I have quite a few Boss silver screw pedals, even a few doubles and triples (like the CE-2 which has long been my favorite chorus…I even have an oddball one with numbers 1-10 printed from the factory around the depth and rate knobs, I was told it was possibly a prototype or a NAMM show type display piece or even a special order). The one I regret letting go of is the 14 pin chip OD-1 I had years ago…I’m not even a tubescreamer guy, but that was the best sounding TS type I’ve ever heard. Nice and full sounding and didn’t have a bass drop like most. Nice work on this episode, good stuff.
OMG, I wish I could buy all of that stuff off of you. I'm attempting to collect the full line of Boss compact pedals. I love strange variants. I even collect Boss-shaped clones. Sounds like you have some cool stuff!
@@scramblesthedeathdealer I never really consciously set out to collect really, it’s just stuff that piles up over time. If I see something cool I try to grab it if the price is reasonable. I love the Boss stuff of course, but also love old MXR and EHX stuff too. Not a general rule obviously, but often times the old stuff really does sound best.
@@sixbladeknife44 I had a small collection of Boss pedals from when I was a teenager, so I decided to keep collecting them, I now have over 60 Boss compact pedals, as well as a handful of the Twin Series. Now, I can't stop collecting them 😂😂😂
Im trying for a full Boss compact pedal collection. Luckily, I got a hold of a 40th Anniversary "traffic light" boxed set (SP-1, OD-1 and PH-1) for a great price, so I don't need to seek out originals of those, I have a TW-1 T Wah, I want the "Touch Wah" variant, etc. Oh well, it's about the journey, not the destination. 🤷♂️ I love Boss pedals!
Loving the videos. I have a dozen or so of the newer Boss pedals, and now thinking about slowly trying some of the older MIJ pedals, collecting one at a time and experimenting with the sounds. Thanks for great content Jason.
Great history lesson, really enjoyed this and can’t wait for the next parts covering the other eras in Boss history. Thanks for making this, keep up the great work!
SD-1 is a classic and still in production. You can do such a wide variety of sounds- depending on your amp and guitar settings you can do cliche ‘edge of breakup’, light late 50s Tweed overdrive, 60s rock overdrive, 70s hair metal
Great video man! Huge BOSS fan. Over the years I've had most of these at one time or another. Even that power supply. They have always made a great product. Even the "hated" ones that I'm not sure are even hated at all. Thanks for the knowledge!
I'm waiting for part 2 because my favorite Distortion pedal from Boss came out in 1987 and that's the Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion which has 3 controls and a mode selector knob and mode 1 is standard Distortion, mode 2 is this very fuzzy Distortion and the DS-2 also has a Remote jack next to the input jack so it's a cut above the DS-1 in terms of its layout but it also just sounds good in both modes
11:08 EHX Electric Mistress came out 4 years prior to the BF-2. It had both 18v (1976-1980) and 9v (1981) versions. I still have one of each. It is a brighter flavour of flanger than the BF-2, which I also love. For EHX, think Walking On The Moon; for BF-2, think the bridge of Are You Gonna Go My Way? The Japanese Era of Boss was awesome. The pastel-coloured PH-1R, CE-2 and BF-2 pedals are probably my favourites from this very early era?! CS-2, DM-2, SG-1, VB-2, & OC-2 Octaver are all right up there, too, though. Will have to wait for your Part 2, for the very first Boss pedal I owned to pop up … Can’t remember whether any of my OD-1s have a momentary LED … I definitely have a CS-1 with momentary LED, though. I notice your TW-1 has a momentary LED … I suppose there’s a list of all the Momentary LED variants, somewhere …
I'm a third of the way in and already had the thought a few times now that I should just comment about the quality of the playing, the choice of riffs or notes.. the recording and the blend of information and ear candy, Jason you continue to make amazing videos. I'll probably have more thoughts to share by the end of the video, but nice job
I also love the Waza Craft series, so glad Boss is letting us go back and buy some of the classics they discontinued, plus added modes! I have the DM-2w... I had a band member who had an original DM-2 in the late 90s... the idiot smashed it to pieces, I told him I would've given him $100 for it had he not done that. 🤦🏻
I bought a DS-1 for $38 to hang on the wall, cuz I don't really play them but you got to have one. I ended up letting my buddy use it cuz he's a huge Nirvana fan. I ended up getting a HM-2 just to have cuz it was the first pedal I ever had as a teen. Did some research, and got a MIJ '86. Then thought let's get another DS-1 found a 2002 Taiwan for $55. So then I think I should try and date the one I "loaned" my guy. I turn it over, and see MIJ . So now my buddy has a 2002 that he can use /w 9v power supply, and my 1981 is back where it belongs.
