Boss

Japan•Est. 1973

The division of Roland Corporation that defined the compact pedal format. Founded 1973 (as MEG), compacts started 1977.

Master Models

Effect Pedal

Image	Model Name	Subcategory	Versions	Year Start	Year End	Action
	OD-1 Overdrive	Overdrive	2	1977	1985	Add Variant
No img	PH-1 Phaser	Phaser	1	1977	1981	Add Variant
No img	SP-1 Spectrum	EQ	1	1977	1981	Add Variant
	CS-1 Compression Sustainer	Compressor	2	1978	1982	Add Variant
	DS-1 Distortion	Distortion	6	1978	Present	Add Variant
	TW-1 Touch Wah	Filter	2	1978	1987	Add Variant
	CE-2 Chorus	Chorus	3	1979	Present	Add Variant
	NF-1 Noise Gate	Utility	2	1979	1988	Add Variant
No img	SG-1 Slow Gear	Filter	1	1979	1982	Add Variant
No img	BF-2 Flanger	Flanger	2	1980	2001	Add Variant
No img	PH-1R Phaser	Phaser	1	1980	1985	Add Variant
	CS-2 Compression Sustainer	Compressor	1	1981	1986	Add Variant
No img	DM-2 Delay	Delay	2	1981	Present	Add Variant
	GE-7 Equalizer	EQ	2	1981	Present	Add Variant
	SD-1 Super Overdrive	Overdrive	3	1981	Present	Add Variant
	CE-3 Chorus Ensemble	Chorus	2	1982	1992	Add Variant
No img	OC-2 Octave	Pitch	3	1982	2005	Add Variant
No img	VB-2 Vibrato	Vibe	2	1982	Present	Add Variant
	HM-2 Heavy Metal	Distortion	3	1983	Present	Add Variant
	PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch	Utility	1	1983	1999	Add Variant
	DD-2 Digital Delay	Delay	1	1984	1986	Add Variant
	DF-2 Super Feedbacker & Distortion	Distortion	2	1984	1994	Add Variant
	PH-2 Super Phaser	Phaser	2	1984	2001	Add Variant
	DC-2 Dimension C	Chorus	2	1985	Present	Add Variant
	DSD-2 Digital Sampler/Delay	Delay	1	1985	1986	Add Variant
	OD-2 Turbo Overdrive	Overdrive	2	1985	1994	Add Variant
	CS-3 Compression Sustainer	Compressor	1	1986	Present	Add Variant
	DD-3 Digital Delay	Delay	3	1986	Present	Add Variant
No img	DSD-3 Digital Sampler/Delay	Delay	1	1986	1988	Add Variant
No img	FT-2 Dynamic Filter	Filter	1	1986	1988	Add Variant
No img	BF-2B Bass Flanger	Flanger	1	1987	1995	Add Variant
	CE-2B Bass Chorus	Chorus	1	1987	1995	Add Variant
	DS-2 Turbo Distortion	Distortion	3	1987	Present	Add Variant
	GE-7B Bass Equalizer	EQ	1	1987	1995	Add Variant
	LM-2 Limiter	Compressor	1	1987	1992	Add Variant
	MZ-2 Digital Metalizer	Distortion	1	1987	1992	Add Variant
	NS-2 Noise Suppressor	Utility	1	1987	Present	Add Variant
	PS-2 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay	Pitch	1	1987	1994	Add Variant
	RV-2 Digital Reverb	Reverb	1	1987	1990	Add Variant
	DC-3 Digital Dimension	Chorus	2	1988	1993	Add Variant
	CH-1 Super Chorus	Chorus	2	1989	Present	Add Variant
No img	EH-2 Enhancer	Utility	1	1990	1998	Add Variant
No img	LM-2B Bass Limiter	Compressor	1	1990	1995	Add Variant
	OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion	Distortion	1	1990	Present	Add Variant
No img	PN-2 Tremolo/Pan	Tremolo	1	1990	1995	Add Variant
No img	AW-2 Auto Wah	Filter	1	1991	1999	Add Variant
No img	CE-5 Chorus Ensemble	Chorus	2	1991	Present	Add Variant
	LS-2 Line Selector	Utility	1	1991	Present	Add Variant
	MT-2 Metal Zone	Distortion	2	1991	Present	Add Variant
	FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz	Fuzz	1	1993	1997	Add Variant
	HM-3 Hyper Metal	Distortion	1	1993	1998	Add Variant
	SD-2 Dual Overdrive	Overdrive	1	1993	1998	Add Variant
	OD-2r Turbo Overdrive	Overdrive	1	1994	1999	Add Variant
	ODB-3 Bass Overdrive	Overdrive	1	1994	Present	Add Variant
No img	PS-3 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay	Pitch	1	1994	2000	Add Variant
No img	RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay	Reverb	1	1994	2002	Add Variant
	BD-2 Blues Driver	Overdrive	2	1995	Present	Add Variant
No img	CEB-3 Bass Chorus	Chorus	1	1995	Present	Add Variant
	DD-5 Digital Delay	Delay	1	1995	2003	Add Variant
No img	GEB-7 Bass Equalizer	EQ	1	1995	Present	Add Variant
No img	LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer	Compressor	1	1995	Present	Add Variant
No img	GT-5 Guitar Effects Processor	Multi-Effects	1	1996	2001	Add Variant
No img	XT-2 Xtortion	Distortion	1	1996	1998	Add Variant
No img	AC-2 Acoustic Simulator	Preamp	1	1997	2006	Add Variant
No img	FZ-3 Fuzz	Fuzz	1	1997	1999	Add Variant
	OD-3 OverDrive	Overdrive	2	1997	Present	Add Variant
	TR-2 Tremolo	Tremolo	1	1997	Present	Add Variant
No img	TU-2 Chromatic Tuner	Tuner	1	1998	2010	Add Variant
	PS-5 Super Shifter	Pitch	1	1999	2010	Add Variant
No img	AW-3 Dynamic Wah	Filter	1	2000	Present	Add Variant
No img	PH-3 Phase Shifter	Phaser	1	2000	Present	Add Variant
No img	GT-6 Guitar Effects Processor	Multi-Effects	1	2001	2004	Add Variant
No img	MD-2 Mega Distortion	Distortion	1	2001	Present	Add Variant
No img	RC-20 Loop Station	Utility	2	2001	2011	Add Variant
	ME-50 Guitar Multiple Effects	Multi-Effects	1	2002	2009	Add Variant
No img	RV-5 Digital Reverb	Reverb	1	2002	2015	Add Variant
No img	DD-20 Giga Delay	Delay	1	2003	2015	Add Variant
	DD-6 Digital Delay	Delay	1	2003	2008	Add Variant
	OC-3 Super Octave	Pitch	3	2003	2020	Add Variant
	GT-8 Guitar Effects Processor	Multi-Effects	1	2004	2008	Add Variant
No img	RT-20 Rotary Ensemble	Modulation	1	2005	Present	Add Variant
No img	AC-3 Acoustic Simulator	Preamp	1	2006	Present	Add Variant
	RC-2 Loop Station	Looper	1	2006	2011	Add Variant
	RC-50 Loop Station	Looper	1	2006	2011	Add Variant
No img	DN-2 Dyna Drive	Overdrive	1	2007	2012	Add Variant
No img	FBM-1 Fender '59 Bassman	Overdrive	1	2007	2013	Add Variant
No img	FDR-1 Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb-Amp	Overdrive	1	2007	2013	Add Variant
	FZ-5 Fuzz	Fuzz	1	2007	2021	Add Variant
	ML-2 Metal Core	Distortion	1	2007	Present	Add Variant
No img	RE-20 Space Echo	Delay	1	2007	Present	Add Variant
	DD-7 Digital Delay	Delay	1	2008	2019	Add Variant
No img	GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor	Multi-Effects	1	2008	2012	Add Variant
No img	SL-20 Slicer	Tremolo	1	2008	2018	Add Variant
No img	FRV-1 '63 Fender Reverb	Reverb	1	2009	2013	Add Variant
No img	PS-6 Harmonist	Pitch	1	2010	Present	Add Variant
	ST-2 Power Stack	Distortion	2	2010	Present	Add Variant
No img	TU-3 Chromatic Tuner	Tuner	2	2010	Present	Add Variant
	BC-2 Combo Drive	Overdrive	2	2011	Present	Add Variant
No img	FB-2 Feedbacker/Booster	Boost	1	2011	2015	Add Variant
No img	RC-3 Loop Station	Looper	1	2011	2020	Add Variant
	RC-30 Loop Station	Looper	1	2011	2020	Add Variant
No img	RC-300 Loop Station	Looper	1	2011	2021	Add Variant
No img	GT-100 Amp Effects Processor	Multi-Effects	1	2012	Present	Add Variant
No img	DA-2 Adaptive Distortion	Distortion	1	2013	2014	Add Variant
No img	MO-2 Multi Overtone	Pitch	1	2013	Present	Add Variant
No img	TE-2 Tera Echo	Delay	1	2013	Present	Add Variant
No img	DS-1X Distortion	Distortion	1	2014	Present	Add Variant
No img	ME-80 Guitar Multiple Effects	Multi-Effects	1	2014	2022	Add Variant
No img	OD-1X Overdrive	Overdrive	1	2014	Present	Add Variant
	RC-1 Loop Station	Looper	1	2014	Present	Add Variant
No img	BB-1X Bass Driver	Overdrive	1	2015	Present	Add Variant
No img	RV-6 Reverb	Reverb	1	2015	Present	Add Variant
	AD-2 Acoustic Preamp	Preamp	1	2016	Present	Add Variant
No img	BC-1X Bass Comp	Compressor	1	2016	Present	Add Variant
No img	CP-1X Compressor	Compressor	1	2016	Present	Add Variant
No img	DD-8 Digital Delay	Delay	1	2019	Present	Add Variant
No img	SY-1 Synthesizer	Pitch	1	2019	Present	Add Variant
No img	OC-5 Octave	Pitch	1	2020	Present	Add Variant
No img	RC-5 Loop Station	Looper	1	2020	Present	Add Variant
No img	FZ-1W Fuzz	Fuzz	1	2021	Present	Add Variant