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March 29, 2018

Introducing the Katana-Artist Guitar Amplifier

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Refined Tones and Enhanced Features for Professional Stage Players

BOSS Katana-Artist Guitar Amplifier.

With the Katana-Artist, BOSS brings a powerful new flagship to the hugely popular Katana amp lineup. This impressive 1×12 combo offers all the features that have made the series such a breakout success, including versatile amp voicings, an expansive range of built-in effects, and most importantly, exceptional sound and feel with BOSS’s Tube Logic design approach. Building on this rock-solid base, the Katana Artist adds numerous refinements, all specially tuned for the needs of gigging players and any guitarist seeking the very best in tone.

February 8, 2018

BOSS Pedalboard Cable Kit Line Wins Best In Show

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Premium Solderless Cable Kit for Wiring Pedalboards

BOSS’s new Pedalboard Cable Kit line won the Best In Show Award for Add-Ons & Accessories during the 2018 NAMM Show. Frank Alkyer, publisher of the magazines Music Inc. and UpBeat Daily, moderated a panel of six music retail experts for NAMM’s annual awards show in Anaheim, CA, on January 28, 2018. Rand and Cindy Cook, owners of The Candyman Strings & Things musical instrument store in Santa Fe, New Mexico, honored BOSS with the award.

November 22, 2017

Katana Version 2 Update Now Available

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More Tone Settings, Expanded Effects, Enhanced DI Options, and Other New Features for the Katana Guitar Amp Series

The recently released Katana Version 2 update takes BOSS’s popular guitar amp series to new levels of performance and versatility. Free for owners of compatible Katana amps, the system software update adds many user-requested features, including new effects types, doubled onboard effects capacity, twice the number of Tone Settings, enhanced direct output options, and more.

Read on to find out more about this powerful new update.

September 13, 2017

BOSS 500 Series: Extraordinary Sounds, Massive Creative Power

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Supercharge Your Pedalboard with the RV-500 Reverb, MD-500 Modulation, and DD-500 Digital Delay

Meet the BOSS 500 Series: RV-500 Reverb, MD-500 Modulation, and DD-500 Digital Delay.

BOSS’s powerhouse trio of 500-series stompboxes bring a huge amount of creative power to any musician’s stage or studio rig. Since its debut in 2015, the DD-500 Digital Delay has been praised everywhere for its outstanding sound quality, deep editing capabilities, intuitive interface, and expressive real-time control. The recently released RV-500 Reverb and MD-500 Modulation carry on the benchmark set by the DD-500, delivering BOSS’s advanced effects processing technologies in the same pedalboard-friendly design.

All pedals in the BOSS 500 series feature class-leading 32-bit AD/DA and 32-bit/96 kHz audio quality, a wide selection of highly musical effects algorithms, and much more. Read on to learn about the many benefits that these amazing pedals can bring to your setup.

August 29, 2017

BOSS BOX-40 40th Anniversary Box Set Now Available at Exclusive U.S. Dealers

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Find Out Where to Buy Your Own Limited-Edition OD-1, PH-1, and SP-1 Pedal Set

The BOSS Box-40 40th Anniversary Set includes rare reissues of the OD-1 Overdrive, PH-1 Phaser, and SP-1 Spectrum, the first three BOSS compact pedals from 1977.

The BOSS BOX-40 40th Anniversary Box Set includes rare reissues of the OD-1 Overdrive, PH-1 Phaser, and SP-1 Spectrum, the first three BOSS compact pedals from 1977.

At the 2017 Summer NAMM Show, BOSS announced the release of the BOX-40 40^th Anniversary Box Set, a commemorative package of the first three BOSS compact pedals from 1977. The BOX-40 features hand-wired reissues of the OD-1 Overdrive, PH-1 Phaser, and SP-1 Spectrum, presented in a deluxe box with a special message from BOSS President Yoshihiro Ikegami.

