Boss WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core

The Boss WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core – Studio-Quality Tube Amp Tones at Any Volume

Capture and Enhance Your Tube Amp’s True Character

The Boss WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core is a professional-grade solution for recording, performing, and practicing with a tube amp at any volume. Using Boss’s advanced Tube Logic design and a reactive load, it preserves your amp’s natural feel while offering extensive tone-shaping capabilities. With built-in cab emulation, high-quality effects, and an integrated 30-watt reactive drive power amp, this unit allows you to achieve studio-grade tones without cranking your amp to unmanageable levels.

Advanced Speaker Emulation and Creative Sound Shaping

Featuring 22 BOSS cabinet emulations, five selectable mic types, and 64 user IR slots, the WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core provides endless customization for direct recording and live performance. The Mix Assist function ensures your guitar sits perfectly in any mix, while the Air Feel feature recreates the depth and ambiance of a mic’d cabinet in a room. With USB connectivity, stereo XLR outputs, and MIDI control, this versatile unit integrates seamlessly into any setup.

Specifications

• Power Handling: Supports tube amps rated up to 100 watts*
• Built-in Power Amp: 30-watt reactive drive with continuous volume control
• Cabinet Emulations: 22 BOSS cabs + 5 mic types (two usable simultaneously)
• Impulse Response (IR) Support:
  • 64 user slots
  • Supports mono/stereo WAV files (500 ms, 32-bit floating point, 96 kHz)
  • Preloaded with 10 Celestion® Digital IRs
  • Time alignment for blending IRs
• Effects: Compression, parametric/graphic EQ, delay, reverb
• Mix Assist: Three selectable sound contour curves with variable transient control
• Air Feel: Spatial processing for realistic amp-in-room sound
• Connections:
  • Outputs: Stereo XLR line out, speaker out (4/8/16 ohms), headphone out
  • Inputs: Amp input, external effects loop (series/parallel)
  • USB-C: Audio recording/playback and firmware updates
  • MIDI Input: Advanced external control
  • Expression/MIDI Jack: TRS for footswitch or external MIDI control
  • Bluetooth (Optional): Wireless audio streaming and remote control via BT-DUAL adaptor
• Editor Software: WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core Editor (macOS/Windows)

*Not compatible with Mesa Boogie Dual/Triple Rectifiers.

This unit ships fully insured with signature required.