Boss

Japan, est. 1970s · 178 products across 6 categories

178
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About Boss

Boss, initially Roland’s effects division, has become synonymous with rugged, reliable, and innovative effects pedals and amplifiers. Born from a desire to provide affordable, high-quality effects for gigging musicians, Boss quickly established itself as an industry standard, influencing generations of guitarists and keyboardists alike. Their commitment to durability and sonic versatility has solidified their position as a cornerstone of modern music production.

Founded
1970s
Country
Japan
Segment
Mid-range
Target
Boss caters to gigging musicians, home recordists, and studio professionals seek
Known For
Compact Pedal Design DS-1 Distortion Pedal SY- series Synthesizers Roland Integration Robust Construction
PROS
  • • Exceptional build quality and reliability
  • • Wide range of versatile effects available
  • • Intuitive and user-friendly interfaces
  • • Excellent value for the performance
  • • Consistent sonic character across models
CONS
  • • Can sometimes lack boutique-level sonic nuance
  • • Some models feel dated compared to newer competition
  • • Effects can be a bit 'vanilla' for some tastes
  • • Signal chain complexity with multi-effects units
  • • Occasionally large pedal footprints

Boss Products

Boss GX-100 Bundle - Electric Guitar Preamps

Boss GX-100 Bundle

Electric Guitar Preamps

$1,080
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss RT-2 Rotary Ensemble - Guitar Effects

Boss RT-2 Rotary Ensemble

Guitar Effects

$296
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Rotary Effect, Offers a wide range of rotary speaker...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss WL-20L Wireless System Bundle - Wireless Systems for Guitar and Bass

Boss WL-20L Wireless System Bundle

Wireless Systems for Guitar and Bass

$212
5 Expert Rating
Boss WL-20 Wireless System Bundle - Wireless Systems for Guitar and Bass

Boss WL-20 Wireless System Bundle

Wireless Systems for Guitar and Bass

$218
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss Katana Go Headphone Bundle - Headphone Amps

Boss Katana Go Headphone Bundle

Headphone Amps

$155
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss Katana Go Headphone Amp - Headphone Amps

Boss Katana Go Headphone Amp

Headphone Amps

$138
Headphone Amplifier, New design, Compact, battery-powered and sonorous headphone...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core - Guitar Amp Attenuators

Boss WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core

Guitar Amp Attenuators

$754
Control Centre for Tube Amplifiers, Unlocks the full potential of tube amplifiers,...
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss VG-800 V-Guitar Processor - Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

Boss VG-800 V-Guitar Processor

Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

$754
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar and Electric Bass, Next generation V-Guitar processor...
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss GK-5 Guitar Synth Pickup Kit 6 - Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

Boss GK-5 Guitar Synth Pickup Kit 6

Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

$439
*Note:* The installation of this product requires modifications to your guitar. A 6.3 mm stereo jack cable is required...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss Katana Mini X - Solid-State Guitar Combos

Boss Katana Mini X

Solid-State Guitar Combos

$183
Modeling Combo Amplifier for Electric Guitar, 1 Channel, Power: 10 W, Equipped with: 1 x 5"...
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss GX-10 - Guitar Multi Effects

Boss GX-10

Guitar Multi Effects

$428
Multi Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar and Electric Bass, Powerful compact amplifier and effect processor...
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss SDE-3 Delay - Delay/Echo Pedals

Boss SDE-3 Delay

Delay/Echo Pedals

$208
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Delay, Replicates the delay effects of the 80s pedal Roland...
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss Katana Artist Head Gen 3 - Modelling Guitar Heads

Boss Katana Artist Head Gen 3

Modelling Guitar Heads

$674
Transistor Head for Electric Guitar, Power: 100 watts, Special cabinet design with...
4.6 Expert Rating
Boss Katana Artist Gen 3 - Modelling Guitar Combos

Boss Katana Artist Gen 3

Modelling Guitar Combos

$842
Combo Amplifier for Electric Guitar, Power: 100 watts, Equipped with: 1 x 12" speaker, Six...
5 Expert Rating
Boss Katana Head Gen 3 - Modelling Guitar Heads

