All user reviews of 5/5 for the Boss GT-8

Hundreds of fully customizable effect the infinite. and simultaneously the biggest boss pedals. compressor integrern digital outputs, noon, and the possibility to use two amps. a multi purpose terrible!

UTILIZATION

Configuring the Beast asser difficult, and the hundreds of pages lire are a little discouraging. but the result is guaranteed and will lift your spirits. were able to regret the absence of box rytmes integrate.

SOUND QUALITY

The effects are of incredible clarity, and very rich. I find the acoustic guitar simulation and bluffing guitard ausi low. a range of configurable effects galore. j'utile me a Fender Stratocaster and I mangniphique.aucun sound is sound that I hate, that's good for me.

OVERALL OPINION

I been good one week, I like the build quality, very solid. I prefer a thousand times that my old digitech pedal. value for very very good price for a product to top technology and providing quality manufacturing. I do not regret my choice and I'm really happy to finally have an effective range of the most realistic, powerful and clear! I recommend it highly, it is a wonder!

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UTILIZATION

Ditto

French-manual is a plus

SOUND QUALITY

The effects of plant are set to impress but not necessarily to be usable, if only one looks at the beast can be drawn against by sounds pretty huge and / or completely crazy! (Rotary + chorus + distortion ^ ^)

OVERALL OPINION

I did that for three days but everything suggests that there is plenty to find a plethora of sounds cool! I tried the GT6 and the difference is clear: quality effects, new (things that are useless but are also roar with laughter ^ ^), and dynamic sensing mode which, although set, promises long hours of frenzied rhythm! The price / quality ratio I think ... terrible! With experience, of course I would do the same choice! To those who leave comments on forums "distos medium / pathetic / cool ...." euuuuh ... will have to stop thinking about touching children eh! Certainly not worth gnagnagna analog effects ... but seriously to say what kind of stuff you refrain: it is clear that this is not the same quality but to qualify distos of unusable there is no one that I find rather unfair to pass!

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I think the greater good of the pedals.
But like many positive reviews, I will be choosy and you talk a little more negative side (which is nothing compared to what I find positive ... I repeat ...)

UTILIZATION

The basics of using and programming is easy (including the assignment of pedals) ...
Other things seem extremely complicated or poorly explained. (Virtual pedal, hold function ...)
... and then, I tend to say that ... "Too many settings, kill the setting" ... it gets a little delirium and bidding among manufacturers.

Especially since Boss had forgotten (deliberately?) Something big .... : You can assign any MIDI signal to a patch (from 1 to 128) ... that's good.
.... But we can not assign the scroll of the MIDI signals to one of the pedals contained in the GT-8.
Result: If, during a concert you want to run a series of sounds (no dancing like crazy on your GT8), you should invest in a small external MIDI controller. (See topic that I filed in the forum)

The French manual is not in the box. Remember to ask the sellers, they are usually in separate packages.

SOUND QUALITY

A big damper on the effect octaver and shift: It's very convincing when it transposes into the grave, but it is much less in the treble. By connecting an acoustic 6 string, I would have liked to get a beautiful sound of 12 strings (with a bit of time and shift to the upper octave) ... But it's yuck :-(

Also, I'm not a fan of distorted sounds .... and there is the overdose. I have turned many users in the banks. For banks factory, there can not do anything: they are there and they stay there ... For me it's just a waste of space.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had three weeks. Well now I master all the basic manipulation (edit, save etc ...)
I am now trying to discover the more advanced features, and it sometimes becomes the puzzle: the pedal is fully configurable: it's great, but you really think about the toy you want to make ...

The seller had taken the Vox Tonelab SE. I had two days at home, and then 2 days .... the GT-8 I preferred Boss (price, size, use more intuitive ...) Ironically, my choice was not too focused on the sounds, because for one as for the other, I did not like factory sounds ... (75% saturated sound ... enough is enough)

Despite the criticisms above, I do it again this election easily, because for 450 euros (3000 !!!!), balls were a huge number of effects ...

