... Whoops. £140 in Cash Generator in Birmingham city centre today, setting as they are £330 new and routinely selling for £200 on eBay I thought it worth a punt to see if a good quality multi fx with good routing options might fulfill my bedroom setup in 4cm with one of my valve preamps. It came with the power supply and a Gator case carry bag thing. If nothing else I could always flip it on for the same money or trade it against something else I suppose.
So, once I've made sure it's on version 2 of the firmware, what have I got to look forward to?
Any problems I need to be aware of?
I'm looking forward to using dual signal paths as well (with or without my preamp) and some of the "accelerator switch" things sound intriguing.
I'm scared and I'm waiting for life
Comments
For gigging I think the GT100 is a much nicer and quieter unit to use than the Pod HD500/500X which I really disliked (far too many menu's and a small display) - the HD500X amp/cab modelling was arguably a little better (but not a huge difference & very subjective - I didn't like that either) but it was awkward to use and it picked up too much noise on higher gain amp models or when adding a distortion pedal model - I tried adjusting the noise-gate, but it then 'deadened' the tone. The GT100 was much better here.
If I had to choose between the two for live use, I'd go with the GT100.
I think some of the amps aren't so bad either, especially the cleans which I think it excels at. It's the high gain amps that really suck! I think the AC30 models aren't so good either. For the record I use my amps overdrive channel and the GT-100 for cleans. It's plenty good enough for that.
It has a few "dud" effects such as the sitar model which is shockingly bad compared to the sitar model on my AX3000G.
Routing is pretty good, very similar to the HD500's.
I thought the accel function is quite odd, it's fun for 20 seconds then you get bored, that said I really only used it for about that much before I thought "No!"
Harmonizer is a bit patchy but useable (I use it a lot)
The buffer is very good for 4cm - make sure the patch levels are at unity otherwise it will colour the sound.
Overall it's a great unit