GX-100Guitar Effects Processor

GX-100 Guitar Effects Processor

Color Your Music with Inspiring Tone

Fusing advanced BOSS tone technologies into a sleek, ultra-modern hardware design, the inspiring GX-100 delivers top-level performance everywhere you play. Explore 32 AIRD amplifiers and over 170 effects effects derived from the flagship GT-1000, and craft great sounds in seconds with the intuitive color touch display. Up to 15 simultaneous effect blocks provide unlimited tone possibilities, coupled with deep real-time command via onboard footswitches, an expression pedal, and external control support.

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Standard Features

  • Powerful, easy-to-use amp/effects processor for guitar and bass
  • Exceptional audio quality with 24-bit AD and 32-bit DA conversion, 32-bit floating-point processing, and 48 kHz sampling rate
  • Authentic tube amplifier tone and touch response with AIRD technology
  • 32 amplifier types and over 170 BOSS effects
  • Ultra-flexible amp/effect routing with 15 assignable blocks
  • Wide selection of onboard speaker types and support for loading WAV speaker IRs
  • Streamlined modern design with intuitive color touch display and rugged metal chassis
  • Unlimited effects control with freely assignable onboard footswitches and expression pedal with toe switch
  • Connect up to two footswitches or an expression pedal for expanded control
  • Send/return loop for external pedals or four-cable method
  • Control jack for remote channel switching on your amplifier
  • MIDI I/O jacks and multi-channel computer recording via USB
  • Edit sounds from your computer with BOSS Tone Studio for macOS and Windows
  • Download and share Livesets at BOSS Tone Exchange
  • Optional Bluetooth® Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor allows you to edit sounds and stream audio from an iOS or Android mobile device

For optimal performance, stay up to date with the current GX-100 system software and BOSS Tone Studio.

Download “BTS for GX-100” for iOS
Download “BTS for GX-100” for Android
Download “BOSS TONE STUDIO for GX-100” for Windows/macOS

Authentic Amps and Cabs

The GX-100 provides superior tone and natural tube amp feel in any playing situation, thanks to AIRD technology backed by our refined Tube Logic approach. AIRD is infused into the DNA of every GX-100 guitar and bass amplifier, while AIRD Output Select types let you perfectly tailor the sound for any destination, whether it’s an amp input, FRFR monitor, or house PA. A wide selection of onboard speaker cabs are also available, plus slots for importing your own speaker IRs via USB.

Exceptional Effects

With over 170 top-quality effects from the vast BOSS library, you’re able to realize nearly any sound you can imagine with the GX-100. Numerous overdrives and distortions are available, plus BOSS classics like Slow Gear, Octave, and more. There’s also a diverse range of mod effects, delays, and reverbs, along with many effects specially tuned for bass. And with the send/return jacks, you can integrate favorite stomps or your amp’s effects loop into the GX-100 ecosystem.

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Craft Your Personal Voice

The GX-100 comes with 100 preset memories to start playing right away. But it’s easy to edit them for your needs or build new ones from the ground up. Let your imagination run wild with 15 dedicated block types—including two amp blocks—and chain effects in series and parallel to create all types of sonic variations. And with 200 user memories, you’re able to store enough onboard sounds to cover nearly any song or style.

Touch and Go

Sound creation and on-the-gig editing are simpler than ever with the GX-100. The vivid color touch display offers intuitive control of patch and effects selection, parameter tweaks, signal chain adjustments, and much more. The display works in harmony with the four knobs and page buttons on the panel, providing a frustration-free experience that keeps your attention focused on the music.

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Custom Command

The GX-100 offers deep real-time control with eight custom footswitches and an expression pedal with toe switch. They come configured for patch/bank selection and patch-specific control, but you can freely reassign them to meet your unique needs. Switching into Manual mode provides direct stompbox-like control, and you can go even further with external control via footswitches, an expression pedal, or MIDI. There’s also a jack to remotely switch channels on your amp with memory selection or an assigned footswitch.

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Your Partner in Tone

In addition to stage use, the GX-100 excels as a USB audio interface for recording and performing with a computer. You can record directly into music production software, re-amp tracks, and monitor the overall sound through the GX-100’s outputs. The headphones jack lets you practice anytime and anywhere, while the onboard looper is perfect for jamming, developing sounds and ideas, and extending your creative range while performing.

