Everyone has a boss pedal on their board. Nope, don’t try to send me some photo of your buddy who has only fancy boutique price munchers, or your other pal with naught but Behringer. They don’t exist. Everyone has a boss pedal, just like every recording studio has a Shure SM57 (even the studios that hate them). They’re indestructible, reasonably priced, and always sound good.
But it looks like Boss want to get a little more fancy this year. And since a monocle and top hat don’t sit particularly well on a stompbox, the company is releasing retooled versions of a few of its more famous units. Enter the “Waza Craft.”
The literal meaning of the Japanese term “Waza” is very broad and not easily translated into English, but it loosely means “art and technique.” In Japan, Waza is very special—it symbolizes a level of excellence that is only achieved through years of dedication and commitment to one’s craft. BOSS carefully chose the Waza Craft name to capture the enthusiastic spirit of dedication that has gone into the development of these outstanding pedals. Each Waza Craft stomp proudly carries the Waza symbol to represent the artful wisdom and tech-savvy spirit that has always flowed within BOSS design and craftsmanship.
The DM-2W Delay will likely turn the most heads since it means Boss has an analog delay on store shelves again. It takes the circuit of the original, sought after DM-2 and adds the option of split wet/dry outputs from the DM-3, and also an expression pedal input if you want to go crazy with shifting your delay speed. I guess tap tempo would’ve been too much to hope for, but the route Boss took was the next-best option.
There’s also retooled versions of the Blues Driver, a personal favorite of mine, and the Super Overdrive. Both have mode select switches for original recipe or extra crispy the new Waza Craft “custom” voicing. The DM-2W has a similar switch that cleans up the tone and doubles the delay length. You can learn more about all 3 pedals at Boss’ website.
I Shot J.R / July 21, 2014 10:00 am
Wazzzaaaaaaaaaaa!
I could get all snooty about not having a Boss on my board, but I’m going to have one in a couple days (CS3). And I would of gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling Chris Alfanos and your stupid internet blog!
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dump wagon / July 21, 2014 4:13 pm
I’ll get snooty about not having a Boss on my board. A couple of EHX and MXR pedals, but mostly booteek stuff. That said, I do have a Turbo Overdrive in my gig bag, for the couple of times I’ve run into issues with my pedalboard and can’t fuck around with troubleshooting it during a set. I play grimy ass music through a pretty clean amp, and it’s helped me get enough distortion to finish a set, minus my other noisemakers. And I’m pretty sure the 9V Duracell in it hasn’t been changed in close to a decade at least.
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funeraldoombuggy / July 22, 2014 3:16 pm
Boss make good pedals and about 50% off my pedal boards are Boss pedals but if I’m going to spend extra $ on a btq pedal it’s going to be something other then Boss for variety.
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Waza World / July 26, 2014 6:42 pm
My Bassist Friend’s pedalboard is nothing but Boss pedals. The direct output in the delay is genius.
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