Review Demo - Boss CE-2w Chorus Waza Craft

[@sixslinger9951]

My first Boss Pedal ever was the Chorus CE 2. Bought it in 1980 . Played many gigs and it's been through hell and back and still sounds great today. Never selling it.

[@winstontk]

Another great review, John. I'm really enjoying the reviews lately on the new Waza/Boss series.

[@rhymeskill]

John you are the man. Love your overall attitude. Great review.

[@garymhamilton]

Great demo! So good to hear what folks actually play on a gig!

[@groovyhippie1165]

Love it when you goof around :) Great demo!

[@samsschool3639]

Excellent walkthough my friend, after about 10 videos I was just about to give up but then I found yours :)

[@brettmarlar4154]

Robet Fripp and Adrian Belew used The Roland Jazz Chorus amps for many years with Kin Crimson.

[@nnamhor]

Andy Summers used an EHX Electric Mistress flanger, not a chorus.

[@mtsn]

he used a CE-1.

[@nnamhor]

Check out the episode of That Pedal Show on chorus pedals. They discuss with references how Andy Summers used the electric mistress and not a chorus.

[@jamesearl389]

nnamhor truth

[@JimijaymesProductions]

He is famous for the electric mistress but he used JC120 which is basically the ce-1 inside an amp, also interviews say he did have both the ce-1 and the ce-2.

[@jacobbrown1690]

a lot of musicians use a flanger lightly as a chorus effect. i use an ibanez fl9 for that.

[@mattg082]

I have a Sky King amp and a Roland JC77...I was hesitant to drop the $230, but it wasn't worth lugging around the JC77 with 3 mics and a switcher just to get this effect. This does it in mono, and if I want to use a second amp makes it a bit easier than the JC to integrate. However I def will record and stack with my JC when I want that sound mic stereo. But live for where I'm at mono is so so much easier than having stuff bouncing off walls, and competing with the PA and room reflections. The sound of this Chorus is just a must have for my clean sounds!!!! Nothing comes close for me!

[@chuckdriver8269]

Wow! Total respect John. Killer take on Hendrix and love the choice of guitar rather than the standard strat. I am impressed.🎸🇺🇸

[@MaxStephens77]

what were you playing around 8:05-8:35?

[@AB-lx8cf]

was the juice worth the squeeze?

[@WalrusDoom]

I wish I was made in Japan

[@Metallion-ol8bc]

Get lost and change your nationality.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Its funny but in the 70's 'Made in Japan' meant it was crap!

[@viauf]

@@PrinceWesterburg ...indeed

[@pstrokeslibsarctic]

@@PrinceWesterburg but looks now what happened

[@edreed5571]

Japan always make best samarai

[@glassslide]

Great review, as always. I came here before deciding to pull the trigger on this pedal, thanks!

[@1969atam]

Waza pedals are great and I love the analog re-issues but when they did the TU-3 Tuner I was a bit pissed off. Why do a Waza tuner? Keep the older ones coming for the digital crap.

[@007dic]

Does anyone have this pedal and could give me their review on it? I’m looking to buy one!

[@gypsysteve3576]

Sounded a bit like 'Wind Cries Mary' at the start, mixed with other bits of something else.

[@DSilvergun]

Good shirt to wear when speeding around NYC.

[@guitarofdestiny]

Lol isn't that the truth

[@TheHeavyJetsBand]

Great player

[@BlueStratDude]

Aw man... I swear I recognize the song at the beginning, but what is it? I just can't put my finger on it. Whatever it is John that's a really inspiring bit of playing, thanks!

[@dylanthomson9600]

BlueStratDude I thought the very beginning sounded like castles made of sand by Hendrix but not sure

[@BlueStratDude]

​@@dylanthomson9600 Oh dude that's totally it! And there's a cool Chili Peppers cover too!! Thanks a lot man, this drove me nuts.

[@joe8124]

BlueStratDude the chili peppers did an amazing job covering Castles Made Of Sand. It’s one of their best covers.

[@mrjosh92100]

Sounds great. One of my favorite chorus sounds is the Dunlop rotovibe. The mxr analog chorus is great too. I had a cheapo delta lab chorus pedal and it sounded great for only being $50 but it was just too noisy.

[@operatingnurse]

Stealing your settings (without getting too carried away with the rate) and your licks. Your reviews take me forever to get through because I have to rewind to catch those diminished chords.

[@johnbohlinger]

Thanks. Have at them and check out my premier guitar lesson, "What Bohlinger plays"

[@premierguitar]

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[@metalEric69]

I thought the same!!!

[@chakrittungkasiri3940]

4.51 what song ?

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

Love that hollowbody guitar with a floyd rose. Perfect mix. 🙌🏻🎸🎶

[@liamtahaney713]

It's actually something called a stetsbar i believe. worth a Google. I played a guitar with one once. It was awesome.

