BOSS Waza Craft BP-1W Booster/Preamp

stonevibe

New BOSS Waza Craft BP-1W Booster/Preamp based on CE-1 and RE-201 analog preamps.

EricTheWeary

https://youtu.be/xLR7BsU6U3M?si=gB0gIFeIuiq0q_ty

guitargeek62

Ooh, nice release! Frusciante uses his CE-1 this way - always-on with the fx bypassed so that he can use the preamp.

Supportact

Nice idea! Looks like a useful pedal. 

monquixote

That looks very cool.
Also means you can get an accurate analogue CE-1 as the Waza CE-2 contains the chorus circuit from the CE-1, but not the preamp so it sounds a lot cleaner than a real one.

Fingers657

Would prefer a nice bright fluorescent colour .

roberty

Nice. I've been getting into these preampy/boost sort of pedals lately. More likely to build than buy though. I could be persuaded by this at some point

roberty

Fingers657 said:

Would prefer a nice bright fluorescent colour .

They could make a transparent one and call it a transparent boost

Sassafras

I like the CE side and the middle position.

thermionic

Probably very expensive, but three different preamps in one box sounds like a great idea (if you have a need for such a thing, not sure I do)

Lebarque

No tone control = thumbs down from me

Wazmeister

monquixote said:

That looks very cool.
Also means you can get an accurate analogue CE-1 as the Waza CE-2 contains the chorus circuit from the CE-1, but not the preamp so it sounds a lot cleaner than a real one.

Spot on.

Ive owned a couple of CE1s, now sold (obvs), and the pre-amp was amazing.

CaseOfAce

Crikey. What a player .... and what a tone. 
Well.. Christmas is coming up soon.. 
(and I've just forgotten all about the HX One...  ).

fretmeister

Lebarque said:

No tone control = thumbs down from me

The pedals the preamps were in didn't have tone controls.
Neither does the Echoplex delay / preamp.

Mind you I really miss my old DOD FX10 BiFET Preamp. That did have a tone control that was quite subtle. I used to use that in the loop for solo boosts.

I'm hoping that something similar will come along now that Digitech are back

roberty

fretmeister said:

Lebarque said:

No tone control = thumbs down from me

The pedals the preamps were in didn't have tone controls.
Neither does the Echoplex delay / preamp.

Mind you I really miss my old DOD FX10 BiFET Preamp. That did have a tone control that was quite subtle. I used to use that in the loop for solo boosts.

I'm hoping that something similar will come along now that Digitech are back

I built an FX10 clone recently. Could put one together for you if you are interested

edit: the knobs are labelled

Johnnyseven

fretmeister said:

Lebarque said:

No tone control = thumbs down from me

The pedals the preamps were in didn't have tone controls.
Neither does the Echoplex delay / preamp.

Mind you I really miss my old DOD FX10 BiFET Preamp. That did have a tone control that was quite subtle. I used to use that in the loop for solo boosts.

I'm hoping that something similar will come along now that Digitech are back

The DOD BIFET BOOST 410 is currently available.

Fishboy7

Looks good - Surprised by how gainy it is

gubble

thermionic said:

Probably very expensive, but three different preamps in one box sounds like a great idea (if you have a need for such a thing, not sure I do)

£155 according to PMT Pre order:

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/boss-bp-1w-booster-preamp-pedal

Fortheloveofguitar

Ooh that’s very nice indeed. Pre order happening. 

Fortheloveofguitar

Studio Rats demo is great too. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oBY0WRqbTyw&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegearpage.net%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

Johnnyseven

EricTheWeary said:

https://youtu.be/xLR7BsU6U3M?si=gB0gIFeIuiq0q_ty

Demo would sound loads better without the reverb/delay he's got going on.