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Maker	Boss
Type	compressor
Introduced	1986
Status	current
Catalogue no.	553

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Specimen 553

Boss CS-3

Boss CS-3 — photograph by Kuriosatempel — Kuriosatempel — CC BY-SA 4.0 — via Wikimedia CommonsReport this image

Note

The blue compressor standard (Keeley mods made it famous).

Related models — same maker — Boss

547Boss AW-3 Dynamic WahBoss
548Boss BD-2 Blues DriverBoss · 1995
549Boss BF-3 FlangerBoss
550Boss CE-1 Chorus EnsembleBoss · 1976
551Boss CE-2W Waza CraftBoss · 2015
552Boss CH-1 Super ChorusBoss · 1988
554Boss DD-3T / DD-8Boss · 1986
555Boss DM-2W Waza CraftBoss · 1981

Same era — 1980s

014WarlockB.C. Rich · 1981
046So-Cal Style 1Charvel · 1980
086ExplorerEpiphone · 1980
089Flying VEpiphone · 1980
100HorizonESP · 1980
102M SeriesESP · 1980

Same body shape / configuration — compressor

576Diamond CompressorDiamond Guitar Pedals · 2004
600Empress CompressorEmpress Effects · 2011
621JHS Pulp 'N' PeelJHS
622Keeley Compressor PlusKeeley · 2002
641MXR Dyna CompMXR · 1976
652Origin Effects Cali76Origin Effects · 2012

See also