Roland Announces New BTM-1 Bluetooth Speaker and Guitar Amp

Roland has unveiled the BTM-1, a Bluetooth speaker that also doubles as a guitar amp.

The battery-operated unit boasts a dedicated guitar input, with gain, tone and level controls, as well as an FX button that offers delay. There’s also an aux input that allows for adding in another instrument.

As far as the guitar tones, Roland promises “advanced cabinet design and custom speakers” and that the BTM-1 delivers an "organic, well-balanced sound experience.”

Additionally, the BTM-1 boasts a headphone input and a USB charging port.

For more information, head over to Roland.

Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.