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Database contains 1 boss distortion ds1 manuals available for free online viewing or downloading in pdf. If you dont like the boss ds1, try this one simple trick duration. Users can use the units low, high, distortion, and level controls to shape their tone anywhere between gnarled crackling to unabashedly brutal distortion. The boss ds1 is a distortion guitar pedal released in 1978 by boss. The ds1 is the topselling boss compact pedal ever, and its original, unchanged design continues to.
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