The Boss Japanese Era Part 2 (1983-1990)

[@evilwahwah]

Fantastic history lesson! Really enjoyed this - keep the Boss topic videos coming!

[@barrysnook6262]

I've been waiting for this one Jason.since your part one came out. Thank you for this.coz I'm a huge boss pedals fan myself.❤

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@@barrysnook6262 wait no more

[@jasonm3602]

Thanks, Jason, as always a great video exploring the Boss lineup. I love my Dimension C pedal. Now I want to track myself down a Digital Dimension DC-3. 😁😁🎸🎸🤘🤘Rock on, Jase.

[@funkyfoe12]

Well done sir! Thank you

[@hisproperty1438]

G'day Jason, Thanks for another great video. I've been hanging out for this second Boss history video since your first video. It's great. And now that it's here, I have a story to share with you. I bought my first Boss "pedal", brand new, around 1985 or 86. I know it's not a proper pedal, but it is a proper Boss, and it's taught me an important lesson. It's the TU-12 tuner. I love it. No matter how long I leave it on the table, I turn it on, and it just works. Since I am a motor-mechanic, I like the analogue sweep needle - it's easier to see the needle moving against the dial face. It doesn't have a foot switch, or a back light, but I've never missed them. In the 40 years I've had it, I think that it's had 4 or 5 batteries. A few months ago, I bought a used TU-12 as a backup, or for another Boss collection I'm creating. It was made in 1983, came with the box, the protective cover, the instruction booklet, and a battery. All of that, plus postage from Perth, cost me $65. And, it works just as well as my original tuner. What they've taught me is this - you can't kill a Boss pedal with an axe! I do have another Boss pedal that was introduced in the second era, but it was made in the third era. It does have another great story, which I'd love to share with you. I can write up a new post for this video, or I can wait for your video of Boss' third era. Once again, thanks for another great video. I'm looking forward to your next one. Andrew BTW, Cash Converters have a Danelectro DO-1 Daddy O overdrive pedal listed in Qld.

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@hisproperty1438 I have a TU-12, it's such a good tuner

[@midelteaching2304]

Great video, Jason. 🙏 Thanks. A bass specific video should be fascinating.

[@nazperalta1794]

Been so looking forward to this Jason (I am on a Boss pedal journey and have so far picked up a couple of Japan era pedals), many thanks for your efforts to put together this great content!!

[@thefrogger6507]

That digital sampler looks like it could be an on-demand distorted harmonic or scrape, seems like a pretty fun nugget

[@christopherdunn974]

Dave uses the HM-2 on the Paul McCartney song No More Lonely Nights.

[@tillermantillerman9949]

The Digital Metalizer is my favourite pedal. I was fortunate to get one a while back. Judas priest vibes out of the box.

[@zombiemosher1139]

I've owned quite a few of those pedals. The ones that I'll never part with is the DD-2 & HF-2 (my go to flanger) one I definitely regret selling is the PS-2 simply for as you pointed out the Delay.

[@chiptriplett655]

Great video brother! Huge BOSS fan. Love the detail and depth you went into, solid work! I actually had to try to not buy a BOSS pedal when looking for a specific effect as to not monopolize my pedal board space which is already very heavy with BOSS gear lol. They simply stand the rest of time. Thank you for all your work on this Jason. Really well done!

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@@chiptriplett655 thanks so much

[@BDubbzzz_]

Jerry Garcia also used an HM-2 on stage in 1988. Like, out of all the player to use a HM-2...

[@jrg770]

A note that the DM2 had 2 versions. The 1st edition (1981) used the MN3101\3005s and the 2nd edition DM-2 switched to the lower voltage MN3102\MN3205s. Make sure you know which version you are looking at in the used market before buying. 🍻

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

The earlier versions are worth more. I'm going to do a video about the DM series and I will compare the 2 versions.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

I thought that my PS-2 (Pitch Shifter/Delay) was a dud. I bought it second-hand and assumed the person who sold it did so because the pitch-shift function was faulty. Nope, it sounds just like your unit -- bloody awful. But you're right, the delay side of it is superb -- so crisp and precise, and long delay times as well. Money well spent in the end. Also, that bit where you go between overdrive to distortion on the double pedal is one of the best demonstrations of the difference between OD and DIST that I've ever seen. You have to do a short on that. Another top-notch-watch Jason. Bravo!

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@NewFalconerRecords I am going to do a video about the difference between OD, Distortion and Fuzz

[@jrr832]

Thanks

[@STRATMAN1969]

That OS-2 sounded damn good though .