The BOX-40 set has been produced in an exclusive run of just 1500 sets worldwide, and the U.S. quota is now available from a limited number of BOSS dealers. If you’re a hardcore BOSS fan, you need to act fast to get yours today, because when they’re gone, they’re gone. Read on to find out which BOSS U.S. dealers are stocking this must-have, one-of-a-kind collector’s reissue of the legendary BOSS pedals that started it all.

June 29, 2017

Introducing the BOSS MS-3 Multi Effects Switcher

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A Powerful, Space-Saving Effects Solution for Pedalboards and Travel Rigs

BOSS MS-3 Multi Effects Switcher

BOSS has recently released the MS-3 Multi Effects Switcher, an innovative new product that offers a ton of versatile effects options for guitarists and bassists. In one integrated package, you get a top-level BOSS multi-effects engine combined with audio loop switching and master rig control capabilities derived from our dedicated ES-8 and ES-5 switchers. The MS-3 is amazingly compact, and offers impressive flexibility to cover all sorts of uses. Read on to learn more about the MS-3 and all the great benefits it can bring to any performance setup.

March 30, 2017

BOSS Katana Amp Workshop Tour

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Coming to Your Local Guitar Center in April and May—RSVP Today

Ever since the BOSS Katana amps were released last fall, the international guitar community has been buzzing about the lineup’s outstanding mix of sound quality, feel, versatility, and value. If you want to find out more about this groundbreaking amp series in person, now’s a great time. BOSS is presenting the Katana amp workshop tour, which will be visiting Guitar Center locations across the U.S throughout April and May 2017.

At each workshop, BOSS experts will demonstrate the Katana amps and share the inside story behind the innovative technologies that make them such powerful products. You’ll also be able to ask questions and try out the amps for yourself. Read on to find out more about the schedule and how to reserve a spot when a Katana amp workshop comes to your area.

January 19, 2017

BOSS Compact Pedal 40th Anniversary

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Limited-Edition DS-1 Distortion Commemorates Four Decades of Stompbox Innovation

BOSS Compact Pedal 40th Anniversary

Way back in 1977, BOSS launched the compact pedal line with the OD-1 Overdrive, PH-1 Phaser, and SP-1 Spectrum. Over the last four decades, BOSS stompboxes have become an industry standard, recognized everywhere for their great sound, amazing durability, and unique practical design. We’re celebrating the 40^th anniversary of compact pedals throughout 2017, and have many activities planned. To kick things off, we’re introducing a limited-edition version of the iconic DS-1 Distortion, the longest-running BOSS pedal ever.

December 28, 2016

Sef from Your Favorite Enemies with the ES-8 Effects Switcher and DD-500 Delay

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An Effects Power User Dives Deep with Advanced BOSS Gear

BOSS ES-8 effects switcher

Sef, the lead guitarist for the Canadian alternative band Your Favorite Enemies, is a pedal fanatic. His board is loaded with a massive selection of stompboxes, which he blends together in highly creative ways to craft his diverse guitar textures. Sef recently replaced a simpler effects switcher with the BOSS ES-8, and he’s blown away by all the amazing things he can do with it. In a four-part video series, the guitarist takes an in-depth walkthrough of how he uses the ES-8, complete with step-by-step parameter settings and real-world playing examples. Along the way, he also talks about the advanced capabilities of another new fave, the BOSS DD-500 Digital Delay.

Read on to check out the video series and learn about all the cool things you can do with this advanced BOSS gear.

October 28, 2016

KT Tunstall and the VE-8 Acoustic Singer

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Live Looping Performance and Interview

KT Tunstall

Award-winning artist KT Tunstall is well known for her dynamic solo performances that incorporate multi-layered looping with guitar, percussion, and harmonized vocals. Not long ago, she took the new VE-8 Acoustic Singer for a spin and was impressed with having so many useful tools in one package. “It’s just fantastic having your loop, vocal effects, and any guitar effects you want in one little box,” KT said. “And you also have a tuner in there, so you don’t need a separate tuner. It just makes it very quick and easy and simple.”

Read on to check out KT performing her song “Suddenly I See” with the VE-8 and a number of other BOSS effects pedals. After that, KT discusses her musical background and talks about the VE-8.

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