An upgraded classic. The Boss BD-2W Waza Craft Custom Blues Driver Pedal boosts, enhances, and sculpts your tone based on how you’re playing. This is the main feature that makes Blues Drivers so exciting and why it’s been a mainstay on many pedalboards. From Prince to Paul Weller to Tom Morello, regardless of genre, the original BD-2 has been deemed an essential ingredient in numerous iconic tones. Now, get your hands on the premium upgraded version.
With improved circuitry and innovative new features complementing the famed dynamic response and sheer versatility, this is the comprehensive blues driver for those wanting the ultimate touch-sensitive dynamic overdrive that responds to your playing and gives you ultimate control over expression.
Drive those blues away. Released in 1995, the original Boss BD-2 was an evolution of the OD-2 circuit and was the starting point for the OD-3 (the OD-2 was a radically different circuit than the original OD-1). The ‘fixed tone stack’ network after the first op-amp that gives Blues Drivers their distinctive character and tone is retained, along with equipping the boost stage with an op-amp that doesn’t clip, giving the transparency and dynamic response that the Blues Driver is famous for.
New features designed to modernize the circuit are included, however, such as the upgraded buffer, which means it functions more cleanly as part of a pedalboard. The biggest addition is the new Custom mode, though, which enhances low-end prominence, accentuates mid-response, and increases sustain, giving the classic Blues Driver tone a modern edge.
Features:
– Special edition Waza Craft pedal delivers the ultimate BOSS tone experience
– Premium sound based on the classic BD-2 Blues Driver
– Newly revised all-analogue discrete amplifier circuit
– Standard and Custom sound modes
– Highly responsive to picking dynamics and volume changes
– BOSS five-year warranty
Specifications:
– Nominal Input Level: -20 dBu
– Input Impedance: 1 M ohm
– Nominal Output Level: -20 dBu
– Output Impedance: 1 k ohm
– Controls: Pedal switch, Mode switch, LEVEL knob, TONE knob, GAIN knob
– Indicator: CHECK indicator (Serves also as battery check indicator)
– Connectors: INPUT jack, OUTPUT jack, DC IN jack
– Power Supply: Alkaline battery (9 V 6LR61) or Carbon-zinc battery (9 V 6F22), AC adaptor (sold separately)
– Current Draw: 18 mA
– Accessories: Owners Manual, Leaflet (“USING THE UNIT SAFELY,” “IMPORTANT NOTE,” and “Information”), Carbon-zinc battery (9 V 6F22)
– Option (sold separately): AC adaptor (PSA series)
Size and Weight:
– Width: 73 mm (2-7/8 inches)
– Depth: 129 mm (5-1/8 inches)
– Height: 59 mm (2-6/16 inches)
– Weight: 430 g (0 lbs. 16 oz.)
