Boss GT-6B Help

saxnbass · #1 08-31-2007, 11:08 AM

Alright, I'm probably stupid for not being able to figure this out but it's really frustrating me right now. I was told in the music store by the people working there that I can turn the individual effects in a patch on and off. I can't get this to work for whatever reason. The manual says you just hit the corresponding footswitch (1-4). I step on them and nothing happens. Help..... please..... thank you.....

73jbass · #2 08-31-2007, 11:54 AM

Make sure your bypass/control switch (5) is on . Green light should be on. The effects should work now.Now you can turn each individual effect on and off. These things(GT-6 boards) are a bit complicatd at first,but pretty simple once you understand how they work. Good luck!

saxnbass · #3 08-31-2007, 01:14 PM

Green light you say? That's the bypass light. I turn it on and it bypasses all the effects. Even if, I can't turn the single effects on/off.

ManuelJG · #4 08-31-2007, 01:21 PM

Click the bypass pedal and the green light will dissapear, then click the pedal of the effect you want to select, when the light turn red the effect is on.
you can also push the FX-1 or FX-2 little button (not the pedal), the effect will appear in the display, if you push it again it will turn on or off the effect.
hope this helps...

saxnbass · #5 08-31-2007, 01:26 PM

I have the bypass off (no green light). I click the pedal of the effect I want, but nothing happens. Some patches start with certain ones on and others off, but I can't turn them on/off after that. I'm stuck with what the patch starts off with. I can use the buttons, but not the footswitches.

ManuelJG · #6 08-31-2007, 03:46 PM

can you turn em off/on by pushing the little buttons?
I mean the buttons below the display, you should be able to turn em on/off with those buttons.
I think somethings wrong with your unit...

saxnbass · #7 08-31-2007, 03:47 PM

Yes, I can turn them on/off with the buttons.

I'm planning on returning the unit tomorrow.

Da LadY In Red · #8 08-31-2007, 03:49 PM

Your problem is a bit hard to understand, but I'll take a stab.

If you can't have ANY effect on, turn to a patch then check if the FX-1/2 or Wah button is red. Then fiddle with the dial and left and right buttons to get a desirable effect.

If you're getting different patches but you can't turn individual effects of, you need to change a setting on your GT-6B. I bought mine used and it came with each pedal being a different. I don't know what you need to change, but there's one settings where each bank is a patch and each pedal is assigned one effect. Read the manual and see if that helps.

If you can't figure it out, then just adjust to having each pedal having a seperate patch.

saxnbass · #9 08-31-2007, 04:05 PM

How to explain.... let's try this.

Patches work fine. I should be able to turn each effect on/off by the use of either the 1-4 footswitches (1 for compressor/wah, 2 for od/dist/FX1, 3 for Chorus/FX2, and 4 for Rev/Delay/SOS); you can also use the buttons (the little ones with the red dots in the middle under the display). I can use the buttons to turn on/off each effect separately, but I can't use the footswitches.

hope that clears it up a bit.

jaebee · #10 08-31-2007, 04:24 PM

your unit is broken. there is nothing in the gt 6b that will ever make the foot pedals non functioning

saxnbass · #11 08-31-2007, 04:25 PM

That's what I concluded, pretty much just wanted a 2nd opinion. Thanks