Boss GT8 Pédalier.tout bon.C is heavy but it's a good investissement.Tout Boss in one box and it sounds. The amp models are to forget ... The chorus a little below the pedal excellentisime Boss but it does. The rest is mainly Loud cool.Bonnes saturation delay very good reverb wah ok ok for its price bracket is the best in its class. Much better than the ME 50 (saturation not top) and digitech that is slow to respond to changes in patches. Here it meets the foot and the eye. Good gear solid.

UTILIZATION

Easy to utlise especially if we know Boss. If not in the manual you get lost as dab as the vocabulary used is not clear yet ... this device it has possibilités.Dommage

SOUND QUALITY

Effects tops.delay enough reverb = 10/10 = 10/10 = Chorus 8 / 10 the Boss is better but may be we must set the "Saturation = beast hola much better than the MT2 hotter! For the price good stuff without disappointment and look cool!

OVERALL OPINION

Miuex the GNX700 as well as a better than digitech changing pad as it turns better than ME50, normal is also more expensive. Or me the best price in this catégorei

Boss all in one! (Almost): See below.

UTILIZATION

It is true that initially you spend more time tweaking the machine to play ... but once you have some favorite sounds programmed, you go for fun!

SOUND QUALITY

Use:
Start US
Marshall Combo

-> The sounds in the memory of the bike often poor, but just change those patches, and there I found that there are possibilities of very good quality sound ... Do not hesitate to do especially at the beginning your own patches ... and set out the OUTPUT Headphone Combo Amp or other or when changing config. (Especially between headset and amplifier, it changes everything)
-> To € 450, I talking about the relative sound quality / price.

OVERALL OPINION

Use: 2 Months
Special Preference: All in one, build quality / robustness of the case.
Other models: VOX? I hesitated a bit, I find the most VOX "Roots" but much less versatile ...
Price / Quality: No complaints on this, we pay for, and more.
Experience: I do it again in a post a few months, but today I am very satisafait, I would do this choice.

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UTILIZATION

Its takes at least 3 or 4 hours before filling to take advantage of this marvel. The possibilities are endless and can be even too much, because I think that this is what is the effect ring mode on this good old earth?? Me anyway I know ... if not for the rest all is well, the only problem is when one is lost in the menus because there are too many.

SOUND QUALITY

The effects REPRESENTATIVES their original well enough that I think has electronic sounds too. Personally, I use it with a guitar made by luthier and a stack MTS 4 / 12 inch Carvin and gives me the sounds I want but you have to spend much time do express before find the sound you want. Prfaites patches by the company are pretty poor at the level of distortion but in terms of clean, its worth it. I, personally, I Do not operate the pramps because I do not think it looks like they reprsentent MODELS original and because I think they are too electronic ... but it's just my opinion. As for the rest, it is a exellent machine.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 8 months and I'm not that I intend to possibly return to the good old traditional pedals. With a have not mistaken! Question qualitprix is ​​the best. Before aqurir a GT8, I SSAI quite all that it is on the march and in the multi-effects, it is the best. If I did not intend to buy traditional pedals, I would do that choice 110%. For $ 550 Canadian, was worth it!

Y 'has a lot of effect so I will not mention
more distortion of any style, chorus, delay, reverb, phaser, flanger, guitar simulator, pitch in even more full of
a prampli
conection: jack, posibilit to conect to another apareil by noon
pam no more the external appearance is very "pro"

UTILIZATION

Configuration simple enough: 35 banks of 4 patches users and 50 factory preset
easy to configure except perhaps for the wah because there are sometimes dificult due to the foot volume

SOUND QUALITY

Indeed quite the sound is clear, except for the pitch / sound becomes temblotant c is not baeu
I on the User's pourave gear and makes a lot so veiled
d in'm SATIF

OVERALL OPINION

I for some months the User
j ai well being able to change the order of effect: a can change everything on the
No I have not had the bcp OCCASION compare other ad system
RAPORT price level but I believe that quality is the best c (the line 6 pod several expensive)
I think qhe I gladly repeat this choice

-See other ...

UTILIZATION

After understanding the ways that you offer this "multi-effect", the GT-8 is an exceptional tool for playing "live" or to play alone. Better to buy a pedal like the `s rather than buy small compact when you play often" live ". Firstly, less than "jack" to aporte compact and small.

