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New Product: BOSS RC-505 Loop Station

RC-505 Debuts at Musikmesse 2013 BOSS has just introduced the RC-505 Loop Station, a new breed of looper that’s perfect for beatboxers, singers, club performers, and DJs. With its compact, tabletop design and powerful yet simple interface, the RC-505 gives you fingertip control of five simultaneous stereo loop tracks, a variety of recording and playback options, [...]

BOSS Showcases at SXSW

Test Drive These BOSS Pedals at the Austin StompBox Exhibit Going to SXSW? Our new pedals are, too! Join BOSS at SXSW this year during the the first edition of The Austin StompBox Exhibit hosted by The Deli and Delicious Audio. This free, interactive, in-the-headphones display of guitar effects pedals will take place Friday and Saturday, [...]

BOSS Loop Station World Championship 3: International Finals

See How the World’s Best Loopers Perform with BOSS Loop Stations Enter for a chance to win an RC-3 Loop Station pedal autographed by John-5, Steve Stevens, Billy Duffy, Herman Li, and Darryl Jones. Contest ends April 5, 2013. On Friday evening, January 25, 2013, loop artists from 12 different countries gathered at the House [...]

Meet The Loop Station World Championship 3 Judges

Darryl Jones Darryl has played bass guitar for the Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Cher and Peter Gabriel. He also plays with an amazing trio, the Stone Raiders. Darryl uses BOSS effects and the Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer. John 5 John plays guitar for Rob Zombie. He has also played [...]

Loop Station World Finalists 2013 Part 2

There are 12 contestants from all corners of the world that will be participating in this year’s Loop Station World Championship. Here are the six remaining contestants and the performances that got them to the finals.  Using a Loop Station, each finalist will compete with an original one-man song and will be critiqued by our celebrity judges as [...]

Loop Station World Finalists 2013 Part 1

There are 12 contestants from all corners of the world that will be participating in this year’s Loop Station World Championship. Here are six of the contestants and the videos that got them to the finals. Each finalist will compete by creating a one-man song using a Loop Station and judged by our celebrity judges and [...]

Tommy Walker – The Worship Musician

Tommy Walker stops by Roland studios to shoot an RC-300 Loop Station artist impressions video. We caught Tommy on break to discuss his history with BOSS and Roland products and also to catch up.

Loop Station World Championship 3 U.S. Finals Judges

Lisa Harriton Lisa Harriton became the touring keyboardist and back-up vocalist for the Grammy-award winning alternative rock band, The Smashing Pumpkins, in 2007. Harriton appears in the videos for “Tarantula” and “That’s the Way (My Love Is)”.  Since her work with the Pumpkins, she has toured/performed with Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) Adam Lambert, Ke$ha and Natalia Kills, opening for [...]