What's the difference?! BOSS Waza Craft SD-1w vs BD-2w vs DS-1w (Pedal Demo and Comparison)
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2022
- In this demo we're going to compare and contrast 3 drive pedals from the Boss Waza Craft range - Super Overdrive SD-1w, Blues Driver BD-2w and Distortion DS-1w and give them all some context using a load of grunge riffs for use cases. We'll have a look at the differences, how they can compliment each other, and how they sound stacked. Enjoy!
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Thanks for shredding-free gear demo, focusing on what guitarrists actually play 99% of the time - rhythm!
You’re welcome mate! Tbh I would shred if I could haha but thanks for the kind words 😀🤘
Depends who it is.Not even Keith Rickards plays rythm 99% of the time.Great players like Eric Johnson,Joe Satriani etc play leads 90% of the time thank god because rythm is boring!
When demoing though the chords really let me here what it's gonna sound like the most. Shredding eh, it's single notes really fast not blended. Most Shredding sounds the same through any distortion or overdrive to me. The chords on demos with some noodling is where it's at. Most ppl can't shred they play chords and noodle.
Well, really a good demo with have both. Because chords and single notes will both reveal things that the other won't regarding tone.
don't project your inadequacies onto the rest of us tyvm
Clicked for the waza comparisons, stayed for the riffs of my youth. Great video, keep rocking man!
Thanks mate!
Fantastic choice of songs to display the tones from the pedals. Thanks for the upload!
Thank you kindly!
I spent all week looking for a 90's used DS-1, never played and never looked before....and right today you do this video... nice, nice, nice! the combinations between pedals, and the variety of tones are great! tnx!
Cracking pedals, defo try and get the waza craft if you can! The two voicings are great especially on the DS-1
Best comparison video of these pedals by far - super useful, particularly since I have the BD-2W. I can tell exactly what I’d be getting if I picked up an SD-1W. Thanks!
Wow thanks so much for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the comparison vid!
This is the best comparison of these similar, but different, pedals Ive ever seen with good examples and mixing them together. I love Blues Driver, but the others are certainly good.
Thanks mate really appreciate the comment!
All of these are great pedals. Thanks for the demo!
That clean tone is amazing. Really the key to pedals sounding great. Great video.
Thanks a lot Chris!
Great walk-through. I just picked up the DS-1w a few days ago. Wow that thing is powerful, especially in custom mode.
Thanks! Yea the custom mode makes it such a versatile pedal 🤘😊
Great comparison video ...even applying it to the 90s time period tones, where they were quite obviously used ! ...thanks for this! Now I just need to get the Super Overdrive to complete my tri!
Thanks Daniel! I think the SD-1w may be my fave tbh, love it for those QOTSA tones and great as a tone stacking pedal :-)
Thank you so much - really great demo plus all my fav songs! 🤩
you're welcome!
Perfect demo video. Big thanks. I need them all now lol.
Haha thanks mate, much appreciated!
Wow, AWESOME video!! So informative.
You’re welcome!
Great demo, well done. I really like boss overdrives like the OD1, OD3, SD1 and BD2. The only overdrive that has been present on my pedalboard for a long time is the Boss SD1 Keeley five stars germanium mod which I only use to boost a Marshall JCM800 but I would have to test this Waza distortion DS1W one day with the ''custom'' mode because I I've never been a big fan of the ds1 and distortions from Boss unlike their overdrives.
Cool, thanks!
love this channel. love the rhcp riff!
Thanks mate!
So many good tones and tunes. Love that bodysnatchers riff.
thanks Ashley!
Great comparison! I have the BD-2w and SD-1w, love them both. Never been a fan of the DS-1, but the custom setting on the the DS-1w sounds amazing. I gotta get one now.
Thanks mate!
I have a bd2 as well. Are your pedals stacking well? Any band it reminds you of (BD2 + DS1w)?
Great idea showing the pedals in a song contexts
Thanks mate, I take that approach with all my demos as it’s what I’d like to see in a demo. I usually buy a pedal and then thing “err what can I play with this” haha so hopefully these help 🤘😊
@@LetsPlayAll aye got a bd2 had some fun getting it going had issues with a couple of boss pedals .found the culprit was guitar lead that had a bit of noise impedance in it was fine with other brands boss no go .glad I did not give up o it sounds great cheers
Nice Novo btw, dude. It's probably because I mostly play rhythm in my band, but I love that you're not only playing a bunch of lead stuff. Giving us a sense of both. It personally annoys me when people demo gear (particularly amps and OD pedals) and basically just play a bunch of solos, (I know that's a personal problem...lol). Also, I just ordered a Waza Craft BD-2w, and I love the sound of it here. They all sound awesome, though. Great demo.