SOUND QUALITY

Corect except that the wah sound quality does not as such a Cry Baby. For a fan of Hendrix's better to buy a wah pedal. The Pitch Shift are cool and offers a variety of its distortion for any style of music.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it already for 6 months and I am perfectly satisfied.

The +: - Large space for our sauvgarder its
- Quality Prices
- Very useful "live"
- Big function

The -: - Manual poorly explained
- Difficult to understand but after having realized its worth it

The highlight for me, because these capabilities can strophoniques dphaser CHANNELS the right and left, this will require well-sr 2 amp or use a sound system in silulation hp. The result is unstoppable, the passions of his heavy mtal apprciront custom settings of the simulator adjustable at will (microphone type, distance, angle) and those, indpendament properly and left. Relief and characters guaranteed!.

UTILIZATION

Note that I use the double switch marshall as auxiliary pedals, so it is possible to change the patch and the bank while having the possibility to switch the effects (on / off).

need to send more hands in menu.

SOUND QUALITY

Nothing to say about the quality, except that the grain can numrique faile show these limits if the levels are poorly rgls.

Also a weak point on the simulator, which is always a sound hp electronic diffiile correct (but far lpersonne did better)

OVERALL OPINION

More than pdalier is a real home studio, capable of replacing a hardware installation consquante, for me it's seen everything, how to do without it?

- What are the effects or types of effects available?
full effect trs good quality and imitation amp ranging from unusable trs ffective
- What technology is used? (Analog, numrique, lamp ...)
2 proc cosmetic manage its
- Are they ditables? Via an editor Mac / PC?
little edit on the PC using a USB / MIDI interface
- What is the connection? (Audio / MIDI)
twelve o'clock jack etc.
- Is this a rack or rack MODEL?

UTILIZATION

- The configuration gnrale Is it easy?
has in flmard tan or not in full capacity of his posset intectuel c simple
- The edition of sounds and effects is it easy?
with a bit of his mastery is all alone
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
we read not beginners but it misses a lot of stuff that are well explained

SOUND QUALITY

- Effects are they effective, suitable and adequate ralistes?
effects are the possibilities of xelent is rglage imprssionante without being innaccesible
- Which instruments do you use?
I play a jackson dk2 (micro seymour) and a ltd mh400 (EMG: p)
for each type of microphone and guitar, each must bring a touch such a rock sound with emg shows faster than the medium and the serious lack just 5 segonda and qualisation is rglbr / > Level I test it on my amp bandit 112 for 10 months and its sounds good trs
a mg100dfx: this amp sounds no matter what you plug dessu not worth
a bass amp peavey Microbass are the madman I rgal (the mg100dfx a cot could not possibly match)
APRS and now have sold my bandit I buy a 112 ValveKing 212 (100 w lamp peavey) and it sounds great (I keep the distortion of the amp WG8 therefore serves as the effects and the qualisation except for the clean and crunch blues or GT8 brings a big plus)
- What are those you prfrez, you dtest?
has by imitation sytare other end are perfect for my taste

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
for over a year
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
the only BMOL Conectiv is the lack of USB or FireWire
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
I test the ToneLab and korg (ax 1500 and 3000g), but playing as PRIOR mtal I turned to boss
- How do you report qualitprix?
I got out the 480 is now around 400 for the capacity that is not standard bte
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
without hsiter

- What are the effects or types of effects available?
All ...
- Are they edited?
+ As editing ..
One can even choose the place of each effect (comp, amp, delay, reverb, fx, distortion, etc.). In the chain.
- Is this a rack or rack-mount model?
Not

UTILIZATION

I said that this pedal is made of reinforced concrete!

- The general configuration is it simple?
Very!
- Publishing of sound effects or is it easy?
Intuitive!
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Yes

SOUND QUALITY

For those who like to vary their work and sounds great!
+ Distortion of the really well (as long as they are working)

- Effects are they effective, responsive and realistic enough?
Excellent for a multi-effects pedal .. (Same as full of BOSS pedals in series) recess should not be a good Bouza and set it all before saying that the sound is no ..
- Which instruments do you use?
Gibson Les Paul Studio 90 '
- Which ones you prefer, you hate?
The Slicer is excellent, and the compressors are configured to niiiquel donf like everything else ..

