Boss DS1W new Waza Craft Waza DS1 now taking orders for late Nov. Early December delivery Price $149.99

Boss DS1W

Now taking orders for late November Early December.

Well, now is that time, and – like all Waza Craft models – Boss has sought to pay tribute to the original design while supercharging it with some modern tweaks that promise “more range and versatility”.

At a glance, the DS-1W keeps the same topography of its predecessor, though introduces a central toggle switch that flicks between two modes.

The first mode is a recreation of the first, made-in-Japan iteration of DS-1 tone, delivering “the authentic sound of the original in every way”. In practice, its two-stage gain circuit promises familiar fullness and definition, which can be tweaked via Tone, Distortion and Level knobs.

More specifically, the versatile Tone affects low and high frequencies, boosting and cutting each end of the spectrum as it is dialed back or cranked up. As such, it’s a like-for-like replica of the original circuit that produced the tight, hard-edged distortion tones that have been heard on records since ‘78.