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thedarxide
Bronze Member
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 Posted - 01/20/2006 : 12:00:24
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| Well, if these are desirable, I just got a score! In box, barely looks like it's been used. Time to leave ebay alone now I think.... |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
427 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 12:08:38
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The PW-2 has the shortest production span of any Boss pedal, 9 months. Wait another 5-10 years or so and perhaps something will happen to the collectability factor.
Right now, the PW-2 isnt that rare, but hang on to it...  |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 12:16:06
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The boss book says it was produced for 9 months only but there's also some contradictory information. The Boss book also says it was sold between 1996 and 2000. At least in Europe it was available long after that. The German Roland page actually says it can still be delivered.
There's a few possibilities.
- The PW-2 sold so bad that it took almost 10 years to get rid of 9 months production.
- The PW-2 was made for much longer than the Boss book actually told us.
- Boss ceased production of all other pedals for 9 months and consentrated only on making a huge number of PW-2s. 
Lets put our serial numbers into the decoder and see if there really is only a 9 month span. |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
427 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 12:21:27
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I think it just sold badly, and was never popular. I bought mine as a NOS which had been sitting in a musicstore for several years. My PW-2 was made in 1996 if I remember correctly, when I checked the serial a while ago.
Speaking of PW-2, has anyone tried this little beast with different amps, solidstate and tube amps? Does it seem to have any preference?
I have a hunch that you can make it to sound good in the right environment, but I have never really gotten a sound from it that I like from my Hughes&Kettner solid state amp. But I havent spent that much time fine tuning the sound I might add. |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 13:26:19
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Same with mine. I bought it 2002 but it had already been on the store's shelf for a while then.
It's not an overdrive pedal (but it's classed as one on the gallery pages). It is more like a DS-1 without the hard edge. I initially plugged it into my JC-120 and was dissappinted. When I later plugged it into my 5W tube amp it came to life. It really gives away a solid state distortion sound so I think it needs a tube amp to balance the sound somewhat. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 13:43:09
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PW-2 is still in the catalogue from the biggest music-store-chain in Sweden, Musikborsen. I�ve asked them why they still sells a pedal apparently not produced anymore, they told me they got 2 items left.
I had about the same experiences as Bossarea with PW-2, at first I didn�t like it at all but after some fiddling I think it�s rather good with single-coils.
When I get home I will check the manufacturing date of mine and report.
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thedarxide
Bronze Member
81 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 14:04:12
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I dunno if i'll use it, i just grabbed it for the price! I've got an old copy of guitarist at home with the review of that and the xtortion, and the RRP was �80 at the time....
I have a colleauge who worked at Chappells, and they had loads of these things, they were chucking them out the door half price. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 17:31:11
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Interesting stories here: Sofar I have only tried the PW-2 in a limited set-up and found the pedal not all that versatile and dynamic.
thedarxide also mentioned the Xtortion, and this pedal comes from the same period.
Find the Xtortion good are recreating vintage and modern sounds, really very very good tones. I have to admit that I use this pedal infront of a Sansclassic, none of these pedals can achieve great results on their own, but combined I can get Marshall, Vox and good Grunge tones.
Will try more set-ups for the PW-2 to find out how to bring out its soul alive.
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
3652 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 17:39:27
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My PW-2 data:
AJ21748 -> November 1996
Please check yours to find out if we can confirm the 9 month production span.
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 17:52:10
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Will certainly do!!
Cheers, |
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thedarxide
Bronze Member
81 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2006 : 17:54:05
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Will let you know when it arrives.
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2006 : 18:31:45
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March '97 is the date of production.
In one of my previous posts I mentioned that I did not found the PW-2 that versatile and that it was not very dynamic.
Last night I had a long night playing with this pedal in combination with the Sans. I really enjoyed the sounds I did get, but let me explain further:
When I first received the PW-2 I used to think it was designed as a tubescreamer: Something which can give you a clean boost, but can also add some dirt to your amp without colouring the original signal too much. Well with this in mind, when I first listened to the PW-2 I was somewhat disappointed, felt I could not get a good clean boost, and the pedal did colour a lot to my original tone.....................
This was until last night, I think sofar I have misunderstood the PW-2 and I think many people do.
The PW-2 is a pedal which adds power to your signal, is very good at adding signal to a preamp, but on its own it can sound fine too!
The pedal is not versatile, it has one sound and this sound can best be described as Marshall JMC 800 series, the pedal compresses a lot, but this is not necessarily a bad thing.
Great for riffs, and powerchords, not so good for clean boost.
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RRV-10
Silver Member
Australia
246 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 13:41:09
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Hey Darx, it wasn't that little reminisce we had at HCFX (monkier: Seth Carmody) that prompted you to make the plunge was it? Because I've just picked up a MIB Xtortion for the same amount  . The guy posted a private ad on a local muso website asking for AUD$100 (which was quite reasonable) saying the pedal simply 'wasn't his sound'. I replied saying I have no idea whether it'll be my sound either, so I don't want to spend more than $60, and he takes my offer. I half expected to be told to ****-off for the lowball. 
Picking it up on Wednesday.
I desperately wanted an XT-2 when I was 15, and I'm somewhat amused by the reviews - the written HC reviews are largely positive (though, not trying to be too snobbish, but a lot are 'use it with my squire into my Peavey Rage 158'), yet like the PW-2 it seems to get a lot of hate around effects forums. I play gazer/ambient music mainly, don't use distortion too often, but the whole 'futuristic distortion' ambition it had has me intrigued.
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 14:23:49
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RRV-10:
I guess Xtortion is largely misunderstood, as the controls are NOT straightforward. From this pedal you will be able to get Vox sounds, mild Marshall and grunge tones. The kind of gear you use is not really that important, the amount of time you spend with it to get the right tones is!! There will be slight differences between guitars with humbuck and single coil pickups, regardless of whatever you use, you should be able to get happening tones. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 07:08:47
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| My PW-2 was manufactured october 1996. |
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thedarxide
Bronze Member
81 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 09:58:41
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Originally posted by RRV-10
Hey Darx, it wasn't that little reminisce we had at HCFX (monkier: Seth Carmody) that prompted you to make the plunge was it?
Not quite, I was already in the throws of buying everything i could see by then ;) I did pick up several DOD pedals though, but only one from the series i made the HC thread about (the milkbox) |
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PW-2 Powerdriver for �30!
