Riding the Boss Renaissance

[interceptör]

This appears to be a Japan-only limited edition white DS-1.

[MrShake]

I really think Boss has been doing some cool stuff up to this very day. I've been raving about the Tera Echo, I'm dying to get my hands on the SY-1, and that new dual delay, if it can do the "quarter and dotted eighth" I use my Nux DuoTime for, I'm all over it once I can get a lower price. They always shied away from reissues, but the Waza line seems to be well-recieved as "done right" by what I've read.

But I swear their increasing tendency to do "limited paintjobs" is a real bummer for a company who always seems to be forward-looking, even if I occasionally don't love where they're pointed.

I realize there's money sitting there on the table, and I definitely thought those yellow-on-black SD-1s were good looking, sure. But the "limited" thing irks me, especially when it's something like this - the modern variant of something many people say "used to be better, with its Toshiba chip and whatnot", even if the modern variant is just fine. It's just a new color but at a higher price.

[BearBoy]

This appears to be a Japan-only limited edition white DS-1.

Don’t think they’re Japan only. They’re certainly available in the UK.

[interceptör]

This appears to be a Japan-only limited edition white DS-1.

Don’t think they’re Japan only. They’re certainly available in the UK.

Oh okay. They've been all over Japanese X today and nowhere to be seen outside so I just assumed.

But I agree with MrShake, Boss should stay well above this limited edition stuff.

[JSett]

This appears to be a Japan-only limited edition white DS-1.

I want a black BD-2

[hulakatt]

This appears to be a Japan-only limited edition white DS-1.

Don’t think they’re Japan only. They’re certainly available in the UK.

That's a pretty good looking DS-1. I have no need for another but I'm tempted to pick one of those up for no good reason other than aesthetics.

[MrShake]

Today's re-configurarion. I got totally lost in it. The gain voicing is subjective, but the Feedbacker gives me fun noises to play with, the DSD-2 has that sequencer trick, and the BF-2 covers my modulation from swoosh to chorus to warble to nightmare noises.

[JSett]

Has anyone here tried the AD-2?

[Firecat]

Here's my little all-Boss Pedaltrain Metro 16 I put together recently:





Chain goes: TU-3 => SD-1 => DS-1 => FV-30H => CE-2 = > DD-7 => RV-6

I bought the SD-1 and DS-1 on a local site from a guy who mods them. The switch on the SD-1 makes it sound brighter and cut through the mix better. The mods on the DS-1 has a mod to give it more mids on the left toggle and the LED-mod on the right toggle. I'm not really into the standard DS-1, but with these mods it sounds great!

The DD-7 has a tap tempo switch installed on the pedal, which I can't live without on a delay

I have another RV-6 on my main pedalboard (love the modulated reverb on these) and a BD-2. Also got a RC-500 recently, but I still need to dive into how that pedal works

[Futuron]

I am actually in the process of taking my RC-500 off the board, because I haven't used it for a year or more, and it takes up a bit of space. Great pedal and so fun, much cleaner and more capable than the RC-3 I used before. I might make a separate 'optional extras' board and put it on that with other unused pedals.

[OffYourFace]

I tried a lot of different reverb pedals but went back to the RV-6. It just suits my playing better than the others (Eventide space, DBA Rooms, etc). The others are cool effects but just sound so unnatural for a guitar into an old tube amp. The Boss just sits in the right place to my ears.

[Eljaguar]

I'm not much of a pedal board person, but last year I got the Boss BP-1W Waza Craft Booster/Preamp, which significantly improved my setup's sound! I keep it on all the time. I love that thing!

[smjenkins]

Here's my little all-Boss Pedaltrain Metro 16 I put together recently:

Really cool board! Love the modded DD-7

What are those low-profile cables?

[Firecat]

Here's my little all-Boss Pedaltrain Metro 16 I put together recently:

Really cool board! Love the modded DD-7

What are those low-profile cables?

They're EBS flat gold patch cables. A bit expensive, but they're worth it imo, they sound great and they're real space savers on a tight board like this. The regular (non-gold) version is nice as well and a bit cheaper, but the plugs on the gold ones is a millimeter or so smaller.

[distressed]

My recent Boss aquisition



Got it for cool money so I thought it would be easy to flip if not working for me (and Marc Ribot swears by it - another reason to try it).

I put it at the end of chain (got it exclusively for set it and forget it OD - reverb and tremolo are unusable for me because it's impossible to turn them off without turning off entire pedal), after my SHO clone. It turned out great, warm vintage crunch as I expected it to be. Now i have two options on and off at the end of chain, depending on the needs for particular sound.

I must admit that pot layout is pretty horrific (stacked level/gain and trem/reverb vs standard bass and treble), but as an OD solution only, it's very good.