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
1 year, I am satisfied Ascending
- What is so special that you like most and least?
All in one and an equivalent to BOSS pedals in series (so no need to piss off)
The 4 presets per bank accessible to the foot, it's perfect when you have sounds like good job and you got not just a distortion and clear sound for your whole set.
I wish they still have + effect (but the yen has already bcp bcp bcp)
The less I see no ...
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Several multi-effects, the GT-8 puts them all in the street!
- How would you rate the quality / price?
Good value for money, especially if you buy it at Thomann (with the cover preferably strong enough)
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
forever ..

There are all the basic effects like all full effect psychdliques trs that sounds good when you know rgler. As against the pramplification little less, the sound is too modified the 3 bands EQ preamp is not very precise, and the gain needs to be a minimum 12 to hear the sound, whether clean or a preamp distortion. I will discuss APRS.
In terms of connectivity: GENIAL! Stereo output, digital output, connectors noon for the exchange of give and connect to the foot controller is the fte!

UTILIZATION

So I am not at all agree with the opinions Previous! The pedals are so easy to use! I read the manual once (used ca be read a manual I remind you!) APRS and I knew it all! And yet this is my first pedal!
Editing patches is simple and can hyper CRER an infinity of sound. We shall adopt to say there that the saturation is false, the clean is great with the preamp.
The manual is clear and complete, a hundred pages and nothing is forgotten!

EDIT 12/02/2007: time when it knows a little better stuff, it gets really second nature!

SOUND QUALITY

Everything is working except the section prampli that I have a problem:
Pramp ax on distortion, the sound is really too bad except for color of mesa preamp, I find the rest bof, even by a custom preamp. The problem is that to get the sound I want with a preamp distortion, I have to adjust the equalizer 4 band semi Settings, and then add an equalizer sub blocks me a comic effect, then a comic tone that I change the second and final blocking effect. What is con is that the function of prampli boss is super ingenious (the stereo preamp with a different in each channel etc ...) and I find bah preamp distortion ugly, even by adding boost with the overdrive.
BUT! I found the perfect parade! Make a clean patch with preamp, and another patch distortion without preamp, with only the distortion and the sound equalizer which builds! We can customize all the effects and inventing his own, quickly gives trs absolute perfection, it RULES equalizer, and the sound is perfect, even more powerful than an analog pedal (yes!) .
Then I wish to emphasize the versatility of this monster: I play strictly by all, and clean preamp with a lil boost, and I get the sound of Lynrd Skynrd! Paf a special patch Disto: saturated transistor and a booming shot PANTERA! Go hop another patch and a small air bluesy overdrive hyper vintage. And yet I play with a BC Rich Platinum Pro JR.V! (Besides I need to change the pickups BC Rich becaufe in clean those bastards start drooling over the low frequencies if I is not a secondary equalizer ...).
Next, show the versatility, I play directly connected to a Hi Fi at its neutral hyper so I the natural sound of the pedal.
I love everything in this system is fully adjustable pedals parcequ'elle! + A little for Wah, they great for the people numrique! Everything is excellent except that I do not like preamp distortion, but it is subjective.

EDIT 12/02/2007:

Bouah I'll pass the note of September 10 becaufe APRS have tried several amps I realize how the pedals are going everywhere! Right now I play in repeated in a room on a Roland JC-120 and I have a TRU-the-MONS them disto! (On the power thrash opre tendency Death). O Clean and everywhere I went c'tait nickel chrome! The acoustic simulator rgl well done wonders without rotting grain of your guitar.
I want the rest to stress this point: this could not possibly PDAL your instrument in the extent that you know to use it (the pedals eh ^ ^).
I tried several guitars and they did not lose their personality on my preset: a "stew" was a "crap" (a style bronze warlock XD) and a MH-400 mounts in EMG G81 (bridge ) and G85 (neck) retained its personality! The treble a little survey of 81 was being felt, a silent rqualisation ncessaire, the dynamics of the guitar n'tait altre not (my friend plays with the scratching of a 100 watt combo H & K and I have a friend who plays with a 15 watt VOX, grain EMG is completely palpable, and the big sound that comes from the stringed instrument is felt in all three cases). As clean as it was rqualizer a bit and down a little drive becaufe a shipment of wood EMG ca ^ ^ sounds as guitars taient Try It really all trs DIFFERENT!
If you really want a fucking her must spend several hours on the GT-8 to make it out all it has in the gut (that's also numrique).
Then the story of heat, etc. ... it's tall tales! Y is the grain that is different, and again, the big favorite style preamp Mesa and simulation of 5150 that are trsrussis, especially the simulation of the MXR distortion +: with this last re, if only to play the intro riff to Crazy Train and you sentire IMMEDIATE Randy Rhoads haunt your sound ^ ^

