BOSS Dimension DC-2w | THE VINTAGE KING RETURNS

[@SlackWi]

some guitarists make you want to put the guitar down and give up, others make you want to pick it back up again and jam because the noise they make is pure joy, that is bea and i have to stop his videos and play for a bit every damn time..... love it!

[@richardhuckle5715]

Bea, I have noticed on many of your videos that your playing becomes much more alive, when you play the Strat. I think the sound of the strat inspires your playing, more than the other guitars you use.

[@thedude-jb7wx]

we want to believe theres options in guitar but Stevie and Yngwie knew the best sound is on a strat. i always wondered what dimebag wouldve sounded like on some solos if he used the better sounding strat

[@thedude-jb7wx]

@Catherine Halsey lol i understand they both have the best tone in respective genre lol

[@iwillmunchyou2]

Just gotta say it never ceases to amaze me how versatile your guitar playing is. Keep it up man!!

[@RabeaMassaad]

Thank you man, that means a lot because it’s something I personally aspire towards. Just because I love so many different styles of music and guitar playing I just wanna be able to do it all hahah, one day!

[@darionbuck2715]

Rabea Massaad I think that one day has already come Rabea...

[@ArielPosen]

So sad I missed you at the video shoot! Hope you're good, pal!

[@GenXtra65]

This is the best sounding review of this pedal out there. I have one. Thanks again Bea. Spot on.

[@aristotilus5188]

This is how partnerships with companies should be done. A sincere liking of the products, obviously, but not just singing vague praise or going over the top. A down to earth look at the product with great exploration of the features that all show Rabea's sincerity.

[@chrisstocks5698]

Hey dude, great demo. Thinking this pedal is going to be a replacement for my old DC3 - really like the fact you can go stereo in and out with this. By the way pal, I'm 53 and have listened to a great many players over the years. You are up there in my top 10 for certain. You have got groove, timing and musicality in spades. I find so much of your playing inspirational and new. Keep treading your path man, it's a real pleasure to share your journey.

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

Your playing is impeccable, excellent showcase for this pedal. The pedal is pretty good too! Now that I hear it in isolation I can identify what it was that I was hearing on so many recordings over the decades. That maple neck Strat is gorgeous in every way. Love a Strat that has a few miles on it!

[@JHOLE21]

What's great about RB is that he gives us full reviews. Not just short, shitty demos like most people that do this. That's why he is the most trust worthy when it comes to equipment.

[@Steve-nq8jc]

I love Bea's review style, the playing is always to show the product off rather then himself.

[@nachex5043]

No one does better pedal reviews than you dude!! Please never stop doing this videos!!! Cheers from Argentina

[@RubyRoks]

this might be the best sounding pedal ever made

[@FastRedPonyCar]

I agree. I just got mine and after owning no less than 6 other chorus pedals and all the modelers, it’s crazy how just one button on this unit instantly delivers THAT perfect chorus you always were trying to get with tons of knob turning on the other pedals.

[@brianrollins7275]

Always enjoy your playing. I know this video is 3 years old but it definitely helped in my decision to purchase this pedal. Thanks

[@retrocny5625]

First thing I think of is that it reminds me more of detune than chorus. The two are similar, but detune doesn't have the kind of oscillation to it that your typical chorus pedal does. Reminds me of Van Halen's tone during the Hagar era. Even that little snippet around 7:40 gave me vibes of the intro to the song "Feelin" during that time. As far as the tone goes. Van Halen was using an Eventide H series harmonizer and doing wet/dry stuff but this pedal really sort of takes you into that tonal territory imo. This is a fantastic sounding pedal. I'm a metal player at heart, but sometimes I have to kick on a delay/chorus/verb and sit around for hours playing cleans. I just love that sound. It's so inspiring on a melodic level.

[@pbosche]

This is what I’m thinking. I’ve been using micro pitch on a w/d/w it gives a “dry” chorus. This seems to be the same thing. Different flavor, same taste.

[@bengalvin9932]

very cool! i can't wait to see what dan for THAT PEDAL SHOW thinks about it he LOVES his vintage CE-1 chorus ensemble.

[@revsharp777]

I was actually looking at videos of the Dimension D chorus pedals last night. I wake up & the 1st thing I see is your video of a new Dimension pedal. I had no idea Boss was releasing a new one. Get out of my head!

[@tompoynton]

Shannon Sharp I don’t think anyone did, what a nice surprise!

[@AuntAlnico4]

Google, face book, and the NSA are monitoring your thoughts via the technology in your hand that asked permission for all of it and you clicked except update, so there you have it.

[@smoovem6]

Very nice presentation augmented by the sincere enthusiasm for discovery of the depth of this pedals capabilities! When an effect pedal is working well you are drawn into deeper creativity expanding your play's vocabulary! You said it and would and demonstrated it! Sold!!!

[@MetalMayhem1978]

One of my favourites on KZbin! Keep up the great work Rabea.

[@jameshoodmusic6414]

Hands down the best chorus pedal I've ever heard, no need for the knobs, just incredible clarity through both clean and distorted tones.

[@allenblackwell2433]

Stevie Ray Vaughn’s, style of playing and his tone, can be very much Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton combined, but add in his knowledge and style of playing The Blues, Rock N’ Roll, to 60’s style Rock Music, on the cusp of The 21st Century, making a bold statement as we participate on This Rock we know as our home. I’m glad I experienced his contribution to the world of music, and he is sincerely absent; but he lives on through us all. Rest In 🎼 Paradise 🌟Stevie Ray Vaughn🌟 🌹

[@g.m.6417]

This was the secret of SRV’s sound. But he used a rack unit by Roland called the dimension D which he used on several David Bowies recordings, including let’s dance. He used it on his own records also. You can get his sound by switching to the dimension d sound on the pedal with the switch.

[@builderphill1361]

on which of the 4 settings?

[@louieeization]

Great video and review of the Boss dimension C waza craft, I do have the original one but you can only use one switch at a time, it does have a similar feel in the sound as the waza craft version, love the sound of the dimension C , maybe I should buy the waza craft version there’s more versatility in this unit, very inspiring Rabea 😀😀

[@UkeofCarl]

Talky guitar vids usually annoy me so much but you are so bloody interesting and good to listen to. Well played!

[@Ajt2306]

Very nice demo and pedal! I wish that Boss would consider bringing HM-2 back

[@JimijaymesProductions]

Yeah a mt2 waza and no hm2, bf2 or ph2

[@lefooo]

But they did just that, MT2 waza was just introduced.

[@JimijaymesProductions]

@@lefooo I know I just said that!

[@LeviBulger]

Sounds great. I have an original, and mode 3 is probably my favorite because it oscillates so beautifully. Sounds like this one does it also. Great for single note lead lines. Mode 1 is better than just about every boutique chorus as is.

[@Dbrothers98]

Your playing is the truth, and I must listen. Thanks for the constant inspiration

[@Rustymcdangles]

Man i could listen to you use this all day hahaha that strat sounds killer

[@alexmurphy5289]

It sounds incredible in both mono and stereo

[@zerorelaxx]

That strat has a really nice sou... Oh Bea play's it, that what that is... Every time your playing sounds so great!

[@TVLTNT]

Bea, the pedal sounded so much better in the mono mode with your sunburst strat, than what it sounded when you played it in stereo with the other strat you had. In any event I have always loved this pedal and the rack unit. The new Waza unit is still amazing too. Great demo my man.

[@tonelocrian]

Rabea always delivers. What a soulful player. The playing really starts in at 2:50. He starts with such a thick heavy sound, that it becomes difficult to create much of a contrast in tones since his tone is already so deep especially for a Strat. Great demo nonetheless.