Boss Katana Head Gen 3

Modelling Guitar Heads

$512
Transistor Amp Head for Electric Guitar, Gen 3 Series, Amplifier types: Clean, Crunch, Lead,...
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss Katana 100/212 Gen 3 - Modelling Guitar Combos

Boss Katana 100/212 Gen 3

Modelling Guitar Combos

$556
Combo Amplifier for Electric Guitar, Channels: 4, Power: 100 W, Equipped with: 2 x 12"...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 - Modelling Guitar Combos

Boss Katana 100 Gen 3

Modelling Guitar Combos

$461
Combo Amplifier for Electric Guitar, Channels: 4, Power: 100 W, Equipped with: 1 x 12" speaker,...
4.6 Expert Rating
Boss Katana 50 EX Gen 3 - Modelling Guitar Combos

Boss Katana 50 EX Gen 3

Modelling Guitar Combos

$410
Combo Amplifier for Electric Guitar, Channels: 2, Power: 50 watts, Equipped with: 1x 12"...
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 - Modelling Guitar Combos

Boss Katana 50 Gen 3

Modelling Guitar Combos

$314
Combo Amplifier for Electric Guitar, New model with enhanced Tube Logic sound, 12 amplifier...
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss ME-90B - Bass Multi Effects

Boss ME-90B

Bass Multi Effects

$384
Multi-Effect Pedal for Electric Bass, Particularly simple operating concept, Intuitive operation via...
4.6 Expert Rating
Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer - Vocalists

Boss VE-22 Vocal Performer

Vocalists

$395
Multi-Effect Vocal Processor, With compressor, EQ, delay, echo, reverb and more, Signal...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet - Guitar Multi Effects

Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet

Guitar Multi Effects

$197
Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet, Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar and Electric Bass, Compact amplifier simulator and impulse...
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss RV-200 Reverb - Reverb Pedals

Boss RV-200 Reverb

Reverb Pedals

$223
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Reverb, Includes the latest Boss reverb algorithm, True bypass,...
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss BP-1W Booster/Preamp - Guitar Effects

Boss BP-1W Booster/Preamp

Guitar Effects

$171
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Waza Craft Series, Clean boost and preamp, Controls:...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss Katana Air EX - Modelling Guitar Combos

Boss Katana Air EX

Modelling Guitar Combos

$549
Modelling Combo for Electric Guitar, Wireless guitar amplifier - incl. radio transmitter for...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss NS-1X Noise Suppressor - Guitar Effects

Boss NS-1X Noise Suppressor

Guitar Effects

$193
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar & Bass, Natural noise reduction through advanced MDP...
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss AC-22LX - Acoustic Guitar Amps

Boss AC-22LX

Acoustic Guitar Amps

$351
Battery-Operated Acoustic Amplifier, Compact stereo acoustic amplifier for guitar and vocals, Air Feel...
5 Expert Rating
Boss GKC-DA GK Converter - Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

Boss GKC-DA GK Converter

Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

$219
DA Converter, Converts the newly developed digital interface Serial GK to analogue 13-pin GK...
4.8 Expert Rating
Boss GKC-AD GK Converter - Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

Boss GKC-AD GK Converter

Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

$219
AD Converter, Converts analogue 13-pin GK pickups to the newly developed Serial GK digital...
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss GK-5B Bass Synth Pickup - Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

Boss GK-5B Bass Synth Pickup

Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

$250
*Note:* required for operation: a 6.3 mm stereo jack cable (Boss BGK-15 Serial GK Cable, Art.#571693# or BGK-30 Serial...
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss GK-5 Guitar Synth Pickup - Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

Boss GK-5 Guitar Synth Pickup

Guitar/Bass Synthesizers

$244
*Note:* required for operation: a 6.3 mm stereo jack cable (Boss BGK-15 Serial GK Cable, Art. #571693# or BGK-30 Serial...
4.6 Expert Rating
Boss ME-90 - Electric Guitar Preamps

Boss ME-90

Electric Guitar Preamps

$325
Multi-Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Compact guitar processor with direct access, Eleven built-in AIRD...
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss DM-101 Delay Machine - Delay/Echo Pedals