Thanks mate, much appreciate the feedback! I’m sure I’d do a load of solos if I could haha but I think everyone will play some rhythm and it’s easier to reference riffs you know to gauge whether you like the tone or not 🤘😊
It feels like you decided to play all my favorite riffs at once LOL the best comparison video so far and it's not even close.
I let my SD-1w go and kept the BD-2w after almost a decade of playing both. I love how versatile the BD-2w is. You can go from Radiohead to Mayer to Zep to My Bloody Valentine to Prince easily. Great sustain for soloing too.
haha thanks so much mate, glad you enjoyed the vid!
The sd1 into the ds1 has been my go to for ages.
Great pedals!
Thank you for the video this really helped me.
Welcome!
this week i was thinking which one suited me best to purchase and this video helped me to decide!
Amazing! Which one are you going for? :-)
@@LetsPlayAll SD1 ! liked it best and also John Frusciante uses one on this tour and he is my hero so ... 😄
SD-1w is amazing. It’s never leaving my board.
The Blues Driver is sweet as well, but I can’t ignore the crackly decay.
Great demo!
Thanks David!
Absolutely LOVE the SD-1W But all 3 are killer (I have BD-2W and SD-1W and will probably get the DS-1W).
Nice! Love the new custom mode on the DS-1w, just a superb addition 😊🤘
If you had to recommend only one of the three...? Which one?
It's amp, guitar, and genre dependent. Blues to Classic Rock on a Super Lead or Plexi - SD-1. Classic Rock on a Tube Vox amp like an AC30/15 and the smaller Vox's in that vain, especially with a Les Paul - BD-2W. Stoner rock to the lighter end of Doom, for the less fuzzy type stuff - DS-1W for that vintage classic distortion.
Love all the Radiohead riffs! The BD-2 has become a core part of my sound over the years. I've been debating upgrading to a BD-2W or a Keeley Super Phat Mod. Do you feel it's worth having the custom/phat modes? Are they effective in smoothing out the gain and adding some bass?
if you didn't already own the BD-2 then i'd say go for it, but if you sold that to get the BD-2W then i think the Waza does have a slightly lower noise floor (but the originals aren't bad at all tbh!) and you'd get an additional mode which is really handy if you like the different tones when switching out guitars say from Humbuckers/LP style to a single coil Strat, you may want to use the additional switch that way. I don't have a BD-2 to compare but if you're happy with the BD-2 then stick with it!
I think we like similar music😀👌 Great playing mate
Thanks mate! You clearly have excellent taste 😀🤘
Love the Wazas!
Brilliant video think I'll start with the super overdrive
Thanks mate, enjoy it’s a great pedal!
Cool comparison! What is the riff you played at 12:59 ? I'm using Keeley super phat mod in my pedalboard. Quiet similar with BD
Thanks mate! That's a cracking riff haha - Steve Vai with David Lee Roth "Two Fools Born A Minute" - go check it out immediately ;-)
Very nicely done 👏🏻
At the end when you boost the dirty amp with the DS1, have you tried a clean amp with a pedal simulating a cranked amp (Bd2 maybe) then a Ds1 boosting that?
Thanks mate, I haven't tried that yet but a lot of players like Vai etc used the DS-1 like that back in the day so was trying to showcase that :-)
@@LetsPlayAll yeah that’s what I’ve heard/read. Sounded good to me. A little bit of delay and that Satch tone would have been even better 👌🏻
Watched this video and again only because I want to get all 3. 😂. Today I just ordered the SD-1W. Already got the BD-1W. In 3 months I will try to get the DS-1W and will come back to this video again. I believe it was supposed to get only one pedal but you made me get all 3 soon. It’s not a bad thing. 😅
Haha well that’s amazing you found the video so useful mate! They’re all amazing pedals tbh 🤘😊
I have the standard DS-1 and SD-1, and if you put the DS-1 first into the SD-1 then you can have the sound of Firehouse's "All She Wrote" from the late '80s (for reference). Set the DS-1 as you normally would use it in front of an amp and use the SD-1 as an amp with the Drive at 9 o'clock and Level at 1 o'clock and take it from there.
