BOSS Nextone Special 80W Combo Amp | Review | Billy Campbell

[@andyorr1597]

-Clean tones - I can make it sound like a Deluxe, a Twin or even a JC120. -Crunch - from VOX to Plexi -Cabinet Emulated DI - yes and the three IR’s are stellar. My live DI tone is gorgeous. -Effects - Delays, Drives, Reverbs and Tremolo are all excellent. The SDE3000 model is great. Tap tempo is a huge bonus. -Master Volume and power scaling allows our sound guy to get closer to his quiet stage goal - sometimes. 🤫 -The GAFC is a gigging godsend. My pedal board is now a GAFC, a VOX handwired wah, an expression pedal for volume and a tap tempo switch. That effectively gives me two amps, both with separate, switchable overdrives, solo, compression, tap tempo delay, reverb, tremolo, volume pedal and wah My only gripe is that I can’t have delay and tremolo on the same preset. For instance, if I have a tremolo on my clean channel - and who doesn’t? - I can’t use the delay on that channel even if I turn the tremolo off. They’re classified as the same effect block. This amp would rule the world if Boss got around to making a more dedicated, custom foot switch that let the user move thru presets. It’s a great amp.

[@letterli]

gonna check it out....soooon! Thanks for demo!

[@Guyverguyver9]

Much more organic sound than I was expecting. Might have to try one of these at the store

[@Guyverguyver1]

Sweet tones! Billy is a top player

[@simply3141592654]

Very underrated amps. Great tone and response. More useful if you'd want a pedalboard instead of onboard effects in the Katana. Takes to pedals well.

[@rustycage5351]

Good review Billy. I'm very interested in this amp. Thanks for the help.

[@guyverguyver6]

Awesome tones and playing. I wasn't sold on this amp from other reviews but sounds really natural here.

[@GuitarInteractive]

Rock on!

[@xtc1957]

BOSS is a name I have always associated with integrity and forward-moving technology while staying true to old-school tonal and sonic values. I have owned Twin Reverbs, Retro-Kings, custom-built Deluxe Reverb clones, Super Reverbs, and just about every other handwired all-tube point-to-point amps, but I am BUYING ONE OF THESE. So step aside Fender Tone~Master Great amps, but BOSS has versatility that far surpasses. Very versatile amp, this one, AND two independent channels... so much more. The only change I plan to make on this amp will be swapping out those many white knobs for black... the front looks too busy.

[@robbie12207]

I have this and the katana Artist. Different beasts. The Katana does everything. The Nextone Special actually smokes my tube amps. Once you know how to dial the Nextone , its magic. I actually sold my tube amps and I don’t even use my pedals much anymore as the Nextone has everything I need.

[@MaverickPlayGuitarMX]

Hello, excuse me, what model of Fender guitar are you using in this video?

[@djurt02]

If you listen to this on a good headphone you can hear that in the core of its sound it sounds as dry as a desert.

[@aijmanilla1179]

How much sir

[@JohnsDough1918]

One sir, one guitar and one amp.

[@simonjonasmusic8410]

@@JohnsDough1918 Underrated comment right there.

[@upperleftcoastchelseafan7718]

Twenty dollars and the girl.

[@antilaw9911]

Amp cant shred though. All videos playing only clean or plain distortion

[@BillieSwift]

I don't know why but I still prefer the Katana over this.

[@jonthehermit8082]

I’ve got both, this amps more about getting classic amp tones and it’s great at it, more comparable to like a fender tone master. I’d hav a hard time choosing between the two but I really am attached to that katana.

[@jimmathews8427]

Sounds like a line 6 spider with a blown speaker..... katana all the way