BOSS CHORUS PEDALS ___ AN OVERVIEW

ROLAND/BOSS 

...the spin off that became gold

Roland invented the Jazz Chorus amplifier in 1975. They wanted an amp to rival Fender which had offered the Tremolo and later a Vibrato in their amps. It had made Fender the king of amps so Roland wanted a modulation in an amp that would be a first. The amp was a success but the effect is all anyone talked about. 

 

                 BOSS   

THE CHORUS   

A Roland Fuzz and other pedals they had built at the 

time were always held up so they realized they needed 

a separate Dept. and space to build in. They came up 

with Boss for the name and it ran as a separate unit 

not worried or busy making the latest Roland Synthesizer. 

So was born both the Company Boss and the Boss CE-1

Chorus pedal. To be followed by many re-inventions of it.