A younger kid asked in the comments, “Why?”. It appeared to be a rhetorical question. It now has an earnest response from someone appreciate of the effort and sharing. Comprehensive collections such as this have lasting historical and pop cultural value. This collection, as displayed in the video, creates context for any single pedal. It tells a story about a company’s unyielding forward looking technological progression (year by year, and decade by decade), about the generation(s) of musicians for whom these pedals were ubiquitous and remain highly valued, about the ways in which these pedals both create and reflect the sounds of any place in time during the existence of the Boss compact pedal. Take a CE-3 Chorus. If anything, it is of its time. The visual representation leads to avenues of inquiry. Which pedals were in production for many years? Which ones failed to catch on? Did any become the platform and aspirational standard for an entire category of effects pedals? If so, which ones? Were some ahead of its time? Were others pedals introduced too late as contemporary taste shifted? A comprehensive collection allows for a wide and deep analysis of questions large and small. It’s not hyperbole. It is how we learn about ourselves.
There is a video of a guy that has all of the pedals connected. He walks across them and it makes noise with a guitar on a stand on one side and the amp on the other. He looks like he has money as he has expensive gear and the video is taken in a large spacious loft.
When I started playing guitar, somewhere in the '90s, I was always drawn to these colorful boxes of joy whenever I ran accross a guitar store. Back then I didn't have the money to buy them. A little over 20 years later, I started my collection, but I must say, some of them are really hard to find, let alone for a decent price. You've got yourself a small fortune there 🙂 Have you really stopped collecting them? That would be a pity...
Well thank you so much for that privileged information. I wanted to get boss pedals and I just wasn't sure but now with your confirmation yes I'm sure. I'll be getting the chorus /the reverb /the digital delay / and keep it there for right now... Thank you so much you saved me a lot of money and a lot of headaches because I was debating on buying used... Not now.
I think I'm up to 41 Boss compact pedals, with 2 more on the way (one is the SUPER Distortion & Feedbacker 👍). I even started collecting Boss clones, I love the PSK PAS-2 phaser (obvious Boss pedal shape, but not sure if the circuit is a clone or something all it's own).
brilliant. great collection , full !!! But missing the impossible pedals, the boss sd1 and ch1 zakk wilde edition, and ds1 gold edition !!! thank you very much for sharing your great collection !!!! thanks
CE-2, BF-2, DD-2 ... SD-1, DM-2, PH-1R ... a couple of nice little runs, there - easily, some of my very favourite Boss pedals ... I'm surprised how late in the piece the FT-2 turned up ... I really like the sound of that, too, and had some great features/options for its time, I'd suggest?
Impressive. This really satisfies my OCD. Of course using the best of each brand is what I do like most but occasionally I will build and entire board of all the same brand and it looks so good. All Boss, all MXR, all EHX and the tone you get is really brand specific. Sometimes reall great and sometimes not so great.
Aside from a Dunlop 95Q wah (and I want a Digitech Whammy), all of my pedals are Boss, I've had a handful of other pedals, but got rid of them, the OCD won the battle.
Whatever I didn't know from your collection, I looked up. Now I have about 30+ effects added to my wishlist! Christmas is gonna be expensive this year..;
I could never part with a single pedql if I had all of them. I sold off or got rid of any pedal that isn't Boss (with the exception of wah/expression pedals) a while ago, but I couldn't bring myself to ever let go of a Boss.
Awesome Collection mate! I already collected od1, ce2, sg1, dm3, dd2 and ds1. All vintage Japanese made pedals. You have inspired me to collect all of them too!
Cameron Johnson my progress update after 3 years of collecting. VB2, CE1, DC2, DC3, FRV1, OC2, HF2, CS1, BF2, DSD2, PH1, DM2. Still looking for a reasonable SP1 for now. Your collection is so inspiring
I down sized..had a lot of these same pedal s not as many as you..love the BOSS effects..i kept Two BOSS Floor Boards BOSS GT6 AND BOSS GT8 systems..they Both have everything i need..
5:56 I think "diligent" is the word you were looking for :) Cool collection! If you collected these in about a year and this video is 5 years old...I'm gonna check out some of your other videos now...
You sir are badass! Love this. I have contemplated doing exactly what you've done here but I know I will become utterly obsessed until the collection is complete. ha. So cool that you went for the bass pedals too, not just the ones intended for guitar. Do you have the variant of the DF-2 that reads "SUPER Feedbacker & Distortion"?
