Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft vs Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate

The Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft and the Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate are both pedals sharing analog warmth. The Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft leans dark and slapback. The Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate leans warm.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

38% — somewhat different

Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • analog warmth
Citation fame
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Price

$150via Reverb

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Description

The Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft is a Waza Craft reissue of the classic early-1980s DM-2 analog bucket-brigade delay, delivering the same fat, warm, natural analog echo with characteristic dark, gently rolled-off repeats but without the clock noise that plagued the original. Its all-analog signal path gives soft, organic repeats that decay into murk, and a Custom mode extends the maximum delay from 300 to 800 milliseconds while adding warmth and clarity for a more modern analog-delay sound, with a sweet, addictive flutter on the repeats. Having both the old-school dark Standard voice and the clearer Custom voice in one box lets players straddle vintage murk and modern clarity. With expression pedal input and stereo outputs, it suits players wanting genuine vintage analog delay character for slapback, ambient repeats, and warm rhythmic echoes across rock, blues, and indie.

The Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate is a limited edition version of the Echo Master analog echo pedal featuring a distinctive black faceplate finish. Delivers warm analog echo repeats in the DBA design character with the unique black plate visual identity. Brooklyn boutique construction from Death By Audio.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Rock
  • Indie
  • Ambient
  • Blues
  • lo fi
  • ambient
  • rockabilly
Tonal lean
  • dark
  • slapback
  • lush
  • warm
Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
  • Live
  • Studio
  • Live
  • Studio

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