I put 10 because there is absolutely nothing to blame the pedals sound level, everyone can find his account, be less than a big lazy or to be addicted to p ^ ^ dales original purpose of the GT-8 is not to simulate the perfection of existing MODELS dj lev less money but really to indulge his imagination and to express its effects in crativit intgralements paramtrables!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for more than six months, I have toured several times, and it impresses me all the time! Changes in internal parameters by pedals it's nice: lean on a button and poof you got what you want all that lights will turn off, or qi, in handy when it was not a foot controller noon!
I have not tried other models, but hey, apart from the pedal line 6 there is no other that make me want ...
The report quality price: HUGE! Given the quality of the machine, the price is pathetic! When we see an analog pedal costs 120 times more, even if it's bah numrique, the sound is full and pedal nikel!
I do it again this choice at infinity, unless j'tais well over a frica j'machterai set any analog or multi-rack! But for 450, a monster like this is perfect, especially when we do not have effects and we need more effects that are costly in analog!

Basically: Pedal perfect (except preamp distortion wah) and the price super affordable.

NB: I bought a Gator cover transport, because the cardboard box in the travel bag to go repeated it hardcore! 23 29 see the cover, it's expensive for the canvas but it is essential to transport the tank: D

EDIT 12/02/2007:

If I could I will pass the note 11, I think I will never leave the pedals, because I also t charm and it will place long in my effects loop. I think when I have my amp TO ME, upscale, with a real distortion trs type, yet I will use the GT-8 for modulations as Flanger, Chorus, Rotary all sound very s good, and Delay is damn good job. It will soon be two years since I use it, and it saved me more than RPET (when you come across a sheep galleuse type marshmall Valvestate fatigue: p ...) and it allows me to have a really his EX-CEL-LENT in RPET now that I play on a good amp ^ ^

* 200 Dusina patches, 140 user memory.
* 44 catgories deffets, 13 blocks deffets simultanment available.
* Setting Free the string deffets: every effect can influence the signal s o you want.
Linsert deffets external loop can be nimporte o the road in the signal.
* SOLO switch to boost the sound.
* AMP CONTROL to select channels else on your guitar amp.
* 24-bit converters and output numrique (coaxial) for high-resolution lenregistrement.
* A / D Conversion 24 bit + AF mthode.
* Convert N / A 24 bits.
* Frquence dchantillonnage 44.1kHz.
* Memoirs of rglages 340: 140 (user) + 200 (preset).
* Level dentre rated: INPUT: -10 dBu RETURN: -10 dBu.
Impdance dentre * INPUT: 1MW, RETURN: 220kΩ.
* Nominal Output Level OUTPUT: 0dBu, SEND: -10 dBu.
Impdance * OUTPUT: 2kΩ, SEND: 2kΩ.
* Output numrique EIAJ CP1201, S / P DIF.
* Dynamic 100dB or more (IHF-A) notch 16 characters, 2 lines.
* (Rtro light LCD) 2 characters, 7 segments (LED).
* Connectors INPUT, OUTPUT jacks L (MONO) / R, PHONES jack, jack SEND, RETURN jack, DIGITAL OUT (coaxial), AMP 1 / 4 (mono) x2).
Things missing even a USB port, which would t more practical than a MIDI output.

UTILIZATION

At the beginning it is clear, but it ca palm APRS is his instinctive use of the bte

The manual, uh bah in fact I have never read it all xD but I can say that it does not explain all of the functions ...

