Boss JB-2 vs Mad Professor Supreme Matt Schofield Overdrive

The Boss JB-2 and the Mad Professor Supreme Matt Schofield Overdrive are both pedals sharing full, bright. The Boss JB-2 leans sustaining and mid-forward. The Mad Professor Supreme Matt Schofield Overdrive leans saturated. Current prices: $190.06 vs $288.20.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

47% somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Blues
  • Blues Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • full
  • bright
Citation fame
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Price

$190.06via Reverb

$288.20via Reverb

Description

The Boss JB-2 Angry Driver is a collaboration overdrive that combines two complete circuits in one pedal, the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver and the JHS Angry Charlie. The Blues Driver side gives a transparent amp-on-the-edge overdrive with full bass, low-mid grind, and bright top-end sheen, while the Angry Charlie side delivers a more aggressive Marshall-style rock voice with a big midrange bump and tube-like touch sensitivity. A mode control runs the two circuits independently, in series, or in parallel, so it spans edge-of-breakup blues, warm blues-rock leads, and grungy alt-rock snarl. It is valued as one of the most versatile single-box overdrives, keeping note definition and low noise even with both circuits stacked for high sustain.

The Mad Professor Supreme is a dual-channel overdrive developed with blues guitarist Matt Schofield. The A side is based on Mad Professor's Royal Blue Overdrive circuit and voiced for low-gain drive suited to neck-pickup blues leads. The B side is an entirely new design giving Schofield's preferred fat, dynamic tone with power-amp-like response and generous headroom. Each side has its own Volume, Drive, Bass, and Treble controls, switchable with a single A/B footswitch, and the two channels can be run independently or stacked together for higher gain. It is aimed at blues and blues-rock players who want two distinct, amp-like overdrive voicings in one box.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Grunge
  • Rock
Tonal lean
  • sustaining
  • mid-forward
  • transparent
  • dynamic
  • saturated

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