Boss compact pedals release chronology
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:10 pm
I like to display my collection in order of model release date, and before I had the Boss book I took an old Boss web page as reference.
Now that I have the book, I decided to use it as the reference, so I did a list based in information from the book and cross-reference with another sources, as follow:
- The Boss Book
- https://www.stompboxzone.com/decoder/
- https://www.boss.info/us/promos/40th_an ... ct_pedals/ (scroll down the page to find the release sequence)
- https://bossarea.com/
- My collection
There are conflicts of information (*), so if you guys spot anything wrong or if you have something to add, please do it posting below and I will do the correction.
I hope this can be useful to new collectors.
Cheers.
Boss compact pedals release chronology and batch numbers based on The Boss Book:
SP-1 NOV 1977 6400
OD-1 NOV 1977 6400
PH-1 NOV 1977 6400
GE-6 JAN 1978 6600
DS-1 JUN 1978 7100
CS-1 JUL 1978 7200
TW-1 JUL 1978 7200
NF-1 FEB 1979 7900
SG-1 MAY 1979 8200
CE-2 OCT 1979 8700
BF-2 JUN 1980 9500
PH-1r OCT 1980 9900
SD-1 FEB 1981 0300
DM-2 JUN 1981 070000
GE-7 JUL 1981 080000
CS-2 DEC 1981 130000
VB-2 APR 1982 170000 * (mine is MAR 1982 160200)
OC-2 APR 1982 170000
PSM-5 JAN 1983 260000 * (mine is JUL 1982 202000)
CE-3 OCT 1982 230000
HM-2 OCT 1983 350000
DD-2 DEC 1983 370000
DM-3 MAY 1984 420000
DF-2 SEP 1984 460000
PH-2 SEP 1984 460000
DSD-2 APR 1985 530000
OD-2 AUG 1985 570000
HF-2 OCT 1985 590000
DC-2 DEC 1985 610000
DSD-3 AUG 1986 690000
CS-3 SEP 1986 700000 * (mine is AUG 1986 691400)
DD-3 AUG 1986 690000
FT-2 OCT 1986 710000
CE-2B FEB 1987 750000
BF-2B FEB 1987 750000
GE-7B FEB 1987 750000
LM-2 MAR 1987 760000
RV-2 AUG 1987 810000
NS-2 SEP 1987 820000
PS-2 OCT 1987 830000
DS-2 DEC 1987 850000
MZ-2 DEC 1987 850000
DC-3 MAR 1988 880000 * (JAN 1988 862511 sebastien32)
End of Made in Japan.
Begin of Made in Taiwan.
CH-1 MAY 1989
EH-2 APR 1990
LM-2B APR 1990
PN-2 MAY 1990
OS-2 MAY 1990
MT-2 MAR 1991
PQ-4 MAR 1991
PQ-3B MAR 1991
AW-2 NOV 1991
CE-5 NOV 1991
LS-2 NOV 1991
FZ-2 APR 1993
SD-2 APR 1993
HM-3 APR 1993
RV-3 MAR 1994
PS-3 MAR 1994
ODB-3 OCT 1994
OD-2r NOV 1994
HR-2 DEC 1994
CEB-3 FEB 1995
LMB-3 FEB 1995
GEB-7 FEB 1995
BD-2 MAR 1995
DD-5 MAR 1995
PW-2 AUG 1996
SYB-3 AUG 1996
XT-2 AUG 1996
FZ-3 FEB 1997
AC-2 FEB 1997
TR-2 FEB 1997
OD-3 AUG 1997
TU-2 OCT 1998
PS-5 OCT 1999
PH-3 OCT 2000
AW-3 OCT 2000
End of The Boss Book reference.
Begin of old Boss web page and bossarea.com references.
