BOSS PRODUCTS CATALOG 2008 COMPACT SERIES P3-8 The World’s Best-Selling Compact Effects LEGEND SERIES P9-10 TWIN PEDAL SERIES P11-12 Popular Fender® amps reproduced Twice the Size, Twice the Power via COSM® RC SERIES P15-16 Powerful Loop Recorders for TU SERIES P13 AD SERIES P14 Live Performance When I got my first guitar, my life changed. The Gold Standard in Tuning Unlock the Potential of A new passion was born, Acoustic Guitars and all I wanted to do was to play. There were guitarists I loved, and guitars I adored. And then I got my first BOSS pedal — my point of take-off. It was the driving force that made my musical dreams a reality. BOSS has a long, celebrated history of making dreams come true. Whether pro or beginner, guitarists throughout the world rely on BOSS for the very best in tone, expression, and reliability. GT-PRO P17-20 GT SERIES P21-24 Twin COSM® Engines Advanced Multi-Effects in a Single Rack Processors DR&DB SERIES P35-36 Small But Powerful Timekeeping Tools ME SERIES P25-28 BR SERIES P29-34 Multi-Effects with Pro-Quality Studios with Intuitive Operation Built-in Burners THE BOSS COMPACT EFFECTS STORY The World Leader in Compact Effects 10,000,000 pedals sold and going strong ... BOSS is the number one choice for musicians who want the best of the best. Carefully selected parts, uncompromised circuit design, road-tough construction-everything on a BOSS pedal is made with the professional in mind. Musicians who demand the best choose BOSS. Philosophy Breakthrough Pro Quality Bassists Welcome From the beginning, BOSS has built the best BOSS has laid claim to many “world firsts” Only the very best components and circuitry are Not just for guitarists, BOSS pedals by adhering to these key principles: during its illustrious history. Among the many used in BOSS pedals. No corners are cut, no has a range of effects built ➀ Reliable aluminum die cast bodies. ➁ Pedal BOSS highlights have been bringing to market compromises are made — these pedals are specifically for bass players. switches that withstand the 1,000,000-repetition the first-ever chorus, overdrive, digital delay, built to sound great and take a pounding. So plug in, and anchor your durability test. ➂ FET switches to eliminate the reverb, and pitch-shifter pedals. music with solid, clicking noise of conventional mechanical high-impact effects that are custom-tailored for switches. ➃ Non-slip rubber bases. ➄ Easy-to- low frequencies. install battery compartments. ➅ LED indicators. ➆ Battery and AC power. DD-7 RV-5 PS-5 ODB-3 GEB-7 CEB-3 Legend Originality Colorful Lineup Imagination The history of BOSS reads like the history of Beyond standard effects, BOSS is famous for BOSS offers an incredibly wide variety of effects Where will you take your tone? From subtle guitar effects. The famous compact pedal its unique and unusual stompboxes, such as that can take your sound to places it has never sweetening to complete audio transformation, line-up began in 1977 with the classic OD-1 the SG-1 Slow Gear, VB-2 Vibrato, and, most been before. Whether you need subtle polish or BOSS provides more tone-shaping options than Overdrive, which established the recently, the RC-2 Loop Station. full, sonic immersion, BOSS effects will do the any other compact-effects manufacturer in masterful design job reliably and professionally. industry. principle for all other BOSS effects pedals that followed. SG-1 VB-2 RC-2 Note: The OD-1 is no longer in production. Note: The SG-1 and VB-2 are no longer in production. 3-4 COMPACT SERIES ® SUPER OverDrive Metal Zone Metal Core Fuzz Bass OverDrive Explore Your Inner Rock Star Warm, Tube Drive Sounds BOSS’s Most Popular Extreme Metal in A Distorted Blast Crunchy Overdrive Uses BOSS’s asymmetric overdrive Pedal! a Compact Pedal from the Past Effects for Bass Warm, fatten, bake, or burn — BOSS overdrive and circuitry for warm, smooth Features dual-gain circuitry for The ML-2 delivers massive The FZ-5 uses COSM® technology to An overdrive effect designed to overdrive sounds that respond to thick, tube stack distortion with distortion and gain with heavy lows authentically reproduce three cover the entire frequency range of distortion pedals are world famous for their rich, your picking style just like a tube heavy mids and lows and for music that requires a crushing famous vintage fuzz effects of the bass guitars, including 5-string aggressive, and expressive sound. With nine compact amp. Includes a Tone control to dial long-lasting sustain. A 3-band EQ sound. The ML-2’s ferocious and ’60s and ’70s. Turn the FUZZ knob to basses. Overdriven sounds can be in just the right sound. with semi-parametric mids takes biting tone will slice through any BOOST and you’ll create an intense blended with dry bass signal for pedals in this category, guitarists have an expansive your sound to the extreme. blast beats your rhythm section can distortion that even exceeds the maximum clarity and punch. produce. range of power-tone tools to choose from. originals. OverDrive Blues Driver® OverDrive/Distortion Compression