New Waza Craft Pedals

[mjd78]

Which of the Waza Craft pedals are not remakes of older ones? Am I correct that only the BP-1w and FZ-1w are the only new titles/names for Waza craft pedals instead of adding the w to a previously issued pedal? Thanks in advance!

[bigtone23]

That seems right to me.

[zentropa]

There are varying degrees of technical you can get with it, as technically 2 of the 3 BP-1W modes have been done before, but not in compact form.

Some others that are open to interpretation:
TB-2W
CE-2W due to its CE-1 mode.

[mjd78]

That is very technical and very true. Good catch! I was referring to compact form.

[zentropa]

That is very technical and very true. Good catch! I was referring to compact form.

I would probably count the TB-2W and CE-2W in there then

If are you are trying to avoid redundancy, here are my thoughts on the pedals not already mentioned that are significantly different after owning all of them except the TU-3W.

DS-1W. The circuit is significantly different from every other iteration of the DS-1, with discrete JFET clipping instead of op-amp driven diode clipping. It has very little compression and imo, sounds and plays a lot closer to a Rat than a DS-1.

DM-2W. I find the standard mode to be weaker than originals, but the custom mode with 800ms of lightly modulated delay makes it a lot more usable.

MT-2W. Has 4 lower gain op amps as found on most MT-2 built after 2011 or so, so it feels a lot different compared to 90s MT-2. The custom mode is really different and turns this into an amazing dirty boost, e.g. it will push a Plexi into hot-rodded Plexi territory. In custom I think it is more comparable to something like an Ibanez Super Metal.

The rest I have been sort luke warm on. If I wasn't collecting and had good eras/versions of the originals, the FZ-1W and BP-1W would probably be the only ones I would buy.

[mjd78]

The TU-3w is black, so for me, it is different enough to buy for my collection. I bought the BP-1W, FZ-1W, TU-3S and you have made me lean in the direction of buying the CE-2W. I wish they would just release it as the CE-1 or make a CE-1 on compact form.

[Pepe]

The TU-3w is black, so for me, it is different enough to buy for my collection.

[zentropa]

The TU-3w is black, so for me, it is different enough to buy for my collection. I bought the BP-1W, FZ-1W, TU-3S and you have made me lean in the direction of buying the CE-2W. I wish they would just release it as the CE-1 or make a CE-1 on compact form.

The CE-2W has the volume reduction resistor that the CE-3 and DC-2 had stock. It is probably worth noting that.

Have spoken with the local Boss rep and the company is pretty adamant about anything resembling a reissue having to surpass the originals in some way, which makes a standalone CE-1 unlikely.

[BearBoy]

I wonder if we might see some sort of high end analogue chorus/modulation pedal in the RE-202/DM-101 enclosure? Could be the closest we’ll see to a CE-1 “reissue”.

If it’s just the sound you’re after though, the CE-2w’s a good option.