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Guitar Nine's Attic: G9 BOSS Battalion

A look at the Guitar Nine organization BOSS pedals from 1980 through 2024.
by Guitar Nine December 2023  Β·  General  Β·  G9 Attic

battalion | bΙ™ΛˆtalyΙ™n | a large body of troops ready for battle.

A look at the Guitar Nine organization's amalgamation of BOSS pedals amassed from 1980 through 2024. It's been called the "Noble 99", but that's a somewhat ebullient (or high-sounding) way of saying BOSS has been making a gaggle of colorful, standard-sized, easy-to-use pedals for guitarists and bassists since 1976. Fun fact: the first proper Boss foot pedal effect, the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, was released June 1976, which was a stand-alone unit of the chorus/vibrato circuit found in the Roland JC-120 amplifier.

BOSS Battalion — 99 of them
Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator
Boss AD-2 Acoustic Preamp
Boss AD-2 Acoustic Preamp
Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah
Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah
Boss BB-1X Bass Driver
Boss BB-1X Bass Driver
Boss BC-1X Bass Compressor
Boss BC-1X Bass Compressor
Boss BC-2 Combo Drive
Boss BC-2 Combo Drive
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Boss BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft
Boss BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Boss BF-3 Flanger
Boss BP-1W Booster/Preamp Waza Craft
Boss BP-1W Booster/Preamp Waza Craft
Boss CE-2 Chorus
Boss CE-2 Chorus
Boss CE-2B Bass Chorus
Boss CE-2B Bass Chorus
Boss CE-2W Chorus Waza Craft
Boss CE-2W Chorus Waza Craft
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus
Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus
Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
Boss CH-1 Super Chorus
Boss CP-1X Compressor
Boss CP-1X Compressor
Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer
Boss DC-2 Dimension C
Boss DC-2 Dimension C
Boss DC-2W Dimension C Waza Craft
Boss DC-2W Dimension C Waza Craft
Boss DC-3 Digital Dimension Chorus
Boss DC-3 Digital Dimension Chorus
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss DD-3T Digital Delay
Boss DD-3T Digital Delay
Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Boss DD-8 Digital Delay
Boss DD-8 Digital Delay
Boss DF-2 Super Feedbacker And Distortion
Boss DF-2 Super Feedbacker And Distortion
Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft
Boss DM-2W Delay Waza Craft
Boss DM-3 Delay
Boss DM-3 Delay
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Boss DS-1 Distortion
Boss DS-1W Distortion Waza Craft
Boss DS-1W Distortion Waza Craft
Boss DS-1X Distortion
Boss DS-1X Distortion
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
Boss DSD-3 Digital Delay Sampler
Boss DSD-3 Digital Delay Sampler
Boss EH-2 Enhancer
Boss EH-2 Enhancer
Boss FB-2 Feedbacker Booster
Boss FB-2 Feedbacker Booster
Boss FBM-1 Fender '59 Bassman
Boss FBM-1 Fender '59 Bassman
Boss FT-2 Dynamic Filter
Boss FT-2 Dynamic Filter
Boss FZ-1W Fuzz Waza Craft
Boss FZ-1W Fuzz Waza Craft
Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz
Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz
Boss FZ-5 Fuzz
Boss FZ-5 Fuzz
Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer
Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer
Boss HF-2 Hi Band Flanger
Boss HF-2 Hi Band Flanger
Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
Boss HM-2W Heavy Metal Waza Craft
Boss HM-2W Heavy Metal Waza Craft
Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet
Boss IR-2 Amp & Cabinet
Boss JB-2 Angry Driver
Boss JB-2 Angry Driver
Boss LM-2 Limiter
Boss LM-2 Limiter
Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer
Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter Enhancer
Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion
Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion
Boss ML-2 Metal Core
Boss ML-2 Metal Core
Boss MO-2 Multi Overtone
Boss MO-2 Multi Overtone
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Boss MT-2W Metal Zone Waza Craft
Boss MT-2W Metal Zone Waza Craft
Boss MZ-2 Metalizer Distortion
Boss MZ-2 Metalizer Distortion
Boss NS-1X Noise Supressor
Boss NS-1X Noise Supressor
Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Boss OC-2 Octave
Boss OC-2 Octave
Boss OC-3 Super Octave
Boss OC-3 Super Octave
Boss OC-5 Octave
Boss OC-5 Octave
Boss OD-1 Overdrive
Boss OD-1 Overdrive
Boss OD-1X Overdrive
Boss OD-1X Overdrive
Boss OD-2 Turbo Overdrive
Boss OD-2 Turbo Overdrive
Boss OD-3 Overdrive
Boss OD-3 Overdrive
Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive
Boss ODB-3 Bass OverDrive
Boss OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion
Boss OS-2 OverDrive/Distortion
Boss PH-1 Phaser
Boss PH-1 Phaser
Boss PH-2 Super Phaser
Boss PH-2 Super Phaser
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
Boss PN-2 Tremolo Pan
Boss PN-2 Tremolo Pan
Boss PQ-3B Bass Parametric Equalizer
Boss PQ-3B Bass Parametric Equalizer
Boss PQ-4 Parametric Equalizer
Boss PQ-4 Parametric Equalizer
Boss PS-3 Digital Pitch Shifter Delay
Boss PS-3 Digital Pitch Shifter Delay
Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
Boss PS-6 Harmonist
Boss PS-6 Harmonist
Boss RC-1 Loop Station
Boss RC-1 Loop Station
Boss RC-5 Loop Station
Boss RC-5 Loop Station
Boss RE-2 Space Echo
Boss RE-2 Space Echo
Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb
Boss RV-6 Reverb
Boss RV-6 Reverb
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Boss SD-1W Super Overdrive Waza Craft
Boss SD-1W Super Overdrive Waza Craft
Boss SDE-3 Dual Digital Delay
Boss SDE-3 Dual Digital Delay
Boss SG-1 Slow Gear
Boss SG-1 Slow Gear
Boss SL-2 Slicer
Boss SL-2 Slicer
Boss SP-1 Spectrum
Boss SP-1 Spectrum
Boss ST-2 Power Stack
Boss ST-2 Power Stack
Boss SY-1 Synthesizer
Boss SY-1 Synthesizer
Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer
Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer
Boss TB-2W Tone Bender Waza Craft
Boss TB-2W Tone Bender Waza Craft
Boss TE-2 Tera Echo
Boss TE-2 Tera Echo
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
Boss TU-3W Chromatic Tuner Waza Craft
Boss TU-3W Chromatic Tuner Waza Craft
Boss TW-1 T Wah
Boss TW-1 T Wah
Boss VB-2W Vibrato Waza Craft
Boss VB-2W Vibrato Waza Craft
Boss VO-1 Vocoder
Boss VO-1 Vocoder
Boss XT-2 Xtortion
Boss XT-2 Xtortion
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