“Sets a new benchmark in polyphonic pitch-shifting effects”: Boss takes on DigiTech with the XS-100 and XS-1 Poly Shifter – could it topple the Whammy?

Boss XS Poly Shifter Series.

Boss is muscling in on DigiTech’s turf with two new advanced pitch-shifting pedals, the XS-100 and XS-1 Poly Shifter. And it isn’t taking any prisoners as it “sets a new benchmark in polyphonic pitch-shifting effects.”

For years, DigiTech’s Whammy pedal – beloved by everyone from Tom Morello and Jack White to Dimebag Darrell and now a must-have bit of kit in the fast-rising thall guitar movement – has dominated the pitch-shifting world. Other out-there DigiTech inventions, including the MonoNeon signature model and recent Hammer On spin-off, have expanded its empire, but now Boss is getting in on the action.