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Perhaps you'll get some good results with multiple drives on the GX-100. I know I want to try cascading drives as I've never had a multi-fx that can do that before.
But gigging I’m still welding to my valve amp.
Through the valve amp the analog pedals still have the edge although the digital drive pedal models have got much better since the last generation. The HX Timmy is more than passible, it’s just not quite as special as my Protein Drive.
One thing I’m thinking of is changing me board (again) from a Warwick Tres 3.1 to a pedal train Junior, which would fit on the GX100 and a few pedals.
Or just go Pod Go, but I’m concerned the DSP and other limitations would bug me. Plus I think the Boss effects probably sound better.
From a gigging perspective, patch naming is, at least for me, essential.
Fundamentally, despite the obvious charms of the GX100, I realised that my Pod Go, despite its shortcomings, really did meet most of my current needs and whilst there were features of the GX100 that were 'nice to haves', there was actually nothing that was essential for my current needs. In addition to Pod Go I still have my Vox Tonelab SE and LE that may be old tech, but are still great gigging MFX units that are built like a tank.
And there were features of Pod Go that I'd miss such as snap shots, global switching from volume to wah on every patch, much larger IR capacity, many more amp, cab, mic and effects. And the more compact size and lower weight are pluses too.
With regards tone, that's always going to be highly subjective. The guy that was selling the GX100 is a professional, globally touring musician. He has HX Stomp and Mooer MFX, and said providing each unit is set up properly, the tonal differences were minimal especially with IRs. Each unit does the job well.
The Pod Go has a great colour screen, and the edit software is excellent. I have an older PC with Win 7 64bit, and I wasn't sure if GX100 was compatible. I also didn't fancy having to learn a new unit and set up new software. I'm pretty proficient with Pod Go now and even with touch screen, there's still a fair bit to learn with the GX100 and I really just want to enjoy playing and not have to set up new patches from scratch.
I'm also curious to see if anything new is introduced at NAMM.
The GX100 is a great unit, and if I didn't already have Pod Go, I'd have snapped it up in a heartbeat. But as I already have it, I had to weigh up pros and cons and make the best call for my needs.
Edit: had some more time to play with this today and more impressed all the time. You do need to put a bit of time in to get familiar with how it works but it is well worth doing. The hex block system works incredibly well, is clear and easy to understand. The touch screen helps with navigation but I think it would still work ok without. I like how you can pair effects to a single footswitch and the split pathway option works really well.
I find myself considering either a Gx-100 or a GT-1000-core...
Are you using it as an all in one solution?
I have two use cases, really - all in one solution, and as a traditional FX unit into a tube amp.
It's horses for courses I suppose but I prefer to use it for everything. I have no desire at all to ever bother with a tube amp again.