Great video! Didn't know the noise gate was a slow gear with an inverted signal chain. I own a Behringer Slow Motion unit, don't know how it compares with Slow Gear.
great channel mate! just subbed up and having a bit of a binge. really well put together, good sound, good editing. the mic really suits your voice (is it a Rode?). keep up the great work - cheers from James down here in Melbourne.
I was a young guitar playing teenager in the early 80s. Boss was a big deal. Still is for me. I remember when their first tuner was released. Not the pedal version, it had a real vu meter. There’s always one or two Boss pedals on my board.
The BOSS SD-1 is literally a modified Tube Screamer. Brian Wampler does a video that he does in real time where he converts the SD-1 back to the ts. Basically it is a matter of diodes that change the tone from ts symmetrical distortion to the Boss asymmetrical distortion.
@@JasonAyalaSpare No Maxon came up with a very elegant circuit. So good that just by changing diodes other makers have sold so many pedals that many guys have 3 ts on their boards and think they have 3 completely original designs as the makers simply named the different. In fact once I once hated the ts and found out years later I got conned and owned 2. The ts was made to compete with the BOSS OD1. It was ready to make when they found out Boss had a patent on asymmetrical distortion. So Maxon were forced to redesign it with symmetrical distortion. Maxon had no patents etc on the ts and the basic design as I mentioned was both elegant and cheap to make so they ..borrowed it., LOL a sort steal from me and I will steal back, LOL, LOL
Excellent work again Jason! Your holiday assignment gets an A+ from me. Yes, l agree. This boss era was the best and changed and influenced the music of this wonderful time....I know l was there. CE - 2 (long dash) is my fave still today. Now, shouldn't you be working on lesson plans for next term ? Or are you going to wing the first couple of weeks like me? Haha
@@JasonAyalaSpare Here I thought you were a music teacher (at a school) , so little need to create lesson plans, nobody checks what the music teacher is up to! 🙄 Now if I've been wrong all this time, first week back pre task, pre task, pre task & to round it out...writing on demand! Great video. Thanks Jason!
I have a first year praccy starting day one Term 2. I got an email one of the last days of Term introducing herself, lamenting she wasn't able to come in and meet up with me etc prior to commencement. I replied immediately. Since then not another word. I'm hoping as a first year she doesn't follow your lead - improvised. 🤣
Great Video! I'm looking foreward to the next part. The retrospective era screen says 2000-2013 - the same like the digital era. Is it a misspelling? I guess the retrospective era is 2013-now?
@@JasonAyalaSpare I watched a bunch of your videos the last days and there are all great. You even use the stereo feature of your pedals, that is so rare to see. Keep up the good work!
Check out the loop gate by zvex I feel like it's an ultimate combination of the slow gear and the noise gate. I can't remember if it actually does a nice swell in if your attack but it certainly does that with its effects loop so I think you could theoretically make it a slow gear still, but by activating (clicking) the foot switch.
Why is the Digital Era and the Retrospective Era the exact same years (2000-2013)?? Makes no sense. The Retrospective Era should be 2014-today if it’s following the Digital Era. Mistake or do you have an explanation for the extreme overlap?
Wow bro..the most comprehensive breakdown of boss I've ever seen.. amazing amount of research and work compiled is very impressive.. awesome man..
Great education on the boss era
G'day Jason,
Thanks for a great video. I'm hangin' out for the Japanese Era Pt II video.
Keep up the good work
Andrew
I'll probably do it in the next 2 months, I have some other projects in the pipeline.
Another great Boss video Jason. Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy making them as much as we like watching them. Best wishes.
I have quite a few Boss silver screw pedals, even a few doubles and triples (like the CE-2 which has long been my favorite chorus…I even have an oddball one with numbers 1-10 printed from the factory around the depth and rate knobs, I was told it was possibly a prototype or a NAMM show type display piece or even a special order). The one I regret letting go of is the 14 pin chip OD-1 I had years ago…I’m not even a tubescreamer guy, but that was the best sounding TS type I’ve ever heard. Nice and full sounding and didn’t have a bass drop like most. Nice work on this episode, good stuff.
OMG, I wish I could buy all of that stuff off of you. I'm attempting to collect the full line of Boss compact pedals. I love strange variants. I even collect Boss-shaped clones. Sounds like you have some cool stuff!
@@scramblesthedeathdealer I never really consciously set out to collect really, it’s just stuff that piles up over time. If I see something cool I try to grab it if the price is reasonable. I love the Boss stuff of course, but also love old MXR and EHX stuff too. Not a general rule obviously, but often times the old stuff really does sound best.
