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BOSS Waza Craft Blues Driver Pedal

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Waza Craft Blues Driver Pedal

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Waza Craft Blues Driver Pedal
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Waza Craft: The Art of Superior Tone
Since the beginning, the engineers at BOSS have been committed to achieving the finest guitar tones using any technology necessary, from old-school analog circuits to high-tech DSP. Continuing this enthusiastic spirit, we are pleased to introduce the new Waza Craft series. In Japan, Waza is the term for art and technique, and these special edition pedals proudly carry the Waza symbol to represent the pinnacle of BOSS design and craftsmanship. With final sound approval carried out by BOSS in Japan, the Waza Craft series brings you exceptional tone and touch response through carefully-selected analog components, refined circuitry, and meticulous attention to detail.

Passionately designed by the master engineers at BOSS in Japan, the Waza Craft BD-2W delivers a premium stomp experience that fans of customized pedal tone will love. Crafted with an ear for highly refined sound, the BD-2W takes the classic Blues Driver grit to a new level with all-discrete analog circuitry. Standard mode captures the classic BD-2 tone while Custom mode delivers new body and sustain.

FEATURES

• Special edition Waza Craft pedal delivers the ultimate BOSS tone experience
• Premium sound based on the classic BD-2 Blues Driver
• Newly revised, all-analog discrete amplifier circuit
• Standard and Custom sound modes
• Highly responsive to picking dynamics and volume changes
• BOSS five-year warranty

SPECIFICATIONS

• Nominal Input Level: -20 dBu
• Input Impedance: 1 M ohm
• Nominal Output Level: -20 dBu
• Output Impedance: 1 k ohm

Controls
• Pedal switch
• Mode switch
• LEVEL knob
• TONE knob
• GAIN knob

Indicator
• CHECK indicator (Serves also as battery check indicator)

Connectors
• INPUT jack
• OUTPUT jack
• DC IN jack

Power Supply
• Alkaline battery (9 V, 6LR61) or Carbon-zinc battery (9 V, 6F22)
• AC adaptor (sold separately)

Current Draw
• 18 mA

Accessories
• Owner's Manual
• Leaflet ("USING THE UNIT SAFELY," "IMPORTANT NOTE," and "Information")
• Carbon-zinc battery (9 V, 6F22)

Option (sold separately)
• AC adaptor (PSA series)

DIMENSIONS

• Width: 73 mm, 2-7/8 inches
• Depth: 129 mm, 5-1/8 inches
• Height: 59 mm, 2-6/16 inches
• Weight: 430 g, 0 lbs. 16 oz.

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Waza Craft Blues Driver 5 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Victoria, British Columbia
Not a Klon Centaur, but those are for snobby types with too much money on hand. The BD-2w does the same thing for a reasonable price.
Posted by anonymous on Jun 19, 2021
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Get it if you don?t own an Original BD-2 yet. 5 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Surrey, British Columbia
I've had the original BD-2 for quite some time now. But I decided to go and grab a Waza version just to see for myself. (Kinda hard to tell over YouTube with all that compression that YouTube does to your audio file). In my honest opinion, the Waza is a bit crispier, clearer and more dynamic than the original in ?Standard? mode and same thing in custom mode but now with more compression . And of course it has better components and lower noise floor. If I were to choose between the two of them and given that I hadn't own an original yet, I?d definitely choose the Waza. But Joshuasince I already own an original, I?d have to sast and I?d have to buy one again, I?d say I?d would spend the extra money for the Waza.
Posted by Joshua on Oct 24, 2017
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Excellent, diverse box of crunch 10 of 11 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Over the years, I've gotten away from Boss and into boutique pedals. The reasons have a lot to do with the more organic and diverse tones offered by the best of the small makers. The retro ethic also has appeal: it's nice to see new noise boxes based on classic designs. Boss's Waza Craft line is a smart and affordable way to take the company into that boutique market, and the results are great. The Blues Driver is one of the company's classic pedals, and the Waza Craft treatment gives you the old gritty tone, plus a rich, growling update with the simple flick of a switch. This pedal can cover what's advertised (blues!) and get you almost all the way to metal. Almost. But you can certainly cover a lot ground here, and it sounds muscular. This pedal demands that you clean up your technique, too. Overall, this thing is a little treasure.
Posted by My Name is Optional on Nov 25, 2014
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