BOSS WAZA Tube Amp Expander

[@timmytVA]

One of the best demos I've seen of any product anywhere. Everything you need to know and no fluff.

[@taufiqbmr]

Fantastic playing + tone and your enthusiasm speaks volumes at the calibre of the product!

[@EdgeofBreakup]

Just bought a second one of these, it absolutely demolishes the Ox.

[@LeonTodd]

Been waiting for this video. Looks like BOSS have hit it out of the park with this one.

[@PD-pw4wd]

Excellent bridge between old tube stuff and modern technology.

[@FranMonajGuitar]

What an outstanding tone! Congratulations, it is very impressive!

[@stevethebeeline44]

Fryette Power Station & UAD Audio Ox got together and had a monster baby! Boss basically looked at all the attenuation features across all brands and brought everything into one Swiss Army knife attenuator/100watt amp/IR loader/DSP effects & switchable impedance curve which is unique to the Boss Amp Expander. Great job Boss!!! 👍👍👍

[@pastorkev777]

Plus now any amp has an effects loop...

[@stevethebeeline44]

pastorkev777 ah yes, something that only seemed to feature on the Fryette Power Station. Boss have brought out some great stuff (Katana amps & Ms-3 multi effect looper switcher) but still I would choose tube amps and traditional pedal boards more out of habit than resistance to new stuff. But this Waza Tube Amp Expander seems like it has no rival. Most expensive by €130 above the Ox but definitely worth it. This paired with some nice pre-amp pedals and you could ditch the bulky amps if so desired!

[@adlegol]

It blows both of them away and Ive got an Ox. Adios!

[@teriakamoto]

Brett, You do very nice demos and reviews. Thank You. Meat and potatoes Baby. Oh, and yes I have got to get one of these. Have pretty much everything else a boy could want.This however is a solution for home, studio,practice, and yes......those wonderful neighbors.

[@jeremyjohnston592]

Brett, I don't really understand it all. I'll watch this a couple of times I think. But truly, it's amazing! Anything that makes a Plexi usable for today's player, has to be a winner.

[@BrettKingman]

Jeremy, thanks for watching. I'll make it easy for you: it takes the roaring tone of any given tube amp and makes it more manageable to listen to in quiet or recording environments. Additionally, it adds beautiful effects and an effects loop where there may not have been one. You can listen to your amp through a ton of different 'virtual' speaker cabinets and basically just enjoy your amp a whole lot more without freaking out the household, your ears, or those of the neighbours. That's about 20 wins. :D

[@jeremyjohnston592]

@@BrettKingman Thanks for the reply. Great content, as always. Its an excellent unit, not for hobbist clearly. But its amazing what is out there now. So many paths to great tone.

[@markslist1542]

Beautiful demonstration. Everything is perfect.

[@blazeofglory1982]

Fantastic video!

[@skeletonpete]

Not so obvious in the midst of so many useful features - but fully linear speaker volume output, multiple impedance switch, and built in Fletcher Munson Curve for the WIN!

[@alanr.johnson7222]

I've been waiting for this product for, let me see, 20 years. Now I can finally play my Speedster at home without getting either divorced or evicted. Great review!

[@JohnWDGTandTele]

Holy smokes this thing is, well BOSS!! Imagine the possibilities...you could hook a Champ up to this thing and have it sound like it’s hooked up to a 4x12 (assuming it has a speaker out jack) along with reverb and delay. Or use the power amp and ACTUALLY run it through a 4x12!! Well done BOSS and you too, Brett!!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Saved up and bought this to use with my new 150 watt Bogner Uberschall Twinjet amp so that I can drive it to saturate better tones.

[@MarcCoteMusic]

I can't believe the tech we're getting these days... truly amazing.

[@yomuthabyotch]

right?? i remember when digitech was the top dog with its crappy GNX line of multi-effects processors... line 6 still seems to be in the game though.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Exactly it’s great time to be a guitar player lots of great tech to play and create music for less cost.

