New BOSS compact pedal?

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by BearBoy » Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:59 pm

chromandre wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:52 pm
ah shoot, that would be cool but you'll notice on the shot of the back label, its just reflecting a row of light bulbs
Ah, I hadn't clocked that. I think that's much more likely :(

Still really hoping this is legit though. I was about to pull the trigger on an RE-20 but might hold fire for now and see if Boss make any announcements soon. They've been making a bit of a thing of Roland's 50th anniversary recently, and the Space Echo has featured quite prominently, so the timing would seem to be about right.

https://www.roland.com/uk/roland-50th-anniversary/

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by Old_Iron » Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:50 pm

BearBoy wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 7:15 pm
Old_Iron wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:27 pm
I really hope it's legit, but the batch number points to October 2021, and for a product that looks to be ready for sale (not a prototype or pre-production), including a box, 4 month in the shadows and loosing the Xmas sales period...Why? I don't know... I'm a bit suspicious.
I saw someone on another site commenting that the serial numbers on some of the FZ-1ws pre-dated their announcement by a few months so it's maybe not that unusual?

If it is legit then I would imagine a lot of the YouTubers would have had them for a while to produce demos etc that tend to accompany any launch these days.
As I said, I hope it is legit, but taking the example of the FZ-1W, it was released by the first half of December 2021, mine have the serial Z2N3664, November 2021, the oldest video on youtube about it, that I could find, was uploaded on November 4th (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ctsmYBrK8Y) also the Boss official video was uploaded by November 4th (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNieCJPEORQ).

So, even if there is a FZ-1W from October, it's not the 4 month+ that would be for this RE-2, and as you said, add one month more to have it reviewed by youtubers and then be officially released by Boss...

I don't know but it is too much weirdness, even for Boss, but let's hope it is for real, I would love it.

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by BearBoy » Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:02 pm

The guy who was posting about their FZ-1w on TGP apparently had one from September:
My FZ-1w with Z0N19** was built in Sept 2021
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... t-34152429

Not sure what the oldest one out there is?

I just want to believe :lol:

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by Old_Iron » Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:13 pm

BearBoy wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:02 pm
I just want to believe :lol:
Me too, I'm just too afraid to be optimistic about it. :?

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by Old_Iron » Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:27 pm

After reading all 21 pages of the The Gear Page forum about the RE-2, thru all kind of BS like: conspiracy theories, Boss marketing stunt, arguments about semantics and all kind of nonsense, two bits of information taken from there are relevant, the message the seller sent to the buyers after canceling the order and the most plausible explanation of what happened, if the pedal is indeed real.

The message:

"Hello! We wanted to reach out and let you know that due to an error with this listing, we were forced to cancel your order unfortunately. You will get a full refund for the item and should see it soon. We are so sorry about this mistake, we're working with the representative responsible to make sure this doesn't happen again. Again, we are very sorry about this and thank you for your business."

Maybe Boss lawyers contacted them to tell a pretty little story about stolen goods reception.

A possible explanation posted by olejason at the TGP:

"My big-brained conspiracy theory is that this was a lost shipment of demo units headed to Boss USA who would have then forwarded them to testers and people who produce demos. Their recent releases have worked this way, a small number of units are sent out for testing and, once closer to release, demos."

Although I am still not completely sold, I am a tiny little bit more optimistic about the RE-2 being a real thing. 🤞
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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by sclitheroe » Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:39 am

Fingers crossed, this would be nice

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by The_Doc » Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:26 am

Boss RE-2 Space Echo.

I think it’s actually here ! (Or will soon be) :D

https://www.boss.info/global/promos/spa ... Kh2sZ-7HL0

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by Old_Iron » Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:30 am

Bingo, it's real !!!

Nice, very nice.

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by BearBoy » Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:55 am

Great news! 8-)

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Re: New BOSS compact pedal?

Post by laurie » Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:25 pm

Wondering about the price....

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