BOSS GT-1000 - First Impressions

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[gerryjamesedwards]

Boss' modelling guys must have been receiving a lot of their R&D attention over the past few years. The Katana series, the Nextone, then the Tube-Amp Expander (on my bucket list of gear) and the GT-1000. They keep raising the bar. Nice review.

[lance]

I think that you treat the GT-1000 as the next all-in-one floor pedal and the successor to the GT-100, you can't go wrong. It's nice to have all the 500 series effects in one box, along with a ton of OD and amp models, upgraded converter chips and flexible signal routing. Thanks for the demo.

[cirjames]

When you turned on all the effects at once it sounded like most of the Line 6 Helix presets.

[furiousnewf]

Awesome, just picked up one of these a couple of weeks ago. Really digging the Premium Drive, would appreciate all the hints and tips you can share to make this even better. BTW, love you videos dude.!

[TrumpetsInMyx]

Love my GT. Vid went exactly as expected.

Gain switch in the amp block is a basic but excellent additional amp control that is very useful. Also, to change cab types; select the speaker icon in the output you want to work with then select output type to "Recording". You can then change the speaker type to 2x12, 4x12 or whatever. You can load 4 of your own IRs, but I have had zero luck with getting any better results than the built in cab options. The original cabs suck, imo.

The X series preamps are for me the best in the unit. X-modded is great. Really all the X stuff is great. For heavy stuff; the Uber can be good. The Recto just straight up sucks, imo. The Juggernaut can be good as well. I do enjoy the Brit Stack after spending some time with it too.

[Subcritical]

Great vid! Got the GT1K about a month ago. Created over 100 patches as a liveset and run it through my AC30 and Orange TL. AWESOME TONES!!! Now got sell my peddle board and effects on Reverb! The reduction in weight transport to gigs is tremendous. IMHO… this beats helix

[sense]

Leon, great vid, cheers.

An in-depth look at the Global EQ settings/config would be cool

[Zoe]

General rule of thumb with the GT 1000 is to make sure the OUTPUT gain is set at +10 db. I run into the back of a tube combo and this tweak made a substantial difference. It's an awesome unit the best in IMAO (and I've used em all)

[colinjansencjaxeman]

U r just awesome . Really help me heaps in my setup of my gt1000. Tqvm

[TheTulioChannel]

Great video, thanks! It would be cool to see an in depth hi gain demo, with comparison with helix, for example.

[michaelstewart]

I'd like to see you use a Freqout pedal with the GT-1000 and cover some Nirvana! Also use some external pedals with the GT-1000.

[JohnnyOskam]

I have an interesting question. Say you are using divider 1 to go between 2 completely different amps. If you set the speaker cab to original, does the cabinet change when you switch between the 2 amps? Is there a way to set the speaker type differently for each amp?

[dialdnd]

Does it have an in built drum machine?

[koolbreeze]

You can always tell who is Playing Mesa Boogie and Who is playing Fractal on stage Those are the guys that are Always Fine Tuning their equipment with the Boss GT1000 you set it and its good to go .

[goingbananas]

Would you recommend this pedal for someone who have guit playing live and just want to write and record music?


And of course use it as a practice tool!

[jbognap]

As a Boss GT-100 owner, my question is - are the amp models usable in a live situation? I'd want to send my sound to FOH and have a decent sound on stage - not asking much 😂

[shirleyallen]

Also, I've played the KATANA and NEXTONE amps and didn't care for those either. Maybe it's me... I have a GT-1 and love it, go figure.

[jbjb]

Leon, in your opinion: Poly Beebo or Boss GT1000 core? Thank you!

[AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

As an Axe FX II user, the Zoom stuff seems like the best price to performance product right now, insanely value in those <£100 units.

[ezdj]

...sounds like...if the rubber tree plant took the red pill...and escaped by throwing a chair through a tinted window as a 1000 candles melted over the broken glass that was left...