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Boss Corporation
Japanese musical effects manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. 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.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Musical instruments |
Founded | 13 March 1973; 51 years ago (1973-03-13)[1] |
Headquarters | Hamamatsu, Japan[1] |
Products | Effects units |
Parent | Roland Corporation |
Website | Boss.info/ |