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

Cool Bea. If been interested in that pedal for awhile. Good to see you mess with it. It sounded pretty god.

[@alexwong7]

I always thought of Dimension as being chorus without the wobble. I've missed mine since I sold it in 1990. My DC2Waza arrives today. Seriously excited about this one.

[@martaraymusicproduction2051]

iconic vintage haircut reminding those 70's disco&funk era, makes everything sound much more warmer like glowing tubes )

[@blankspace0000]

You are the undisputed king of strat tone my man.

[@lastrolo1517]

Great pedal - the dimension has just something about it...just enough ‘expansion’ of the sound but not too much - and a solid investment. Forced to sell my original DC2 a few years ago and on eBay it maintained its value 25 years after I bought it!

[@GuitarHouseLima]

Oh man, what a tone!

[@dskywlkr]

Look at Boss listening to their customers! I LOVE the sound of this chorus and I use the clone version of it that’s on my Line 6 M9. Great playing as always, Rabea. Do the Metal Zone Waza Craft next! lol

[@jernejperdan3178]

He technically actually did, he is in official video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIHNdmCVnZt0bas However it would be nice if he could make review \m/

[@DMichaelJohnson]

Beautiful, beautiful tones... just paused the video to order one! Now I’m back...carry on 😄

[@paulcrosslin6011]

I am so glad I got this pedal. I just used it for the first time with my JS24P into a 50w VFX Series Tone Tubby 2x12 Billy Gibbons brown sound tube amp and it was fucking magical, inspirational and downright superb signal and tone quality. I found jam after jam with this thing, it is So Versatile. Clean or Filthy. It really opened up a soundscape I had never been in before. I ordered it from Sweetwater soon after this review and it was "preorder". I was apprehensive about the price tag but based on what I heard and sensed from Rabea's review, I pulled the trigger. I have not been this happy with my rig since I first unboxed my JS24P. This is a quality pedal and worth it. Now I am wondering what it would sound like with a Bonsai tube screamer ... Andertons really needs to open up a shop in the U.S. ! =) Just my 2cents ;)

[@guitfiddleblue]

Love your videos Rabea! I just got this pedal in yesterday and can't wait to hook it up! I have an original DC-2 and love it but, for reasons of wanting to keep it safe, I don't want to gig with it. I was psyched when the Waza version came out. Great extra features too!!!

[@graxjpg]

So great, an original blue label was my first pedal back in 2005, love that thing.

[@samuelxavier2473]

Cracking demo, mate. Grand playing, as usual.

[@neonether]

Roland SDD 320 is that lush, classic 80s analog sound...now with more dependable parts than their classic analog counterparts. Killer stuff.

[@gearzilla4112]

U r getting really soulful lately, nice.

[@Skwirl719]

I have two DC-2's, which I absolutely love. Still excited about this one. The original was mono in stereo out. Also, the original did not allow you to press more than one mode button, or you risk breaking it. On the Roland SDD-320, I believe you could press all 4 if you wanted to. I'd say the only things that would've made the DC-2w even better would be TRS jacks and -10/+4 level switches to mix the rack & pedal world even further. I'm not disappointed. This is awesome and I want one, for sure! Can't wait to shootout both versions for myself!

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

Great review. I loved what you were doing on the burgundy baritone at the end.

[@BakerImageGroup]

That Strat....That Strat has an AMAZING sound!

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Mode N0# 2 takes me straight back to the pop-funk of the late 80s. All I need now is for David Sanborn to enter Rabea´s music room and start playing a mellow sax line. :)

[@MorleyRobertson1975]

I had the original Dimension C back in the 90's. didn't use it much, but it did offer a lot of clarity when I did.

[@davideatwell6577]

Very nice playing

[@gregg4164]

Dude i hear Robin Trower all over that thing . What a great combination, that guitar and that pedal.

[@coolman4202]

Great review, honest and amazing playing.

