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.

December 29, 2016

BOSS Tone Studio Editor for the Katana Guitar Amplifier Series

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Unlock the Full Potential of Your Katana Amp

BOSS Tone Studio allows you to access many additional functions inside a Katana amp.

With its ultra-responsive feel, gig-ready tones, and versatile onboard effects, the affordable BOSS Katana series is taking the guitar amplifier world by storm. By design, all Katana amps feature an instantly familiar interface that makes it easy to dial in and save great sounds on the fly. But there’s even more power under the hood, and it’s all accessible via the free BOSS Tone Studio editor. Read on as we check out all the cool things you can do with this powerful editor for the Katana amp series.

November 3, 2016

New BOSS Katana Guitar Amps

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Stage-Ready Tones, Onboard Effects, Incredible Value

The BOSS Katana guitar amplifier lineup.

During “The Future. Redefined.” online music festival in September, BOSS introduced the all-new Katana guitar amp lineup. Based on technology developed for the flagship Waza amp head, the affordable Katana amps deliver a wide range of versatile tones with a rock edge. They also include support for 55 different BOSS effects, which can be easily customized from your computer using the free BOSS Tone Studio editor software. While they’ve only been out in the world for a short time at this point, a quick web search will show the overwhelmingly positive impressions of the Katana’s sound and price-to-performance ratio. Read on as we explore the entire lineup and give you the lowdown on these fantastic new amps.

June 9, 2016

Mike Stern Talks About BOSS Pedals

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The Guitar Great Discusses His Career and Favorite BOSS Stompboxes

Mike Stern and BOSS

One of the most respected guitarists of his generation, Mike Stern has enjoyed a four-decade career that’s included collaborations with Blood, Sweat & Tears, Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, the Brecker Brothers, and other greats. He’s released 16 recordings as a bandleader, and six of those have received nominations for GRAMMY awards. His most recent recording, Eclectic, features a six-string summit with renowned Texas guitarist Eric Johnson.

Mike is a longtime player of BOSS pedals, and he’s used them on numerous albums. Check out the following video, where the guitarist talks about his career and favorite BOSS pedals he’s used through the years. The video also features Mike performing with a new favorite, the Waza Craft SD-1W Super Overdrive, as well as the BD-2W Blues Driver and DM-2W Delay. At this session, he’s playing through the Roland Blues Cube Artist212 amplifier as well.

July 17, 2014

New Roland Blues Cube Guitar Amps

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Plug Into Classic Tube Tone

Roland Blues Cube Artist and Blues Cube Stage Guitar Amplifiers.

Guitar players love finely tuned vintage tube amps, and for good reason. They sound great, with sweet clean and distortion tones and big, open, transparent sound. On top of that, they also feel great to play, putting an interactive responsiveness under your fingers that directly connects your musical ideas with the sound. This experience is so transcendent that we gladly put up with the downsides of tube amps—they’re expensive, fragile, costly to maintain, and weigh a ton! But now, there’s another choice. Powered by Roland’s breakthrough Tube Logic design approach, the new Blues Cube Artist and Blues Cube Stage deliver authentic tube sound and feel in practical modern amps built for pro players. More