Nice!
Great video - i have to say that boosting the Brown channel on my Katana with the Blues Driver gives me the best 'Jerry' Sound with both my Les Paul and G&L. I kind of like it better than the BE OD Pedal.
Nice! The katana has some incredible tones in it 🤘
Great demo, great selection of riffs and songs. but i’m confused koz you change the guitars so many times.
cheers! helps to give a flavour of the pedals with different pickups etc :-)
Might have to get that overdrive to compliment my DS-1w. They sound brilliant together
I definitely learned that you have many really nice and expensive axes.... Cool
I have the 3 pedals (non Waza). I used to stack DS1 into SD1. Whereas you always put the DS at the end. What are your thoughts on overdrive art the end (boosted by the DS low gain high volume )? I guess I just have to try by myself the changes … but let me know.
Good demo ! Which of the three is the most fuzzy ??? 🔥
thanks! hmm i'd probably say DS1w just cos it's got more gain on tap and you can tweak the eq to make it more bassy
Incredible examples !! Which one would you use for Pearl Jam's NotForYou or Immortality ?
thanks! for those I'd go with the SD-1W, nice bit of light gain required for those tunes 🤘
@@LetsPlayAll Awesome !! Thanks for your GAS-inducing response lol 🎅🏽 The Corduroy chords you played sounded particularly good. (I don't know how far the SD-1w differentiates compared to the same chords with a TS-mini.)
And I actually really dig that light yellow color dare I say.
I really like my BD-2w. Currently I put a TCE Zeus Drive in front of it.
@@tanguydelooz2881 haha you’re welcome mate 🤘😀
The Blues Driver at halfway sounds good for PJ’s Hold On
Nice!
Hi Matt - good review again. I never liked any of these Boss pedals but they were pretty much all we could get for gain in 80s/90s. They were tone suckers when turned off too. How do the Waza pedals perform there? Do they still have poor quality buffers... or didn't you check ??
Thanks Peter! Didn't check specifically but I'll have a look, to my ears no tone sucking going on with these! The waza versions are completely redesigned with component improvements/lower noise floor etc so I thought they sounded great imo
I don't agree boss are tone sucking pedal. The original Sd1 is the only one having a real circuit problem, it leaks some of the distorted signal in the clean path when not active, that's a confirmed issue, you could fix it with a FET if you have some solder skill, otherwise the boss buffers are well made
Boss have used a variety of buffer designs in their pedals, they aren’t all the same and comments saying they suck tone is simply not accurate. Some of them do though, but mostly modulation and some delays and it’s mostly the 80’s MIJ ones that have the bad buffers.
Having owned an original CE2, it was so good for Boss to reissue it with a superior buffer that doesn’t destroy the tone. Never had any issues with Boss’s drive pedals.
They are great pedals and they deliver consistency but for the price range you can definitely get a better pedal for each effect individual since the options do vary post 170$
Which video did you feature the behringer fuzz on completely, can't find it
I think in a lesson for "Touch Me I'm Sick" if memory serves!
@@LetsPlayAll Thanks, it's on sale for $14. If I don't like it I'll use as a paper weight
@@jeffb4881 they’re a complete bargain for that particular tone, plastic enclosures but nail that sound!
The DS-1W has the best custom mode, the BD-2W is my personal favourite but I like the BD-2 best out of the boss dirt pedals.
Nice playing, unique guitars too. Got a band?
Thanks mate! Don’t have time currently unfortunately but likely starting a fun local 80s pub band shortly so expect an 80s related pedal board soon haha 😀🤘
Need to add the ds2 dimmed for so John riffs
What is the signal chain please? Incredible tone…is that Morgan going into a mic’d cab or loadbox with cab sim? Preamp used, etc?
Cheers! It’s just boss pedal into Morgan MVP66 - two notes captor - UA Apollo interface - laptop running cubase with wall of sound plug in
@@LetsPlayAll Sounds absolutely killer! I need one of those MVP amps now. Cheers!
SD-1's have a severe bass cut, why would they do that?
Ta tocando guitarra ou violão?
Must have pedals, though never particularly understood the appeal of Waza versions, €40+ more expensive yet difference is often very subtle.