I bought BOTH on reverb for collection purposes. The Super Distortion & Feedbacker and the Super Feedbacker & Distortion. I think I'm only missing 15 or so BOSS pedals in the collection. I have ALL the Waza ones, including the Boss/Sola germanium Fuzz(Super collectible)
Classic Boss compact pedal "must haves" imo... DC-2 Dimension C DSD-2 Digital Sample/Delay PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay PH-1r Phaser PN-2 Tremolo/Pan OC-3 Super Octave (cuz of the "split register" thing it does, great for solo guitar playing) LM-2 Limiter (underrated gem) SP-1 Spectrum (pair that with the limiter to dial in dope cleans)
Od-2r and boss bf-2 those are the best boss pedals, why they stopped doing the turbo pedals I don't know why or understand that is an amazing idea that they should've kept building into those pedals
What a collection ! Now you can start buying the other stuff BOSS has produced like the Stereo Effects Processors. Do you have a video of what it sounds like when you use ALL of them at the same time ?
You need to find a mint Digital Metallizer..shouldn't be too hard. Great collection!I'm collecting Guyatone Micros myself, luckily there's only 45 of them so there's an end in sight..unlike the Boss heh
What if boss secretly has an ultra tone that only works if you chain all the pedals together? You'd probably have to shell out another fortune for all those patch cables though
first thing which struck me about this is the no-nonsense knobs on these pedals. in contrast, some of the 'mini-pedals' have these ridiculously tiny knobs. boss know what they are doing.
I think that after a certain amount of acquired items the collector completely loses the passion and everything that rests is the obsession for reaching a goal defined by a number.
Ok. @@CameronJohnson ... Thank you for confirming that. Eric Clapton uses the old chorus pedal. I was debating if I should buy it used or if I should buy the new ones of craft pedal ... Let's be honest when it comes to boss you're the boss so thank you for your privileged information. And when you come to California let me know I'll be your tour guide after all anyone who's in The Boss guitar pedals we're friends we just haven't met yet
A younger kid asked in the comments, “Why?”. It appeared to be a rhetorical question. It now has an earnest response from someone appreciate of the effort and sharing.
Comprehensive collections such as this have lasting historical and pop cultural value. This collection, as displayed in the video, creates context for any single pedal. It tells a story about a company’s unyielding forward looking technological progression (year by year, and decade by decade), about the generation(s) of musicians for whom these pedals were ubiquitous and remain highly valued, about the ways in which these pedals both create and reflect the sounds of any place in time during the existence of the Boss compact pedal. Take a CE-3 Chorus. If anything, it is of its time. The visual representation leads to avenues of inquiry. Which pedals were in production for many years? Which ones failed to catch on? Did any become the platform and aspirational standard for an entire category of effects pedals? If so, which ones? Were some ahead of its time? Were others pedals introduced too late as contemporary taste shifted? A comprehensive collection allows for a wide and deep analysis of questions large and small. It’s not hyperbole. It is how we learn about ourselves.
This might be the most thoughtful comment I’ve ever received. I appreciate it Andrew!
@@CameronJohnson tbh is it possible to get older kiss live tones with distortion and other effect type pedals
Now wire all of them together and turn them all on at once and try to play guitar.
+T.I.N That's just his Boss pedal collection..
Scotty D m
There is a video of a guy that has all of the pedals connected. He walks across them and it makes noise with a guitar on a stand on one side and the amp on the other. He looks like he has money as he has expensive gear and the video is taken in a large spacious loft.
He would get one big ka-boom
ruclips.net/video/AZ5aeG2PZRg/видео.html
A guitarist's paradise *.*
This is like the boss display back in the 90s “oh man if I only had this entire rack of pedals, eternal bliss!”
Haha, it was a really cool journey.
I love how boss pedals are uniform in design.
That's why I really only collect Boss pedals, I have OCD.
When I started playing guitar, somewhere in the '90s, I was always drawn to these colorful boxes of joy whenever I ran accross a guitar store. Back then I didn't have the money to buy them. A little over 20 years later, I started my collection, but I must say, some of them are really hard to find, let alone for a decent price. You've got yourself a small fortune there 🙂 Have you really stopped collecting them? That would be a pity...
Well thank you so much for that privileged information. I wanted to get boss pedals and I just wasn't sure but now with your confirmation yes I'm sure.