[@JohnnyGuitaristOfficial]

@@liamtahaney713 sweet, will have to look it up. It would be a cool mod for the PRS Hollowbody. Thanks bud!

[@ViaticalTree]

I'm not a fan of the whammy bar + chorus pedal. Not saying you can't or shouldn't but for demoing a chorus pedal it might be better not to. I'd like to hear the effect as your chord rings out. Other than that, great review and playing as usual, John. 👍

[@nnamhor]

Agree re chorus + whammy bar. Using a vibrato bar on top of a chorus/vibrato pedal makes it difficult to tell how much of the effect is due to the pedal vs the bar.

[@vanessajazp6341]

At the risk of being called a petty b*tch, using the trem-bar kinda' hides the effect of the chorus.

[@keithriffshard1462]

great playing.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

If you play 'Message in a Bottle' wihtout forming a bar across the strings, you'll find it way, way easier to play. Also, lift the guitar neck up a bit which will stop you straining your wrist.

[@SonicStructure]

Great demo! Although summers used an EHX electric mistress, somehow a chorus pedal seems more apt for that signature tone.

[@carloslozada2121]

Steve via pedal

[@4960jake]

Hey John, great vid! How do you like the Stetsbar?

[@johnbohlinger]

love it

[@boboala1]

Heyyyyy....what's going on here? According to the Internet you play pedal steel guitar! What are you trying to pull here? Haha! Love your interviews....and now your playing!

[@johnbohlinger]

Thanks bobbala

[@boboala1]

You're welcome, John! But - I haven't actually heard you play pedal steel guitar, so...I'll be watching you! As a matter of fact, I need to review your fingering of a neato octave interval shape you did on the Boss pedal demo...reminded me of something I heard on an Incubus tune years ago - before you were born...but neater & fatter.

[@Rustocaps]

boboala1

[@p4easy7]

what kind of bridge is on that geetar?

[@johnbohlinger4868]

It's a Stetsbar. great whammy.

[@p4easy7]

thanks for the info John! your demos and playing are great!!!!!!!

[@4GuitarTrance]

The Boss CE-1 was the BEST chorus Roland/Boss ever created. The CE-2 was a complete letdown when it was released after having used a CE-1 for awhile. The problem with the CE-1 was it's size, supposedly. Not a problem for me, but I understand some people complained about its size... they wanted a smaller, more "pedal board-friendly" size. Or, at least that's what Boss said. The best thing Boss could do is to remake the original CE-1 with original parts/circuitry/etc. The CE-1 setting on this chorus is closer to the original CE-1... but still "not a complete cigar" as far I'm concerned... at least it doesn't sound that way in the demos I've heard. I may try this new one though, just for the CE-1 mode... someone ran off with my original CE-1 chorus.

[@ArielsSmartyPants]

Great demo and review, still not a chorus fan though :)

[@livinthesound5182]

i have the same stripe! :-)

[@bobbyosborne2375]

Typo

[@racerx8335]

need better video or version

[@robotrobotmainmain1013]

Sorry but I bought one year ago. I have de original black label boss ce-2 1980, and the boss ce-1....soo, please don't waste your money on this, it doesn 't done the work decently and is very expensive!, for the same money buy an original Japan 80's Boss CE-2!!...

[@tvalla]

oh man, I read anything but good words for this waza pedal and makes me so hype

[@robotrobotmainmain1013]

Tomás Valladares don’t “read”, test it. But before of that, please try the originals first. Look for an original black label 80’s , theres a lot of offers on reverb. BUT, I really like new Boss pedals too, don’t make me wrong. I love Boss pedals. Cheers

[@moronsmorons8913]

It's my third Waza Pedal and all three are awesome.

[@3rdStoreyChemist]

@@robotrobotmainmain1013 I've owned an original CE2 and they are not worth the money people ask for them these days, great when they were £40 or something. The old Boss buffers from that era are not always that great and do band limit the sound, so can muddy up distortion sounds if run afterwards. These old buffers led to the true bypass obsession after all. It's also nice to see the CE1 circuit and separate rate & depth for the Chorus mode. Its also often forgotten that the CE1 Chorus circuit was used in a variety of Boss & Roland devices during that era which didn't include the horrible CE1 preamp, not just the Jazz Chorus amps, the Chorus Echoes all featured that circuit. Outside of a love for the CE1 preamp, I can't see a single upside to getting either an original CE1 or 2 beyond just wanting to experience them, or just enjoy collecting pedals.

[@isaaccarney4684]

Seriously you guys like this guy? He clearly has no idea what he's talking about.he really needs to do his homework. He's clearly somebody's son. His rig rundown are just painful.he just doesn't have the basic understanding of how gear works.in one video, he referred to p90s as "minihumbuckers".lol

[@moronsmorons8913]

@j s And why he don't own a guitar?