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Published on 11/22/01 at 15:00Bought for $400 used to replace my less-than-adequete digitech rp-12. In particular I wanted better light overdrive sounds and better quality effects than the rp-12 could give
External effects loop! I can throw whatever pedal I want into the effects chain.
Programable effects order - add delays before distortion if you want, wah after distortion, etc ... any effect can be put
wherever.
Boss also gives you a lot of flexibility with the EQ ... EQ settings are found in the amp simultar effect, in place of a modulation effect and as a global effect ... all very useful for what they were intended for (emulating an amp sound, sculpting the sound, and compensating for you amp/PA set up).
They also gave a lot of different phaser sounds, but since I'm not a phaser guy I can't really comment on how useable they all are.
Another appreciated addition is a trim knob next to the guitar input ... so I apply a hot signal from a mixer, or various guitar instrument levels without adjusting effects volumes.
Lots of gimmick effects like ring modulation that over 99% of the people who buy this will never use. Also the wah is *very* weak - it has no 'roundness' to it at all, it just sounds very dead.
The preamp/amp simulator is very bad by today's standards as well... you can't get crunchy metal sounds, warm tube amp sounds, or much useful in between. What you can get are very sterile, solid state sounding distortions ... think Boston.
They left out a 6 or 8 voice chorus too, so I have to stick my old boss chorus ensemble pedal in the fx loop
The case is metal, and seems pretty rugged. The pedals also feel like they're not going anywhere.
If you don't use lots of wah, and you already have a nice sounding amp this should give all the effects and flexibility you will need. But if you're like me (playing through small practice amps and PA systems), this will not give nice organic tube-ish guitar sounds.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
External effects loop! I can throw whatever pedal I want into the effects chain.
Programable effects order - add delays before distortion if you want, wah after distortion, etc ... any effect can be put
wherever.
Boss also gives you a lot of flexibility with the EQ ... EQ settings are found in the amp simultar effect, in place of a modulation effect and as a global effect ... all very useful for what they were intended for (emulating an amp sound, sculpting the sound, and compensating for you amp/PA set up).
They also gave a lot of different phaser sounds, but since I'm not a phaser guy I can't really comment on how useable they all are.
Another appreciated addition is a trim knob next to the guitar input ... so I apply a hot signal from a mixer, or various guitar instrument levels without adjusting effects volumes.
Lots of gimmick effects like ring modulation that over 99% of the people who buy this will never use. Also the wah is *very* weak - it has no 'roundness' to it at all, it just sounds very dead.
The preamp/amp simulator is very bad by today's standards as well... you can't get crunchy metal sounds, warm tube amp sounds, or much useful in between. What you can get are very sterile, solid state sounding distortions ... think Boston.
They left out a 6 or 8 voice chorus too, so I have to stick my old boss chorus ensemble pedal in the fx loop
The case is metal, and seems pretty rugged. The pedals also feel like they're not going anywhere.
If you don't use lots of wah, and you already have a nice sounding amp this should give all the effects and flexibility you will need. But if you're like me (playing through small practice amps and PA systems), this will not give nice organic tube-ish guitar sounds.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com