BOSS VB-2w WAZA Craft Vibrato Pedal

£229.00

This is a New BOSS VB-2w WAZA Craft Vibrato Pedal from Boss, listed in Tremolo & Vibrato Pedals on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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Boss have been making incredible compact pedals for decades. The unfortunate side is that some pedals come and go with no indication of a return. Now with Waza Craft, Boss are paving the way for the return for some of their most elusive creations. This is exactly the case with the VB-2W Vibrato, which was first made in the '80s.

100% Analogue

The VB-2W is an interesting design, as the original pedal contained BBD-driven circuit which gave your whole sound a warm, amazing undertone. Now pedals have moved on to the point where transparency is key. With VB-2w, Boss wanted to give you the best of both worlds. Inside are two modes, Standard and Custom.

In standard mode you are replicating the warm tone of the original. Switch over to Custom mode and you activate a low pass filter that moves with the effect and wider controls to let you dial in more extreme settings.

A Rare Replica

The VB-2 is a rare pedal. It was produced for just 4 years between 1982 and 1986, never to be seen again. This means the original VB-2 is worth a good sum of money on the used market – if you can ever find one! Access those exclusive sounds in the Waza Craft production.

Key Features

  • Premium edition Waza Craft pedal delivers the ultimate BOSS tone experience
  • Custom mode features a totally new vibrato sound with unique filter wave
  • Standard mode provides a true reproduction of the vintage VB-2 Vibrato sound
  • All-analog circuit with BBD (bucket brigade) vibrato line
  • Control the effect depth in real time with an optional expression pedal
  • Rise Time knob to control the initial onset of the vibrato effect
  • Unlatch mode activates the effect only while pressing the pedal, ideal for adding vibrato to specific notes and chords
  • Bypass mode takes the BBD out of the signal path to eliminate latency when the effect is off
  • BOSS five-year warranty

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Brand

Boss

BOSS began in Osaka in 1973 as MEG Electronics, a company dedicated to effects. Its first BOSS-branded effect was the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble in 1976; the OD-1, SP-1 and PH-1 launched the compact-effects series in 1977. The JustPedals catalogue includes familiar overdrives and distortions such as the OD-3, SD-1, BD-2, DS-1 and MT-2 Metal Zone, as well as utility items such as the PCS-20A cable. BOSS now spans compact pedals, multi-effects, loopers, tuners and controllers. Manufacturing origin should be checked by model rather than inferred from the brand’s Japanese history.

Category

Tremolo & Vibrato Pedals

Tremolo varies amplitude, making volume rise and fall; vibrato varies pitch, making the note move sharp and flat. Some circuits combine both or derive them from modulation systems that blur the boundary. Rate, depth, waveform and stereo phase determine whether the motion is smooth, pulsing, choppy, seasick or spatial, while tap tempo can lock the cycle to a rhythm.

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Analogue

The signal is shaped by continuously varying electronic circuitry rather than being converted into a digital effect algorithm. Component choice, operating voltage and circuit tolerances influence headroom, noise, clipping texture and the small variations in response between designs.