I'll be getting the chorus /the reverb /the digital delay / and keep it there for right now... Thank you so much you saved me a lot of money and a lot of headaches because I was debating on buying used... Not now.
very awesome video, pedal boss. yes, you're literally the pedal "BOSS"!
A lot of those pedals brought back memories, so cool bro
I think I'm up to 41 Boss compact pedals, with 2 more on the way (one is the SUPER Distortion & Feedbacker 👍). I even started collecting Boss clones, I love the PSK PAS-2 phaser (obvious Boss pedal shape, but not sure if the circuit is a clone or something all it's own).
The EH-2 Enhancer pedal rocks, you don't really "hear" anything, but you'll know when it's off or on, love that one.
brilliant. great collection , full !!! But missing the impossible pedals, the boss sd1 and ch1 zakk wilde edition, and ds1 gold edition !!! thank you very much for sharing your great collection !!!! thanks
Is there a CH 1 Zak Wylde..?
Congrats on the collection, thanks for sharing!
Gold DS1 and the Zack Wylde bullseye pedal. Only released in Japan. That's the only 2 missing.
CE-2, BF-2, DD-2 ... SD-1, DM-2, PH-1R ... a couple of nice little runs, there - easily, some of my very favourite Boss pedals ...
I'm surprised how late in the piece the FT-2 turned up ... I really like the sound of that, too, and had some great features/options for its time, I'd suggest?
Congrats!! Now daisy chain them all and turn them all on! If I feel an earthquake out here I'll know what happened!
Ryan Miller He will need another year to collect all the necessary cables. :-)
Soooo cool. I have the SD1, DS2, BF3 and the DD7……. Have room for 1 more pedal. What should be get ???
@@rickyshoard Maybe a CE-2w? You need a chorus.
Impressive. This really satisfies my OCD. Of course using the best of each brand is what I do like most but occasionally I will build and entire board of all the same brand and it looks so good. All Boss, all MXR, all EHX and the tone you get is really brand specific. Sometimes reall great and sometimes not so great.
Aside from a Dunlop 95Q wah (and I want a Digitech Whammy), all of my pedals are Boss, I've had a handful of other pedals, but got rid of them, the OCD won the battle.
Someone: what did it cost?
Cameron Johnson: *everything*
Hahah, that is classic!
Whatever I didn't know from your collection, I looked up. Now I have about 30+ effects added to my wishlist! Christmas is gonna be expensive this year..;
I could never part with a single pedql if I had all of them. I sold off or got rid of any pedal that isn't Boss (with the exception of wah/expression pedals) a while ago, but I couldn't bring myself to ever let go of a Boss.
Awesome Collection mate! I already collected od1, ce2, sg1, dm3, dd2 and ds1. All vintage Japanese made pedals. You have inspired me to collect all of them too!
Rizki Faruzzi Very cool! You've got a great start! Looking forward to seeing your progress!
Cameron Johnson my progress update after 3 years of collecting. VB2, CE1, DC2, DC3, FRV1, OC2, HF2, CS1, BF2, DSD2, PH1, DM2. Still looking for a reasonable SP1 for now. Your collection is so inspiring
You are my"BOSS"...great collection guy!
2:52 I have the Metal Core (ML-2) and what should I get next? I listen to Nu Metal. I need suggestions.
@@TheSharker Man, good question. I really like the Power Stack. It's more of a Marshall flavor.
@@CameronJohnson Ooo. I might buy the DS-1 for the sake of it. What does the chorus pedals do and stuff?
Amazing collection! You're missing the reverse colour DS-1 and the 40th anniversary pedals.
you mean he's missing all the pedals that came out after this video? how odd.
holy buffer
I down sized..had a lot of these same pedal s not as many as you..love the BOSS effects..i kept Two BOSS Floor Boards BOSS GT6 AND BOSS GT8 systems..they Both have everything i need..
5:56 I think "diligent" is the word you were looking for :) Cool collection! If you collected these in about a year and this video is 5 years old...I'm gonna check out some of your other videos now...
This is incredibly cool.
Wow....THIS IS I THINK THE BEST VIDEO I'VE EVER SEEN ON RUclips!
The knobs on the Super Over-Drive at 3:15 are not at 12:00 like all the others... Just wanted to let you know ;)
Wow! So cool to see all these pedals!
