June 21, 2016

New Robben Ford Blues Cube Tone Capsule

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Bring Robben Ford’s Famous Tones to Your Blues Cube Amplifier

Robben Ford with his signature Tone Capsule for the Blues Cube amp series.

The new Robben Ford Blues Cube Tone Capsule is the latest addition to the expanding Tone Capsule lineup, bringing the signature tone of the noted blues and jazz fusion guitarist to the Blues Cube amplifier series. Robben directly collaborated with Roland engineers on this Tone Capsule, fine-tuning the sound over a span of many months. Easy to install, the device plugs into the Tone Capsule slot on a supported Blues Cube amp, instantly changing the voicing to the guitarist’s personal preferences for sound and response.

January 19, 2016

New Product: Roland Blues Cube Hot

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Compact Guitar Amp with Authentic Tube Logic Tone

The Blues Cube Hot is available in Vintage Blonde or Black.

Roland has just introduced the Blues Cube Hot, a powerful compact combo with 30 watts of power and a 12-inch speaker. The latest member of the acclaimed Blues Cube guitar amp series is great for home and studio use, yet still delivers plenty of volume for gigging. Like all Blues Cube amps, the Blues Cube Hot features Roland’s Tube Logic design, which provides authentic tube tone and touch response with modern advantages like lighter weight and maintenance-free operation.

January 22, 2015

New Product: BOSS BB-1X Bass Driver

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A Powerful Tone Enhancer and DI for Bassists

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With the new BB-1X Bass Driver, improving your bass tone has never been easier. Far more than a typical stompbox, the BB-1X incorporates powerful BOSS technology to make your sound big, bold, and punchy. It functions much like a preamp, allowing you shape your tone without altering the fundamental core elements of your bass and amp sounds. The BB-1X also includes a uniquely tuned DI output that ensures the FOH engineer gets a great sound for delivering your personal tone to the main PA.

July 15, 2014

New BOSS Waza Craft Pedals: BD-2W, SD-1W, and DM-2W

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Special Edition Stomps with Customized Sound

It’s time to clear some space on your pedalboard—the new BOSS Waza Craft pedals have just been announced! Featuring refined circuit designs and all-analog components, the Waza Craft line provides guitarists the ultimate BOSS tone experience. The debut of this special edition series includes the BD-2W Blues Driver, SD-1W Super Overdrive, and DM-2W Delay. All three pedals deliver the famous sound signatures of the past and present BOSS pedals they’re based on, plus switchable modes for customized tones sought after by serious players. More

May 7, 2014

Video: MDP for the Modern Guitarist

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Pete Thorn’s Demo of the OD-1X OverDrive & DS-1X Distortion Effects Pedals

BOSS OD-1X OverDrive and DS-1X Distortion

Guitar nerd Pete Thorn, delivers a detailed demo of the BOSS OD-1X Overdrive and DS-1X Distortion effects pedals. He gives a play-by-play explanation of the pedals with low-gain, single-coil sounds, high-gain sounds and humbucker. He also demonstrates how the technology in these pedals responds to his playing and what it means to the modern guitarist. More

January 23, 2014

New BOSS OD-1X Overdrive & DS-1X Distortion

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Advanced BOSS Technologies for Premium Performance

The BOSS OD-1X OverDrive and DS-1X Distortion

Taking the famous BOSS overdrive and distortion into an all-new era, the OD-1X and DS-1X deliver sound quality, dynamic response, and tonal clarity at a level that you won’t believe. Leveraging over 35 years of tone know-how, these special edition pedals feature advanced BOSS technology for performance that’s light years beyond the capabilities of any traditional analog design. More

April 25, 2013

BOSS Your Tone: Overdrive and Distortion

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Overdrive and Distortion: What’s the Difference?

What’s the difference between overdrive and distortion? Learn the difference and how to get great tone with either stompbox.

Get Great Tone With OverDrive and Distortion

As guitar players, what are we all after? What do we struggle to describe, work to attain, but always know when we hear it? And what is all that gear out there for? The answer to all three of these questions is the same: great tone. With so much equipment available today to help in creating tone, how do we go about making it do what we want? Let’s take a look at some simple and effective ways to get killer tone with overdrive and distortion. More

April 10, 2013

Get Great Tone With BOSS OverDrive

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BOSS Overdrive – The Yellow Ones

BOSS OverDrive

There are two good ways to get tone from an overdrive. One is to use the overdrive in conjunction with your amp; that is, use the overdrive pedal to augment your amp’s inherent tone. Here’s how this works: More