Vintage Boss SD-1 vs Standard SD-1 vs Waza Craft SD-1w...which one sounds BEST??
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Its a SuperOverdrive-Off...we take a mid 80s 'Made in Japan' SD-1 , a current "Made in Taiwan' SD-1 and the Waza Craft SD-1w and see which one we like best....which one is your favourite??
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I reckon next should be a shootout between the TU3 Tuner, and the TU3 Waza Tuner
Ryan Machell haha...yeah...I like that idea
hahaha that would be interesting LOL
Yep, that TU-3 just doesn't hear an E like the Waza craft does, eh?!?
@@greenlichtie1570 it's a joke you mong
@@ryanmachell9688 yip, as was my comment; subtle humour obviously not your thing
I’ll dispense with any name calling in return
I liked the Boss Sd-1 better
Absolutely...the SD-1 was way better than the others!!
I preferred the yellow one!
Unpopular opinion, Brave of you to say it
Nah i think the super overdrive are better
Nice comparison, but test is wrong. Boss pedals does not have true bypass. When pedal is off, it affects output tone due to buffer. Change order of pedals and you will get very different results.
When you stack buffered pedals, it's always going to have a noticeable tonal impact.Many don't seem to realize it's the buffer that they are responding to, - which I've long thought accounted for the initial popularity of the Klon ,or the Boss tuner.
It's easy to get lost in option paralysis, but both the SD1 and the BD 2 are always solid Drive options.Hard to beat.
The SD reminds me a lot of the Plumes( no diode) , and there are a few builders that have gone after the BD 2 magic, including Big Sound /Small Sound with the Mini, or in a more round about way, Poison Noises with The Crook.
You can spend a lot of time with many ultimately similar Drive pedals, but the rest of your choices, - amp and speakers , pickups, - are going to have a greater impact on your overall sound.
The SD is your basic asymmetrical clipping topology.
People mention the older sounding warmer. The also mention the volume is lower and they turn it up. Anyone ever think the older unit can be made brighter by a small adjust to the tone control? Also the newer unit can be warmer by yes, adjusting the tone control.
They adjusted with their eyes instead of their ears, so they are not factoring in component variance across the pedal.
If you want to be able to service your Sd-1, then you need a Mij or Mit (not for sure about the later Mit). The current MiChina Sd-1's are micro circuit looking......would be very hard to mod or service.
In person, nothing tops the Waza version. I have lots of high end stuff and the Waza SD1 is my favorite overdrive pedal ever.
They all sound really good
Very little difference and all sound good in standard mode and you can pick an old one up so cheap now it wouldn’t matter to myself, yes the Waza craft sounds thicker & bigger in custom mode, and so it should for the extra money you pay, to be honest I’m pretty tight fisted and wouldn’t get hung up on the subtle differences, I love my old SD1 and will stick with it. Thanks for the insightful video guys.
I got a free SD-1 yesterday and it sounds best.
Haven't used it yet. Free always sounds best tho.
"Bad Boy Off the Shelf" is my next song.
I was impressed with the standard SD-1 especially in it's lower gain settings. I scooped up a new one for $45.00 USD
Yeah it’s funny how most of us had an old cheap Boss pedal when we first started playing guitar...and then we thought all the boutique stuff is way better...only to find out that the old cheap boss stuff is actually pretty good!
@@TSFAHTPS The problem I have is that 98% of lower gain pedals are virtually Tube Screamers and use symmetrical distortion which is all even order harmonics. It is ...and sounds artificial. If a ts is used traditionally by overloading the input and distorting a tube amp the asymmetrical harmonics produced by the amp hide that artificial sound. BUT in a modern set up with multiple pedals one has to on a practical level run all your drives at unity gain. There are many self contained Amp-in-a Box pedals that will do medium to high gain very well quite simply as they take care of both an amps pre and it's power amp distortion in the box. But low gain asymmetrical pedal are few and far between. What there are and I found seem to all have a problem with small drop outs of their harmonic content. For example you play a chord and listen to it over give or take 2 bars at a slow or even medium tempo and you can hear it. Or if you change the dynamics with how harder or softer you play. What should happen are the harmonics rising and falling smoothly not erratically. Even the stupidly pricey MIJ gourmet pedals have this erratic thing going on. Brian Wampler did a video with all the versions of Boss OD's together and the DS-1 did not seem to have this problem neither could I detect on this video. He said himself it was his fave because it was so smooth but did not explain why. I think he knows why but he does not like to get too tech with his subscribers.
Sarno Music Solutions Earth Drive is the very best I've found. BUT it is a very full and warm sound and I need a second pedal that has some spike to it and the DS-1 has that aggression. I know of a few pedals that I have heard recently that also are good but I found out they tricked out DS-1's. Hence why not just use the Boss?