Sustainer Equalizer Bass Equalizer Natural Overdrive with The Perfect Tone Distortion and Overdrive Improves Your Powerful 7-Band EQ! Precise Tonal Control Endless Sustain! for Blues Together At Last! Overall Tone Shape your sound and With a frequency range from 50Hz to Classic BOSS overdrive, based on a Get the tone of a bluesy, vintage A flexible pedal capable of Compresses louder signals eliminate feedback with seven 10kHz, the GEB-7 is ideal for any dual-stage design for bigger, fuller tube amp in a compact pedal producing overdrive, distortion, or a while boosting lower signals bands of equalization. Includes bass guitar, including 5-string sounds. Variable Drive and Tone capable of anything from warm combination of both. Get “in your for smooth sustain without frequencies ranging from 100Hz to basses. Seven bands of EQ are controls create overdriven sounds overdriven sounds to full-on face” distortion while maintaining degrading the original sound 6.4kHz with a powerful 15dB available, affording greater control from mild to extreme with almost distortion. Leaves the subtle the subtle nuances of single-coil quality. Onboard EQ provides boost/cut per band. over the crucial midrange. endless sustain. nuances of your playing intact. guitar pickups. precise tonal control; low-noise design for super-quiet operation. Dyna Drive Distortion TURBO Distortion Mega Distortion Acoustic Simulator Chorus Ensemble SUPER Chorus An Overdrive Pedal that Used by Pros Everywhere Two Distortions Nu-School Distortion Advanced Electric-To- The Original Chorus A Unique Stereo Chorus Reacts to You A classic! Add some hard-edged for the Price of One with Massive Low End Acoustic Guitar Modeling Produces everything from mild, Delivers a clean chorus sound with natural chorusing to the penetrating crystal-clear highs and a unique Equipped with Roland’s Dyna Amp distortion while preserving the Features twin modes for an This pedal’s dual Distortion and The AC-3 is a new-generation stereo chorus popular in stereo effect, variable between the technology, this innovative overdrive subtle nuances of your playing expanded range of distortion — Gain Boost circuits take thick, compact pedal that employs ® contemporary music. Covers a wide left and right speakers. An EQ pedal reacts to your playing dynamics. A Tone control is taking you from blues-rock rhythms heavy distortion sounds to a whole COSM modeling technology frequency range and includes both function adjusts the tonality of the dynamics. Get a transparent, clean provided for easy sound shaping. to searing leads at the press of a new level. Special Gain Boost and to transform any electric guitar high- and low-cut filters. chorus sound. sound by playing softly, for example, pedal or twist of a knob. Bottom controls let you shape your into a variety of beautiful acoustics. and transition smoothly to a tone for maximum volume and powerful overdrive by picking low-end punch. aggressively. 5-6 COMPACT SERIES Bass Chorus Dynamic Wah SUPER Octave Digital Reverb Loop Station™ Noise Suppressor A Chorus Pedal with Unbelievable “Talking” The Ultimate Octave Pedal Pro-Quality Reverb — Mini Loop Station with A “Must-Have” Pedal! Built-in Crossover In Stereo Big Features Wah Effects! The OC-3 SUPER Octave puts new Eliminate unwanted noise and hum A split-frequency chorus capable of The world’s first compact pedal to polyphonic octave effects, a Drive The RV-5 Digital Reverb gives you Able to record 11 phrases for up to without altering your tone. A unique applying warm, rich chorus to produce human-voice type wah mode with distortion, and the six of BOSS’s best reverbs — 16 minutes, the RC-2 is ideal for noise detection circuit preserves higher frequencies without sounds using a “Humanizer” effect. original OC-2 effect in one including spring reverb emulation, sound-on-sound layering or as a the natural attack and envelope, muddying the lows. A space EXP Pedal mode allows foot convenient pedal that’s ideal for gate reverb, and an all-new backing machine, a basic sampler, leaving your playing and dynamics synthesis effect guarantees a control, plus dedicated Bass input bass, too. “Modulate” mode — in a true a phrase trainer, etc. Guide patterns intact. natural and spacious chorus effect. for processing bass guitar. stereo pedal. are provided for accompaniment. Tremolo Flanger Phase Shifter Digital Delay Line Selector Bass Limiter Enhancer Bass Synthesizer Chromatic Tuner Classic Tremolo Sounds! The Flanger Gets a Modern Phasing with Pro-Quality Delay in Simplifies Your Setup Smooth Tone, Every Time Synth Power Under Convenient Pedal-Based Reproduces the classic tremolo Face-Lift Tap Tempo Sync a Compact Pedal The easy way to switch Smoothes out your playing by Your Foot Tuning effects of vintage ’60s amps using a The thickest stereo flanging sounds Vintage BOSS phasing effects A powerful delay pedal with three settings among several effects or eliminating harsh volume peaks, Utilizing the latest in DSP Legendary BOSS tuning in a Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO).