Boss

Boss started life in 1973 as Roland's effects division, and the six compact pedals it launched together in 1977 — including the OD-1 Over Drive — set the template every stompbox on a pedalboard has followed since: single footswitch, 9V input, a steel enclosure built to survive being stood on. Fifty-plus years on, the catalogue runs from that same OD-1 lineage to today's Waza Craft reissues and the Katana amp range. Here's what we've covered on GuitarBomb.