Their stereo chorus was my most memorable pedal...Roland + Marshall amps...fantastic sound!
That is a beautiful collection! You may be able to open a museum with those!
WOW!! That is seriously good work fella!!!
Very amazing and fascinating presentation. Thanks a million ☺️
You sir are badass! Love this. I have contemplated doing exactly what you've done here but I know I will become utterly obsessed until the collection is complete. ha. So cool that you went for the bass pedals too, not just the ones intended for guitar. Do you have the variant of the DF-2 that reads "SUPER Feedbacker & Distortion"?
I bought BOTH on reverb for collection purposes. The Super Distortion & Feedbacker and the Super Feedbacker & Distortion. I think I'm only missing 15 or so BOSS pedals in the collection. I have ALL the Waza ones, including the Boss/Sola germanium Fuzz(Super collectible)
Congratulations, mate! Also looking for the Taiwan vs Japan comparisons. hehehe
Cheers!
Which few pedals are your favorites, those who you consider have the best qulity sound in your opinion?
Good question! My top few are the DSD-2, HM-2, FZ-2, DD-2, DC-2, DC-3, CE-2.
@@CameronJohnson Thank you very much for your reply : ) Good to know, hopefully that can help me in the near future.
Hey man, happy to help! There are a ton of great Boss pedals. You can check through my videos. I've done demos of quite a few.
I lucked out years ago and found a DC-3 WITH A BOX for $80 at a pawn shop
wow I'm jealous.. you the BOSS man! \m/
You are a mad lad. I dig it 🤘🏿
Love it. Terrific insight on your part.
is there a difference in sound between Japanese and Taiwan pedals?
Unless the actual circuit is different, no.
Great Collection🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 are missing one? I dont See the boss digital Dimension in your collection congats
Beautiful collection!
I have many pedals, but of many different companies (many from Marshall)...
From Boss I have just the AC2
when GAS hits hard
Classic Boss compact pedal "must haves" imo...
DC-2 Dimension C
DSD-2 Digital Sample/Delay
PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay
PH-1r Phaser
PN-2 Tremolo/Pan
OC-3 Super Octave (cuz of the "split register" thing it does, great for solo guitar playing)
LM-2 Limiter (underrated gem)
SP-1 Spectrum (pair that with the limiter to dial in dope cleans)
Hey ... Let me know if u want to sell the chorus .... I can't find a non wazzacraft ...
How many compact Boss are there currently? and where does it contain a list? Thanks.
Stupid question: Is there a reliable list of compact boss pedals on the interweb?
There used to be a list on Bossarea.com, but I don't think that website exists anymore.
@@CameronJohnson yeah looks like it's been turned into a guitar teaching website
Would love to see a demo of the hypermetal, cant find them anywhere.
I really dig the backing track!
Od-2r and boss bf-2 those are the best boss pedals, why they stopped doing the turbo pedals I don't know why or understand that is an amazing idea that they should've kept building into those pedals
Wow. Cool pedals. I want that rv2 and rv3
Thanks! Both of those are great choices.
What a collection !
Now you can start buying the other stuff BOSS has produced like the Stereo Effects Processors. Do you have a video of what it sounds like when you use ALL of them at the same time ?
That’s a killer collection. Thank you for sharing.
Has Josh Scott reached out to you yet. He’s a Boss fan boy. (His words) haha
Oh yes! He reached out to me pre-covid and wanted to meet up in Nashville. Unfortunately, it fell through. Would have been cool to meet up!
@@CameronJohnson still cool…
seem to recall having a light blue graphic equalizer. Same as the white one here?
Can you demonstrate what it sounds like to use them all at once?
I don’t know if it didn’t excite but I didn’t see the chorus CE-2W
You need to find a mint Digital Metallizer..shouldn't be too hard. Great collection!I'm collecting Guyatone Micros myself, luckily there's only 45 of them so there's an end in sight..unlike the Boss heh
What if boss secretly has an ultra tone that only works if you chain all the pedals together? You'd probably have to shell out another fortune for all those patch cables though
first thing which struck me about this is the no-nonsense knobs on these pedals. in contrast, some of the 'mini-pedals' have these ridiculously tiny knobs. boss know what they are doing.
I think that after a certain amount of acquired items the collector completely loses the passion and everything that rests is the obsession for reaching a goal defined by a number.
Actually, you are correct. That's why I sold a good portion and only keep what I actually use.
