Boss compact pedals release chronology

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Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by Old_Iron » 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
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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by Pepe » Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:28 pm

The CEB-3 should be from 1995 as the other bass models that were introduced in that year.
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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by Old_Iron » Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:32 pm

Pepe wrote:
Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:28 pm
The CEB-3 should be from 1995 as the other bass models that were introduced in that year.
Thank you Pepe, corrected.

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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by laurie » Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:04 am

As a reference... here is a list I made back in 2008 (so it doesn't include recent releases).

Pedals are in alphabetical order, not chronological, and include all the variants I was aware of at the time.

AC-2
AC-3
AW-2
AW-3
BD-2
BF-2, MIJ
BF-2, MIT
BF-2B, MIJ
BF-2B, MIT
BF-3
CE-2, MIJ, SS / long dash
CE-2, MIJ, Black screw / short dash
CE-2, MIT
CE-2B, MIJ
CE-2B, MIT
CE-3, MIJ
CE-3, MIT
CEB-3
CE-5, analogue
CE-5, digital
CH-1, analogue
CH-1, digital
CS-1, SS
CS-1, black screw
CS-2
CS-3, MIJ, dBx chipset
CS-3, MIT, dBx chipset
CS-3, MIT, THAT chipset
DC-2
DC-3, Digital dimension
DC-3, Space-D
DD-2, cream text / no FCC
DD-2, silver text / FCC
DD-3, V1
DD-3, V2a
DD-3, V2b
DD-3, V3
DD-5
DD-6
DD-7
DF-2, MIJ, distortion feedbacker
DF-2, MIJ, feedbacker distortion
DF-2, MIT, feedbacker distortion
DM-2, MN3005
DM-2, MN3205
DM-3
DN-2
DS-1, MIJ, SS / long dash
DS-1, MIJ, Black screw / short dash
DS-1, MIT, TA7136AP chip
DS-1, MIT, BA728N chip
DS-1, MIT, M5223AL chip
DS-1, MIT, NJM2904L chip
DS-2, MIJ
DS-2, MIT
DSD-2
DSD-3
EH-2
FBM-1
FDR-1
FT-2
FZ-2
FZ-3
FZ-5
GE-6, SS
GE-6, black screw
GE-7, MIJ
GE-7, MIT
GE-7B, MIJ
GE-7B, MIT
GEB-7
HF-2, MIJ
HF-2, MIT
HM-2, MIJ
HM-2, MIT
HM-3
HR-2
LM-2
LM-2B
LMB-3
LS-2
MD-2
ML-2
MT-2
MZ-2
NF-1, SS
NF-1, black screw
NS-2, MIJ
NS-2, MIT
OC-2, MIJ, Octaver
OC-2, MIJ, Octave
OC-2, MIT
OC-3
OD-1, 1A
OD-1, 1B
OD-1, 1D
OD-1, 1E
OD-2, MIJ
OD-2, MIT
OD-2R
OD-3
ODB-3
OS-2
PH-1, SS
PH-1, black screw
PH-1R, "P" under "s"
PH-1R, "P" under "e"
PH-2, MIJ
PH-2, MIT
PH-3
PN-2
PQ-3B
PQ-4
PS-2, MIJ
PS-2, MIT
PS-3
PS-5
PSM-5
PW-2
RC-2
RV-2
RV-3
RV-5
SD-1, MIJ
SD-1, MIT
SD-2
SG-1, SS
SG-1, black screw
SP-1, SS
SP-1, black screw
SYB-3
SYB-5
TR-2, early (volume loss) version
TR-2, recent (volume adjusted) version
TU-2
TW-1, SS
TW-1, black screw
VB-2
XT-2

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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by laurie » Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:11 am

And on the topic of the CS-3 variants... to date them, here are the known instances as at 2012 from forum members.

As can be seen, there is sometimes no clear transition date. This is true for all models that have variants - it isn't possible to say definitively that the model changed variants on a given date.
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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by laurie » Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:13 am

(sorry if this adds to the GAS ... I ended up with over 330 pedals in the collection at one point because of this!)

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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by Old_Iron » Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:19 am

Nice Laurie, thank you for the added info.
laurie wrote:
Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:13 am
(sorry if this adds to the GAS ... I ended up with over 330 pedals in the collection at one point because of this!)
Ah, that's the beauty, above and beyond !!! :lol:
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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by moo cow » Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:40 pm

Great resource! Thanks. I like to display mine via release date as well and this helps tons!

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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by laurie » Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:47 pm

moo cow wrote:
Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:40 pm
Great resource! Thanks. I like to display mine via release date as well and this helps tons!
Hello moo cow, and welcome!

How many pedals do you have in your collection?

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Re: Boss compact pedals release chronology

Post by fernieite » Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:01 pm

moo cow wrote:
Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:40 pm
Great resource! Thanks. I like to display mine via release date as well and this helps tons!
Welcome to one of the best little forums on the interwebs man! I figured you'd fit right in. :D

This place evolved from the old BossArea Forum to the Stompboxzone to BossAreaForum again. It's probably THE best place to discuss Boss related things; unofficially of course...
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