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Boss GT-8

  • 15-08-2005 8:59pm
    #1
    Giblet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,989 ✭✭✭✭


    Just bought one of these to supplement my new amp, and I have to say I'm impressed. I was worrying about horrible distortion tones and digital artifacting and so far everything is ok. Some of the presets are crazy and useless but you can customise them anyway. It takes time to get used to all the different options but I've found some great delays and reverbs and I'm now working on recreating tones for some songs. I have "Like a Stone" down by Audioslave and I'm gonna try some Pink Floyd (Run like Hell) stuff soon.

    I've heard about the gap in sound when you change patches but so far I've not noticed anything. It's instant. Maybe some of the guys using it were changing between soft Fender Twin tremolo sounds to the High Gain 5150 distortion or something crazy, definatly a jump in levels there but no gaps. That little CTL pedal is dead handy, can assign it to do anything like a bypass/tuner, switch off different effects, delay tap tempo, all sorts of crap!

    The only thing bugging me is how to turn everything off and just hear the normal amp tone. Always some compressor or noise gate setting left on grrr.


Comments

  • #2
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    I don't like you. Are you using the 4 cable method? There is a way to bypass everything afaik but I dunno what it is. Something to do with the expression pedal I think.


  • #3
    Giblet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,989 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    Nah I haven't got four cables here at the moment. Speaking of cables I just bought a fancy Planet Waves one... so...fancy...


  • #4
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Neutrik cables all the way for me!


  • #5
    DiamondJQuimby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 144 ✭✭DiamondJQuimby


    Set it to manual Mode if you want to turn everything off..

    I have the GT-6 But I presume it is the same with the GT-8.
    When in Manual Mode the pedals do what they say above them for example
    Press the Preamp Pedal this will turn on the preamp etc..

    When not in Manual Mode the Switches 1234 will change Patches 1234 depending on what bank you have selected.

    Takes a while to get used to it.

    Definitely use the 4 - Cable Method the differnce is huge when using it through an amp.

    4 Cable Method

    Also Check out some of the patches up there.

    There is a really good application for the PC called GT-Manager which you can send patches to the GT using a standard Midi Cable.

    Best of luck with it.


  • #6
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Giblet wrote:
    Nah I haven't got four cables here at the moment. Speaking of cables I just bought a fancy Planet Waves one... so...fancy...
    Yeah man! Planet Waves are the shizzle.
    *leaves topic*


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  • #7
    sei046
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭sei046


    i have used PW for ages and i hate them now. they are always crapping out on me. Gonna try sumthin different


  • #8
    jcoote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭jcoote


    good man gib great pedal the guitarist from our band won one of them ****ers...

    yeah the manual button on it is 'manual/bypass' so thats how we bypass...

    the gap come when u have say a whammy effect on and u have the direct/clean sound volume at 0 otherwise its perfect


  • #9
    Shanannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭Shanannigan


    Giblet wrote:
    Nah I haven't got four cables here at the moment. Speaking of cables I just bought a fancy Planet Waves one... so...fancy...


    is it one of the ones with the silver plugs and the instrument end one has a button so ya can unplug without popping... those cables are pretty handy... and if you save your packet, along with your daddario strings packets you can collect player points and send away for a mug... lol


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