[@fredmarquis1105]

You are a beast awesome versatile playing man, an inspiration, cool pedal :)

[@allanwhittick2930]

Bea you gonna make me bankrupt bro, every time I watch your videos I'm like, yeah I'm gonna buy that. I don't know how many times you've made me think, "yeah, thats the pedal I need, could use that pedal."

[@dyonight]

the best demo as always!

[@jesterkatz223]

Sounds like 80's rock and blues. Nice one Mr R xD

[@antman2826]

Beautiful guitaring man!! You make me want to buy this pedal now haha! It’s a bummer you didn’t record this in stereo. I’d love to hear that.

[@RabeaMassaad]

I did record it in stereo. The second half where the angle changes, I show the pedal in stereo with the kraken and kemper!

[@antman2826]

Rabea Massaad oh awesome I’ll check it out. Thanks mate. And seriously thanks for your amazing playing. Super inspiring.

[@JimijaymesProductions]

This pedal is a great thing to have, super excited and as much as I love you rabea that explanation of what chorus and dimension is, is made up mumbo jumbo, a phase what. A chorus is a delay that is oscillated against the dry signal the dimension isn't that different it's a chorus with two delay lines but dialed in for alot tighter sound with shorter delay lines.

[@ryanrowlandson9914]

So like half way between a tri chorus and a flanger?

[@JimijaymesProductions]

@@ryanrowlandson9914 yeah I believe the waveforms of the lfo were designed to compliment each other, so whereas I think a tri chorus is multiple delay lines with a sine wave the dimension is two ramp waves possible with one inversed both synced together. I could be wrong though, Roland doesn't always give away their technology.

[@JimijaymesProductions]

I found a thread on gearslutz where Sean Costello from Valhalla dsp says it's two triangle waves one is invertered and then the stereo outputs are made up of both lfos but with phase inversions and filtering. www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/850634-roland-dimension-d.html

[@BrotherIon]

Dang it, Rabea. Now I need one. Thanks for the vid.

[@adambayer6207]

0:07 Says doesn't need an introduction and then goes on to give them an introduction 😂

[@daverawlins9405]

Very inspiring tones Bea, have you ever thought of tabbing out your videos?

[@ron3676]

It does sound a bit expensive. Great pedal,,,it's on my list. Thanks BEA. GREAT JOB.

[@jodysanders1111]

Good video altogether. Your playing and explanations about what you're about to hear was definitely compliment worthy. I heard sounds anywhere from S.R.V. to Jake E,Lee. It's something I'm interested in. Good stuff.

[@MrSongwriter2]

Killer of giants, that's totally nailed with this pedal

[@phildyerguitar]

Mate, your playing is fantastic on this! Absolutely loved it. Pedals not bad either 😉

[@BobbylightRCE]

Perfect for Purple Rain 👌

[@anttik5764]

I had forgotten this pedal existed!

[@ssblu2112]

Very inspiring sounds and playing

[@AxeJapan]

I really need this! It sounds amazing 🤩

[@gaminggeek4046]

The SDE-320 mode is definitely a bit darker. It loses a little bit of the DC-2 top-end fidelity, but the rates of modulation seem a bit slower and more subtle. I really enjoy it!

[@Iggytommy]

btw, he's not independent. he got an inducement from Boss to appear in their official advert for this product.

[@Adcock_Guitars]

I like that pedal sounds freaking awesome 👌

[@Thebertski69]

This has a sound of Leslie West , i almost heard some theme from a imaginary western chords in there , great demo Bea !!!

[@Dr_Reason]

Keep feeling SRV. By that path you will find your own vibe on his style and I can tell it will be really cool.

[@JRP3music]

Dig the stereo inputs and outputs. Love to see a small Boss pedal format that has Midi presets with a collection of modulation fx presets. Still wanting 5 parallel delays (SE-50) updated into a super pedal.

[@NealB123]

If a chorus and flanger had a love child this is it and man it sounds good!

