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Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories. Boss manufactures a range of products related to effects processing for guitars, including "compact" and "twin" effects pedals, multi-effect pedals, electronic tuners, and pedal boards. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ...
Hamamatsu (浜松市; -shi) is a city located in western Shizuoka, Japan. ...
A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ...
A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies outstanding stock. ...
Roland Corporation ) TYO: 7944 is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. ...
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Effects pedals are electronic devices used by musicians, primarily electric guitar players, to alter the sound quality or timbre of electric or electronic instruments, and less often vocals picked up through microphones. ...
Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ...
The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ...
Roland Corporation ) TYO: 7944 is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. ...
A KORG brand electronic tuner An Electronic tuner is a device used by musicians to tune instruments. ...
A guitar pedalboard is a container for electric guitar effects pedals and their power supplies. ...
History
A typical compact effects pedal. When Roland decided to form a subsidiary company dedicated to guitars in the early 1970s, they originally intended to call it MEG (Musical Engineering Group). Realizing, however, that Meg was a girl's name and might dissuade male guitarists, they searched for a name that would connote power and mastership, and eventually came up with Boss. Image File history File linksMetadata DS2. ...
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The earliest Boss product was called B-100 The Boss, released in 1976. This came with a clip-on pre-amp and a pickup to amplify acoustic guitars. At this point the Boss company had not been formed and it was still technically a Roland product.
The first proper Boss foot pedal effect, in 1976, was called the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, believed by many guitarists to be the "Holy Grail" of pedal chorus effects. It was a fairly large, mains-powered unit. It was popular with artists at the time such as Andy Summers and can be heard on various recordings. However the real breakthrough came the year later. Andrew James Summers (born 31 December 1942) is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in The Police. ...
Boss's renowned line of compact pedals began in 1977 with the release of three pedals: an overdrive pedal (OD-1), a phaser pedal (PH-1) and a parametric equalizer called the Spectrum (SP-1). The now famous Boss DS-1 was released the next year, in 1978. Also released in this year is the T Wah (TW-1) pedal. Their first compact chorus pedal (CE-2) came the next year 1979, and their first flanger pedal (BF-2) the next 1980. In 1983 Boss broke new ground with the release of the DD-2 Digital Delay, the first mass produced digital delay in a compact pedal format. In 1987 Boss released nine new pedals, including the Turbo Distortion (DS-2). The Metal Zone (MT-2) was released in 1991. The Heavy Metal (HM-2) distortion pedal was an integral part of the guitar sound of many styles of heavy metal music ever since. Their big selling point has always been reliability - many compare their metal cases to a tank. As well as Boss's compact pedals sporting heavy-duty metal cases, they are colour coded in distinctive, bright colours. The pedals all share the same 'footprint', making it easy for guitarists to develop pedal-boards for the standard size. Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
Overdrive in the field of rock music, is a term used for an electric guitar amplifier when turned up, usually deliberately, to the point where distortion (clipping) is clearly audible in the output signal. ...
This article is about the audio effect. ...
The BOSS DS-1 is a basic distortion pedal manufactured by the Roland Corporation under the brand name BOSS. It has one tone knob, one level knob, and one distortion knob. ...
Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...
The chorus effect is a condition in the way people perceive nearly the same sound coming from more than one source. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
Flanging is a time-based audio effect that occurs when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 ms (milliseconds). ...
Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
Boss introduced COSM, Roland's proprietary version of digital modeling technology, into their AC-3 Acoustic Simulator pedal in 2006. Boss has since released several pedals using COSM, including the FBM-1 '59 Fender Bassman pedal and FDR-1 '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb pedal, introduced at the Winter NAMM show in January 2007.
All Boss compact pedals use a "buffered bypass" type of silent footswitching utilizing Field Effect Transistors (FETs) that produce no clicks or pops. Most guitarists feel that although buffered bypass switching is not as transparent as "true bypass" switching, the Boss version of buffered bypass is one of the best of its type causing very little signal degradation, while helping the signal to go through long pedal lines and cables without losing its fidelity.
Japan/Taiwan Boss compact pedals were originally produced in Japan, until circa 1990 where production moved to Taiwan. Some users claim there is a sound difference between the two, although there is no conclusive evidence to prove the superiority of either. Earlier units came with a metal screw securing the battery compartment, later models retained the metal screw, adding a plastic knob for tool-less battery removal. The labels on the bottom of the pedals come in several different colours including black, silver, green, pink and blue. Apart from this the basic design has remained unchanged for over 25 years.
In recent years older Boss compact pedals have begun to command a high premium on the used market. Some pedals, such as the relatively rare VB-2 Vibrato, SG-1 Slow Gear, SP-1 Spectrum, and DC-2 Dimension C, are highly sought after by collectors.
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This article is a list of products manufactured by Roland Corporation. ...
References - ^ http://www.roland.co.jp/about/group_japan.html (Japanese page)
- ^ http://www.roland.co.jp/about/group_japan.html (Japanese page)
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