01—Pedal catalog
Boss DM-2W Delay (Waza Craft)
The warm, dark BBD analog delay that ducks behind the playing — the canonical My Bloody Valentine delay tone.
The DM-2W is the cleanest reissue of an analog classic Boss has done. Custom mode makes it actually useful for modern players. Standard delay pedal.
02—On the bench
Boss's Waza Craft revision of the DM-2 analog delay — the 1981 bucket-brigade delay that defined warm, dark, slightly dirty analog echo for a generation. The Waza version adds a Custom mode with longer delay times (800ms vs. 300ms) and slightly more high-end fidelity in the repeats, plus an expression input for delay time. Standard mode is the original 1981 circuit. Tonally, the DM-2 is the canonical 'analog delay should sit behind the dry signal' pedal — the repeats are warm, dark, and degrade quickly, which keeps them out of the way of the playing. Lives on the boards of players who don't want their delay to be heard, just felt.
- 01warm, dark, BBD repeats that decay into mud
- 02Custom mode extends to 800ms — useful for ambient
- 03self-oscillates musically, not painfully
- 04sits behind the dry signal naturally
- 05expression pedal for delay time is a real upgrade
03—Power
What it takes to run the DM-2W Delay (Waza Craft).
35mA at 9V
Low draw. Any standard 100mA isolated jack carries it with room to spare.
Typical published draw. Check the label on your unit for its voltage and polarity before you plug in.
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 PLUS →jacks 1-4 · 100mA
- Truetone 1 SPOT Pro CS6 →jacks 3-4 · 100mA
- Truetone 1 SPOT Pro CS12 →jacks 3-6 · 100mA
04—In the room
Where else this pedal lives.
- The Edge
- Kevin Shields
- Mike Campbell
MXR Carbon Copy if you want a cheaper analog delay; DM-2W if you want the canonical one.