BOSS releases Dimension C DC-2W compact pedal

June 20, 2023 · 4 sources

BOSS released the DC-2W, a compact analog spatial effect pedal, on June 20, 2023, according to Delicious Audio, which reported that the company had been quiet on its compact series for more than a year¹. BOSS describes the pedal as a Waza Craft model built from the original circuit designs of the DC-2 Dimension C and the Roland SDD-320 Dimension D².

The pedal has four preset switches and two modes. Standard mode provides the sound of the original DC-2, which BOSS dates to 1985; SDD-320 mode reproduces the Roland rack unit, which BOSS dates to 1979². BOSS says the modern electronic switches and status LEDs allow two switches to be pressed at once, giving four main sounds in each mode plus six variations, for 20 total sounds². It states that pressing two buttons on the original DC-2 produced no sound variations, and that only two variations are technically possible with the same approach on the Dimension D².

BOSS lists a newly designed internal bypass circuit, a premium buffer for transparent tone when the pedal is off, and mono or stereo I/O for guitar, bass, keyboards and studio use². The pedal is made in Japan and carries a five-year warranty². BOSS describes the effect as "subtly enhancing the width and depth of the source audio without any prominent modulated movement"².

BOSS did not give a price in its product material². Delicious Audio reported the release as a new stereo pedal that works with any instrument with a line output¹. A Sweetwater video review published in 2018 described the DC-2W as a reissue of the DC-2 and said the original was made from 1985 to 1989³; GuitarPlayer also dates the original DC-2 to 1985 and describes the DC-2W as released in 2018⁴.