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26jerome75 « Ho hum ... »
Published on 06/10/12 at 13:29
Value For Money :
Poor
This is a 30 watt amp. I have not pushed all the way because I play at home, but it sends a very strong password as soon as 2-3 on the master.
UTILIZATION
Well, here it hurts. Everything must be edited with any soft little buttons below the screen if you do not want to go through the PC. It's pretty intuitive, but what it is boring for someone like me who hates being in front of the PC with his guitar. I play upright and frankly, to spend his life with the mouse to add a little overdrive pedal before the amp virtual machin etc., too little for me.
The looper is a farce. With 30 seconds, nothing is done (and more without external footswitch, you have to press the little button and then quickly nab his guitar) and low quality mode (2min30), the sound is really bad, more bass, more acute ...
I have a Boss RC-3 hundred times better, ok, it's almost the price of the amp, but I also have the multi-effect ZOOM G3, whose 30-second looper and much better than G-December and in addition, you can run up to this one.
SOUNDS
Frankly, I do not understand the rave reviews from other users.
When you plug your guitar, it's true that the sound is very flattering, the cleans sound downright great, but then, expressiveness and dynamic side ... a real misery. We play as a nag or very subtle, the sound is basically the same, we do not, or so little, the extra saturation phenomenon when you attack the strong rope. Again, I am ZOOM G3 which, quite honestly, literally sinking into the G-DEC musicality. The basic sounds are not the best but the dynamic is really that of an amp. Like what you can do very good things in modeling ...
I honestly think this is an amp for beginners not used to playing and hear real amps. And I say this in all humility for I am far from being a god of the guitar and have tested the ultra expensive amps. But I am of the generation that was 10 years before the teen mp3, I have ears.
OVERALL OPINION
Okay, now talk of backing tracks. They sound great, but I found that the mix between the guitar tracks and was never very good, the sound of the guitar seems to be out of the mix, very artificial. And above all, where I had the great disappointment is in the deceleration function tracks. Once you use it, the sound becomes really rotten, it kills all the fun to play with. I do the same thing with my free tracks from CD on my PC with Audacity, and the result is a hundred times better. I was also hoping to find avenues for bass-drums rhythm of work but the backing tracks are just for those who want to do solos ... I find it a little grid steps there ...
I have at home a Blackstar HT-1R (cheaper than the G-DEC), that I had not connected for some time, lack of time to heat lamps, I saw very little time to play. Right, well when I reconnected, I immediately cried. Dynamics, sound, diversity, everything is there.
I also have a poor Kustom 10 Watt with BOSS OD-3 and DS-1 before, well, even then, the dynamic is one hundred times better than Fender.
Conclusion: I sold the G-DEC after 3 days. Believe me: an output from the PC to a hifi to backing tracks, a good old tube amp or transistor drinking with 2-3 pedals in front and you will sound a hundred times better.
I would add that to register with a backing track, the ZOOM G3 is, in addition to its high above, much more convenient than the G-DEC.
UTILIZATION
Well, here it hurts. Everything must be edited with any soft little buttons below the screen if you do not want to go through the PC. It's pretty intuitive, but what it is boring for someone like me who hates being in front of the PC with his guitar. I play upright and frankly, to spend his life with the mouse to add a little overdrive pedal before the amp virtual machin etc., too little for me.
The looper is a farce. With 30 seconds, nothing is done (and more without external footswitch, you have to press the little button and then quickly nab his guitar) and low quality mode (2min30), the sound is really bad, more bass, more acute ...
I have a Boss RC-3 hundred times better, ok, it's almost the price of the amp, but I also have the multi-effect ZOOM G3, whose 30-second looper and much better than G-December and in addition, you can run up to this one.
SOUNDS
Frankly, I do not understand the rave reviews from other users.
When you plug your guitar, it's true that the sound is very flattering, the cleans sound downright great, but then, expressiveness and dynamic side ... a real misery. We play as a nag or very subtle, the sound is basically the same, we do not, or so little, the extra saturation phenomenon when you attack the strong rope. Again, I am ZOOM G3 which, quite honestly, literally sinking into the G-DEC musicality. The basic sounds are not the best but the dynamic is really that of an amp. Like what you can do very good things in modeling ...
I honestly think this is an amp for beginners not used to playing and hear real amps. And I say this in all humility for I am far from being a god of the guitar and have tested the ultra expensive amps. But I am of the generation that was 10 years before the teen mp3, I have ears.
OVERALL OPINION
Okay, now talk of backing tracks. They sound great, but I found that the mix between the guitar tracks and was never very good, the sound of the guitar seems to be out of the mix, very artificial. And above all, where I had the great disappointment is in the deceleration function tracks. Once you use it, the sound becomes really rotten, it kills all the fun to play with. I do the same thing with my free tracks from CD on my PC with Audacity, and the result is a hundred times better. I was also hoping to find avenues for bass-drums rhythm of work but the backing tracks are just for those who want to do solos ... I find it a little grid steps there ...
I have at home a Blackstar HT-1R (cheaper than the G-DEC), that I had not connected for some time, lack of time to heat lamps, I saw very little time to play. Right, well when I reconnected, I immediately cried. Dynamics, sound, diversity, everything is there.
I also have a poor Kustom 10 Watt with BOSS OD-3 and DS-1 before, well, even then, the dynamic is one hundred times better than Fender.
Conclusion: I sold the G-DEC after 3 days. Believe me: an output from the PC to a hifi to backing tracks, a good old tube amp or transistor drinking with 2-3 pedals in front and you will sound a hundred times better.
I would add that to register with a backing track, the ZOOM G3 is, in addition to its high above, much more convenient than the G-DEC.