[@jerrywatt6813]

Ove got the HM 2 made in Japan in the box with booklet o used it for like 4 gigs and put it away so it's worth money now ?

[@MrNeurotix]

the DC-3 goes under 2 different names, the Digital Dimension and the Space D. The DS-2 was only for a short period produced in Japan, afterwards the production went to Taiwan.

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@MrNeurotix yes, finding a Japanese DS-2, NS-2, CS-3 and DD-3 was very hard.

[@simonkaye7268]

Nice work again Jase....Dimension C is still the one for me. That pan/tremolo pedal must have cost you a pretty penny!!

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@simonkaye7268 🤫 you'll get me in trouble.

[@simonkaye7268]

@@middleagedgearjunkie whoops! Didn't you find it at a "crime converters" at a crazy low price. Those hock shops just don't know what they've got sometimes......right? Ha.

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@simonkaye7268 “crime converters” … how have I never heard that one before?! … 👌🏼

[@kierenmoore3236]

Wow, yeah, PN-2s have gone up ‘a bit’ … I HAD to have one, after I heard ‘Peach’ by Prince for the first time; he was a good little Boss boy ☺️ …

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

Market place and yes it did cost a bit.

[@alisson1900]

0:58 "I don't have the world's largest pedal collection" - yet!

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@@alisson1900 😃 I wouldn't be able to stay married

[@francisco.amorim]

How does LM2 compare to LMB2 on a guitar? Have you ever made a side by side comparison? LMB2 is still available.

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@francisco.amorim I don't own the LM-2B.. yet. I think there have been 2 bass limiters, a brown one and a blue one.

[@francisco.amorim]

@@middleagedgearjunkie sorry, the currently available version is the LMB-3. This is the pedal I was thinking.

[@wesmitchem825]

They made a hi band flanger but not a hi band chorus though several of there early multi fx processors have a hi band chorus I really couldn't tell much of a difference between the normal and hi band chorus but the high band flanger seems a bit more subtle and sits in the mix pretty nice it's one of my favorite flanger pedals and I'm not a huge fan of flanger I set them more like a chorus or rotary effect than a huge sweeping jet swoosh

[@kierenmoore3236]

HF always seemed a bit thin to me … I HAD to have a BF-2, once I heard ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’ for the first time … 🙃

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@wesmitchem825 I like it as a clean effect, it's a 'sometimes' thing for me.

[@bbgrunt5351]

Digital Metallizer for the win!!!

[@corvydae5094]

Over the last year or so, I’ve started into boss collecting. Aside from rarities like The Super Distortion Feedbacker , I’ll only buy them with original boxes. It’s the only way I can collect and still stay married. Boss is a deep rabbit hole to fall into.

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@@corvydae5094 very deep indeed

[@kierenmoore3236]

“An elegant [flanger], for a more civilised age …” ☺️😉 Yes, 4 is sometimes pronounced “shi” in Japanese, which can also mean “death” … so, it is like many countries’ Number 13 (except Italy, lol …). Does make one wonder how/why the PQ-4 got a pass … 🤔 Lol, the EH-2 … I remember some of the earliest guitar pedal memes, showing ‘the inside of an EH-2 pedal’, with just a thin wire running directly from the input to the output and no circuit/processing in-between … 😅💀 Haven’t looked too closely at the new SDE-3, but someone suggested the hi-cut is only applied to the third-and-subsequent repeats (not all of the output sound) … ? 🤷🏻‍♂️ The og SDE is crisp, especially for a vintage rack delay (eg vs the og SDD), but it’s not that bright …

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@kierenmoore3236 thanks for that info (the star wars reference) 😉 I think the PQ-4 was so named because it has 4 bands.

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@middleagedgearjunkie Yes, that’s true; but only 2 of the bands are sweepable/parametric … so, they could have called it PQ-2, which would better fit their established numbering system, the number of (actually parametric) bands, and their aversion for tempting the evil yokai 👹 … one could imagine conflicting views within the company (or maybe not) … 🤷🏻‍♂️ Cheers!

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@kierenmoore3236 If I do the next era I'm quoting you

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@middleagedgearjunkie ☺️ If you like, mate

[@marcosmarques982]

Why ps2 is terrible ? I love this pitch shifter.

[@caezar..]

Sd-2 😭

[@middleagedgearjunkie]

@caezar.. it's coming, I'm going to do a video about the SD series

[@caezar..]

@@middleagedgearjunkie Yes! 😃