All user reviews for the Boss GT-10

Much impact but few are really interesting

UTILIZATION

The manual is clear, but the use seemed complicated at first after we get used. Editing sounds is fairly easy.

SOUND QUALITY

I am not come to sound out interest and harmonious.
On the tube amp with Fender Hot Rod Fender Stratocaster guitar is downright null. With the Marshall amp transistor is a little better.

OVERALL OPINION

I for 1 year. I am not come to found a single sound I like. I do not longer used since I bought the other effects pedals much higher.
I do not recommend this pedal that is a possibility of delirium but with whom I have come to nothing. I find it very expensive for what it brings and I will not repeat that choice.

Already detailed in other reviews ...
There's all the notes properly so I ...

UTILIZATION

Config "simple", should read a bit anyway ...
The manual is boss, half is useless ...
The ez tone, yeah, without comment, to the number of parameters I do not see the point to what looks good on the shot must be retouched later ...

SOUND QUALITY

For the effects it does not hurt, that's why I took it, connecting 4 cables with my head peavey ultra + ht or inserting my dual in the loop. Forget the wah, they are horrible compared to a real cry baby or even weeping in my ibanez.
Clean and crunch but rather flat power settings you get something pretty good and very readable, the distortion / od are ugly even if one or two reserve good surprises at all the same dynamics for the preamp ... I'm not even going to comment because the big words are banned ...
As said above it in the effects loop that stands out the best (or outdoors with a distal extra), the delay and reverb are relatively deep (do not use the spring reverb failing to obtain resonances dignent effect of a slice) chorus flanger etc. ... are goods and bring their grain.
He still tends to distort the sound of the amp a bit, adjusting output select is a ridiculous ... Have fun to go from one to another is like saying the MDR MIDI you switch from nasal to stuffed medium boss has forgotten that it is in the simplicity that gives the best compromise, the distal and ouput of ME25 are less invasive is the last straw ...
If that's your grain of its principal I recommend the line 6 which is well ahead of saturation in grain and other drives.
If it's for the effects welcome!
Forget the USB or direct recording output, c'test simply impossible to get a good rendering without fiddling for an hour or call on external plugin. My gear box is in front for a price of 50 Euros ... Shame ...

OVERALL OPINION

Two years of operation, it holds the road well and fulfilled its role.
I do it again this election (there is two years) because the effects are real, but value for money (for that I do not distos) settles the question ...
It is now obsolete, line 6 is the wedge, and if y 'means tc electronics is far above, there's also old Rocktron Prophesy who kill AAAHHHH!! or AAAAHHHHH ELEVEN RACK!!
I hate having 10 pedals in front of me with 10 to go in his manip solo overdubs, clear, rhythmic saturated, support ... etc. ... So yes it suits me more ...
It's your choice, whether it's versatility and not do anything with ....

This is the digital home boss. So without a history of a technical point of view.

UTILIZATION

Here I must say that this bike really surprised me. In 20 years, I had a cranks indecent amount of this kind and in all brands: Digitech, Boss, Zoom, Korg, Vox .. And every time it was taking head with endless menus and often a rather disappointing result. The GT-10 is ergonomically flawless blue screen and very relaxing, especially on stage (the spots of the same color are not widely used ...). EZ TONE ESPECIALLY THE FUNCTION THAT ALLOWS HER TO MAKE A FEW CLICKS.

SOUND QUALITY

The simulations are excellent, ditto for the effects! I play on a small Xaver types Floy and Swiss Army knife with two singles and a Bill Lawrence ouble ... It's crazy! Yes, I know, fans of the old blues would make a fuss but I will write anyway: this bike is sound, true! In fact, your fingers are perfectly free to express themselves and the ultra-compressed sound is never as usual on the pedals. Result: a monstrous, not typed at all, with that twang to crunch usually difficult to obtain. The overdrive (Vai, Young) are perfect, bluesy plans go smoothly and the only sounds are a bit cold for my taste. I must also say that I use so little guitar: I do not play on an amp but live on a mixer. And this one reason: the studio monitors are straight and do not color the sound which is not at all - but maybe not at all! - The case of guitar amplifiers and their only 12 inches. Result: You get a rich, full, well-articulated and even at very low volume. In fact, I was more than tired of having to redo my settings every time when I moved from one amp to another! There, more problems, the sound is almost always the same. Anyway, the master menu to refine the overall EQ of all patches according to the place ... Anyway, I recommend this method to all those who love the sound very clear and worked. Especially the delays become magnificent with the stereo effect (friends of Floyd, hello).

OVERALL OPINION

I did not do a long time but I already know he is not ready to leave me ...

See the descriptions available online ... Note: the loop S / R which allows you to use effects "4CM" (4 cables method: guitar input IN WG IN IN 1st group effects "send" to entry and therefore the amp preamp IN " send "the amp to" return "of WG IN second group of effects IN" return "of the amp).
In addition, you can assign this string to the left side of the stereo and send the right signal to another amp, through effects or not: the place of these is in fact fully customizable and the settings can get authentic stereo sound, including the "looper" (sampler) board. I record a rhythm often left on an amp and I play a solo on the right amp ... Or I read parts harmonized two amps at the same time ... GT10 only allows it from the products of this price range (POD X3L not developed in terms of the effects loop as I was able to account, and not giving RP1000 access to the stereo as far as I know).

