Boss PN-2 question

[TwinAmCathedral]

Anyone here got a PN-2? Mine has a weirdly high noise floor, wondering if this is normal for these pedals?

[rfurtkamp]

It's been twenty years, but the one I had for a short time when they were still around on the market was one of the noisier Boss pedals I'd ever played, and I love their stuff normally.

[chrisdermo]

Never noticed a particularly high noise floor on mine.... but Ive never been one to strive for a clean signal.

[TwinAmCathedral]

It's been twenty years, but the one I had for a short time when they were still around on the market was one of the noisier Boss pedals I'd ever played, and I love their stuff normally.

Haha alright. Yeah I'm a big fan of my old Boss stuff but was surprised by how noisy this thing was.

[TwinAmCathedral]

Never noticed a particularly high noise floor on mine.... but Ive never been one to strive for a clean signal.

Yeah, it's probably be harder to notice with gain but playing clean mine would is very noisy

[chrisdermo]

Never noticed a particularly high noise floor on mine.... but Ive never been one to strive for a clean signal.

Yeah, it's probably be harder to notice with gain but playing clean mine would is very noisy

Actually don't think Ive ever used mine on guitar / bass as I use it for synths and drone stuff mainly, but again I kind of strive to get noise and hiss into those signals
I can try give it a quick test over the next week

[Pepe]

It is NOT a noisy pedal. In fact I have never had noise issues with my exemplar. No matter if I power it with a battery or a power supply, there is no distinct noise floor. And no matter if I run my guitars or synths through it. I would suspect that something isn't alright with your unit.

[TwinAmCathedral]

Never noticed a particularly high noise floor on mine.... but Ive never been one to strive for a clean signal.

Yeah, it's probably be harder to notice with gain but playing clean mine would is very noisy

Actually don't think Ive ever used mine on guitar / bass as I use it for synths and drone stuff mainly, but again I kind of strive to get noise and hiss into those signals
I can try give it a quick test over the next week

Thanks! That'd be great.

It is NOT a noisy pedal. In fact I have never had noise issues with my exemplar. No matter if I power it with a battery or a power supply, there is no distinct noise floor. And no matter if I run my guitars or synths through it. I would suspect that something isn't alright with your unit.

Yeahh, this is what I'm worried about

[frodog]

You might wanna try an old Line6 Tap Tremolo. It's cheap, has the same functions as a PN-2 + more and is quieter (digital) from what I've read. Never tried it myself, but might soon get one I saw on the used market here.

[TwinAmCathedral]

You might wanna try an old Line6 Tap Tremolo. It's cheap, has the same functions as a PN-2 + more and is quieter (digital) from what I've read. Never tried it myself, but might soon get one I saw on the used market here.

Thanks! I've already got a pulsar, which does the job. I like those tonecore pedals but aren't they noisy when bypassed? Or they have a bad buffer or something. The verbzilla sounds great for the price.

[frodog]

Tonecores might very well have a less-than-optimal buffer, I've never had one. If I did it would probably become a floater, used occasionally at the end of my 2chainz for its stereo capabilities.