SOUND QUALITY

Then, it trs simple if you want to get something you have interest be patient, even if it's not worth thinking you can resell dj .
I made it my at least 3 or 4 months before we know him to get these guts (I've had seven months), now I can guarantee you that all the sounds of the can (I mean ALL) are usable the clean sounds like distos trs are good bills. With a little delay and chorus added a disto (I forget which), I make a clean sound for solos. For clean sounds, it is little bah prs same except I do not put a delay, but the reverb and a little chorus and it's killing her!
But I advise you not to put too much gain, put in the bare minimum, do not bother to make the big redneck and to put the max ...
A good outside, there are many effects that are not used much like the sitar, 2xchorus ...
Update: I have a new amp, an Ashdown Fallen Angel DSP 60 and the GT-8 sounds of thunder and Pali lack of midrange and treble of the amp
The effects sound perfectly

OVERALL OPINION

Strengths:
- Very practical when it is known to use it,
- The quality of sound that can be achieved by fiddling,
- It feels solid under foot joints jump xD

Weaknesses:
- Difficult to ACCS in the beginning,
- The sounds unnecessary

I use it now for seven months, the report qualitprix trs is good, I had a multi-purpose behringher (I know how his s'crit) cot 80 euros but the boss Vidament it does not measure up xD.
Exprience with (and a little over Thun) I bought a combo while non-xD lamps. DCON just no experience with the course that I do it again this choice ^ ^

And I repeat the two words-cls, the two key words that any user of GT-8 must remember: Patience and Perseverance

Modification: The pedals are much better with a good amp, it leaves all these guts
and it is beautiful

- Simulation of Preamp
- Overdrive / Distortion
- Delay
- Chorus
- Reverb
- Compressor / Limiter
- Wah
- FX-1/FX-2: Advanced Compressor, Limiter, Touch Wah, Auto Wah, Tone Modify, Guitar Simulator, Tremolo, Phaser, Flanger, Pan, Vibrato, Uni-V, Ring Modulator, Slow Gear, Defretter, Sitar Simulator , Feedback, Anti-Feedback, Humanizer, Slicer, Wave Synth, Sub Equalizer, Harmonist, Pitch Shifter, Pedal Bend, Octave, Rotary, 2x2 Chorus, Auto Riff, Guitar Synth, Acoustic Processor, Sound Hold, Sub Delay
- Equalizer
- Loop
- Amp Control
- Noise Supressor

The transition from a patch the other can be either normally or without mute the Previous patch!
For cons, I regret that this transition from a patch is done in the other Manir gnrale is - that applies all the patches, not just individual patches.

UTILIZATION

In beginners, a sound complicated but once you read the manual, it's pretty simple! It just takes time to find its rglages. Otherwise the manual is still lacking a bit of precision (What is this paramtre ?...).

Custom settings for each effect are really trs complete!

SOUND QUALITY

Trs trs good effects and good quality for that price.

Sounds Overdrive / Distortion plutt are bad and too dirty with a gain lev a little too artificial (except that I love Booster). It is better to use with the Preamp.
We can customize its own distortion and the HP but no agreement with The argument [output Select] on 'Line / Phones. "

Otherwise certain effects are double complter sound:
2x2Chorus, Sub Eq, Limiter (FX), Compressor (FX), Auto Wah, Touch Wah

OVERALL OPINION

Many possibilities with custom settings effects and assignments!
I also love the design and the color black.
Report qualitprix trs reasonable!

All and all, the total pedal Boss
Digital Technology
Editablies noon via pc

Council purchase a Stagg case is cheap and saves the buttons

UTILIZATION

To read the manual before moving to the knob, or used as is the 200 factory patches

SOUND QUALITY

The effects are effective and realistic
I use on Fender and Epiphone Gold top United States and even with my Taylor
And behind a Blues junior high and master volume down to avoid the drive of the amp

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 year
I like having the Boss pedals I was using before but in a
Top value for money purchased new in store for € 380
I referrer this choice without any problems (except perhaps for the GT-10) What is the most beautiful 8.

PS: Beware of the expert commentary that puts a notice after trying 5 minutes on a fair or in a store ...!!!!!