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Has anyone had any experience with the new Boss GT-1000?
After initially disliking what I was hearing from the early Namm demos, I'm liking the sound of the recent clips that have started to appear on YouTube. It would seem Boss sorted out the initial sound problems with the unit.
Has anyone on the forum purchased one, if so how are you getting on with it?
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Not sure where the idea that it sounded bad or lacked something came from though. Every review i have seen or read says it sounds great and does a lot. The only negative seems to be the manual. Which is a criticism i would level at both the MD-500 and DD-500 as well. I guess Boss cant be arsed translating from Japanese?
The Boss Tone Studio editor is very easy to use and the built in IRs are the best ones to use. I tried using various IRs from different companies and none of them worked as well as the ones assigned to the amps. One of the Boss reps on Facebook stated that, with the AIRD models, there is a lot more going on with the cabinet models that no IR could ever reproduce.
There are so many EQ and input and output options that I'm sure it would be a versatile enough unit to match up with any rig. Boss seems to be putting out a lot of fixes and listening to user requests.
Speaking of the manual, a member of Boss staff responded to requests on Facebook to write a GT-1000 guide -
https://www.boss.info/global/promos/gt-1000_ultimate_guide/
It would be good for FX, yes.
I think that Boss may have missed the boat a bit on this one as FAS and Line 6 got their products out first. I'm sure that they're all great units, but it may not matter at this time if the Boss is best as the others have claimed the ground.
@gearaddict , the Stompbox feature is the same a FAS's Global Blocks on the AXE-FX II, which is one of the greater ideas (and simpler ideas) that has been implemented with this tech.
On first looking at the UI I was flummoxed, but it's surprisingly easy to navigate. I like using it with the Boss SY-300 and EHX B9 (via the loops) for shaking things up.
It's a nifty little machine.
I’m sure the boss sounds just as good, but the UI and the big colour display on the Helix tipped the balance in its favour for me.
I think you are talking about the ability to have a mode where all the pedals in a patch are footswitchable.
Yes the ability the save your settings as stompboxes is very handy indeed, especially your favourite EQ settings.