Boss - News and Rumours
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Boss SY-1000: An expansive – and expensive – new guitar synth floor pedal
05 Dec · Boss has just unveiled its most powerful guitar and bass synthesizer system to date, the SY-1000. Yup, it packs in a lot of features and has an epic-looking blue frame. But is it simply too expensive?
Boss Katana MK II: A new sharper blade for your tone!
03 Oct · Boss Katana MK II launches today with five new amps and variations, for up to ten sounds and a new Stereo Expand feature for the 100 watt models. The blade has been sharpened and is ready for action.
Boss revamps its delay pedal line-up with new DD-8 and DD-3T
26 Sep · The new Boss DD-8 and DD-3T digital delay pedals add a loads of usable features to two of the company's much loved digital delay pedals. Now we have tap-tempo, Warp and GLT!
Rob Scallon breaks Guinness World Record for guitar effect pedalboard
30 Aug · Rob Scallon breaks Guinness World Record for the most effect pedals played through at once. With a ridiculous 319 pedals in line all together, it sounds crazy!
Boss debuts the RC-10R pedal, a next-gen looper with a rhythm section
11 Jul · The new Boss RC-10R adds a rhythm section to the Boss RC range of looper pedals, with 280 presets and 16 kits available as well as 6 hours of recording time.
Boss SY-1: 121 synths in one guitar pedal – and no MIDI pickup required
11 Jul · The new Boss SY-1 compact pedal manages to squeeze in 121 synthesiser sounds into one small unit and gives you the ability to easily manipulate them in real time.
Boss Nextone Version 2 update adds tone tweaks for free
05 Jul · Boss has announced a new Nextone Version 2 update for their Tube Logic combo series and it includes new classic tube amps, enhanced tweaks with circuit-level customisation.
Boss WL-60 wireless system: 14-channels, a big display and up to 25h battery life
13 Jun · The new Boss WL-60 wireless system uses a body pack transmitter and pedalboard-mounted receiver, has a large LCD display and automatic channel selection, so should be easy to use for live players.
Boss outs 4 new “premium” 200 Series effect pedals with delay, EQ, drive and modulation
13 Jun · Boss new mid-priced pedal range, the 200 series, includes the DD-200 Digital Delay, EQ-200 Graphic Equalizer, MD-200 Modulation and OD-200 Hybrid Drive. Will they be special enough to woo buyers?
Watch JHS compare cheap Behringer pedals with the expensive classics they’re based on
12 Apr · In the latest video by JHS, Josh Scott compares classic, highly desirable guitar effects with some Behringer pedals they inspired. Gear snobs: turn away now. This may hurt.
Boss Nextone-Artist and Nextone-Stage: The next big thing in combo guitar amps?
15 Nov 2018 · Boss has just announced two new amps, the Nextone-Artist and Nextone-Stage. Both combine tube amp modelling and useful features with a light-weight combo design that should be easy to transport.
NAMM 2019: Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander – A Swiss Army knife for valve amps?
15 Nov 2018 · Do you own a tube amp? If so, then you should check out the new Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander due for release in 2019, which has a lot of cool features designed to complement your amplifier.
Is BOSS preparing to launch a Waza Craft DC-2w Dimension C and an MT-2w?
03 Oct 2018 · If this isn't some well-executed hoax, these two images seem to indicate that BOSS is planning to release a Waza Craft DC-2w and MT-2w. Are they legit? We hope so!
Boss wireless guitar system, the WL Series, announced
16 Jun 2018 · Boss has a new set of wireless hardware for your live guitar rig that even includes a handy compact pedalboard version that integrates with their Katana-Air wireless amps.