Thoughts on multi effects
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One of my students just got one. He likes it. You get out what you put into it, as opposed to it sounding wonderful right away. It's design is more of a traditional multi as opposed to something like an M9.
One of my students just got one. He likes it. You get out what you put into it, as opposed to it sounding wonderful right away. It's design is more of a traditional multi as opposed to something like an M9.
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I see you are familiar with the Boss GT 100, I've been thinking of getting one, seen some demos and it looks user friendly, with quite a few optional sounds. And apparently you can create or input your own from their supply of patches. A couple down sides from what I can see. Do you know if it has a 'pass through' option, I'd like to play acoustic through it and want to keep the clean acoustic sound at times. I saw somewhere a guy said, it does not have a pass through, that even with settings "turned down", it still alters the acoustic sound somewhat. That seems odd, is that true? thanks
I see you are familiar with the Boss GT 100, I've been thinking of getting one, seen some demos and it looks user friendly, with quite a few optional sounds. And apparently you can create or input your own from their supply of patches. A couple down sides from what I can see. Do you know if it has a 'pass through' option, I'd like to play acoustic through it and want to keep the clean acoustic sound at times. I saw somewhere a guy said, it does not have a pass through, that even with settings "turned down", it still alters the acoustic sound somewhat. That seems odd, is that true? thanks
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I am not familiar with that unit, but in my experience, Boss units are not true bypass...they are always going through some kind of circuitry or conversion when you are plugged into them.
I am not familiar with that unit, but in my experience, Boss units are not true bypass...they are always going through some kind of circuitry or conversion when you are plugged into them.
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As someone who used the grandfather of all Boss multis for years, the Roland GP-100, I can say all Roland-based units have this inherent sound. It isn't bad, but it is there, and some music can bebefit with it (mine did). You need some serious EQ (or, I did, at least) to make 'normal' guitar sound, but I was very happy with the sounds I got, which were decidedly not 'normal'.
As someone who used the grandfather of all Boss multis for years, the Roland GP-100, I can say all Roland-based units have this inherent sound. It isn't bad, but it is there, and some music can bebefit with it (mine did). You need some serious EQ (or, I did, at least) to make 'normal' guitar sound, but I was very happy with the sounds I got, which were decidedly not 'normal'.
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My Thoughts (cause I matter):
-Not a fan of Multi-FX overall for me, BUT they do have their uses
-The cheap ones are usually garbage (I'm looking at you RP's!) BUT for someone starting out it's a great way to figure out what you like before spending a ton of money on your pedalboard just to throw half of it away...however with things like YouTube now this is less of a plus.
-The higher end ones do sound great, but I like to twist a few knobs and get playing rather than editing to death. And as someone mentioned before, sometimes the patch volume changes can be drastic, and changing say the send level on your preamp will change how it sounds etc. Lot's of potential gain staging headaches.
-If you need lots of sounds on a small footprint, it's great.
For my needs (hard rock, metal most of the time) a small pedal-board, good guitar and amp and I'm golden. If I was in some tribute or cover band where I needed lots of different sounds, I'd probably go grab myself an Axe-FX or Kemper or similar.
My Thoughts (cause I matter):
-Not a fan of Multi-FX overall for me, BUT they do have their uses
-The cheap ones are usually garbage (I'm looking at you RP's!) BUT for someone starting out it's a great way to figure out what you like before spending a ton of money on your pedalboard just to throw half of it away...however with things like YouTube now this is less of a plus.
-The higher end ones do sound great, but I like to twist a few knobs and get playing rather than editing to death. And as someone mentioned before, sometimes the patch volume changes can be drastic, and changing say the send level on your preamp will change how it sounds etc. Lot's of potential gain staging headaches.
-If you need lots of sounds on a small footprint, it's great.
For my needs (hard rock, metal most of the time) a small pedal-board, good guitar and amp and I'm golden. If I was in some tribute or cover band where I needed lots of different sounds, I'd probably go grab myself an Axe-FX or Kemper or similar.
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See - my Boss GT-6 had a bad@$$ Marshall distortion sound in it. Also had some crap sounds, but again - depends on what you want, like, and need.
I still haven't front-ended my G3n yet - but they sure seem to like that Bogner model in the presets...
See - my Boss GT-6 had a bad@$$ Marshall distortion sound in it. Also had some crap sounds, but again - depends on what you want, like, and need.
I still haven't front-ended my G3n yet - but they sure seem to like that Bogner model in the presets...
jtees4
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I do not use a Boss at the moment, but I find with many multi fx....you can usually use a compressor as a nice boost. You have to put the comp last normally and play with the settings, but usually I have a achieved what I was looking for....which is simply a lead boost, that works with both clean and distorted things. I tend to like multi fx pedals and only use them in stomp mode.
I do not use a Boss at the moment, but I find with many multi fx....you can usually use a compressor as a nice boost. You have to put the comp last normally and play with the settings, but usually I have a achieved what I was looking for....which is simply a lead boost, that works with both clean and distorted things. I tend to like multi fx pedals and only use them in stomp mode.
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