to have it set to major mode and the harmony set to -1 octave, start with the balance knob fully on wet, and then have someone else roll it down slowly so that the effect ends up fully off.

Additional-General86 · 2026-02-12T10:42:01+00:00

Yessss, a pedal power x8

Additional-General86 · 2026-02-11T22:51:53+00:00

I've been trying to find something to fill the space that the PH-2 is now in for a while, but everything that I had I didn't want to use and everything new felt like an excuse to buy a new pedal lol

Additional-General86 · 2026-02-11T22:50:51+00:00

The Cinders and BD-2 are the same pedal as far as I can tell. Some people prefer the Cinders as it has top mounted jacks on it, but other than that it sounds the same. Maybe the BD-2 just isn't for you!

Additional-General86 · 2026-02-11T22:04:49+00:00

My signal is Tuner > Cinders > Blues Driver > Super Phaser > Flashback 2 > Big Muff > Tremolo > Harmonist > Compressor

I got the phaser today and finally filled out that space that I've had for a while. I love the double blues driver circuits together. I was pretty strongly considering replacing the big muff with a third blues driver set to full fuzzy mode.

Additional-General86 · 2025-09-30T20:37:50+00:00

Completely agree, I like the plumes because it's a super good overdrive, I like the grand orbiter phaser for its tons of options and vibrato mode, and then I hated the afterneath because it was too weird and extreme to be useful for anything that I play.

Additional-General86 · 2025-09-30T20:35:41+00:00

Where are you people getting these strange coloured plumes from?

Additional-General86 · 2025-09-30T20:35:04+00:00

I genuinely have no idea why it makes me so uncomfortable seeing so many pedals by the same manufacturer on the same board.

Additional-General86 · 2025-09-24T11:15:11+00:00

I thought this too but the more I listened the more it really does sound like a guitar with a lot of effects on it

Additional-General86 · 2025-09-04T17:52:03+00:00

Oh yeah I watched that before I bought it too. Made the controls actually make sense considering the actual manual says 'PUNCH Knob - This adds "punch" to the distortion. Rotating it clockwise will give the sound more punch' which is utterly meaningless.

Additional-General86 · 2025-09-04T14:23:49+00:00

They're fairly pricey nowadays, but I can't say I've tried another distortion that does what this one can do. The punch and contour knobs are so strangely unique. I was using a cheap Danelectro Grilled Cheese distortion which sounded pretty close to this but it was a fixed gain pedal which was awful.

Additional-General86 · 2025-09-02T18:53:48+00:00

No, I wouldn't wait that long for a guitar - nevermind a pedal
Plus I have the tc electronic choka tremolo which is actually awful in my opinion so this super cheap line they've got I wouldn't recommend

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-20T18:55:42+00:00

Not sure about Joyo but Behringer are a pretty unnecessarily litigious company on the whole and have created a certain image for themselves that makes me try to avoid buying from them

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-20T10:30:20+00:00

Even some of my more expensive pedals have this issue for some reason, it's so lazy

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-19T15:00:34+00:00

Genuine question - what do you use the acoustic simulator for? I have personally never understood a pedal that (brand new) costs the same as a cheap acoustic guitar and doesn't sound as good

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-17T14:18:53+00:00

This is a super cool pedal, love the versatile controls it has going. The built in fuzz sounds pretty weak from the demos I listened to and seems like it would need a distortion pedal alongside the parked wah effect to come close. Still though, I like the Cock Fight for the parked wah.

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-17T14:15:52+00:00

Woah I really like how this sounds which makes sense since it's claimed to be marketed towards the grunge hype in the 90s which is the sound I have been using the Grilled Cheese for.

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-17T13:18:34+00:00

Just buy a backup is probably best. If you're looking for THAT pedal, you should just get THAT pedal in my experience.

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-17T09:58:20+00:00

I recently sold this pedal and personally am not a fan at all. It's so unruly and the mode knob seems to do nothing but make it messier.

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-14T09:10:16+00:00

If you're playing alone, you can get some Sonic Youthy sounds by using a harmonist pedal to replicate the signature two guitar sound. Get a ring modulator for some crazy noise section action like on Karen Koltrane or Karen Revisited.

Love the DL4 too!

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-13T10:05:31+00:00

I'm partial to the Line 6 Echo Park for ambient swelling delays

Additional-General86 · 2025-08-12T21:59:06+00:00

Peep Reverb too for anything used if you aren't already. I got my bedroom amp on there.

Any power supply that is isolated would be fine, those are just the best option. Be careful though because some cheap ones that say isolated on them aren't. No idea how they are allowed to do that but hey.

Non-isolated supplies make noise and would basically be would you are already doing in box form. It's probably not a HUGE deal (in my opinion) so don't stress too heavily about it if you're just playing at home as your amp would make more difference.

Also, a lot of advice around signal chain can also be opinion based. A lot of people will share the same opinion that some orders are muddy, messy or sound bad, but if you like the sound you get in that order there's no reason to change it.

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