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Boss Dimension-C DC-2 Overview

grygrx

grygrx

Lookout! Here comes the Fuzz!
Dec 24, 2003
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Columbia, MO
#1
Picked one of these up not to long ago because I was wanting to fool around with Stereo chorus. I considered just looking to upgrade my Analogue Man Clone Chorus to a stereo version, but I figured it had been so long since I had looked at chorus pedals at all I would try something different and see how it went.

Here is me sharing my adventure so far...

Operation is dead simple, not much to fool with or tweak. Solid boss construction, but the buttons themselves feel a little cheap (painted plastic). My understanding is that these were only made in japan. The pedal has some popularity with classic atmospheric recordings from bands like the Cocteau Twins. It is the little cousin to the Roland Dimension D rack-mount unit, with a cut in features. The next pedal in the line the DC-3 marked a shift to digital from analogue and sounded very different (I've read). Currently the CE-20 from Boss includes a 'Dimension' mode, but I've not heard that either.


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Each sample goes: Clean, Button 1, Button 2, Button 3, Button 4
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#5
Well, I still had some cash laying around from my "was going to buy a 5 string but didn't"-sell-a-thon and also ordered a modern cleanup/clone of it.

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#17
I've heard that this pedal suffers from clipping when used with bass. Have you tried it with your pimped P-Bass and others? The Behringer clone apparently lets you press more than one button in at a time so can do more sounds than the Boss but the individual presets sounds different.

I've been wanting to try this pedal for ages, just about to try your clips out now!
 
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dannybuoy said:
I've heard that this pedal suffers from clipping when used with bass. Have you tried it with your pimped P-Bass and others? The Behringer clone apparently lets you press more than one button in at a time so can do more sounds than the Boss but the individual presets sounds different.

I've been wanting to try this pedal for ages, just about to try your clips out now!
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Only really tested it with my active J, which is not a shockingly hot bass.

I've not had any clipping issues yet, but I've read the same. As for the multi-button pushing.... that was one of the "undocumented" features of the original dimension D that didn't make it into the pedal version. The fromel supports extra modes as well.

Note to self: get a cheap shockingly hot bass.
 

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