Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft vs Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay
The Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft and the Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay are both pedals sharing transparent, lush, dynamic. The Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft leans dark and slapback. The Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay leans pristine. Current prices: $150 vs $302.40.
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Blended 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.44% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- lush
- dynamic
Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft
Boss · pedal
Strymon Brigadier dBucket Delay
Unknown brand · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$150via Reverb
$302.40via Reverb
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 Strymon Brigadier is a 5-knob delay pedal built around Strymon's dBucket algorithm, engineered to emulate every idiosyncratic facet of classic bucket-brigade delay chips in a more stable, repeatable way. It ranges from subtle, glassy, warm and clean repeats to chaotically stacked, saturated echo, with a dedicated Bucket Loss control that lets players dial the noise and grit of real BBD hardware back in on demand. Filters shape brightness and dampening on the repeats, and a cross-modulation feature opens up more experimental, evolving delay textures. A discrete JFET analog input stage helps preserve the dry tone. It suits players wanting authentic analog bucket-brigade delay character, from clean to gritty, without the noise floor of real vintage BBD chips.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Indie
- Ambient
- Blues
- Experimental
- dark
- slapback
- analog warmth
- pristine
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio