Boss BD2W Waza Craft Blues Driver

Boss BD2W Waza Craft Blues Driver

The Boss BD-2W Waza Craft Blues Driver takes one of the most loved overdrive pedals of all time and gives it that extra layer of refinement, depth, and flexibility that serious players really appreciate.

At its core, this is still the Blues Driver — known for its touch-sensitive response, smooth breakup, and amp-like feel. It reacts beautifully to your playing dynamics, cleaning up when you roll back your volume and breaking up naturally when you dig in. It’s the kind of overdrive that feels connected to your hands rather than sitting on top of your tone.

What the Waza Craft version brings is a more premium, expanded experience. You’ve got two modes to work with:

• Standard Mode – the classic BD-2 sound, but refined with improved clarity and response

• Custom Mode – adds more gain, a fuller low end, and a richer, more harmonically complex tone

That Custom mode is where things really open up. It gives you a bit more push and body, making it incredibly versatile — from light breakup and bluesy warmth to thicker, more driven tones that still retain clarity.

The all-analogue circuitry has been carefully tuned by Boss’s Waza engineers in Japan, delivering enhanced dynamics, lower noise, and a more detailed response across the board.

Control-wise, it stays nice and familiar — Level, Tone, and Gain — so you can dial in your sound quickly without getting lost in options.

It’s equally at home as a low-gain always-on tone shaper, a main overdrive, or even as a boost pushing an already driven amp.

This is one of those pedals that doesn’t shout — it just quietly makes everything sound better.

Features

• Special edition Waza Craft pedal delivers the ultimate BOSS tone experience

• Premium sound based on the classic BD-2 Blues Driver

• Newly revised, all-analog discrete amplifier circuit

• Standard and Custom sound modes

• Highly responsive to picking dynamics and volume changes

Specifications:

• Nominal Input Level: -20 dBu

• Input Impedance: 1 M ohms

• Nominal Output Level: -20 dBu

• Output Impedance: 1 k ohms

• Connectors: INPUT Jack, OUTPUT Jack, AC Adaptor Jack (DC 9 V)

• Power Supply: DC 9 V: Alkaline battery (9 V, 6LR61) or Carbon-zinc battery (9 V, 6F22), AC adaptor (sold separately)

• Current draw: 18 mA

• Accessories: Owner's Manual, Leaflets, Carbon-zinc battery (9 V, 6F22)

• Dimensions: (W) 73 mm, 2-7/8 inches (D) 129 mm, 5-1/8 inches (H) 59 mm, 2-3/8 inches

• Weight (incl. battery): 0.43 kg, 0 lbs. 15 oz.