Boss BP-1W - Boss Of The Boosts? [Plus EP Boost For Context: Effector Du Jour]
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- The mighty Boss re-enters the boost market in a big way
Welcome to the show and welcome to Effector Du Jour. These are Short videos that are as to-the-point as That Pedal Show is ever likely to get.
The Boss BP-1w Booster Preamp was launched not so long ago (I’m typing this in February 2024) and seems to have gone down really well for its ability to offer three distinct flavours of boosty goodness.
Today I’ve got it hitting a fairly cooking Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue - volume set between 4.5 and 7 - to see what we can learn. I’ve also included the ever popular and much loved Exotic EP Booster (in standard dip switch settings) for a little bit of context.
Clearly it’s going to sound very different into different amps, so please take this for what it is, rather than what it isn’t!
Enjoy!
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Pedals & stuff in this show
• TheGigRig QMX4
www.thegigrig.com/quartermaster
• Boss BP-1w Booster/ Preamp
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Australia: bit.ly/42ByC02
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/eKGVbD
• Xotic EP Booster
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2ed1cvg
Australia: bit.ly/2OYhH1K
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/XYqDE4
• Boss DD-8 Digital Delay
UK & Europe: bit.ly/2pDzGT1
Australia: bit.ly/3HWPvZB
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/baeAQP
Guitars used in today’s show
• 1961 Fender Stratocaster - Mick’s video here: • Three New Strats For M...
• Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Goldtop, Murphy Aged - no specific video but it’s on the channel a lot!
Amps used in today’s show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb
USA: sweetwater.sjv.io/m5BW1q
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Keep the De Jours coming! Great for a quick tone hit!
Just as I felt the shakes coming on, TPS always there ❤
Seconded.
Boss pedals are the ones you buy when you've sold off all your boutiques. True and real.
that's pretty much what i did. got on the booteeq bandwagon back in 2014, and then realized after all the money i had wasted that it's all consumerist BS.
@@yomuthabyotch: What are you talking about? So what’s the expensive boutique pedal in this example?
The Boss is the more expensive of the two.
Besides, what’s a boutique pedal anyway? Keeley, JHS, Greer, Wampler, OBNE, Earthquaker Devices, Jam Pedals…, just to mention a few, are these boutique brands according to you? And are they too expensive?
I’ve had numerous Boss pedals and some of them are really great, but for most of their pedals there are better versions. What’s BS about that? I’d like to know, because I don’t see it.
@@mariodriessen9740 "better" is such a subjective word. i respect original designs, but the vast majority of beauteekh pedals are essentially old-school circuits rehoused in a prettier metal box. and yeah, waza craft is BOSS's shitty way of getting in on the bewtiec bandwagon (a little late if you ask me).
@@yomuthabyotch : “better” is subjective indeed. And I have a weak spot for the originals. That’s why I keep playing Fenders and Gibsons instead of their cheaper and/or more expensive counterparts.
But how many overdrives and distortions did Boss make? Do they all sound ‘better’ than the overdrives and distortions made by the companies I mentioned earlier (and many others)? That would be just as silly as saying all expensive pedals are better by definition.
I just don’t understand the statement that ‘boutique pedals’ (again, what does that even mean?) are all just BS boxes of gear, built and meant to fool the consumers into thinking they’re buying something great, when they’d be better off using relatively cheap mass produced pedals made by one of the largest manufacturers of musical gear in the world.
This is not a freaking conspiracy! It’s a pretty straightforward concept. If you want an overdrive, a distortion and a booster, you have thousands of options in all price ranges. Please don’t tell me you never had a pedal that sounded better than a Boss pedal?
And I’m not saying they can’t be good. But to call all pedals that are slightly more expensive BS is… BS.
@@mariodriessen9740 "...built and meant to fool the consumers into thinking they're buying something great..." ding ding ding you got it, dude!
Long life to the EP Booster...What a Gem!!!
It's amazing what the EP can do with just one knob!
I’m more of a muff kinda guy
Especially a pumpkin 🎃 one 🤣🤣🤣
I use mine with volume down all the way as a 3db boost when I need it.
It's sometimes always on as well because it makes everything sound better.
What else is amazing is what just one knob can do with the EP!
I tried to find a used one to try it once... no luck. @@MacMFer
I loved the one I had, but found I was using the boost side of a Box of Rock or a Super Duper 2 in 1 way more often and sold it.
This format is fantastic for these play throughs!
To me it's not the new shorter format that's fantastic...it's simply Mick and the super high quality TPS way of doing things that is fantastic.
This would be just as great or maybe even better if there were several more boost pedals and it went on for an hour.
Just please don't do actual UA-cam shorts as I think that would actually interfere with the level of quality that TPS is known for.
Loved the quick feel of this video, great handheld work! Inspiring
Made an EP booster with the internal switches on the outside. Really cool to be able to switch between treble push and normal preamp.
