Boss launches the compact GX-10 effects processor

October 1, 2024 · 5 sources

Boss launched the GX-10, a compact amp and effects processor for guitar and bass, in late October 2024¹²³. It is the latest addition to the Boss GX series, which Boss introduced in 2022⁴.

The GX-10 carries the same core sound engine and color touch display as the GX-100 in a smaller footprint⁴⁵. Boss lists 32 amplifier types and 170 effects, with routing of up to 15 assignable blocks and support for loading WAV speaker impulse responses⁵. Boss says the unit has 24-bit AD and 32-bit DA conversion, 32-bit floating-point processing and a 48 kHz sampling rate⁵. It has three footswitches with flexible control modes, an onboard expression pedal with a toe switch, a send/return loop for external pedals, stereo outputs, a headphones jack and a USB-C port for use as an audio interface⁵³. Boss states that GX-100 Livesets are compatible with the GX-10⁵.

Boss describes the GX-10 as having fewer footswitches than the GX-100, and says players will either bank between patches or select manually between three effects at a time⁴. Guitar Pedal X reported that the GX-10 drops five footswitches, the CTL/EXP and In/Out Settings buttons, and 5-pin MIDI, with MIDI handled over USB instead².

The GX-10 is priced at $399.99¹; Guitar World and Guitar Pedal X both reported $399²³. Bass Gear Magazine, which received a unit before the public launch, called it "essentially a smaller version of their GX-100" with the same effects engine, editing style and access to Boss Tone Studio and Tone Exchange¹.

Boss lists an optional Bluetooth Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor for wireless editing and audio streaming from iOS and Android devices⁵. The GX-10 sits in the multi-effects category alongside the GX-100⁴.