Boss HC2 Hand Clapper?

I saw a Boss HC-2 Hand Clapper in a local pawn shop. I looks like an 80s Boss pedal. I can't figure out what it does and pawn shops won't let you play with anything. I did an ebay and web search and came up empty handed.

Also it is priced at 89 dollars. Is that a fair price?

From what I remember, it's a pad type of thing you hit with a drumstick????? It's not a guitar pedal I don't think.

As for the price - what ever you're willing to pay. It's obviously rare and uncommon. I'd talk them down, but, sounds fair to me.

However - I think it's before 16 bit drum sounds, so it's probably a 12 bit hand clap - which will sound pretty bad...

The BOSS Handclapper is not an effect pedal, per se. Its sole purpose in life is to produce a fake handclap sound. It does so when you hit that blue rubber pad with a stick, or with your hand, whichever is handier. The circuit inside is IDENTICAL (save for the addition of a couple of external pots to adjust some sound parameters that are permanently set in the 808) to the handclap circuit in the legendary Roland TR-808 drum machine. That can be good or bad, depending on your particular taste.

I guess it could be useful for a guitarist who is having a hard time finding an audience, yet still craves the sound of people clapping.

I've got one of those pedals.

I brought it to a gig and was tapping my foot on it to give handclaps on 2 & 4.

Everyone in the band started screaming at me and the pedal is now sitting in my "pedal museum" (which is also known as my front hall closet).

Mr.Blue.Bass - still got that pedal in your museum? I'll buy it off you... if it's for sale. email me This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Take it easy.