Keep them coming Mick. I love these short reviews and comparisons. Kudos..!
Don't forget about the internal dip switches on the EP Booster that allow you to darken or brighten up the tone.
Can you set it up for a decent rangemaster type treble boost?
@@jasondorsey7110 Not really. They're two different beasts. You can shelf off some of the low end with the EP booster, but it won't get near the EQ curve of a proper treble booster.
@@bretrich Ahh I see, thanks for the info
Loving this series, keep ‘em coming 😎
Great video as always. I don’t alway have an hour or more to watch the long TPS videos so I really appreciate the short ones. Thanks!
Great comparison!
The EP Booster sounded more alive and interesting to my ears.
We all need a little Boost in our lives every now and again! 🙏🏼 Good stuff Mick!
Hi, Mick and Dan! My 10 month old boy and I love to watch you guys and he tunes right in the second you start playing. Just want to thank you because I know these memories will be precious to me once he's grown. Just know you guys have supplied hours of memories with my boy. You guys rock and I appreciate you!
Ha! Nice one. The force is strong we see!
Love them both! Great vídeo format to compare them! Cheers
I got myself the BP-1W and absolutely love it. Works amazing with any guitar, and into either clean or dirty channels on the amp. Bes of all, when I stack it after the FZ-1W, it makes the tone MASSIVE - like a Big Muff Op-Amp fuzz, without the madness and noise. The BP-1W fattens up single coils beautifully (in my Tele), and pushes the humbuckers in my other guitar into creamy overdrive. Its hugely versatile. Love it!!
I like the shorter video format. Quick and to the point.
The issue is, just seeing EP Booster there I don't want to try anything else. It just warms my heart both sound and aesthetic wise. I really want to use the little black box. To this date I'm not sure how to describe the color of EP booster. It sounds softer and more mellow but it doesn't lose the brightness or the mids anyway. It's very odd. But I realized it wasn't really a battle of pedals at the end, just for context. Good choice, hard to pick a better known preamp boost for contrast.
Shoutouts to these mini video series. They are concise, fun and interesting. No big plot, no agenda. Just a little bit of business.
Ive had the Bp1w for a couple of months now and it is the magic boost/od Ive been searching for! Boss eq and a zen drive and covers my gain needs from tele chicken pickin to 335 soaring leads. These short format pedal videos are a welcome addition to the incredible work you guys do for all us guitar nerds. Thanks so much for all the inspiration over the years!!
Played a BP-1w the other day and LOVED it.
To the point. This was a short feast of knowledge. When educating us our here, I cannot think of better than you guys! And I watch a lot! Thanks. I will always be around for long form shows as well.
Thank you kindly!
Love the format.
Short and sweet. Nice.
Cheers Mick, I like these shorter videos. I hope you do some comparison tests with that pedal.
Love my BP-1W! Set to CE mode and standard buffer with humbuckers is my favorite setting. Natural sounded great with your single coils though. As you said, VERSATILE!
Just got this a week ago and in love. It pairs well with the blues driver. I set it at CE, 2pm on both knobs going into the blues driver with blues driver gain at zero and volume and tone to taste. Works with several amps set at edge of breakup with humbucker guitars. Really brings out harmonics and retains the dynamics I look for in my setup. Your mileage may vary but sharing for those who have similar goals and are interested in this pedal.
Love this format, EP Booster is the ultimate "Bring amp to life" pedal. I like the Boss Booster but I'm gonna stick to the EP for now.
Great format!
Great sounding rig! Beautiful Strat tone.
Dig this format muchly!
Very well done!
I love my ep booster everything it touch got magical sparkle, and easy to use
I always get amazed how settle gets pushed into yum!
I am enjoying these short, to the point, get-in-get-out videos. It's nice to have them interspersed with the longer form content. On another note, I can't say I was entirely shocked when at the end of this one I heard Mick utter the phrase "I preferred the vintage setting"! 😂
Yah, the modern buffer is too buffery for me. I think if you had a bigger board with loads of true bypass pedals and quiet amps... the modern setting would be preferable. But at volume with a super clean signal path... too much buffer!
Theres me beloved EP Booster - That and the Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe have lived with me the longest. Couldn't imagine losing either
Finally!!! Guys, this pedal is out since months!!! It’s an absolute gem and almost nobody did a serious test on it except for peeps who had this John Frusciante tone in mind, c’mooooon!!!🤦🏼♂️
I’m waiting for a complete review of this Boss BP-1 W from you guys! It deserves the right attention!!!
Wow… Really like that EP Booster… Cheers..!🍻
Recently acquired the Greer Sonic Boom boost. Using nothing more than this boost into my Princeton or Deluxe with amp reverb made for such a wonderful tone I found myself wondering why I needed anything more. Great format and information Mick! More please!
