Boss RE-20 Space Echo listed as soon to be discontinued
April 29, 2022 · 2 sources
The Boss RE-20 Space Echo appears in the gear list of a That Pedal Show episode published on 29 April 2022 with the note "Boss RE-20 Space Echo (soon to be discontinued)"12. The same note appears in the video's description and on the show's website12. Neither page gives a date for the discontinuation or attributes the status to Boss.
The episode covers the RE-202 and RE-2 Space Echo pedals, which the show describes as "two new pedals that benefit from everything Roland and Boss have learned over these 48 years since the seminal machine"12. According to the show, "the 202 and the re2 are designed to be an upgrade from the re 20 which is a digital recreation of the original re201 space echo"1. The RE-20 was introduced in 2007, which the show calls "a digital emulation of the fabled RE-201 in a relatively compact pedal format"2.
The show says the RE-202 differs from the RE-2, the RE-20 and the RE-201 in having a fourth playback head1. It describes a wow and flutter knob, a switch between a new-sounding tape and another tape character, a saturation control and an input gain that "affects everything"1. It also notes four onboard presets plus 127 via MIDI, two expression controls, tap tempo, bass and treble on the repeats, and four stereo reverbs: spring, hall, plate and room, plus an ambient reverb1. The show says the delays are not stereo1.
"Boss RE-20 Space Echo (soon to be discontinued)"
The episode does not state a price for any of the pedals12. The show says it will compare the RE-202 with the Strymon Volante and Line 6 DL4 MkII the following week12.