[@noahchasinguitar5831]

This thing is so cool… It looks really big

[@Lexxo777]

Man, this looks and sounds really awesome. And how they cram 6 foot-switch commands (AND POWER) down a single TRS cable! Genius.

[@findJLF]

Great review!

[@MisterTee]

I was recently roaming the mean streets of Bend, Oregon when a bearded young man wearing tight fitting trousers approached me and said “BRAH! HAVE YOU HEARD THE WAZA EXPANDER? IT’S ALL YOU NEED BRAH!” I was taken aback tightness of his trousers and his excitement so I took a step back before replying with “Little man, I have no idea what the hell you are talking about but thank you for your passion.” then went about with my day.

[@Hunters_Laptop]

Well, that was a lovely story... and you tell it so *well*

[@3dsman]

Great review as always! This thing is truly the Swiss Army knife big-daddy of them all! Price might seem high to some but given it has a built-in 100W amp AND all that other functionality is astonishing. The fact that it has footswitch control function for your existing amp is mind blowing. Some really clever minds came together to create this beastie! Unlike some gizmos I've seen demo'd for once I 'get it' right off the bat! I could see even a garage band with two guitar players ending the 'loudness' battle by each using these and running guitars to FOH and letting the mixing board rule the volume war. Tons of possibilities!! I think I'm going to have to get a mayonnaise jar to start saving for this! (Old school savings plan) Cheers and hope you're well!

[@BrentIraEnman]

Shocking another awesome UK GUITARIST! LOL

[@TheBedroomRocker1]

Sooo much reverb! It feels like the 80's :-)

[@shanemaderejr.7675]

Is that a bad thing? 😜

[@TheBedroomRocker1]

@@shanemaderejr.7675 never hahah

[@javymontoya]

Great, swift but effective overview. This thing is incredible. I’d like to have this and a UA OX to compare the tone.

[@not28]

this thing looks so cool.

[@christianboddum8783]

Most impressive! Great demo Brett :-)

[@Bruce097]

Pro controller for live, rec, and damn powerful at 100W . Boss is good. ✌️ Saw a pic of this on Instagram. Love your reviews Brett. Thank you man! 🙏

[@candlestickproductions6950]

Dude, I've watched your demo career thing for a number of years and you've went from "wow, this guy is good compared to everybody else" -- to... damn, I gotta make sure we get a Brett Kingman demo on our store's web page... good job!!

[@Cluless02]

The line out/speaker out (8:54) mix tone is what makes it!

[@lukasbelinski1268]

the best demo brett makes everything clear some you watch you dont learn much

[@Alexmotion]

Great demo. Convinced me to get one. I'm running it into my 1996 Vox AC30. Works great for bedroom attenuation levels. Question: Can you plug in a pair of studio speakers and get a sound out of the line out that i can run alongside the AC30. So effectively two guitar sounds at once that i can mix together?

[@dcs2402]

Hey Burgs, I made a joke the other day about the JVM you demoed as being the perfect bedroom amp. Well it looks like the joke is firmly on me, cause with this thing any amp can be exactly that.... Love your work as always...

[@BrettKingman]

Haha. I liked that joke! You're right, though, this machine makes things a ton more manageable. When I get my own (this one's on its way back to its maker) I'll run the big bastards through it and show you what fun can be had. Thanks for watching!

[@mikebledsoe2315]

*Awesome demo Brett. Great technology Boss.*

[@PedalScience]

Beautiful video mate really covered it all with epic tones to boot - nice work

[@BreauxBobby]

Sounds awesome.

[@AndyDemos]

Your explanation and examples were exactly what I needed! Cheers Brett, Andy

[@BrettKingman]

Great stuff, Andy. Thanks for the encouraging words. I hope all is well for you.

[@OzziePete1]

Well I WAS looking at the Two Notes Torpedo Studio....but this comes in slightly cheaper & more immediate workable interface.... Hope you are doing well, Brett...

[@BrettKingman]

All good here, thanks Pete. Cheers.

[@colaboytje]

It blows the Two-Note Torpedo out of the water. I own the Torpedo Reload, and while it's a great product, this is something else.

