A couple new GT-100 demos

[USAPatriot]

Well, the basic blues wasn't awful...

[Laskyman]

I didnt notice the CW in the gain stages.......may be worth a look.....

[Doode]

The Iron Maidens Boss GT-100 Demo: http://youtu.be/ageRojp9npw

The girl further away reminds me of... wait... .... he had something to do with Boss... wait... uh... oh yeah: rob marcello .

Sounds totally dull - most probably because of the shooting angle. There's one video where the angle changes and you can hear the drastic effect on the sound. Now THAT should tell you something about demo videos... and mic placement.

But hey, no CW so far.


Oh yeah, btw... if you don't like shredding demos, you gotta have this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95k_h...eature=related - Seth Rogen meets Dominic Monaghan meets Nigel Tufnel. Love the guy.

[mmm]

Apparently a lot of those NAMM videos were routed like this: GT100->Mixer->smallish roland studio monitors.

Another reason why these videos are more or less worthless.

The girl further away reminds me of... wait... .... he had something to do with Boss... wait... uh... oh yeah: rob marcello .

LMAO - funny because it's true

[markyt77]

must I spend more money now?

[hybrid]

I had a chance to play with the GT-100 at NAMM very briefly, mainly just to dive into the menus a little and get a feel for the programming. The dual-screen thing is kinda cool, and takes a bit of getting used to, but it seems like it will work well compared to the old mix of buttons and knobs.

I'm surprised they didn't add any additional I/O to the back, as that's one department that the POD HD500 really seems to out-do any floorboard Roland/BOSS has ever done. Maybe there's a new GT-PRO coming with more I/O options?

I'm REALLY glad they got rid of the blue backlit screen and went with something that's very crisp and readable.

I'll have to spend more time with this in a quieter environment, but i have to say, having waited for this for a few years, it seems a little underwhelming at first glance.

[Ricig]

@ Bruce:

I posted this in response to the same question a friend of mine had on FB... I think it's quite accurate.


You see, when Boss founder Yokohisho Hotiro Yoshi saw Die Hard for the first time he realized that every musician is basically Hans Gruber. This is known as the Hans Gruber Principle. Seeing how, technically speaking, Hans Gruber died in the 80's, everything boss releases must fit the image of something not only from the 80's but something that the Nakatomi corporation (the fictional company in the film Die Hard) would have created. And, while looking like it is from the 80's and therefore "behind the times" cosmetically to our current standards, it would actually be considered "futuristic" to Hans Gruber, or even John McClain. So, to answer your questions, Never, Boss will never get out of 1987...

I don't entirely get it, but it was funny as heck I tell ya!

Did everyone notice how the BOSS named it "Amp Effects Processor" instead of "Guitar Effects Processor" like it's predecessors? I guess they think we'd be fooled into thinking the advanced, high resolution COSM is much more amp like than what we find in 2011's Micro BR-80, JS-8 Jam Station or the GR-55.

I may have been born late at night, but it wasn't last night.

I mean for heaven's sake... The first GT-100 patch, U01-1, is still called "Stack Lead"! Not "Stack Lead HD"

[monsta_sonix]

If I didn't constantly read that the digitech RP1000 had a basically unusable harmoniser, I'd be buying one tomorrow. I don't even use a harmoniser that much, I just got a thing about them, and every time you do use them, punters think its space age and awesome. Whatever I buy to replace the old GT8, I seriously doubt it will be the GT100, although it might be a marked down GT10.


EDIT - Maybe I should get a POD HD500?

[Ricig]

If I didn't constantly read that the digitech RP1000 had a basically unusable harmoniser, I'd be buying one tomorrow. I don't even use a harmoniser that much, I just got a thing about them, and every time you do use them, punters think its space age and awesome. Whatever I buy to replace the old GT8, I seriously doubt it will be the GT100, although it might be a marked down GT10.

EDIT - Maybe I should get a POD HD500?

Like yourself I'm bracing for the eventual disappointment the GT-100 will bring and considering an HD L6 unit instead.

[mikevt]

Like yourself I'm bracing for the eventual disappointment the GT-100 will bring...

Echoing my thoughts exactly, which is why I decided to buy it and try it right away rather than read all the reviews, go back and forth on whether to buy it, then send it back. I'm going to get the whole love/hate and return thing out of the way early on.

Nothing like being a pessimist, but I guess at least I won't be surprised when it doesn't deliver. However, if by some slim chance it DOES deliver, I can stop jonesing for the eventual GSP1101 replacement.

Mike