2 modes, improved noise floor and other refinements, I think the second mode on the DS-1w is especially worth it for the mid boost, really useful for band situations :-)
Only on the BD2W and SD1W, it’s far more pronounced on other Waza pedals, except for the DC2W. It just adds more versatility without fundamentally changing the pedal and if you use different guitars and amps, it’s just useful to have, even when it’s subtle.
The MT2W’s Custom mode though...
i like the W logo on it 😂 looks nicer
@@fruhentus4437 it does add a little something haha
It's the improved buffers for me.
That clean tone, at the very beginning, is dirty. I don’t understand why some people call dirty tones clean. It may be “cleaner,” than full distortion but it should be called “less dirty” or something of the like. Clean means clean.
“semi-clean”
Is there a way you could switch from S to C modes with a foot switch?
Yes, by purchasing two and setting one to S and one to C 😆
DS1 just screams nirvana tones for me, can't step on it without playing something from nevermind
Nice, nothing wrong with that mate!
What clean tone ???
Super Overdrive still my favorite of the 3. I still have PTSD over the few SD-1's I've had over the years. 😁
love the SD-1!
There's no way this video was monetized
Yes way 😀 - although the YT ad revenue is never very much, that still doesn’t stop certain labels from manually trawling through and making claims that lessons are “cover versions” which is frankly an abuse of the content ID system. There’s no comeback even tho it’s clearly not a cover, but demos and Patreon support keep things going 🤘
Fair enough but why use Waza versions when most of these songs were created before Waza existed. Seems like the expensive versions are being pushed. I got suckered in the past and quickly returned all this pedals in their Waza form. There is no reason to buy them considering how much more they cost..great video regardless. Thanks for posting.
@@philipschiffman9070 fair question, basically these are the only ones I have 😀 and I thought it would be cool to show the differences. Glad you enjoyed it either way tho! Thanks mate
Good lord man- stop spending my money -
They should
Sell a ‘Lets Play All’
3-pack’
I better get back to work - $$
Absolutely fantastic channel- pal-
Hello from sunny Seattle’
Haha thanks mate glad you enjoyed the vid!
Maybe should have got the Waza tuner first 😂
I've just bought the bd2w and it immediately kicked my Timmy off the board!
nice! I bought the MXR timmy a while back but couldn't really get on with it tbh so sold it soon after but I probably just didn't understand how to use it haha
I think it works well as a rhythm pedal. Not great at higher gain levels for solos though. I'm gonna keep mine for that purpose
@@simondixon6761 yea I love it for rhythm stuff or lighter gain solo stuff it’s nice too
I wish boss pedals were true bypass.
A 1€ pedal can do this zvjjt€"dbjr sounds... 😧
eh?
'Clean tone' not clean 🙄
The clean tone sucks already
But better with strat guitar
OD-3 is fantastic !
Waza are overrated , I have 2 of them 😊
for fuck sake pls use the same riff for 3 pedals.
If ur gonna compare 3 pedals u may as well stick to play same stuff on them 3. This comparison was a bit useless to me
This isn't a comparison in that sense tho, they're three different pedals so I'm showing you the differences in their application here.
I thought the comparison was terrific. You can hear what each pedal is good at doing, what style can be played on them, how they sound. Just in hearing him play the different pedals you can imagine how they would sound for different riffs. Each pedal has its strengths. Like The Edge said, every guitar does one thing really well and your job is to find that one thing and use it for that. I think it's the same for pedals. Seriously, this is one the best pedal demos I've ever seen!
just when i thought it couldn't get anymore lame he pulls out sound garden
you must be new here 😂
They were only one of the most important and influential bands of all time, defining the genre built with these pedals (and others like them)
Torture!"Im thinking every wrong band and the worst songs in music history".You know how many great guitar players that has used these pedals on classic albums.
feel free to provide an alternative list ;-)
I bought 4 Wazas (Blues Driver, Analog Delay, Chorus, Fuzz) and they're fantastic. I was never a pedal guy, I played 35 years without them until I bought an OD850 from Ibanez a few years ago.
After watching you video, I will probably buy the SD-1w and the DS-1w too, I hate classic Rock, but stacked they work really well.
And fucking thank you for not playing shitty generic Blues Rock Riffs, listening to some Radiohead tunes really helps in judging.
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thanks mate glad you enjoyed the vid! I'm a big fan of demoing pedals with known riff references, although I had to snip a bit of the start of the Alive tone to prevent demonetisation (for a 10 second bit of the riff haha) so clearly it nails that tone 😀