[@mariuszsyposz918]

@@colaboytje dude im buying the reload or the waza next week which one should i get and why!? since you own both i'd love your opinion!

[@colaboytje]

@@mariuszsyposz918 I can't decide for you. Personally, I prefer the Boss because of the 16 load curves and the possibility to eq the output to the speakers.

[@mariuszsyposz918]

@@colaboytje but do they both attenuate the speaker to a reasonable level?

[@larslevinberget9558]

You again? This thing looks and sounds promising...thanks using that cute Marshall Stack :)

[@johanaavit]

Tone is one thing, but some of the point here, would be the feel of the reactive load when you play. No demo on YT, or any other media, can show this unless you play yourself. The load itself, can't be changed in any other unit, that I'm aware of. IR's, fx etc: Yes, go nuts. The Load itself: No , only TAE can do this (happy to be corrected) I haven't tried the Boss TAE, so until I try it myself, it's an open game.

[@aaronjaffe4931]

Rabea did a video where he shows changing the load selection and talks at length about how it effects the feel. Check it out.

[@fender4brad]

Nice piece of gear. Of course Brett makes everything sound great. I am going to need a second job for all the great gear coming out.

[@Lobstros]

Thank you, great review!

[@EasyHeat]

This with a Tiny Terror would be bare bones all you need. Fantastic.

[@AuntAlnico4]

Tiny turkey has no power to attenuate 😂

[@EasyHeat]

@@AuntAlnico4 15 watts is enough to kill. Don't believe me? Go lick a circuit value capacitor. (yawn)

[@EasyHeat]

Hell's bells that little Marshall sounds ace Burgs!! It's making my SS Lead15 jealous. Haha!

[@colaboytje]

I got the chance of trying one with my Two-Rock Studio Signature dialed in at the sweet spot, through a 2x12 cab today. It's an amazing product. I ordered one on the spot. Can't wait for it to arrive. The reactive loads are amazing. The feeling is amazing, the tone isn't changed, everything feels super dynamic. Yes, it's expensive, but all the things you can do with it, is mind blowing. The built in effects are really really good, and the beauty of the effects is that it's after the amp! It gives the amp all the room to be itself and isn't affected by impedance or capacitance changes. This thing deserves the name Tube Amp Expander. And I didn't even try the line out, the effects loop, the IR's you can load in, or the headphone option. It's vastly superior to anything in this gear segment (yes, also the OX from Universal Audio). Boss has knocked this out off the park. This is coming from somebody who doesn't like Boss pedals at all, I don't even own a boss pedal.

[@libertystudios69]

colaboytje Hello Colaboytje I have a question for you... i tried a TAE today with my Two rock Classic Reverb and I don’t know why but my clean sound wasn’t clean as the ampli without TAE!!!! I run my Two Rock at noon for gain and Volume and with TAE my sound is always muddy and distorted much more than the real at real volume!!! Did you notice something similar or do you think my TAE have a problem. I tried many combination of loading but the clean sound is always much more distorted than the real sound. Which combination of loading do you prefer or use with two Rock? I have the 2x12 and the 1x12. Thanks for the replay P.s sorry for my English I’m from italy😜

[@colaboytje]

@@libertystudios69 Yes, it does seem to distort a bit sooner. But not muddy at all in my case. Actually, it seems to be more open. I use high-mid + high-mid for my 2x12 Two-Rock cabinet with Celestion Cream Alnico speakers (best speakers I've ever played through). I don't understand why it sounds muddy with your amp. I have 2 Two-Rock amps: Traditional Clean and the new Studio Signature. Make sure you have the output wattage on the TAE on 100 watt. The Studio Signature is only 35 watts, but it clips the input stage of the TAE on 50 watts. You could turn the gain down on the amp a bit, and set the speaker volume on the TAE a bit higher. Also, use the editor that you can download from the Boss website, so you can set the EQ just like you want it. It works great. I still don't understand why it's muddy with your amp though.