@@sixbladeknife44 I had a small collection of Boss pedals from when I was a teenager, so I decided to keep collecting them, I now have over 60 Boss compact pedals, as well as a handful of the Twin Series. Now, I can't stop collecting them 😂😂😂
Im trying for a full Boss compact pedal collection. Luckily, I got a hold of a 40th Anniversary "traffic light" boxed set (SP-1, OD-1 and PH-1) for a great price, so I don't need to seek out originals of those, I have a TW-1 T Wah, I want the "Touch Wah" variant, etc.
Oh well, it's about the journey, not the destination. 🤷♂️ I love Boss pedals!
Loving the videos. I have a dozen or so of the newer Boss pedals, and now thinking about slowly trying some of the older MIJ pedals, collecting one at a time and experimenting with the sounds. Thanks for great content Jason.
It's so worth it, Boss has made some awesome stuff in the last 50 or so years!
Great history lesson, really enjoyed this and can’t wait for the next parts covering the other eras in Boss history. Thanks for making this, keep up the great work!
SD-1 is a classic and still in production.
You can do such a wide variety of sounds- depending on your amp and guitar settings you can do cliche ‘edge of breakup’, light late 50s Tweed overdrive, 60s rock overdrive, 70s hair metal
@Lomoholga2 it's a classic, still lives on my live board.
Great video man! Huge BOSS fan. Over the years I've had most of these at one time or another. Even that power supply. They have always made a great product. Even the "hated" ones that I'm not sure are even hated at all. Thanks for the knowledge!
🤘👍🏿 Looking forward to Part 2.
I'm waiting for part 2 because my favorite Distortion pedal from Boss came out in 1987 and that's the Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion which has 3 controls and a mode selector knob and mode 1 is standard Distortion, mode 2 is this very fuzzy Distortion and the DS-2 also has a Remote jack next to the input jack so it's a cut above the DS-1 in terms of its layout but it also just sounds good in both modes
I have all of the Japanese pedals, I will be doing part 2 in a couple of months. I will also be doing a separate video on the DS pedals
11:08 EHX Electric Mistress came out 4 years prior to the BF-2. It had both 18v (1976-1980) and 9v (1981) versions. I still have one of each. It is a brighter flavour of flanger than the BF-2, which I also love. For EHX, think Walking On The Moon; for BF-2, think the bridge of Are You Gonna Go My Way?
The Japanese Era of Boss was awesome.
The pastel-coloured PH-1R, CE-2 and BF-2 pedals are probably my favourites from this very early era?! CS-2, DM-2, SG-1, VB-2, & OC-2 Octaver are all right up there, too, though. Will have to wait for your Part 2, for the very first Boss pedal I owned to pop up …
Can’t remember whether any of my OD-1s have a momentary LED … I definitely have a CS-1 with momentary LED, though. I notice your TW-1 has a momentary LED … I suppose there’s a list of all the Momentary LED variants, somewhere …
Thanks for info 🎸
Fantastic video - thanks so much! Looking forward to this series
always love a new boss video :)
I'm a third of the way in and already had the thought a few times now that I should just comment about the quality of the playing, the choice of riffs or notes.. the recording and the blend of information and ear candy, Jason you continue to make amazing videos. I'll probably have more thoughts to share by the end of the video, but nice job
Thanks for saying so, I've actively been trying to improve my content.
YES!!!
It's interesting that it took Boss so much longer to release their Trem mid '90's? I guess we'll hear about it in the next episode. 😎👍
you will, the PN-2
I have one word to describe this video, Jason - f@#*ng awesome!! Great video, mate. 🎸🎸👏👏
I also love the Waza Craft series, so glad Boss is letting us go back and buy some of the classics they discontinued, plus added modes! I have the DM-2w... I had a band member who had an original DM-2 in the late 90s... the idiot smashed it to pieces, I told him I would've given him $100 for it had he not done that. 🤦🏻
I bought a DS-1 for $38 to hang on the wall, cuz I don't really play them but you got to have one. I ended up letting my buddy use it cuz he's a huge Nirvana fan. I ended up getting a HM-2 just to have cuz it was the first pedal I ever had as a teen. Did some research, and got a MIJ '86. Then thought let's get another DS-1 found a 2002 Taiwan for $55. So then I think I should try and date the one I "loaned" my guy. I turn it over, and see MIJ . So now my buddy has a 2002 that he can use /w 9v power supply, and my 1981 is back where it belongs.