Go Deeper with BOSS Tone Studio

Using BOSS Tone Studio for macOS and Windows, you’re able to tweak every GX-100 parameter, save sounds, and organize Livesets for different gigs from your computer. And with the optional Bluetooth® Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor, you can wirelessly adjust settings on the gig from the BOSS Tone Studio app on your mobile device and stream backing music from your device’s library.

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GX-100 Version 2.0: New Amps and Effects, Enhanced Features

The Version 2.0 update brings numerous enhancements to fuel creative journeys with the GX-100, including three new AIRD guitar amps powered by MDP technology, six new bass amps, and seven new effect types. The update also provides more mic types for the onboard speaker cabs, user interface improvements to streamline your workflow, and eight new presets that showcase the added sound options.

New Guitar Amps

New Bass Amps

New Effects


BOSS Tone Studio Update

BOSS Tone Studio has also been updated to elevate your GX-100 experience. BOSS Tone Exchange is now accessible within the app, allowing you to download Livesets and share your patches with the BOSS community. With the macOS/Windows version, it’s also possible to load user speaker IRs without using a separate app.

Learn more about the GX-100 Version 2.0 update.

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GX-100 Quick Start Videos


Specifications
Sampling Frequency
48 kHz
AD Conversion
24 bits + AF method
AF method (Adaptive Focus method) This is a proprietary method from Roland & BOSS that vastly improves the signal-to-noise (SN) ratio of the AD and DA converters.
DA Conversion
32 bits
Processing
32-bit floating point
Effects
170 Types
Maximum Number of Effects
15+3 (DIVIDER/MIXER, SEND/RETURN, PHRASE LOOP)
*depending on the circumstances
Memories
200 (User) + 100 (Preset)
Phrase Loop
38 sec. (MONO)
19 sec. (STEREO)
Tuner Internal Detection
+/-0.1 cent
Nominal Input Level
INPUT: -10 dBu
RETURN: -10 dBu
Maximum Input Level
INPUT: +18 dBu
RETURN1: +8 dBu
Input Impedance
INPUT: 1 M ohm
RETURN: 1 M ohm
Nominal Output Level
OUTPUT (L/MONO, R): -10 dBu
PHONES: -10 dBu
SEND: -10 dBu
Output Impedance
OUTPUT (L/MONO, R): 1 k ohm
PHONES: 44 ohms
SEND: 1 k ohm
Recommended Load Impedance
OUTPUT (L/MONO, R): 10 k ohms or greater
PHONES: 44 ohms or greater
SEND: 10 k ohms or greater
Controls
BANK DOWN switch, BANK UP switch, CTL1 switch, CTL2/TUNER switch, 1--4 switches, POWER switch, EXP1 switch, GND LIFT switch

EFFECTS button, CTL/EXP button, MENU button, EXIT button, WRITE button, IN/OUT SETTINGS button, PAGE button,1--4 knobs

SELECT knob, OUTPUT LEVEL knob, EXP1 pedal
Display
Color Graphic LCD (480 x 272 dots) Touch screen
Connectors
INPUT jack, OUTPUT (L/MONO, R) jacks, SEND jack, RETURN jack: 1/4-inch phone type
PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type
CTL3, 4/EXP2 jack, AMP CTL1, 2 jack: 1/4-inch TRS phone type
MIDI (IN, OUT) connectors
USB COMPUTER port: USB B type
Bluetooth ADAPTOR connector: Dedicated connector
DC IN jack
Power Supply
AC adaptor
Current Draw
1.2 A
Power consumption when in OFF mode (when the power automatically turns off)
0.1 W
Accessories
AC adaptor (PSB-1U + AC Cord Set)
Owner's manual
Leaflet "USING THE UNIT SAFELY"
Options (sold separately)
Footswitch: FS-5U, FS-5L, FS-6, FS-7
Expression Pedal: EV-30, FV-500L, FV-500H, Roland EV-5
Bluetooth(R) Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor: BT-DUAL
Carrying Case: CB-BM-M
Wireless MIDI Expression Pedal: EV-1-WL
Wireless Foot Switch: FS-1-WL
Size and Weight
Width
460 mm
18-1/8 inches
Depth
193 mm
7-5/8 inches
Height
73 mm
2-7/8 inches
Maximum height
94 mm
3-3/4 inches
Weight
3.5 kg
7 lbs 12 oz
* 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms
*The specifications are subject to change without notice.
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