[@protoolsfanatic7276]

a power soaker and a power amp and effects processor and cab sim all in one? i wish i didn't spend all my money on a headrush pedalboard now i want this. the joys of chasing tones haha.

[@creamygoodness3018]

Great info, great video…thanks!

[@philjw3539]

Great review, thanks mate!

[@joaquincuervo6943]

Has anyone tried the BOSS WAZA Tube Amp Expander with an older tube amp? I have a 1962 Fender Bandmaster that I would like to use it with.

[@magnusdevo]

Thanks for this!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Great video! I need one! Haha

[@GregSummersMusic]

Brett this is awesome!

[@blizzbee]

Imagine there are such products from every brands competing in the market...

[@Crashboogie]

Perfect combination🎸

[@InspiretoVictory]

3:26 Wow man. I didn't know you could move your feet that fast. lol

[@junggyujoo]

great video. thanks!

[@Fauxleroid]

I keep seeing this asked. From boss website: Q: Can I connect an amp that's not a tube amp (such as a solid-state amp)? A: Not possible. Connecting an amplifier whose power amp doesn't use vacuum tubes, such as a solid-state or class-D amp, might result in malfunction of the guitar amp or WAZA Tube Amp Expander.

[@baradalamasa]

Van Halen-ish. Marshall cranked up, flanger, Musicman Axis.

[@blizzbee]

🤘

[@toneseeker4968]

Fantastic review, Brother! You're enthusiasm is infectious and you are very articulate ... even at a quickened pace...ha ha. Would you be saying, then, that this Boss Waza attenuator would be your first choice for an attenuator. Today is the first time I'm hearing about this product. For a month I've been researching every type of attenuator out there and narrowed my interest down to two: the Ox amp top box, and the Fryette PS-1OO Power Station... and leaning more towards the latter, because it seems to have the majority of all the features but for $400 less. Do you have any experience and/or thoughts about these two attenuators? Or, would the Boss be your only choice, hands down? I would just like your honest opinion. I'll still choose the right one for me, though. Thanks for posting!

[@satch4u3]

That thing is brilliant. Feature-wise, It's like they have thought of and added everything that similar products on the market are currently missing. Well done Boss. I definitely see one of these in my future. Amazing job of demoing as always Brett.

[@BrettKingman]

Cheers, Joe! Thanks for watching. And for the record, I very much agree with you.

[@Mark70609]

But would Brett use this live? I’m wary of guys doing lots of gear reviews.

[@GoofyDawg]

This is BEST review I've seen of the WTAE! Thanks so much! I've been saving up for one so I can run my tube amp heads directly into my DAW. I gig with a Katana Artist, so this would never leave the studio. But for studio use, this will totally rock! But that said, if I want to use any of my tube amp heads in a gig, I can run them right into the board with this little beastie, and just use a monitor to monitor my tone. So cool! Again, thanks for the GREAT review!

[@davidtexmex1616]

I found this hard to understand what it was (feeling like an oap with a smartphone!) Am I right in saying it’s the next generation of attenuation with digital effects built in, controlled by laptop, no other way to edit?

[@BrettKingman]

Next gen of attenuation: correct. Editing to some degree from the front face (on/off and reverb up/down) but mainly from a GUI. Yes.

[@davidtexmex1616]

Brett Kingman Awesome, exciting & intimidating new tech! Bit extreme for my blues junior but a guy can dream.

[@guitarlounge]

I've just gotten a TAE. I'm sending the signal to monitors (via audio interface) right now; no speaker cab is connected. I've tried different amps, but all signals are clipping. There is no peaking on the TAE (it's green) and no peaking on the interface inputs. The impedance matches, I'm using a speaker cable from head to TAE. Any ideas Brett?

[@cabotnunlist2077]

Do you have your TAE patches published anywhere? This is the best sound I’ve heard from this and would love to try what you’ve dialed up.

[@chrisgates7756]

I think I need this!

[@jedn6488]

Hi I may have messed this in the video, but how loud should you crank your normal amp? Do you crank your amp up and then use the speaker knob to adjust the volume?

