Boss VB-2W

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:32 am

Yep, Boss are releasing a Waza Craft VB-2W with a custom switch - but I have no idea what that does. There's also a load more new stuff including a Waza Craft amp, Vocoder pedal and a new Bass Compressor pedal.

BOSS

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:54 am

That should wreck the overinflated prices for second hand VB-2s

They also announced a smaller version of the ES-8 pedal switching thing they released last year. I thought that looked ace but was Â£500.

The ES-5 is smaller but also moar cheapz (Â£329 at Andertons):

Mooer are also releasing something similar (the L6):

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:56 am

Jeez. Andertons have the VB-2w up for Â£159.

Maybe it won't affect the second hand prices after all.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:19 pm

Damn boss is going hard with all this new shit. Any info on the amp? It looks loud.

WayToHip · Post by **WayToHip** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:05 am

Josh wrote:Damn boss is going hard with all this new shit. Any info on the amp? It looks loud.

Also that compressor. I don't know why, but I want a compressor.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:50 am

I'd a brief look at the amp, it looks like some sort to metal machine? Solid state?

Post by **Doog** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:06 pm

BearBoy wrote:That should wreck the overinflated prices for second hand VB-2s

They also announced a smaller version of the ES-8 pedal switching thing they released last year. I thought that looked ace but was Â£500.

The ES-5 is smaller but also moar cheapz (Â£329 at Andertons):

I wish these had been around a few years ago. The fact that you can't patch any effects in during the 'bypassed' state is the main thing stopping me from opening the big one. There's a 'volume pedal loop', but that gets removed from the signal path when you bypass the unit too, boooo

WayToHip · Post by **WayToHip** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:07 am

Bacchus wrote:I'd a brief look at the amp, it looks like some sort to metal machine? Solid state?

From Boss's 45 second video, it sounds like a ZZ Top amp. It's solid state, probably has some digital modeling witchcraft in it.

BOSS wrote:Four-way Power Control (1 W, 50 W, 100 W, Max) allows for sweet power tube distortion at any volume

And power tubes? The plot thickens with this amp.

Link: http://www.bossus.com/products/waza_amp_head/