All user reviews of 4/5 for the DigiTech GNX3

I got this on sale at aguitar center for $450, because I wanted a versitile multi effects pedal for my practice amp.

If you really work with it, you can get some good sounds on it. it has a whole mess of effects and distortion types.

Some of the amp models really don't sound right, but you just have to use other one's. Volume is slightly lowered when you use the wah pedal.

IT pretty much a sturdy pedal, but it is made of plastic so i won't be dropping it all over the place.

If your just practicing at home with a smaller amp, this is an excellent pedal, but if you are really specific about tone, you are gonna have to buy non-multi-effect pedals.

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Hello, I notice as hallucinating when I read the other ...

Well, for the character, but would take hours to recall an almost infinite number of sounds, a Jam-Man, a whammy etc. .....

UTILIZATION

For use, it is clear that he must love to spend time to get his sound, but when it comes out even. I note only that the presets are already frankly nice.

SOUND QUALITY

Well, the sound quality depends on the ear that has it on. But I got the info tube gear, JCM2000, Fender Deluxe, Chubster Rivera amp with no pedals and Company, ca for all refourguer I connect my GNX direct sound! 1 min to settle and we play! pfff, that's the guitarist's dream right? play longer?!

I do metterais as 8, for indeed it was not the same dynamic with a scratch amp live class, but frankly if its 10 branch between the two pedals, one pert also ... while (I rectify what was written, the breath is zero and nonexistent. Unless you have a crap amp, which resents the neon lights, I see it.

In all cases for comparison, we are dealing with more heat with our Japanese friends from home BOSS is undeniable. After for the quality of distortion & Co, is a matter of taste, I prefer. (FYI, I play rock alternator)

OVERALL OPINION

Well, in short, to rescue my little GNX3: it does not blow, there is no latency between presets !!!!! pfff, ct'essais in store LOL as if we could manage the trick in 2:00 There are 3 different modes on this beast: for simplicity, the red-JAM MAN mode, the green-mode preset total change at each pressure, and the orange-mode which reproduces an amp and pedals connected to (distortion, chorus, RESERVES, etc. ....).

In the Green Mode, there is a time between each change, and that's normal, it's not for use LIVE ... but to quickly change the config total foot (between 2 pieces what)
While there is ZERO latency mode Orange when they decided to send the sauce or the effects! What would have actually been boring: s

FYI, I had the GNX2 before (but without the same JAM-MAN), and if there is a downside to this machine, it is not his, nor even the JAM MAN in fact, but the media on which JAM-MAN record ... MEDIA-SMART, an obsolete format which limits to 128MB.
It works great, but it is limited to 10 minutes recording It can already have fun, but the GNX4 does not have this problem since most recent use support and virtually unlimited!

So if you have the means, take the GNX4, but if you find one for € 180/200 GNX3: DARK!

Bye.

- For me I would have put 10 for the effects because even when there is a coronation range
For cons, I bought this mainly for pdalier recorder and I t's great mainly because of the smart cards that are really crappy MDIA (in terms of capacity and also reliability. I use the recorder as a sampler in concert several times and I t lch by a card which made me ...
Even worse I t lch rcemment the internal memory of the recorder! has self-training beginners in concert ...
- If the loop is excellent, and being able to get a microphone to put the effects are fun (even if ultimately not used trs live ...).
- And I love being able dclencher the expression pedals as a wah with the v-switch. But new shadow in the table is that four years later the pedals is no longer standing if used too ...

-> In the end I put for 7 CHARACTERISTICS because there is good (bcp opportunities) and worse (which seems to be corrected the GNX4 ds).

UTILIZATION

1) While the manual is crap for me (not at all clear and not logical).
2) The config is pretty intuitive but there are a lot of basic things trs not logical or not easily feasible. For example:
- How rgler the volume of each preset? The only alternative I found is to use the pedals SETTING THE expression ...
- How not to use the amp simus? I have not found a way to skipper this gadget, which is useless because nothing puts an amp head and Fawn everyone has a ... (And changes everything in the program)
- Time to switch between each preset in the green mode is quite long, and not adapted to trs live (in the words of other opinions). So I had to adapt my game to this pb because of a intrt pdalier for me and even when moving at all while in her, so as not to play if we had more pedals (I think ?).... stompbox mode But everyone's opinion
- The change in bypass mode or tuner is technically impossible to have a month off a 20 cm wide. In addition, the reverse, I sometimes inadvertently rgulirement to press the two pedals at the same time dernires live, and thus switch to stompbox and to be bored by many more ... So basically, the scope of dclencher modes by pressing two pedals at the same time is zero, even if it allows more opportunities to toe.