[@bradt.3555]

You said lets just hear the amp then adjusted the volume on the Boss? Does it act as a spkr atteuator and pass the signal thru or does it always go thru its 100 ss amp? In which case your not hearing " just the amp ".

[@anthonypaulhaas9541]

Great video thanks. Would you mind telling me how you did connect the boss Waza to your studio monitors? Thanks

[@r.llynch4124]

Boss did what OX forgot to do. Glad I waited :)

[@bernardosilva7306]

This unit costs $1,299.99 and it has a solid state output (but has a ton of effects). The UA OX is the same price now (obviously) and it has a far more complex cab simulation, but less effects (basically reverb). And the Fryette PowerStation PS-2 is full tube and analog and it costs $699.00, and you can plug it to a $299.99 CAB-M and any effects pedals you want or need. It is very interesting to see which one will win in the end :D

[@colaboytje]

The output is a class A/B analogue output at 100 watts. Also, you can design any IR you want (you can use the Audio Universal ones), and load it in the unit. No restrictions.

[@bernardosilva7306]

colaboytje Which one are you talking about? The Boss or the UA one?

[@colaboytje]

@@bernardosilva7306 The Boss

[@colaboytje]

@@bernardosilva7306 If you want, check out Rabeea Massaad's channel. He uses his own IR's with the Boss. He also talks about using the OX and the Boss, and how he is also blown away by the feel of the unit. He uses his own IR's in the Boss.n

[@bernardosilva7306]

colaboytje Cool! Good to know, competition on those units is necessary to bring their prices lower and quality higher :) I honestly still love the Fryette PS-2 but those new units from UA and Boss are super cool!

[@janvandebrug1741]

Is iT possible to connect a Kemper head with no Powerhead through te waza tube AMP and use the waza as as the power AMP? And so, what is the best way to make the connections? Thanx, your sound is great.

[@rangerdoc1029]

You know the world has changed when you can buy a device to turn your Plexi into a Katana.

[@sixstringsamurai77]

That would be a slightly funny joke if it was even at all what this did...

[@RDHamel]

@@sixstringsamurai77 no mate - that's funny.

[@sinnertrain7405]

Brilliant response because I agree with your. ;-)

[@teriakamoto]

Thats actually some funny shit right because ain't it the truth. Is that what they mean by reverse osmoses ? Yes, we know it's awesome and offers so many solutions that it sells itself but Heph333 scores with a classic.

[@teriakamoto]

@@sixstringsamurai77 You may be a six string Samurai, but you are a white belt in mind Karate.That was Friggin' hilarious.

[@ultra888]

Just bought the marshall plexi and the waza.....all I have to say about both is they are the absolute shit !! The search for tone has been accomplished.

[@ernest5328]

They make these , there is a "Market" for these, how does this compare to a variac sound?

[@fedup3449]

Brett - this Boss TAE has a fabulous attenuated tone with not loss of high end at any level. Way better than the Ox Box. But at 1.55 you say you can send the line out to Logic and use cab sims. Does that mean the line out is not the same tone as the speaker out? My Marshall DSL40 has an emulated line out which sounds crap. I still use an SM57 on the speaker to record into Logic. Is it still worth 1000 UK pounds if i can't record with it?

[@minorharmonicscale]

It´s stereo out XLR´s (left and right). Does the path below send to both as a mono signal or do you need to use the out that goes to the real speaker to create a stereo signal. Also is there stereo effects?

[@topfloorstudio2684]

Can I use the TAE for an attenuator & fx loop without hooking it up to my computer? I want a super simple (computer free) setup..... until I set it up for daw recording that is.

[@drp90210]

Brett - your amp expander is set at 16 ohms, but the Marshall cab you are using is 8 ohms. Do you know something I don't? I just bought this rig and was playing the waza at 8 ohms. Cheers.

[@tunaXonXtoast]

Can you play along with your amp only along with youtube videos at the same time both through headphones?

[@LordBransty]

Good question! - Us apartment guitarists want attenuation purely for this reason.

