Boss GM-800 Guitar Synthesizer

With the GM-800 Guitar Synthesizer, experience the evolution of BOSS Guitar Synthesis powered by the revolutionary ZEN-Core engine. This cutting-edge synthesizer takes guitar synthesis to a new level, offering unparalleled playability and limitless creative scope. It's driven by the innovative Serial GK interface, which unlocks an array of sounds, from acoustic instruments to classic and modern synths.

The high-performance DSP ensures tracking stability and offers an expressive range that was previously unattainable. The intuitive Scene workflow allows you to freely combine and edit Tones, color sounds with a vast selection of effects, and explore a universe of fresh content on Roland Cloud. Compact, streamlined, and ultra-versatile, the GM-800 infuses your guitar or bass with unlimited musical potential.

The GM-800 is a testament to BOSS and its parent company Roland's nearly five-decade-long leadership in guitar synthesizer innovation. It continues their dedication to providing guitar and bass players with powerful creative tools and access to sounds typically only available with keyboard-based instruments.

The GM-800 is built around the expandable ZEN-Core Synthesis System, a powerful synth engine that has powered professional Roland products like the JUPITER-X and FANTOM keyboards, the ZENOLOGY software synthesizer, and many others. With over 1200 sounds at your fingertips, the ZEN-Core engine combines modern PCM synthesis and advanced modeling to bring you an infinite playground for sonic discovery.

The GM-800 features four Tone parts plus a Rhythm part filled with acoustic and electronic percussion sounds. The ZEN-Core workflow is based around Scenes, which are "super patches" containing every element in a sound: Tone selection, parameters tweaks, sensitivity and other play settings, effects, and more.

The GM-800 supports an ever-growing range of creative options through Roland Cloud. It packs the full effects range of the modern ZEN-Core system, with an immense variety of effect types available in each Scene. Each Tone and Rhythm part has a dedicated MFX processor, offering over 90 effect types, including distortions, filters, mod effects, delays, and more.

The GM-800 lets you harness an endless variety of sonic textures using the expressive playing characteristics of your guitar and bass. It delivers accuracy, stability, and real-time playability standards that far exceed previous systems, realized through skilled BOSS engineering and a high-speed processor dedicated solely to tracking.

The streamlined GM-800 flows smoothly from desktop operation to installation on an advanced pedalboard. It merges seamlessly into a variety of expanded creative environments. With a single USB cable, you can capture GM-800 sounds as audio tracks in a DAW and "re-synth" sounds in a similar way to the re-amp technique used with standard guitar tones.

The versatile GM-800 can do double duty as a compact, go-everywhere MIDI sound module. Connect a keyboard or other MIDI controller to the five-pin MIDI input to play sounds live. Or use the ZEN-Core engine as a premium USB sound source within your music production workflow. The GM-800 features the newly developed Serial GK digital interface, which supports guitar/bass input from a BOSS GK-5 or GK-5B Divided Pickup and easy linking of multiple GM-800 units.