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Brendon Small

Brendon Small Comedy, Guitar, and Metalocalypse

Brendon Small is a TV writer, producer, comedian, and voice actor who’s best known as co-creator of the hit animated series Metalocalypse on Adult Swim.Read more…

Steve Morse

Steve Morse From the Dixie Dregs to Deep Purple

BOSS caught up with Steve at his home in Florida in between a trip to Spain and the start of an upcoming Deep Purple tour.Read more…

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman A Guitar Inferno

We recently visited with Marty Friedman at Sunset Lodge Recording where the master shredder was putting the finishing touches his latest solo record.Read more…

Gus G.

Gus G. Ozzy’s Guitar Man on BOSS Gear

As a longtime user of BOSS stomps, we recently asked Gus G. to create some custom patches for the new ME-80 Guitar Multiple Effects.Read more…

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr Guitar Antihero

One of the finest guitarists to emerge from the early days of alternative rock, Johnny Marr’s virtuosic yet understated approach has indelibly influenced an entire generation.Read more…

Paul Sidoti

Paul Sidoti A Top Nashville Touring Guitarist Talks BOSS and Roland Gear

We caught up with Paul during a recent tour stop in Los Angeles to talk about his career and the gear he uses on stage and in the studio.Read more…

John 5

John 5 Rob Zombie’s Dynamic Guitarist Talks with BOSS

John 5’s impressive résumé includes prominent stints with frontmen Marilyn Manson, Rob Halford, and David Lee Roth in addition to his current gig as the right-hand man for Rob Zombie.Read more…

Herman Li of DragonForce

Herman Li of DragonForce A Master Shredder Hones His Chops with eBand

Herman Li discusses how he uses eBand, his favorite BOSS pedals, his thoughts on tone, and much more.Read more…

Billy Duffy

Billy Duffy The Cult of Tone

BOSS stomps have been Billy's pedalboard mainstays for three decades, while the Roland JC-120 amp and its built-in chorus effect has a permanent home in his backline.Read more…

Andy Summers

Andy Summers Police Man

Learn more about this true renaissance man, recognized for his work as a musician, film composer, photographer, and author.Read more…

Mike Scaccia

Mike Scaccia Mixing Insanities

BOSS talks music and gear with the man who’s been at the forefront of heavy guitar for nearly 30 years.Read more…

Steve Lukather

Steve Lukather The Guitarist of Record

Get to know the guitarist, singer, producer, and songwriter with one of the most impressive resumes of any musician in the modern recording era.Read more…

Rick Derringer

Rick Derringer All-American Guitar Player

Rick Derringer has played on, sang, produced, and/or written some of the biggest guitar hits of a generation. Tune into this conversation about his career, gear, and more.Read more…

Steve Stevens and Billy Morrison

Steve Stevens and Billy Morrison Billy Idol’s Twin-Guitar Attack

Together in LA, iconic guitar slinger Steve Stevens of Billy Idol and Top Gun soundtrack fame and English guitarist Billy Morrison of Camp Freddy talk about teaming up for the latest Billy Idol tour and more.Read more…

Jeff Loomis

Jeff Loomis Nevermore’s Seven-String Shredmaster

Nevermore’s axe-slinger speaks about The Obsidian Conspiracy, guitar gear, playing technique, and his recent solo effort.Read more…

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman Blending Neoclassical, Thrash, and Progressive Rock in the Land of the Rising Sun

Marty Friedman spent ten years playing lead guitar with the multi-platinum selling metal group Megadeth. Now he’s a major force in the Japanese music scene. Get the inside scoop.Read more…

Frank Gambale

Frank Gambale Guitar Innovator from Down Under

While sweep picking had previously existed to a small degree, it was Gambale who fully developed it and proved it a viable and incomparable way to play at high speed.Read more…

Will Ray

Will Ray B-Benders, BOSS and Beyond

A legend in guitar circles, Will Ray has created a place for himself among some of the world’s best players with his unorthodox playing style.Read more…