[@r.llynch4124]

XLR out into interface with headphones should work. Should give you stereo L/R too.

[@patshep68]

Could you use this with a Strymon iridium to go into a cab?

[@tacos666]

Can't find the answer anywhere but is the 2 blocks "sp lev" and "line lev" directly connected to the front panel "speaker out level" and "line out level" or another kind of volume ? I mean if i use 2 amps with a switcher but going into the same cab is it possible to save a different volume" attenuation" for each in two separated rigs or not?

[@holeshot1982]

Hey Brett, are you able to run the SV20h clean as you've done in your other video and then boost it's volume with the TAE?

[@mikkiosantoro1]

It's possible recording only with the usb cable and use tae like audio interface? Or It's necessary to connect LR line out cables?

[@timm3376]

Do you still use the Boss tube amp expander after three years? Have you moved on to something else?

[@Baroque-Handel]

Seems like adding so many digital effects to an analog signal puts you in the Kemper arena for just a couple extra hundred more.

[@r.llynch4124]

yeah like 1500 bucks more and you still have your fake amp sims where everything sounds the same.

[@Da_Xman]

WOW...What a terrific ne gadget...and, it would be so amazing, to play so we'll, such very cool licks like that...KEEEEEP GOIN'...(definitely)... ⚡👍🥴⚡

[@ThaedDavid]

This is really cool, not sure if it'll handle my Orange Thunderverb 200 though. Any idea?

[@Fauxleroid]

no. max 150w

[@jjrock991]

Great Video as always Brett, just a quick queston about what format your Ownhammer IR's you loaded in and if there was any advantage/disadvantage to higher sample rates and 200ms vs 500 ms IR's, ie dropouts during live rig changes etc? Cheers mate keep up the great vids.

[@BrettKingman]

Hey JJ. The truth is ... I have no idea. Attention to detail is something this 70's kid misses sometimes, I'm sorry. I think it accommodates the works but you should refer to the manual. For me, if it sounds good, I just go with it. Like an old-school amp.

[@MaxTor2112]

What are your marshall amp settings?

[@nicolamatera1834]

But if I use it only with real cab in live situation, the effect rev and delay are real or only If I go in Line to mixer ? If I use my amp and my cab with classic mic on cab I can use reverb and delay ?? or the effect are only for line signal ?

[@ericandrews1661]

Would anyone know if I need to load IRs to the tae if I'm going to use it as an attenuator with real speaker cabs?

[@buzz0017]

Do the IR's affect the sound coming out of your cab if you attentuate?

[@miguelinsogna4679]

Looks like an amazing product for sure. Can you tell what's the voltage on it? Thanks!

[@Fauxleroid]

I want to know the same thing. Theres nothing written on them just "AC input" so i'd like to assume it has a switching 120-240v input transformer. I need to know as im moving country soon.

[@MrDavemiley]

Would this thing sound good to power your axe FX III too ?

[@swardmusic]

no, its for real amps :P

[@bmf5150]

Can you run two seperate IR at the same time to two separate tracks ?

[@morpheussandman5711]

Brett, how do you hook one of these up to the Marshall combo?? I have the same amp as you, just in a combo.

[@Reportageandart]

At the back of your combo, does your speaker have a 1/4 JACK attaced? Or wires directly to your amp?

[@morpheussandman5711]

@@Reportageandart It has a 1/4 jack that can be unplugged.

[@Reportageandart]

@@morpheussandman5711 then not a problem, use that for your speaker connection and then another cable (1/4) from the amp to the device. Basically splitting it. Make sense?

[@Fauxleroid]

@@Reportageandart but please make sure you use a 1/4" SPEAKER cable. Not an instrument cable. It might burn.

[@bobdeluxeandtheideals1356]

Cool

[@YMESYDT]

Can you run effects out one speaker out and not the other? For wet/dry

[@tman6495]

Late to the prty here, but this has a Class A/B power amp....what is powering this at 100 watts? (I am looking at using this for a Friedman PT-2.....making it totaly giggable...lol)

[@megafone58]

Clean sound?