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...
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..;
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.
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
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
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).
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.
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?
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)
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 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..
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)
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...
I Have Dynamic WAH, Super Chorus, Feedbacker Booster, Mega Distortion, OverDrive Distortion, Distortion, Tremolo, Acoustic Simulator, And I Just Got Harmonist On Friday
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 ?
Iam sooty, I make o apologies, I love boss, from 1986 when I first saw em on my mates board, to now, there elegant, cool and sound great. Tc have got the drop on innovation, but come on, a boss pedal is still a thing of beauty
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