Like the short format and comparison Mick. EP for the win. I have two and I always sound worse when I turn it off!
I had my BP few days ago and it gives everything that I wanted for years, the feel is just great as hell. I use it in a Fender SuperSonic 22 on the crunch channel set to 4 on the gain one (gain two on 0) , set mainly on the normal mode, everything at noon , with my Telecaster, it just dream.
By the way this video format is pretty cool, thanks for the video
That's a nice-sounding boost! 👍🏻
I was wondering when the Boss BP-1w was coming out on That Pedal Show. Excellent as always. Sounds brilliant
I have one of the older EP boosters. The one before they changed up the dip switches. It is such an amazing pedal
Mick, keep em coming!!!
Great video. Love the handheld camera effect.
Thanks for the feedback!
Loving those "thing du jour" short vids.
Nice tone and verstillity from the BOSS pedal but real estate is at a premium on my boards. The Ep is great in that regards and sounds great also.
Great videos!
sounds f'in great. That Boss/Waza in particular, really nice.
I just got the MXR Booster and I love it.
They both sound very good.
Sounds killer Mick!
Picked up the BP-1w right when it came up. I keep it after my drives and step on it for boost, and it's phenomenal. I wish it had a tone control, but I seem to want one only when I'm at home. I don't miss it playing live. Maybe if it had a tone knob I would consider it for an always on pedal, but using this purely for boost after an always-drive or even after a lead drive is crazy great. I tend to use the Frusciante CE side more (and I thought I would prefer the RE side).
I camp on my local guitar website for them to release it. After nearly 3 months camping I finally got it last month. This was the best buy in awhile!
EP booster ftw.
I’ve been doing a boost shoot-out today. EP, Katana Mini, Megalodon and the BP1W .. they can each shine in ways the others don’t so it’s all so subjective.
Reassuring I’m not the only one clicking between these pedals listening for all the good stuff!
Love these quick-fire comparisons.
Deluxe sounded cool too.
It’s such a great amp!
I own two EP-boosters, I like how they open up the full spectrum and put some warmth around the low end on my clean sounds. Don’t care for how they overdrive my amps though.
I have an EP booster and MXR micro amp, and those two definitely do the trick for me👍🏻
you make me want to pick up my strat and play !
Thanks Mick. Love the new format for quick reviews. I have a BP-1w and it provides a great "base layer" on top of a natural amp sound. As you say, the result will probably be very amp dependent, I use mine with an uber-clean Roland Jazz Chorus which needs a bit of grit on top
Hi I have a jazz chorus and was thinking of the bp-1w as a way to get some natural amp-like overdrive from the amp. How do you use yours, and is it good for this purpose?
Yes it’s good for this, the RE setting is a bit warmer so works well
After a day working at home I was inspired to go and spend 30 minutes playing with the Jazz Chorus and BP-1w (and a bit of tremolo courtesy of the Boss TR-2) , can confirm that BP-1w goes from clean/warm at low gain to nice overdrive at high gain. Also it is a good boost when in front of other drive pedals if they have headroom🎸😀🎸
Time for me to snatch the EP booster it seems
Obviously love the long format videos and by no means would ever want to see those go. They are certainly the reason I tune in again and again. But the shorter format thrown in here and there is great!
I noticed that all my friends had Xotic EP Boosts on their Boards so that was the first pedal that I actually bought. They all had Tims and Klons, too, but I have not gotten those yet. 🤘
EP booster FTW!
Yep, love this format as a foil for the long ahows 😊 both sounded cool and which one you choose depends on your rig and your personal style
Totally that! We should all have that written on our credit cards. ;0)
More of these shorts please
BP1W is my always on pedal. CE mode seems to suit humbuckers very well. Would be lost without it now. Essential.
Thanks Mick.
1. I use an EP booster and DR so this was applicable to moi. I had a DD8 but didn’t get on with it. Too clinical.
2. I watch and like the 50 mins - 1 hr shows but I do prefer a 5-10 minute vid.
Cheers!
Just when you thought we don't need another boost pedal.... Along comes Boss with an un-heralded instant classic! I find the CE side a bit treblier and bright than the RE side. The Natural is my fave, with Vintage buffer. Such a great 'special sauce' pedal!
Mick thanks I was looking at the Boss when this popped up. I have the EP booster and like a lot of their pedals there are a boat load of switches inside. Sorry to say too lazy to try all of them. Looks like I will pick up the Boss.
This format is f#$king killing it! Definitely an accompaniment to the main meal but really friggin tasty.
Thanks J!
ps. obviously super tough but would have been great to look at some cuts to EP's internal settings.
Thank you Mick De Jour!
