Boss SY-1 Synthesizer

Since i heard albums like, "somewhere in time", "seventh son of a seventh son" and "turbo", i was really fascinated by that synth driven futuristic sound. When i discovered that the artists have used guitar synths i tried to find one but they were really pricey. Well, not anymore!! Boss did it again and delivered a guitar synth in a stomp and the best part is that you don't need to have a midi pickup to use it!! It has a vast array of sounds, from leads and pads to bass and sequences!! Furthermore it has an fx loop that expands the sonic experimentation!! It tracks fast and the polyphony is great!! I'd prefer it to have some more options for sculpting the sounds and some presets but at that price and footprint we can't ask for more. Also an expression pedal unlocks even more it's potential. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes synths sounds, or who is after the classic tones from the albums i mentioned or to anyone who wants to experiment with sounds!!

When watching the reviews, I could hear there were tons of fun sounds I could mess around with. But it isn't until I started playing on it that I realised how incredibly inspiring and versatile this was. You can get an ambient sound, a thicker sound for rock (like slap back delay but even shorter and therefore better, in my opinion), searing lead tones of doom, or self-deprecating cute bubbly sounds to play Spongebob-like songs, etc. When blended with the dry guitar sound, this adds so much character to your guitar line. It's no longer just the bridge pickup or the neck, etc. Every setting feels like a special door into an imaginary world that you might never find again if you don't take a picture of that exact setting. Yet, I prefer not to take any picture, as I believe that the randomness of the sound is also what makes it so magical.