Yep, this old fella but still part of the Boss product line and still being sold in shops and it's piqued my interest as I fancy having a multi-fx around.
I've looked at some of the older posts for this and at the time of it's launch, things like the POD HD500 were it's competition but modelling has come a long way since then and I just wanted to know from users, owners, previous owners etc what they think of it?
I have been looking at the more expensive and high end Fractal FM3, too, but is it really going to be to £1K better (going by used GT-100 prices) and I'm not interested in the GT-1000
Is anyone was still using there's and how (with an valve amp, power amp & speakers, FRFR or straight to PA) and for me, this would be probably going into a Fender '65 DRRI 65 but I might like to add a couple of my own drives or I do have 2 powered PA speakers.
The feature set/spec seems fine for me but it's the sounds I'm really interested in and whether they hold up. I mean, I'm an 80s rock/pop/funk guy and so I'd want to get Eric Johnson/Andy Summer's delay/chorus cleans, Nile Rodgers clean compressed funk sounds and then Gary Moore, Lukather, Huff, Schon type lead sounds so is this guy's demo a true reflection of the sounds out of the box and are these results easy to achieve?
Cheers,
Cos
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Here’s the Johnny Marr video..
https://youtu.be/NFbo58jcyi8
I've had the GT-3, GT-5 and GT-8 and the FX were good, cleans were ok but things fell down on the modelling and overdrives. Now if it's like the Katana, an amp whose sounds I do NOT like, or worse, we're going to have a problem.
Do you know if it takes other overdrive pedals well? I have a Wampler Mini Plexi and early OCD that I love and they could cover my overdrive needs if the rest and the unit/fx are good.
Rob Marcello gets some fantastic 80s AOR type leads out of it in his demos but in other ones, not from official or pro demonstrators, things sound a bit pants and so I'm cautious
I think that's basically got the same FX in it. The advantage is it's got more loops.
I see the MS-3 as more of an add-on to my pedalboard without as much readily available functionality as the GT-100 and as I already have a Gigrig QMX6, the loop side would be a bit redundant.
I programmed a few sounds on my brother's behalf. These were mostly textural extravaganzas, worthy of Belew or Fripp. I found the amp modelling entirely unconvincing.
Have you seen this, it’s Lukather doing a demo of the GT001, same engine as the GT100 but in desktop format. I’ve had the GT001 (twice!) and really liked it for the type of sounds you suggest.
https://youtu.be/_i30ahxCeBQ
Yep, I've seen this one before and not bad sounds - cheers
I use one, usually in manual mode, with a bunch of virtual pedalboards that I have set for different styles. Loads of great sounding ODs and drives. Unlikely you will need to use any more. I do use it 4 wire method sometimes with my Boogie.. and it handles extra external drives/pedals fine.
The stock presets do not present it well and some amp models are better than others. You generally will have them switched off if going into a tube amp anyway.
It is always in my rig as backup and I will use it for small gigs DI to desk and for theatre stuff.