Boss DM-101 Delay Machine

Delay/Echo Pedals

$415
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Analogue stereo delay, 12 Delay modes (Classic, Vintage,...
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss SDE-3000 Dual Delay - Delay/Echo Pedals

Boss SDE-3000 Dual Delay

Delay/Echo Pedals

$428
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Dual Delay, Warm vintage digital delay sound, Sound, retro...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss SDE-3000 EVH Dual Delay - Delay/Echo Pedals

Boss SDE-3000 EVH Dual Delay

Delay/Echo Pedals

$516
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Special Edition Dual Delay - developed in collaboration...
4.8 Expert Rating
Boss Katana 212 Waza Cabinet - 2x12 Guitar Cabs

Boss Katana 212 Waza Cabinet

2x12 Guitar Cabs

$686
Cabinet for Electric Guitar, Perfectly tuned cabinet for the Katana-Artist MkII Head,...
4.6 Expert Rating
Boss FS-1-WL Wireless 3-way Footsw. - Switch Pedals

Boss FS-1-WL Wireless 3-way Footsw.

Switch Pedals

$125
Footswitch, Wireless 3-button footswitch, With MIDI and smart device/tablet...
4.6 Expert Rating
Boss SL-2 Slicer - Guitar Effects

Boss SL-2 Slicer

Guitar Effects

$153
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Slicer, This successor to the SL-20 Slicer "chops" sounds into...
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss DS-1w Distortion - Distortion Pedals

Boss DS-1w Distortion

Distortion Pedals

$145
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Distortion, Legendary, classic distortion since 1978, now in...
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss ACS Acoustic Singer Liv Bundle - Acoustic Guitar Amps

Boss ACS Acoustic Singer Liv Bundle

Acoustic Guitar Amps

$756
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss ACS Acoustic Singer Pro Bundle - Acoustic Guitar Amps

Boss ACS Acoustic Singer Pro Bundle

Acoustic Guitar Amps

$934
4.9 Expert Rating
Boss RC-505 MKII Case Bundle - Looper Pedals

Boss RC-505 MKII Case Bundle

Looper Pedals

$571
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss Dual Cube Bass LX - Solid-State Bass Combos

Boss Dual Cube Bass LX

Solid-State Bass Combos

$340
Compact Transistor Combo For Electric Bass, Channels: 1, Power: 2x 5 Watts, Equipped with: 2x...
4.8 Expert Rating
Boss GA-FC EX - Guitar Amp Footswitches

Boss GA-FC EX

Guitar Amp Footswitches

$149
6-Way Footswitch, Expanded GA-FC pedal with improved functionality for selected BOSS amplifiers, Sturdy...
4.5 Expert Rating
Boss Dual Cube LX - Solid-State Guitar Combos

Boss Dual Cube LX

Solid-State Guitar Combos

$175
Compact Transistor Combo For Electric Guitars, Versatile desktop amplifier, 1 Channel, Power: 2x 5...
4.4 Expert Rating
Boss RE-202 Space Echo Delay/Reverb - Delay/Echo Pedals

Boss RE-202 Space Echo Delay/Reverb

Delay/Echo Pedals

$373
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar, Delay/Reverb, Legendary Space Echo Tape-Delay &...
4.7 Expert Rating
Boss RE-2 Space Echo Delay/Reverb - Delay/Echo Pedals

Boss RE-2 Space Echo Delay/Reverb

Delay/Echo Pedals

$217
Effects Pedal for Electric Guitar, Delay/Reverb, Legendary Space Echo Tape-Delay &...
4.6 Expert Rating
Boss Katana-210 Bass - Solid-State Bass Combos

Boss Katana-210 Bass

Solid-State Bass Combos

$629
Modelling Combo for Electric Bass, Six storage locations, Three amp voicings with three sound...
4.8 Expert Rating
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Frequently Asked Questions About Boss

While initially manufactured in Japan, Boss pedals are now produced in various locations, including China and Indonesia, maintaining Roland's quality control standards.

Many older Boss pedals are not true bypass, while newer models increasingly incorporate true bypass switching to minimize signal loss when the effect is disengaged.

Absolutely! Boss offers a wide range of bass-specific pedals and many standard effects pedals work equally well with bass guitar signals.

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