@@TSFAHTPS I now understand that having so many boutique pedals and spending so much money(sometimes good or sometimes not)made respect,appreciate use them again and start to consider buying even more Boss pedals…the cheesy bullying that snob people put in them all this time is not real anymore to me,based now in my own long musical career and real life experience with the Boss gear…🙏🏻🎸❤️
I agree- I think the MIT sounded amazing and was the one I liked the best thought they were very close, no wrong choice here.
All at once they sounded pretty close lol. - another awesome video guys
Wow! Surprisingly little difference between the three. Waza Custom gives a slight edge...but probably not worth the cost.
I used to have an SD-1 & always figured if I picked up another I'd go with the Waza but after watching this I don't think its worth it, maybe if you really want that custom mode.
I have a newer mit model. There is an older mij one at a pawn shop near me. I was going to pick it up but maybe I should just use the one I have and save the $180CAD.
Thanks guys. Great comparison. Thanks for saving me $
Yup, I won’t wast my money on buying an old one or a Waza.
the custom mode to me on the waza craft makes the Waza more suitable as a stand alone pedal,, you can have the tone up at 2 oclock, and the custom mode adds the bass that the standard mode lacks when tone is up above 12. With the stock sd1 I find that if you put the tone knob at 10 oclock is has the low end I need but lacks top end and cut, ,, if you put up the tone up at 1 oclock you lack low end or the lowest part of the midrange. THis is why I find the stock sd1 works best as a booster in front of full range overdriven amp or pedal with the gain knob not set higher than 11 oclock..
Anyone know whether the waza has a lower noise floor, or less hiss or buzz?
Greetings and salutations... Les Paul -> SD-1 -> Marshall.. any other combination is blasphemy! Like the channel subscribed!
Thank you very much!!
Nothing like a real tube amp & cab pedal test .....
I liked the Waza best here.
3 of a kind!!!
waza custom sounds like the old MIJ one, more noise which gives mids
Verdict.....hardly anything between them for me. The Waza in custom mode sounds less bright to me, hardly justifies the increased price tag as I could probably EQ the difference with a GE-7. £50 well spent for a bog standard SD-1 brand new
There's also the black anniversary one to consider as well
Difference lies in the circuit board type and components used. The new units use a very small printed board with micro comments. The old units use an actual fiberglass board with point to point soldered components.
I have both. Hands down the older units kick. That's with settings matched comparison, the older units are much warmer sounding. Use mine as a boost.
all sounds good, but waza look better a bit, cos of the wazaaaa... :p
just bought my 2nd sd1 first year 1981 with nec chip.also have the 2nd year 1982 jrc chip and both are different and they beat every overdrive pedal out there .appart from my 1978 od1 silver screw 14 pin chip rc .
Another great demo as always. Awesome channel !
Thank you very much choi dh !!!
Hi guys, been watching your channel for a while now but I'm trying to figure out where you guys are from, Australia?
Yep…from the Sunshine Coast in Australia
the vintage hits the distortion so gently... the new ones are......... artificial, harsh, its subtle in the youtube, but in person, idk how they are not able to hear it
MIJ slightly better to my ears- more articulate.
SD-9 video next????
+1
Just got one last month. Interesting pedal. Takes some getting used to.
Never tried one...might see if I can find one
@@TSFAHTPS I use mine as a TS style pedal. Clean/ broken up amp, have the gain all the way down, the volume all the way up, and the tone under 9 o'clock because the SD-9 is a VERY bright pedal. My fav OD pedal
Nice beard, bridesmaid. Gives me something to hang on to. Woof.
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My SD-1 made 1990 (black label) and I m lucky or?)
The ones made in Japan are the best.
What’s important, is that you like the sound of the pedal.
The MIJ sounds a bit woolier, and the MIT/Waza are tighter or more focused. I've got a newer surface mount MIT, and I would be interested to see if there's a difference between that and the through hole MIT as well. I like it stock, but originally when I realized JB sold them for 50-60 bucks, I was aiming to buy a few and mod them, only to realise the new ones are alot harder to mod!
Made in japan is always better
Not really, some MIT pedals can sound the same as the MIJ versions. But in case of the DS-1, the MIJ pedals smashes the newer ones
Waza Craft est une blague, une opération commerciale pour le fric, le prix est délirant ! Elles se ressemblent toutes. Version made in Japon ou Taïwan sont similaires aussi...
Boss a par contre toujours un buffer de merde !
Did you clean the contacts? If not this comparison is useless
We actually did clean the contacts before we shot the video...