3) If not for the positives, I would loose:
- SETTING THE The volume knob with an external (just wish it was not "crantquot, or there is no visual repre be easily to be the same rglage all the time ...)
- As told prcdemment, the-v switch is gnial (to use the expression pedals like a wah wah programs in addition to modulations)
- 5 presets at the same time it is (5 pedals = 5 presets per bank). Damage only thing: it's pretty perilous to go from bank to bank ... 5 sounds good, but normally should be sufficient to call a least Tom Morello (and again)!
- The multi-purpose use as a sampler, or to loops
- Lots of possibilities with the expression pedals (3 effects modules at once I think).
4) I have personally suffered by bcp against bugs in the software of pdalier.
Including:
- Bug in the internal memory of the recorder (self-training, see above)
- Rcemment, APRS a full reset pdalier ('m by myself), I can not record sound ... :-( Or presets with high volume (like 99/100) no longer leave (no sound)
- Out of its multi-purpose compltement DGRAD saturated and if the volume is high (90% in kind)
- Behavior bugg at preset edition, which led her to a clipped (which saturates), because I gain program has seemed to be added to the distortion gain existing dj!
5) Finally, even if the bte seems robust, APRS qq years it shows a severe lack of reliability (despite good maintenance on my part):
- PDAL of expression from a spin
- Programming buttons that get dirty and do not work well
- Ditto for the pedals preset
- Pbs bugs and memory (see above)

-> So mitigates a note (5)

SOUND QUALITY

For sound, not much to say: this is perfect an amateur like me! The quality is good and varied choice.

-> 9 / 10

OVERALL OPINION

Dj evokes as:
- = Major benefit rich sound and features
- Main default = reliability and sometimes ergonomics / ease of use

I prcdemment a Zoom 3030, and the reliability silent really bad. on the other hand, use silent simple and effective, and is the only that I was providing pdalier distos powerful (both hard to find now). But the GNX3 is doing quite well also in distos powerful compares these current competitors.

So in the end, I do not regret my choice (except that if I had known I would have expected the GNX4, which fills the gaps bcp GNX3 ...), because I have a great time with.
on the other hand, as I began lcher (see reliability of PBS), the question of resuming the same brand (GNX4 for example) arises, and I'm torn between which I galres have had with and the people I pat!
In any case, your opinions are welcome to in my many m'clairer Lumire!

Jeff Loos of Colegos (see myspace for those ska-rock festive INTERESTED)

The DigiTech GNX3 Guitar Work Station is an in depth foot controlled effects box and eight channel recorder, designed for electric guitar. This is a digital effects processing box, with versatility extended beyond the guitar. As far as connections go, it's got an XLR input and output, a 1/4" input for your guitar, a set of stereo 1/4" outputs, a 1/8" CD input, a 1/4" headphone output, a MIDI input and output, a 1/4" footswitch and a lastly a S/PDIF output. It isn't rack mountable as it's a foot controlled work station.

UTILIZATION

Using the DigiTech GNX3 Guitar Work Station isn't too difficult, but it will definitely take a little bit of use to learn how to use all the ins and outs of the workstation. There are five main stomp box buttons as well as two to scroll between the sounds and a programmable expression pedal. It then has a series of parameter controls for all of the different signal processors and effects. The other main section is for the eight track recorder. The manual should have everything you'd need to know about the GNX3, and is definitely something you should have around if you just got one.

SOUND QUALITY

The DigiTech GNX3 Guitar Work Station has an endless amount of different possibilities in terms of sounds, including effects for filtering, chorus, delay, reverb, equalization, and compressor, just to name a few. Pretty much if you can think of it, you can probably conjure something up to sound pretty close. I definitely like the reverb and modulation effects the best here, as I find them to be the most realistic. This is really the perfect box in theory to build a live show around, as you can instant access to each of the sounds that you use using presets and storing. The eight track recorder is also awesome to have because it allows you to come up with stuff on the spot by yourself. I find it to be a great writing tool. The effects in general aren't my favorite, but considering they're all in the same place, they sound good enough for most applications.

OVERALL OPINION

While I prefer to use individual processors rather than multi-effects in general, there's definitely something to be said for the DigiTech GNX3 Guitar Work Station. This is really a one stop shop for guitarists, as it has just about everything you'd ever need in a pedal. The price is definitely more than reasonable for something like this, but it's a trade off in that all of the effects are digital and aren't really effects I'd use in the studio. If you're looking for an all purpose guitar box, the GNX3 is definitely something you should check out.