Boss GT-10

[Rezman]

Hi folks,
Been a player for around 36 years, and have used lots of stuff in my time. I still have a rack beast left over from my semi-pro days, but now I just use a small combo amp and have decided to start builing up the pedal board once again.

While I truly believe the best tones come from individula pedals, I've recently become intruqued with the new Boss GT-10. Does anyone here have any experience with these that they'd be willing to share? If so, what can you tell me about their distortion tones, as I've heard both good and bad.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[peridot1]

I have one but only do direct recording. With the distortion I hear it depends on what amp you use. Going direct I use the amp modelers (toned down a bit) mixed with my own gain pedal and turn the GT-10's OD/Dirt off. My take the distortion is fizzy and computer like, however I bought the GT-10 anyways knowing I'll use my own gain.

The effect routing system is excellent. The delays and reverbs are quite nice. Modulations are not bad either and quite tweakable. Lots of EQ features. Slow gear, synth and slicer are convincing and easy to use. Harmony is so-so.

[Sniper-V]

First off, I'm not a modeling guy...

I use the GS-10 desktop processor for practice and scratch direct recording and I think it sounds great through the on-board stereo speakers, headphones, and direct.

The GT-10 seemed to work and operate in a very similar way, almost identical as far as the way its laid out. The tones were also very good and I can pretty much get similar tones I did from the GS-10. Of all the modelers out there I felt the most comfortable with the Boss and I didn't neem to pull out the manual to use it which is always a plus.

Other units like the Line 6 X3 were just too much for me to get into it and I didn't really care for the tones right away and didn't have the patience to "tweek"...

With that said, I do really like the Nova System and the G-System.

[TenneyThe2nd]

I had a GT-8 for a few years. I sold all my boss pedals and got that. It was definitely an upgrade. It taught me alot about signal chain and what certain effects did. It was nice to have everything you could ever need right there, including the ability to have tap tempo controlled phasers, trems, and vibes. Very cool. However, the overall tone that the drives produced didn't cut it for me. I sold it to get a Nova Delay and TS9. Now I have a TIM and a Nova and it's almost all I "need". I do, however, at times wish I still had my GT8 to use with these pedals to get effects I don't use often. The buffers on the GT8 were great. My clean sound was much better with the GT8 than with my old selection of boss pedals, so I think the downside was the digital modeling of the ODs and Amp models.

I would certainly recommend a Boss GT series to someone who hasn't played long enough to become a tone snob... It's kind of a curse when you get to the point that you hear the problems with every pedal you can find under 200 bones.

[wooldl]

I've used Boss gear (not the GT-10), Digitech and Line6. To my ear, Line 6 Live is by far the best sounding all-in-one unit. Plus, you can download presets for individual songs and artist making setup a breeze.

my $0.02.

[scott58]

Originally Posted by wooldl

I've used Boss gear (not the GT-10), Digitech and Line6. To my ear, Line 6 Live is by far the best sounding all-in-one unit. Plus, you can download presets for individual songs and artist making setup a breeze.

my $0.02.

I agree

[Rezman]

Hey, thanks for the responses! I especially like the comment about becoming tone snobs and having a hard time enjoying less expensive pedals; man, that is so true! The pursuit of the ‘grail tone’ really can rob one of the joy of playing. Yet, I admit that there is still the ‘thrill of the hunt’ one gets pursuing such tones; it can be a hobby in and of itself.

I currently have a small practice rig that consists of a Tech 21 Trademark 60 (not tubes, but hard to beat for the price) with either an Analog Man modified Tube Screamer or a Marshall Govnor pedal (depending on my mood). Both pedals are just used to give the amp some life and to kick it over the top. The combination of either of these pedals is really quite remarkable with this amp, as hard as that might be to believe.

That being said, the reason I’ve been contemplating these ( a GT-10), is more for just inspirational screwing around at home, as the rack gear and my current small set-up aren’t quite doing it for me these days. I still use a Roland BR-8 for home recording, and find myself constantly noodling around when in some of the lead guitar (overdrive) patches, the ones that give a good ‘Satch’ tone. While you can tell its not a real tube sound, its so much fun to just rip with. I thought I might get either the same, or more pleasure out of the GT-10; something to inspire me and help me through the slumps and dry spells.

Anyhow, this is all very good information, and thanks for the heads up on the Line 6 unit.

[LouRossi]

What's the improvement of the GT-10 over the 8? Better amp models? Better effects?
Thx...

[peridot1]

Originally Posted by LouRossi

What's the improvement of the GT-10 over the 8? Better amp models? Better effects?
Thx...

Many don't feel this way so maybe I had a bad unit. Had the gt-8 for almost 2 years. My gt-8 would suck tone even with the modelers off. Modelers were noisy and scratchy. I don't get this with the gt-10. Slow gear, synth is much more responsive to my playing and a lot clearer. Reverb/delay a big improvement. Modelers easier to tweak cause I don't have to worry about noise, but it's still the COSM modeling sounds. Just clearer.

I thought the harmonizer was better in the gt-8.