Nice one Mick. Had an EP for a while but eventually got Xotic's Clean boost as I didn't like the way the EP darkened the tone. I do realise this is one of the reasons people like the EP. I now use the boost function on my Lehle volume pedal instead 👍
ep baby. i need one.
Keep the Du Jour videos coming. Would love some wobbly pedals and some reverbs as well!
Yah, we’ll get there. About 100 pedals to get through to begin with… all kinds!
Been using the EP (always on) at the end of my wet channel now for over a year ,my have to rethink that. 🤔like the Du Jour series/ more please.
Super interested in the BP-1w as a light overdrive, but this mostly just made me miss my old EP Booster! lol Realizing now I probably never would've gotten rid of it if I'd had a blackface Fender at the time 😄🤷♂ So it goes. Thanks, fellas! Great to see this additional format for your channel!
I think I had asked on a live Monday what was a grown up move from the EP Booster and you and Dan said "More EP Boosters?" but sounds like the Boss might be kinda awesome!
Nice demo which presented the pedal well May I suggest another alternative the Boss Line Selector which can be set to provide a base line boost plus ability to switch to the second channel set louder for leads Very practical for gigging And yes I love my EP booster too!
BP-1w is my favorite OD next to the EQD Westwood.
Like the format. Dig that boost. Source audio Zio analog front end boost has been a go to lately. It has a “studio” setting which is the pultec eq trick. Very hard to turn off at shows. Gets you heard but isn’t overly icepicky or loud.
I like the EP.
Bought one on my way home. So I’ll try it out soon
I just love it.
Strat, Les Paul, DLX Reverb and I was waiting for a bit of my desired Don Felder sound........
Oh boy the vintage buffer and delay
Nice! Have you heard of the ClinchFX EP-PRE? Australian made, and apparently a full replica of the EchoPlex preamp. Run at the correct 12v it sounds beautiful. I wonder how this Boss and even the EP booster compares?!
Cool !
The EP sounded, dare i say the forbidden word...transparent? It sweetened, didn't colour. That's what I want from a pedal like this.
The EP seemed both warmer and transparent or at least less like a pedal was involved to my ears.
It would have been interesting to hear the Boss with it's gain full down (or just a bit above if it produces zero sound fully counterclockwise) and it's output cranked.
After watching a second time through I'd say six and a half minutes is maybe a bit too short a video to really get a good idea of the pedal to usual proper TPS standards.
Impressed with the Boss. Love my EP Booster but the Boss would have a place on my board (if one opens up, that is…)
There is certainly some kind of sonic magic sauce with the FET style boosts. Technically speaking, the FET's are voltage controlled devices, the BJT transistors are current controlled devices. So, when JFETs clip, they sound more like valve clipping than other types because of this. Many of the FET boosts operate at higher DC supply voltages like 18,21, 24 and these combined characteristics sweeten the sound with tube like magic. Many chips incorporate FETs, like the TLO72 used a lot in audio and in guitar pedals. In fact, the BD-2 Blues Driver circuit is a "discrete JFET Op-Amp" , a chip model built with individual FET transistors, then for some reason they buffered the circuit with actual BJT style op-amp chips! It's BACKWARDS from most drive pedals because they used chips for the buffers and real transistors for the op-amp part, it's crazy!
Just the demo I needed to hear. EP preamps are a bit too dark for my taste. The Boss is a good option for having transparent, a bit dark, and darker options.
There lots more room on that guitar rack now!!!😮
Very interesting. You wouldn't think that amp needed warming up, but then...
Niceeeeeeeee!
I have the EP and it does a specific job, but the Boss is really cool and as you say "versatile" I have 2 Wazas now CE2 and Dimension C, both really awesome, I use the Chorus for acoustic and Dimension for electric, this could be my next Waza purchase!
I don't own a boost although I think its my favorite effect. I have this cheap tone city sweet cream that I use always on, and I think I'm really just using it as a boost. It adds a warmth and sparkle. Takes my tone from dull to fun. I have a Dearmond soundhole pickup on my equally cheap acoustic and even on that setup it adds magic. It sortof makes my Jasmine acoustic sound like Scotty Moore's Gibson. Its so odd to me that my entire tone can sound so uninspiring and then I push it a tiny bit with some transistors or whatever and suddenly I can't get enough of it.
So the EP does one thing, the boss does another three... easy choice, I keep both on my rig
i love the northern pronounciation of WAZZ-her
Love the new format, I did have to laugh a little Boss referring to their original buffer design as "vintage". Although "the old buffer everyone hated and complained about until Boss came out with an updated version" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue
Imagine how funny it is for Boss, to be recreating that buffer in a premium pedal because people now consider it desirable lol.
Been curious about the BP-1W, particularly in comparison to the Fredric Effects' Accomplished Badger Mk 2. The BP-1W does liven things up - sounds dead without it. Although how close can you get with an EQ and a buffer if you're not introducing gain?