MD-2 SEP 2001
BF-3 FEB 2002
DD-6 JUL 2002
RV-5 JUL 2002
OC-3 AUG 2003
SYB-5 JUL 2004
AC-3 ??? 2005
RC-2 JUL 2006
ML-2 JAN 2007
FZ-5 JAN 2007
DN-2 JAN 2007
FBM-1 JAN 2007
FDR-1 JAN 2007
DD-7 MAR 2008
TU-3 ??? 2009
FRV-1 ??? 2009
PS-6 ??? 2010
ST-2 ??? 2010
RC-3 ??? 2011
BC-2 ??? 2011
FB-2 ??? 2011
TE-2 ??? 2013
DA-2 ??? 2013
MO-2 ??? 2013
OD-1X ??? 2014
DS-1X ??? 2014
BD-2W ??? 2014
SD-1W ??? 2014
RC-1 ??? 2014
DM-2W ??? 2015
BB-1X ??? 2015
RV-6 ??? 2015
VO-1 ??? 2016
VB-2W ??? 2016
BC-1X ??? 2016
TU-3s ??? 2016
TU-3W ??? 2016
CE-2W ??? 2016
AD-2 ??? 2016
CP-1X ??? 2016
DS-1(bk) ??? 2016
40 Years Box MAY 2017 (3 pedals)
DS-1(4A)??? 2017
JB-2 ??? 2017
End of old Boss web page and bossarea.com references.
Begin of my own reference, sequence may be wrong.
RC-1(bk) JAN 2018
DC-2W ??? 2019
MT-2W ??? 2019
SY-1 JUL 2019
DD-8 ??? 2020
DD-3T ??? 2020
OC-5 ??? 2020
RC-5 JAN 2021
TB-2W APR 2021
SD-1(4A) MAY 2021
MT-2(3A) MAY 2021
HM-2W AUG 2021
FZ-1W DEC 2021
RE-2 APR 2022
DS-1W OCT 2022
SL-2 NOV 2022
The unobtainable ones.
DS-1 6 million
MT-2 8 million
BD-2 10 million
SD-1 bull's eye Ishibashi Music
CH-1 bull's eye Ishibashi Music
145 different models
Now that I have the book, I decided to use it as the reference, so I did a list based in information from the book and cross-reference with another sources, as follow:
- The Boss Book
- https://www.stompboxzone.com/decoder/
- https://www.boss.info/us/promos/40th_an ... ct_pedals/ (scroll down the page to find the release sequence)
- https://bossarea.com/
- My collection
There are conflicts of information (*), so if you guys spot anything wrong or if you have something to add, please do it posting below and I will do the correction.
I hope this can be useful to new collectors.
Cheers.
Boss compact pedals release chronology and batch numbers based on The Boss Book:
SP-1 NOV 1977 6400
OD-1 NOV 1977 6400
PH-1 NOV 1977 6400
GE-6 JAN 1978 6600
DS-1 JUN 1978 7100
CS-1 JUL 1978 7200
TW-1 JUL 1978 7200
NF-1 FEB 1979 7900
SG-1 MAY 1979 8200
CE-2 OCT 1979 8700
BF-2 JUN 1980 9500
PH-1r OCT 1980 9900
SD-1 FEB 1981 0300
DM-2 JUN 1981 070000
GE-7 JUL 1981 080000
CS-2 DEC 1981 130000
VB-2 APR 1982 170000 * (mine is MAR 1982 160200)
OC-2 APR 1982 170000
PSM-5 JAN 1983 260000 * (mine is JUL 1982 202000)
CE-3 OCT 1982 230000
HM-2 OCT 1983 350000
DD-2 DEC 1983 370000
DM-3 MAY 1984 420000
DF-2 SEP 1984 460000
PH-2 SEP 1984 460000
DSD-2 APR 1985 530000
OD-2 AUG 1985 570000
HF-2 OCT 1985 590000
DC-2 DEC 1985 610000
DSD-3 AUG 1986 690000
CS-3 SEP 1986 700000 * (mine is AUG 1986 691400)
DD-3 AUG 1986 690000
FT-2 OCT 1986 710000
CE-2B FEB 1987 750000
BF-2B FEB 1987 750000
GE-7B FEB 1987 750000
LM-2 MAR 1987 760000
RV-2 AUG 1987 810000
NS-2 SEP 1987 820000
PS-2 OCT 1987 830000
DS-2 DEC 1987 850000
MZ-2 DEC 1987 850000
DC-3 MAR 1988 880000 * (JAN 1988 862511 sebastien32)
End of Made in Japan.
