Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

About the Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

The Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor is a noise gate that cuts hiss and hum from noisy pedals and high-gain rigs. Its defining feature is a send/return loop: rather than only gating the signal in front of it, you can route a whole section of your chain through the loop so the gate silences all of it. It is a long-standing, inexpensive board staple.

In one paragraph

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Listings of the Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor we watched from listing to sale typically went in 13 days (68 watched), a fast mover; it sells for a median of €50 over the last 90 days across 166 recorded sales, with most examples landing between €45 and €55. New, it costs €103 at Thomann (read 15 October 2026), so a used one at the median saves about 51%. The sale median is down 6% on the €53 of the 90 days before. There are 286 listings live right now across eBay United States, Reverb, from €44 asking, a median ask 96% over the sale median. Figures computed 18 October 2026 by Doirado from cross-platform listing data.

What owners have said elsewhere

Paraphrased from 633 discussion threads among 11 owners, 2024. No names, nothing quoted.

Owners treat the NS-2 as the go-to affordable noise gate, and the advice they repeat most is how to wire it. The recommended approach is the 4-cable method: run all your noisy gain pedals inside the NS-2's send/return loop, so the gate reads your clean guitar signal to decide when to open and close and silences the whole dirty section transparently. Done that way, owners report even a very high-gain rig going dead silent. If you are not using the loop, put it after the noisy pedals, because a gate only affects what comes before it in the chain. Two honest caveats: some feel the NS-2 dulls the tone a touch, and many point out that the real fix is often a good isolated power supply, which can remove the need for a gate at all. If you want a step up, owners name the ISP Decimator, the TC Sentry and the Boss NS-1X.