Boss Corporation

Boss Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded13 March 1973; 51 years ago (1973-03-13)[1]
HeadquartersHamamatsu, Japan[1]
ProductsEffects units
ParentRoland Corporation
WebsiteBoss.info/

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. For many years Boss has manufactured a wide range of products related to effects processing for guitars, including "compact" and "twin" effects pedals, multi-effect pedals, electronic tuners and pedal boards. In more recent times, Boss expanded their product range by including digital studios, rhythm machines,[2] samplers[3] and other electronic music equipment. They also are now manufacturing solid-state amplifiers and speaker heads such as the Waza and the Katana. Both feature multi-effects units meant to emulate Boss' classic effects pedals.

  1. ^ a b "国内グループ会社 :: 企業情報・採用 :: ローランド". Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-07-29. (Japanese page)
  2. ^ "Boss DR202". Sound On Sound. December 1998. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Boss Dr Sample SP202". Sound On Sound. January 1998. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014.