Slow Gear is great for those Blackmore solos if you haven’t got a strat or can’t do the finger wrap thing !
Ce2 is magic
Part 2, please !!!!
@@cadeahistoria5130 in a couple of months
Great video!
This is a really great video!!
The most expensive video I've ever made.
Great video! Didn't know the noise gate was a slow gear with an inverted signal chain. I own a Behringer Slow Motion unit, don't know how it compares with Slow Gear.
I might have to do a cheap vs expensive video 🤔
great channel mate! just subbed up and having a bit of a binge. really well put together, good sound, good editing. the mic really suits your voice (is it a Rode?). keep up the great work - cheers from James down here in Melbourne.
Hey James, yes it's a RODE NT1000
@@JasonAyalaSpare quality
I was a young guitar playing teenager in the early 80s. Boss was a big deal. Still is for me. I remember when their first tuner was released. Not the pedal version, it had a real vu meter. There’s always one or two Boss pedals on my board.
I have one of those old tuners 😉
Great video Jason
Where's part two?
Coming in September
@@JasonAyalaSpare im excited Jason
I love boss pedals.
The BOSS SD-1 is literally a modified Tube Screamer. Brian Wampler does a video that he does in real time where he converts the SD-1 back to the ts. Basically it is a matter of diodes that change the tone from ts symmetrical distortion to the Boss asymmetrical distortion.
Or is the TS a modified OD-1? I suspect they might have been copying each other.
@@JasonAyalaSpare No Maxon came up with a very elegant circuit. So good that just by changing diodes other makers have sold so many pedals that many guys have 3 ts on their boards and think they have 3 completely original designs as the makers simply named the different. In fact once I once hated the ts and found out years later I got conned and owned 2.
The ts was made to compete with the BOSS OD1. It was ready to make when they found out Boss had a patent on asymmetrical distortion. So Maxon were forced to redesign it with symmetrical distortion. Maxon had no patents etc on the ts and the basic design as I mentioned was both elegant and cheap to make so they ..borrowed it., LOL a sort steal from me and I will steal back, LOL, LOL
Excellent work again Jason! Your holiday assignment gets an A+ from me. Yes, l agree. This boss era was the best and changed and influenced the music of this wonderful time....I know l was there. CE - 2 (long dash) is my fave still today. Now, shouldn't you be working on lesson plans for next term ? Or are you going to wing the first couple of weeks like me? Haha
That's how I roll, I make it up between the staffroom and the classroom 😃
@@JasonAyalaSpare Here I thought you were a music teacher (at a school) , so little need to create lesson plans, nobody checks what the music teacher is up to! 🙄
Now if I've been wrong all this time, first week back pre task, pre task, pre task & to round it out...writing on demand!
Great video. Thanks Jason!
@nostro1001 This video was a bit like my classes; improvised. I press record on the camera and just start talking.
I have a first year praccy starting day one Term 2. I got an email one of the last days of Term introducing herself, lamenting she wasn't able to come in and meet up with me etc prior to commencement. I replied immediately. Since then not another word. I'm hoping as a first year she doesn't follow your lead - improvised. 🤣
Great Video! I'm looking foreward to the next part. The retrospective era screen says 2000-2013 - the same like the digital era. Is it a misspelling? I guess the retrospective era is 2013-now?
@@PrinceOfBodom correct
@@JasonAyalaSpare I watched a bunch of your videos the last days and there are all great. You even use the stereo feature of your pedals, that is so rare to see. Keep up the good work!
Check out the loop gate by zvex I feel like it's an ultimate combination of the slow gear and the noise gate. I can't remember if it actually does a nice swell in if your attack but it certainly does that with its effects loop so I think you could theoretically make it a slow gear still, but by activating (clicking) the foot switch.
Cool, I've never seen the Zvex before, I'll have to check it out.
BF2 WAZA needed
How cool would that be. A Boss BF-2W - Standard Mode is BF-2, Custom Mode is HF-2
🤔
@xBelastianx the BF-3 has HF-2 mode, it's not as good as an actual HF-2.
@@JasonAyalaSpare Do you have an og HF-2?
First pedal I ever bought was the slow gear. I still kick myself for ever getting rid of it.
I hear you 🙁
Are the "Retrospective Era" dates correct?...
no, 2014 - today
Why is the Digital Era and the Retrospective Era the exact same years (2000-2013)?? Makes no sense. The Retrospective Era should be 2014-today if it’s following the Digital Era. Mistake or do you have an explanation for the extreme overlap?
Do'h! As you say, the retrospective era is 2014- today. It started with the release of the Waza Craft pedals.