mantis
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Hello everyone,
Over the last decade I have been going back and forth between Boss GT processors and pedals. I always feel Pedals sound better but at a huge cost especially the way I want them to work.
Money wise Pedals with Board , Power and cables are upwards easily of $2500.00 give or take how many you use and quality of each pedal. Now you also need or not control which also can cost another few bucks. So Lets give it a full number of $3000.00 you have invested in your killer personal pedal board.
Then you look around at all the different Processors all in one available on the market and look at the cost of them. The GT-100 right now can be had brand new for $499. Then you need 5 cables , Front of amp , Send , Return , Amp Control or Midi and Guitar to Board. Your looking around $600-650 depending on length and quality of cables. No Power supply no Shortie jumpers , you don't even need a board as you can stick it right on the floor and go.
So then there is sound quality. Many including myself will argue you can't beat pedals for sound and personal taste. But at the cost of what you have to spend to get there is it worth it? I'm actually finding out now that for me it is not. I'll explain.
I have had the GT series since the GT8. I had the 10 and now 100. Each time and in between I go back to pedals and do the chicken dance when I want to do something. I learned about control as many companies now make Pedal and amp Midi controllers to manage your rig and it's like having a GT series flexibly at a huge cost.
So this weekend I did a side by side comparison with a few pedals vs the GT-100 and I was actually shocked how good I got the GT to sound vs the pedals. The Delay , Chorus and Reverb was basically solid tie and the only benefit I see using pedals is analog stuff like Boost , OD and Distortion types.
This leads me solid into using a unit like the G system which doesn't have any Modeling on board which I don't want anyway , no Expression pedal and no volume pedal. This might be as many have said be the best of all worlds using your OD pedals , expression and volume with a G system and you got pedal quality with control flexibly and lets call it grace. And not to mention a better price for a rig that sounds just as good as if you went all pedals , controller and a board.
This path also shows the incredible value of the GT-100 from Boss as even using it's digital OD and Distortion can make for a hell of a good sounding and good feeling rig. It takes a lot of time and experience to Dial in the GT boards but with all my experience over the years I really got it working great.
I'd like to hear your experiences with maybe a path like mine and where you are now with it. I plan on venturing into a G system like product or it itself or if Boss makes my wish come true and come out with a Waza Level GT board with just effects and control and no modeling and makes it of th highest quality I would go that route. They could charge up to $2000.00 for such a board and I would find a lot of value in it.
Opinions?
Over the last decade I have been going back and forth between Boss GT processors and pedals. I always feel Pedals sound better but at a huge cost especially the way I want them to work.
Money wise Pedals with Board , Power and cables are upwards easily of $2500.00 give or take how many you use and quality of each pedal. Now you also need or not control which also can cost another few bucks. So Lets give it a full number of $3000.00 you have invested in your killer personal pedal board.
Then you look around at all the different Processors all in one available on the market and look at the cost of them. The GT-100 right now can be had brand new for $499. Then you need 5 cables , Front of amp , Send , Return , Amp Control or Midi and Guitar to Board. Your looking around $600-650 depending on length and quality of cables. No Power supply no Shortie jumpers , you don't even need a board as you can stick it right on the floor and go.
So then there is sound quality. Many including myself will argue you can't beat pedals for sound and personal taste. But at the cost of what you have to spend to get there is it worth it? I'm actually finding out now that for me it is not. I'll explain.
I have had the GT series since the GT8. I had the 10 and now 100. Each time and in between I go back to pedals and do the chicken dance when I want to do something. I learned about control as many companies now make Pedal and amp Midi controllers to manage your rig and it's like having a GT series flexibly at a huge cost.
So this weekend I did a side by side comparison with a few pedals vs the GT-100 and I was actually shocked how good I got the GT to sound vs the pedals. The Delay , Chorus and Reverb was basically solid tie and the only benefit I see using pedals is analog stuff like Boost , OD and Distortion types.
This leads me solid into using a unit like the G system which doesn't have any Modeling on board which I don't want anyway , no Expression pedal and no volume pedal. This might be as many have said be the best of all worlds using your OD pedals , expression and volume with a G system and you got pedal quality with control flexibly and lets call it grace. And not to mention a better price for a rig that sounds just as good as if you went all pedals , controller and a board.
This path also shows the incredible value of the GT-100 from Boss as even using it's digital OD and Distortion can make for a hell of a good sounding and good feeling rig. It takes a lot of time and experience to Dial in the GT boards but with all my experience over the years I really got it working great.
I'd like to hear your experiences with maybe a path like mine and where you are now with it. I plan on venturing into a G system like product or it itself or if Boss makes my wish come true and come out with a Waza Level GT board with just effects and control and no modeling and makes it of th highest quality I would go that route. They could charge up to $2000.00 for such a board and I would find a lot of value in it.
Opinions?