UTILIZATION

As always with Boss, the manual is a model of inefficiency, based on the obvious and redundant. In contrast, the "easy" tone "directly accessible to the equipment will be very useful for beginners. Informed users discover their part that almost everything is customizable, with easy ... on (the transition from one screen to another was not obvious in all cases). I rather regret not having found many pots of WG8 on this model.

SOUND QUALITY

If they are correct, many effects are mostly convincing, with the eight guitars and six amps that I associated with them.
The machine seems to give the best of himself on amplifier tube if possible: provided that its high input / output are properly calibrated, it respects and honor the envelope dynamics of the original signal (my analog pedal in "true bypass" alters the sound so much I do not activate its input buffer, for example, the Zoom multi-effects I use Line6 or in parallel are not any better either).
Live console, it can provide but requires the addition of the side effects offsetting a priori very "generic" simulation (the "resonators" give such depth to the HP Virtual). I confess rather Line6 use to record, but more for convenience than anything else: the Boss is more dynamic and more responsive to changes in volume and tone on the guitar ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use the machine since its release, as I did before with the ME8, GT3, GT6 and GT8. In thirty years of practice, I could buy or try long many other things in recent years, many digital multi-effects and / or equipment modeling: POD.2, XT and X3L, Tonelab Desktop and LE, a Korg whose name is not for me, a photo, VOX DA amplifiers, Line 6 Spider Valve and Roland Micro Cube ... The GT10 is so far the heart of my "rig" stage because its flexibility is unbeatable.
The cliché that modeling amps "sound better" in other brands is true only if one does not go trials: like his predecessors and that the subject works with an open mind, the GT10 has the potential necessary to deliver realistic emulations in many configurations.
The commonplace according to which "it is digital and it sounds necessarily worse than the analog" deflates himself for who knows how to take and keep a minimum of critical distance: the GT10 does not sound notoriously " Digital "if it is set incorrectly (as in many factory patches, unfortunately).
Admittedly, my Cry Baby, Dynacomp, TS808, Big Muff, HT-Dual, phaser, chorus, and echo analog sound better than their clones in the GT ... but this difference is most noticeable on stage or even in a recording ... digital (and for good reason). I come and go between my analog pedal and the GT without one ever told me that my sound was too digital in the second case the results are actually very close.
Only criticism (though it is significant and can fuel many misunderstandings illustrated by some previous reviews) that the failure of its capacity for flexibility, the GT10 is still extremely difficult to resolve correctly in a given config. For most of the numerous parameters, the usable range is particularly narrow and does not illustrate what to expect the user to analog devices. Example among many: if the gain is mismanaged, the amp models produce an effect "Cocked Wah" (sound of a wah in a fixed position). We must develop strategies to overcome this defect, which it is hoped will be gone with the next GT.

(Originally written by Jojolapraline/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
Multi-effects processor

UTILIZATION

User's manual is provided

SOUND QUALITY

I bought this Boss because I wanted an all-in-one solution to play in pubs.

I put it back in its box after two hours!!! And returned it to the store (30-day money back warranty).

You'll need to get your ears checked if you believe this unit sounds good!!!

I tried out clean, crunch and distortion settings.

I connected it directly to a mixer feeding RCF310A and tried out different amp simulations (JC120, combo amp, etc.). Although I tried every possible EQ setting, the sound was awful.

It sounds either too metallic or to dark. And forget the factory presets.

My old GX700 sounds much better.

I've already owned different gear: ADA MP1, JMP1, POD XT (awful, the POD v2 is ten times better), Johnson J-Station (not bad).

Currently, the best and not too expensive setup is a Tonelab with the speaker simulation of a Rocktron Replifex!

OVERALL OPINION

It's once again a marketing thing.

They packed the effects they developed in the last 10 years in a nice-looking silver foot board that you'll probably sell again six months later to buy a GT20.

(Originally written by Resty/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
Effects provided: virtually every effect. Connections: comprehensive. Editable: yes, see Roland's website and test it... 10/10.

UTILIZATION

Quite simple. Clear user's manual. 8/10.

SOUND QUALITY

Excellent sound (but not so good as a Rocktron Prophesy). Excellent clean sound. Big heavy metal distortion. Good factory presets but you can get better results if you edit all parameters yourself. You can add other effect devices. Very important: play with a good amp. With a 100-watt Fender or Peavey you get a killer sound. I don't like the sound with a 35-watt Marshall. It's normal, Marshall amps are not made for heavy metal freaks. 9/10.

OVERALL OPINION

Cons: Weight! Size (width). If Boss develops a multi-effect footboard with the same sound quality but half as heavy and wide, I'll give them an award. 8/10 because it's too heavy, too wide and a bit too expensive.