My Guitar Notes

Specimen 556

Boss DS-1

Boss DS-1 — photograph by Matt Eason
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Note

The best-selling distortion ever; Kurt Cobain and Joe Satriani both made it iconic.

Related models — same maker — Boss

Same era — 1970s

  • Bich010BichB.C. Rich · 1970
  • Eagle011EagleB.C. Rich · 1970
  • Mockingbird012MockingbirdB.C. Rich · 1976
  • 029HD-28C.F. Martin & Co. · 1976
  • ML065MLDean Guitars · 1977
  • V067VDean Guitars · 1977

Same body shape / configuration — distortion

See also