Begin of Made in Taiwan.
CH-1 MAY 1989
EH-2 APR 1990
LM-2B APR 1990
PN-2 MAY 1990
OS-2 MAY 1990
MT-2 MAR 1991
PQ-4 MAR 1991
PQ-3B MAR 1991
AW-2 NOV 1991
CE-5 NOV 1991
LS-2 NOV 1991
FZ-2 APR 1993
SD-2 APR 1993
HM-3 APR 1993
RV-3 MAR 1994
PS-3 MAR 1994
ODB-3 OCT 1994
OD-2r NOV 1994
HR-2 DEC 1994
CEB-3 FEB 1995
LMB-3 FEB 1995
GEB-7 FEB 1995
BD-2 MAR 1995
DD-5 MAR 1995
PW-2 AUG 1996
SYB-3 AUG 1996
XT-2 AUG 1996
FZ-3 FEB 1997
AC-2 FEB 1997
TR-2 FEB 1997
OD-3 AUG 1997
TU-2 OCT 1998
PS-5 OCT 1999
PH-3 OCT 2000
AW-3 OCT 2000
End of The Boss Book reference.
Begin of old Boss web page and bossarea.com references.
MD-2 SEP 2001
BF-3 FEB 2002
DD-6 JUL 2002
RV-5 JUL 2002
OC-3 AUG 2003
SYB-5 JUL 2004
AC-3 ??? 2005
RC-2 JUL 2006
ML-2 JAN 2007
FZ-5 JAN 2007
DN-2 JAN 2007
FBM-1 JAN 2007
FDR-1 JAN 2007
DD-7 MAR 2008
TU-3 ??? 2009
FRV-1 ??? 2009
PS-6 ??? 2010
ST-2 ??? 2010
RC-3 ??? 2011
BC-2 ??? 2011
FB-2 ??? 2011
TE-2 ??? 2013
DA-2 ??? 2013
MO-2 ??? 2013
OD-1X ??? 2014
DS-1X ??? 2014
BD-2W ??? 2014
SD-1W ??? 2014
RC-1 ??? 2014
DM-2W ??? 2015
BB-1X ??? 2015
RV-6 ??? 2015
VO-1 ??? 2016
VB-2W ??? 2016
BC-1X ??? 2016
TU-3s ??? 2016
TU-3W ??? 2016
CE-2W ??? 2016
AD-2 ??? 2016
CP-1X ??? 2016
DS-1(bk) ??? 2016
40 Years Box MAY 2017 (3 pedals)
DS-1(4A)??? 2017
JB-2 ??? 2017
End of old Boss web page and bossarea.com references.
Begin of my own reference, sequence may be wrong.
RC-1(bk) JAN 2018
DC-2W ??? 2019
MT-2W ??? 2019
SY-1 JUL 2019
DD-8 ??? 2020
DD-3T ??? 2020
OC-5 ??? 2020
RC-5 JAN 2021
TB-2W APR 2021
SD-1(4A) MAY 2021
MT-2(3A) MAY 2021
HM-2W AUG 2021
FZ-1W DEC 2021
RE-2 APR 2022
DS-1W OCT 2022
SL-2 NOV 2022
The unobtainable ones.
DS-1 6 million
MT-2 8 million
BD-2 10 million
SD-1 bull's eye Ishibashi Music
CH-1 bull's eye Ishibashi Music
145 different models