Boss DD-2 Digital Delay Compressor Effect (1984)
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Boss DD-2 Digital Delay Model Compressor Effect (1984), made in Japan, serial # 411300, white enamel finish, aluminum.
There are few pedals more recognizable and universally beloved by guitarists than the Boss line of effects pedals: affordable, produced en masse, and offered in a (now) classic array of bright colors. The DD-2 was debuted at the very tail end of 1983 just in time for the holidays: the very first digital delay stompbox.
While digital delay pedals today come in infinite variety with any number of supernatural sounds, the delay pedal landscape looked a little different entereing the 1980's. Already having moved past the days of schlepping an Echoplex to every show, companies (including Boss) were introducing pedals like the DM-2 that utilized technology like Bucket Brigade Devices to offer a lush, but in some ways limited, delay in a small enclosure. As some artists were looking for a tighter or more extreme delay, enter the digital delay: longer delay times, less artifacts, and the open door to many experimental sounds that have been developed over the decades since.
Using the same chip as Roland's SDE-3000, the DD-2 offers up to 800ms of Delay time, as well as a "Hold" option. Beyond that, everything is pretty self explanatory: three knobs for level, feedback, and time (every lover of delay pedals is surely familiar with the psychedelic swoosh of adjusting the time knob on a digital delay). The pedal has a mono input, but the option of either a mono or stereo output, and the ability to run off wall wart or 9V battery power in Boss' signature aluminum stompbox.
Height is 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.), 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) width, and 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) in depth at deepest point.
This DD-2 is in overall clean cosmetic condition with only minimal signs of use here and there. There are two small pieces of velcro for attaching to a pedalboard on the back, but this could be easily removed if desired to reveal the in-tact teal blue Made in Japan label. This pedal does not come with its original box. Excellent - Condition.
There are few pedals more recognizable and universally beloved by guitarists than the Boss line of effects pedals: affordable, produced en masse, and offered in a (now) classic array of bright colors. The DD-2 was debuted at the very tail end of 1983 just in time for the holidays: the very first digital delay stompbox.
While digital delay pedals today come in infinite variety with any number of supernatural sounds, the delay pedal landscape looked a little different entereing the 1980's. Already having moved past the days of schlepping an Echoplex to every show, companies (including Boss) were introducing pedals like the DM-2 that utilized technology like Bucket Brigade Devices to offer a lush, but in some ways limited, delay in a small enclosure. As some artists were looking for a tighter or more extreme delay, enter the digital delay: longer delay times, less artifacts, and the open door to many experimental sounds that have been developed over the decades since.
Using the same chip as Roland's SDE-3000, the DD-2 offers up to 800ms of Delay time, as well as a "Hold" option. Beyond that, everything is pretty self explanatory: three knobs for level, feedback, and time (every lover of delay pedals is surely familiar with the psychedelic swoosh of adjusting the time knob on a digital delay). The pedal has a mono input, but the option of either a mono or stereo output, and the ability to run off wall wart or 9V battery power in Boss' signature aluminum stompbox.
Height is 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.), 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) width, and 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) in depth at deepest point.
This DD-2 is in overall clean cosmetic condition with only minimal signs of use here and there. There are two small pieces of velcro for attaching to a pedalboard on the back, but this could be easily removed if desired to reveal the in-tact teal blue Made in Japan label. This pedal does not come with its original box. Excellent - Condition.