@@CameronJohnson I already stayed there my friend (not with pedals) and since then I quit collecting things. The horror! The horror!
Are you looking to offload any of your spares? I’m wanting to get into the Boss game
Have any of the pedals exploded? Or caught on fire?
Nice collection!
Thank you!
mahn!. you can do a comparison review and come up with the best among each effects...please do.
Do you have an extra d d 3 from boss that you are not using?
May , I ask , obviously you are an expert , what do u feel about wazzacraft craft ? Or do u like the original ?
Honestly, I've preferred all the Waza Craft versions I've tried over the originals.
Ok. @@CameronJohnson ... Thank you for confirming that. Eric Clapton uses the old chorus pedal. I was debating if I should buy it used or if I should buy the new ones of craft pedal ... Let's be honest when it comes to boss you're the boss so thank you for your privileged information. And when you come to California let me know I'll be your tour guide after all anyone who's in The Boss guitar pedals we're friends we just haven't met yet
@@CRIMEONTHELACOBB Sounds good! I'm sorry it took so long to reply. The Waza line is really damn good!
now you still miss 3 new pedals from BOOS : RV-6 and waza chorus and waza vibrato
Kind Sir, that is a lot of pedals...LOL!
what about a touch wah ts-1
Awesome collection! Congrats...
Good afternoon, congratulations on this wonderful collection. In your opinion which pedal has the better sound SD-1 or BD-2 ? Thank you very much.
I actually prefer the BD-2. And thanks!
Thank You very much . @@CameronJohnson
I bought the hyper metal early/mid 90s and it still works well.
great delighted you got there in the end
How would you compare the Blues Driver to the 57 Bassman?
I was ambivalent about Boss, having heard good and bad about it, but this collection is leaning me more toward the positive about that make.
Imagine all of them plugged in at once
Over my life I've owned most of those, just not all at the same time!
where's the Zack Wild petal
Cameron....l dont feel as guilty as l used to with all l have.....great collection and play on.....cool
Awesome video mam, which gear were you using to record the guitar tones in the background of this video ??
I couldn't do this because I'd have to buy the metal zone
+Harry Souter Real men can rock a Metal Zone. Give me a Marshall JCM 800, and I'll make that pedal sound awesome....well...more like good. :)
its narly hip and cool to rag on the metal zone, party on wayne!! party on garth,
I C what you did there. U made a joke at the metal zones expense.
the metal zone sound awesome depend on if you know how to really use it
Rippin on metalzone is way to old. Its a internet thing.
HEY HEY HEY....GR8 COLLECTION INDEED...DO YOU HAVE THE HAND CLAPPER PEDAL ?
Thanks! I don't have the hand clapper, but I can't say I haven't been tempted, haha.
@@CameronJohnson HEY...YOU GOT NO EXCUSES...YOU HAVE 2 BE PUNISHED...BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE THE PARAMATRIC EQ PEDAL, EH ?
Has the Boss build quality changed over the years?
I will get mine on here BUT mine are hooked up!
I have all the essential Boss compact pedals; CE-2, GE-7 and the MT-2 Metal Zone!
The Eh-2 enhancer pedal is very under rated, does little, but adds a whole lot if not on! It is like a little BBE Maximizer...
You don't have silver screw version of the ds-1
Boss pedals look so good
What does it feel to have a fortune in guitar pedals?
Well, I have since sold about a 3rd of them, but it felt good at the time, haha.
what's the Dimension C pedal? never heard of it or seen it before
It's a modulation pedal - does chorus, flange and Leslie.
It is a very expensive pedal that did/does great chorus type effects!
Stereo chorus. The best chorus sound you will ever hear.
Wow. I thought I had a lot with 5. I sold a Heavy Metal HM-2 for £10 more than I paid 27 years ago. They certainly keep their value.
Do you like the Acoustic Simulator ?
Music & Shotokan I'm not a huge fan, but it will work in a pinch. It's a lot easier than bringing an extra guitar!
true :)
You need to call the addiction network.
how much did it cost you, please ?
Honestly, I don't know. It was over time.
Wow, that was fast!
When was the Blues Driver introduced, btw?
...Never mind, I found the info, would've thought that was much earlier than '95.
it would be best to plug them :) my friend Rick had them all yearsss ago.
Where is the Super Overdrive SD-1? I didn't complete.
It's at 1:38.