GigRig G3!

webrthomson

I have to be honest I quite fancy an Atom too - I was going to get a Gigrig QMX - but I'm now very tempted by the Atom

If I can figure out how it works 4CM my credit card might well get a battering!

dave5150

soma1975 said:

End of the day it's professional kit priced for professional musicians. I know a lot of us want it, but there are far less expensive options for people (like me) who don't need that level of sophistication and durability. 

Just like no matter how you might fancy it, not everyone taking photos needs a Canon 1D-X mk3. There's a camera out there for everyone. 

Well said!

I baulked at the price initially but I’ve got a Schmidt Array board so am no stranger to going for the expensive option when a cheaper version would do 99% of the same job!

love the idea of the Atom but I’ve downsized my board lately and swapping from the Quartermaster I currently have would take about 3 pedals away!

english_bob

webrthomson said:

If I can figure out how it works 4CM my credit card might well get a battering!

You would need to use one of the loops. Loop send goes to your amp input, then the effects loop send on your amp connects to the loop return on the G3. Now the preamp section of your amp is in a loop pretty much like another pedal.

markr76

english_bob said:

webrthomson said:

If I can figure out how it works 4CM my credit card might well get a battering!

You would need to use one of the loops. Loop send goes to your amp input, then the effects loop send on your amp connects to the loop return on the G3. Now the preamp section of your amp is in a loop pretty much like another pedal.

+1 on this. You be better going with the full size g3 if you want 4cm. The full size one has a movable volume/loop insert without taking one of your loops.

markr76

I’m interested in the atom. I’ve already got a g2. But I like the smaller size.

hotpickups

The biggest thing for me is the addition of the LED screen. Anything else I can do with my Boss ES5 with the use of assigns. Albeit the sticky stomp is a good idea/feature on the G3.

steelcustomguitars

So I have a boss ES-5 is the atom going to give me a much better signal quality/fidelity? 

Question is I guess for anyone who has used the es-5 and also the G2 maybe? 

Being 3-4 times the price I paid for the es-5 I would want to be sure it was a definite upgrade! 

Wazmeister

steelcustomguitars said:

So I have a boss ES-5 is the atom going to give me a much better signal quality/fidelity? 

Question is I guess for anyone who has used the es-5 and also the G2 maybe? 

Being 3-4 times the price I paid for the es-5 I would want to be sure it was a definite upgrade! 

Yes, is the simple answer.

I owned the G2 and the ES5/8 at the same time; every pedal sounds better, the isolation is total, even with no pedals playing your amp sounds better. And the pre and post are great sounding, and dead easy to get unity.

So, imho, the Gigrig stuff is noticeably superior.

hotpickups

steelcustomguitars said:

So I have a boss ES-5 is the atom going to give me a much better signal quality/fidelity? 

Question is I guess for anyone who has used the es-5 and also the G2 maybe? 

Being 3-4 times the price I paid for the es-5 I would want to be sure it was a definite upgrade! 

Maybe but really in the world most of us hobbyist musicians are in who play down the local boozer or private event would it really matter .... I mean really? Saying that I have absolutely no issues with my Boss ES5 in terms of fidelity etc.

To me it's just down to who can afford it or who cannot 

benmurray85

They’re going to sell a shed load of those Atoms. I’ll be interested in seeing people’s thoughts once they start arriving. 

Wazmeister

hotpickups said:

steelcustomguitars said:

So I have a boss ES-5 is the atom going to give me a much better signal quality/fidelity? 

Question is I guess for anyone who has used the es-5 and also the G2 maybe? 

Being 3-4 times the price I paid for the es-5 I would want to be sure it was a definite upgrade! 

Maybe but really in the world most of us hobbyist musicians are in who play down the local boozer or private event would it really matter .... I mean really? Saying that I have absolutely no issues with my Boss ES5 in terms of fidelity etc.

To me it's just down to who can afford it or who cannot 

You and I have this debate every time !!

I don't if its the buffers or whatever, but it really is superior the Gigrig stuff.

But the Boss is good too, and has great routing options. It just has that Boss dull-ish tone, imho, ymmv etc etc

steelcustomguitars

Wazmeister said:

hotpickups said:

steelcustomguitars said:

So I have a boss ES-5 is the atom going to give me a much better signal quality/fidelity? 

Question is I guess for anyone who has used the es-5 and also the G2 maybe? 

Being 3-4 times the price I paid for the es-5 I would want to be sure it was a definite upgrade! 

Maybe but really in the world most of us hobbyist musicians are in who play down the local boozer or private event would it really matter .... I mean really? Saying that I have absolutely no issues with my Boss ES5 in terms of fidelity etc.

To me it's just down to who can afford it or who cannot 

You and I have this debate every time !!

I don't if its the buffers or whatever, but it really is superior the Gigrig stuff.

But the Boss is good too, and has great routing options. It just has that Boss dull-ish tone, imho, ymmv etc etc

Thanks guys for the replies. Guess that’s what I was looking to hear @Wazmeister that may be the insight needed to tip the pre-order over the edge! 

hotpickups

Wazmeister said:

hotpickups said:

steelcustomguitars said:

So I have a boss ES-5 is the atom going to give me a much better signal quality/fidelity? 

Question is I guess for anyone who has used the es-5 and also the G2 maybe? 

Being 3-4 times the price I paid for the es-5 I would want to be sure it was a definite upgrade! 

Maybe but really in the world most of us hobbyist musicians are in who play down the local boozer or private event would it really matter .... I mean really? Saying that I have absolutely no issues with my Boss ES5 in terms of fidelity etc.

To me it's just down to who can afford it or who cannot 

You and I have this debate every time !!

I don't if its the buffers or whatever, but it really is superior the Gigrig stuff.

But the Boss is good too, and has great routing options. It just has that Boss dull-ish tone, imho, ymmv etc etc

LOL I know. It's just that I can't hear a difference but that doesn't mean it's not there It would have to be significant for me though before I'd shell out on a piece of kit at that price that's all

I am candidly quite interested in the Atom too if I was honest though. I just can’t justify it

Musicman20

Did the G2 not allow you to move the loops around?

grappagreen

Flip phase per loop is useful for us wet/dry peops with troublesome pedals..

UnclePsychosis

normula1 said:

Is it that expensive when there's countless fuzzface clones selling at well over £100 with a handful of cheap components  inside and sod all real r&d to produce them?

Yes. £1100 is expensive regardless of how you spin it. 

Doesn't mean its not worth the expense, but £1100 is a biiiiiiig chunk of change. 

WiresDreamDisasters

It's pretty expensive, but if it does what you need it to do.

I doubt it sounds appreciably better than a Boss ES5 or ES8, but it does a ton of things those units don't do. You're paying for brand and feature set, imho.

Lebarque

Too complicated for me, all that wet/dry, midi etc. stuff.

soma1975

Lebarque said:

Too complicated for me, all that wet/dry, midi etc. stuff.

They should release the Derek Smalls edition which is just lukewarm water with no wet or dry. 

hotpickups

Lebarque said:

Too complicated for me, all that wet/dry, midi etc. stuff.

Actually after using an ES5 for a couple of years now it’s not that difficult to program. I would go as far to say that going by those videos the G3 appears  easier/quicker to program presets. However, I haven’t seen a demo of doing any midi switching yet but I’m sure it must do