Boss

Like authenticity, inspiration can't be bought and sold. Instead, it hides in all sorts of strange places and the only way to find it is to look...

We check out Boss' Katana series of affordable modelling guitar amplifiers, all of which include a USB recording output.

The CP-1X is no typical guitar compressor pedal. It employs Boss’s proprietary Multi-Dimensional Processing (MDP) technology, which analyses various aspects of the incoming signal in real time and then responds by optimising the digital processing for the source.

The Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble dates back to 1976 and was the very first Boss pedal to use charge-coupled ‘bucket brigade’ delay line chips. Now, on the 40th anniversary of the original CE-1, Boss release the Waza Craft CE-2W, still in the familiar compact pedal format — and still blue...

Boss’s well-conceived switching system brings the convenience of a multi-effects unit to your collection of individual pedals.

Guitar-synth stompboxes open up a world of sonic possibilities — but getting the most out of them takes a little forward planning...