[@eddlabel]

It sits somewhere in between a chorus, phase and vibe... beautiful but for a specific sound only... good thing to have in my collection tho. Thanks master Bea.

[@pensatorseven1898]

Love it, great video/demo.

[@bensteelemusic]

That guitar’s pickups are astounding, the levels between the set, and the punch of the neck pup, really something. Do you know what pickups they are?

[@revol40]

Great on Bass and vocals as well.

[@toddflowers8052]

Nice demo man,it sounds fantastic !

[@GMAJOR613]

amazing pedal

[@Gibson1976uk]

I have played several chorus pedals live and they are often overpowering etc. I found the Boss CE-2 to be wonderful for cleans. but one pedal I used a lot was the Boss dc-3, it allowed you to be more gentle if that’s the word? But smooth! works great for overdrive. I am so interested in the DC-2w

[@CountFeedback]

I had the original DC-2 this Waza sounds pretty much the same to me. The one thing I didn't like about mine was it would get fizzly on the top end with hot pickups. The DC-2 was kind of the Goth Band secret weapon pedal. I might have to get a Waza... I've also been eyeing the Fromel Seraph DC-2 clone. BOSS DC-2 have been on some notable pedal boards; Reeves Gabrels has one on his Cure live board, Jeff Beck was using a RAT and a DC-2 in the 1990s. Steve Stevens & Warren Cuccurullo used the SDD-320.

[@idiotburns]

Great video Rabea

[@gatlinjb]

Bea... You are so melodically versatile as a player I really enjoy your riffage...I am very early subscriber within the first 50 for certain and a pro skater think Alva posse poster... And that Thrasher shirt is Ace as well... 😊

[@tobix4374]

OMFG! Illumo in the background again❤❤

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Amazing video man! Bloody love your playing. I have only one question...where in hell did you get the pedal stand?! NEEEED! 😂

[@RabeaMassaad]

Hahah cheers man! Means a lot coming from you! That pedal stand is actually one of those mini guitar stands you get with those lookalike miniature guitars you see in souvenir shops. You know the ones you can get like LP’s, strats, frankenstrat etc... it’s one of those hahah

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Rabea Massaad haha. That’s actually genius. Totally stealing that idea. Cheers mate. You’re a well of knowledge 🙌🏻

[@jamesbarros950]

You can also get small book/card stands from many occult shops which look similar

[@WhiteWizzard]

This is the closest you can get to playing a Jazz Chorus 120 in a pedal. That’s really what it’s simulating. The way that amp works with its speakers. It’s one of Roland’s greatest achievements along with the Space Echo and the Boss small pedal format. The pedal needs to be played in stereo to get the effect as intended on a JC120.

[@mrcharlez666]

Nice. Want one

[@gregg4164]

That guitar certainly has a personality doesn't it? I remember the video when you bought it. Really nice sound for a Strat.

[@IngloriousKam]

That's sounding like a lethal weapon to me Roger, don't you think?

[@musicman7773]

Just ordered one 👍

[@pbosche]

Stevie used that very effect:) I believe either with Bowie or immediately after or both.

[@crimsun7186]

The large UA logo light in the background and the Trasher T-Shirt sort of overshadows the pedal when all three are in the shot though...

[@spiritzweispirit1st638]

Sooo Nice ! Its The 'Make Everyone Feel Better Pedal'👍Sweet Playing Bro🎼Another Definite For The Board!✌

[@thedude-jb7wx]

Rootbeer plays with feel!

[@pyramydseven]

That shirt takes me back to 9th grade. Not enough coffee yet to do the math. FML

[@emmanuelschmit9795]

Hi Rabea, great demo as usual. Is it worth it considering buying this pedal if you already have the Boss MD-500? I really like the dimension effect on the big blue thing, is there a big difference?

[@cedriclegall1690]

awesome pedal and playing as always ! does it sound bad with distortion signal as you, for once, didn't play heavier stuff ?