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Jp.
Bronze Member
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 Posted - 06/26/2005 : 03:08:16
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A friend of mine has a GT-6 and has mentioned of selling it. I've never really looked at it. The ME-50 has more been my style... SIMPLE
If anyone has demo'ed one in a shop or has purchased one, than please let me know your opinions on it.
Thanks in advance.
If any one has opinions on multi effects as a general rule of thumb please chime in.
I often wonder if having all the circuitry and wiring together would "dilute" or "polute" the tone of what the original pedal might have sounded like in the same situation.
Hey Bossarea I put this here 'coz the GT-6 really isnt a Compact pedal but when you consider all those pedals in one box...!? Thats pretty "compact" isnt it HAHAHA
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/27/2005 : 09:40:23
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My experience with multieffects is that you may like some of the effects but chances are you won't like all of them. As a result you go out and look for stompboxes to replace the delay, wah or whatever you didn't like while you keep the multieffect for other effects. After a while you look at the floor and realise you have a pedal board + a multieffect and wish you never bought the thing in the first place.
Maybe it's just me  |
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Iversen
Bronze Member
Denmark
111 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2005 : 22:13:38
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| I had the GT-5, but I got rid of it fairly quickly. While having all those effects at your disposal in just one box is cool, using the thing in rehearsal or even worse a gig sucks big time. First of all, it's as if the sound from the box don't stand out in the mix, secondly you have to spend some time programming your different patches and it's rather hard making them all sound at same general level. It's a hassle changing just a bit here or a bit there, whereas your general stomp box usually don't have any more than 4 parameters to control. I recommend going with stomp boxes any day. |
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Britsie
Bronze Member
Belgium
92 Posts |
Posted - 07/14/2005 : 13:51:31
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I agree completely. I started out with an ME-8B (for bass) and was frustrated for quiet some time. The presets were mostely crap and it took me ages to get some descent sounds out of it. Then I discovered that you could use the ME-8B in 'manual' mode which ment that every pedal on the board was assigned to 1 effect (like a series of stompboxes). That was usefull but then I realized that quiet a few 'cool' effects were situated on the same pedal (e.g. chorus and flanger). So, now I bought already a CE-2B and BF-2B and I am looking for a good fuzz. IMO, the good thing about stompboxes is, their are only 3-4 knobs to turn, you can see your settings and you can change the order (chorus before flanger or vise versa). So, now I only use my ME-8B if I want to test an effect that I might want to buy in a stompbox. I would also recommend stomp boxes any day now.
On the other hand, our guitarplayer has a GT-6 and he can get the most amazing sounds out of it with the flick of a finger. When we rehears a new song and some-one says something like: "that's a cool sound but it needs to be a little deeper/fresher/wider/... he can produce that sound within seconds... |
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OBSERVER
Copper Member
USA
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Posted - 09/08/2005 : 00:52:36
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The GT-8 has a ton of features. They really put a lot of focus into it. No wonder there were no new stomp boxes this year. Check out the video demos. I'm having a hard time resisting because I don't have a good amp.
http://www.rolandus.com/Multimedia/Flash/gt8/index.html |
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boss freak
Gold Member
USA
663 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2005 : 01:13:28
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Like some of the others, I don't like the idea of owning another multi-fx processor.
The programming can be a real headache, and then there is definitely the chance of having to reprogram your patches in order to get a good live sound that cuts through the rest of the mix. I figure that it's easier to have a pedalboard, because:
A) you can manually adjust levels on pedals individually, eliminating the patch programming step
B) you have to have a floorboard to control the multi-fx anyway, so why not use a pedalboard
C) as mentioned above, there's a good chance that you'll end up wanting pedal versions of the few fx you like from the multi-fx anyway |
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OBSERVER
Copper Member
USA
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Posted - 09/09/2005 : 04:24:07
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| I think a GT-8 would be a good move for me. All I use at the moment is a V-Amp 2, which sounds decent but isn't even half as good. I've had bad luck finding price-range amps that satisfy me. I'm not a live player. I'm a headphone player. Editing patches is nothing new. I like the fact that I can plug in my guitar and headphones and be set. I'd still likely use most of my boss pedals with the GT-8 anyway. |
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Britsie
Bronze Member
Belgium
92 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2005 : 12:50:19
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I was looking at my pedals yesterday and I caluclated that with the money spend (and I bought only second hand stuff) I could have easily bought a new GT-6B multi-fx with a lot more effects and a lot less hastle to set up (cabelwise). This is worth mentioning.
But would I go back to multi-fx? No way, my principal now is that I don't buy pedals with more than 4 knobs. Anything more is to complicated to program. |
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Willemdaguide
Bronze Member
Netherlands
70 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2007 : 14:22:21
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| Although I love compacts I play my gigs with a GT-3. This is so much easy'er because I've programmed the sounds and there is no need for me dancing on all the pedals. One click will do! My GT-3 is also switching my amp with a mididevice, and every effect has the right path. Like the delay, chorus flangers through the effect loop, phasers, comp's and wah just straight in my amps input. A perfect solution for me! |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 05/01/2007 : 15:52:53
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Hi Guys
Just slightly off topic.
The 24 bit Reverb's in the GT-3, are absolutely amazing on vocals,
Very studio quality.
And record & sit well in th mix.
I have 3 GT-3's  don't ask, one was $75Au
They both have the same ROM revision, & yet they both sound VERY different with a guitar input.
One is very stuff & robs all the tone out of the guitar.
And the other is just amazing, it's like someone seriously screwed up
at the factory, when they built one of them.
I heard so many great testimonials about the GT-3, I got one when they came out, only to be disappointed with it.
I just impulse purchased, the second one, because of the price, & I thought I would use it for spares,
I plugged it in after about a week, & couldn't believe the difference.
Now here's the stupid (to hard) bit, they both sound great with a Mic input.
There are many ways to confugure the GT-x series of multi's.
I looked at the config of the great sounding one, & set up the other one up the same.
One guitar, the first one still sounds dull & lifeless with a guitar; Go figure.
I still kept both, I use the first one, as the vocal processor, sometimes mixing in a bit of delay.
I don't know if anyone else has had a similar experience.
I have played both the GT-6 & 8
They do more stuff, but the Gt-8 has a dual channel & set up on it.
You can run 2 independent settings on it & - control pedal - switch between the 2 settings, or velocity-volume dynamics, switch to the other channel.
Or you can run them in dual mode like having 2 different amps.
One thing I do definitely know:
You are in for a STEEP Learning Curve. with any multi.
The GT-8 has a heap of pots, which make it far easier to set up.
I sometimes use a X V-Amp at some gigs, to mimic a dirty channel on my amp.
I have a setting that uses to control pedal to increase the gain into the front end of amp, & give it a bit of dirt.
If you have one, it's basically patch 45, the Fender Baseman setting.
I like using both, but I try to use a smaller multi for some live, to complement my single pedals.
But my set up & config. is ever changing.
I think what we are all trying to archive, is "That Sound" with minimal effects pedals.
And what is "That Sound"?
It's the sound you hear in you head, & spend the rest of you playing career & money, trying to emulate.
Some of us have lots of "That Sounds" in our heads.
Regards Dr. Bob  |
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Anyone using a GT-6 or multi effects?
