We met up with Boss' Matt Knight to dive deep into the GX-1, an ultra-portable multi-effects unit with intuitive one-touch controls, 23 amps, and 140 effects featuring Gear Suite for saving individual effect presets within your patches. The unit includes built-in Bluetooth for app connectivity with librarian and session player, looper, stereo outs, USB-C audio interface, IR import capability, and battery power for up to six hours of use.
Boss
GX-1
- Ultra-portable amp/effects processor for guitar with premium BOSS sound and features
- Authentic tube amplifier tone and touch response with AIRD technology
- Straightforward operation with a color display and intuitive effect category buttons
- Exceptional audio quality with 24-bit AD and 32-bit DA conversion, 32-bit floating-point processing, and 48 kHz sampling rate
- Explore 23 amplifier types and over 140 BOSS effects
- Eight simultaneous effect blocks plus volume pedal and noise suppression
- Gear Suite feature allows you to quickly configure each amp and effect with the turn of a knob
- Includes 99 ready-to-play preset memories and 99 user memories for storing custom sounds
- Three footswitches and an expression pedal with toe switch, all freely assignable
- Play along with songs from your mobile device via onboard Bluetooth®
- Record and play tracks in music production software on a computer or mobile device* via a USB-C®
- BOSS Tone Studio for GX-1 app (macOS/Windows/iOS/Android) with powerful practice features and sound-editing tools
- Download and share Livesets on BOSS Tone Exchange
- Support for loading WAV speaker IRs
- Jack for expanded control with up to two footswitches or an expression pedal
- Tap into wireless foot control with the FS-1-WL Wireless Footswitch and EV-1-WL Wireless Expression Pedal
- Versatile power options: three AA batteries, AC adaptor, or USB (computer bus power or mobile battery)
- Compact, lightweight design fits easily in the pocket of a guitar case or bag
