BOSS Guitar Combo Amplifier (NEX-SPL)

Fueled by BOSS’s acclaimed Tube Logic approach, the Nextone Special delivers premium sound, feel, and tonal versatility for stage players who demand the best. Fusing forward-thinking innovation with boutique design features and detail, this professional stage amplifier offers deep sound-shaping controls, enhanced reactive drive power amp circuitry with selectable voicing, a custom Waza speaker with vintage “blue bell” tone, and much more. The Nextone Special provides a refined playing experience that stands alongside the finest tube amplifiers, enhanced with key modern advantages like variable power control, consistent sound, and maintenance-free operation.

Features

• Professional performance amplifier with 80 watts of power
• Authentic tube amp sound and feel, realized with BOSS’s continually evolving Tube Logic approach
• Enhanced reactive drive power amp circuitry and carefully selected components throughout
• Custom Waza B12W 12-inch speaker delivers classic “blue bell” tone with rich lows, mellow mids, and clear highs
• Four analog Class AB power amp circuits, selectable for each channel: 6V6, 6L6, EL84, and EL34
• Independent Clean and Lead channels with selectable American and British EQs, built-in effects, and advanced power amp voicing controls
• Five-way power control for cranked-up sound and dynamic response at any volume
• Extra Headroom switch for added punch when the power control is wide open
• Switchable Solo function with level control
• Onboard boost, delay, tremolo, and reverb effects, plus loop for patching in external effects
• Three Tone Setting memories for storing and recalling customized amp and effect settings
• External speaker jacks: one 8 ohm and two 16 ohm
• Line, USB, and phones/recording outputs with cab IR
• Support for direct recording and re-amping via USB
• Character Shape for each tube type available in the Nextone Editor, enabling deep tone optimization at the power amplifier’s core
• External control support via GA-FC foot controller, footswitches, and MIDI

Specifications

• Rated Power Output: 80 W
• Nominal Input Level
  – INPUT: -10 dBu (1 M ohm)
  – RETURN IN: -10 dBu (100 k ohm)
• Speaker: 30 cm (12 inches) x 1
• Connectors:
  – INPUT jack: 1/4-inch phone type
  – REC OUT/PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type
  – SEND jack: 1/4-inch phone type
  – RETURN jack: 1/4-inch phone type
  – LINE OUT jack: 1/4-inch phone type
  – LINE OUT jack: XLR type
  – SPEAKER OUT 16 ohms A jack: 1/4-inch phone type
  – SPEAKER OUT 16 ohms B jack: 1/4-inch phone type
  – SPEAKER OUT 8 ohms jack: 1/4-inch phone type
  – CH SELECT/SOLO jack: 1/4-inch TRS phone type
  – BOOST/GA-FC jack: 1/4-inch TRS phone type
  – USB port: USB B type
  – AC IN jack
  – MIDI IN connectors
• Power Consumption: 88 W
• Accessories: Owner’s manual, Power cord
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 620 x 246 x 530 mm / 24-7/16 x 9-11/16 x 20-7/8 inches
• Weight: 18 kg / 39 lbs 11 oz