Unsolicited plug - Boss GEB7 - dang!

mozarwasagenius · #1 11-12-2007, 11:12 PM

I used to own this pedal and like a fool got rid of it. I've been on a massive GAS binge and went through three different sansamps (paradriver and two bass drivers), a radial tonebone and various other pieces of mid/high end eq pedals. This binge has left me unsatisfied so I decided to come back to the little Boss pedal and now appreciate it more than ever. I can honestly say the Boss GEB-7 is the best in terms of headroom, noise, tone control and overall tone of the eq pedals I have tried. The noise is so low that it is buried in my mixer's noise (a decent Yamaha), the other pedals were not. I found this true even when the eq was flat and the level was cranked. Of course, as the high frequencies are boosted the hiss comes up. The choice of frequencies seems fine to me, although others may find a need for more (like on an MXR 10-band which I have not tried).

I played a gig with this and loved the tone and control it gave me, especially to dial in from the acoustics of a room.

I'm using a USA P bass with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders by the way. I go direct to the board through a Jensen equipped DI.

meev992 · #2 11-12-2007, 11:29 PM

YES

the Boss GEB-7 is pretty much the quintessential pedal, that all bassists need.

nothing more that I can add

Sir Edward V · #3 11-12-2007, 11:38 PM

well those others aren't really meant for detailed EQing, and in case you didn't know, the sansamps are really meant for use without an amp, thus the controls aren't any more complex than what would be on an ordinary amp. Pretty sure the tone-bone is on the same level.

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any graphic EQ will get you better tonal variation than any of those effects you listed IMO

personally, I like the EQ on my amp enough that I can't justify the purchase of any other equalizers

bigchiefbc · #4 11-13-2007, 06:45 AM

Slight thread hijack here, but I have a related question. I just snagged a DOD FX40B graphic EQ in ebay (for only 20 bucks shipped, it was too cheap to turn down), and I'm trying to figure out the chain order between a couple things.

I use a Behringer BDI21 primarily for the presence knob, to brighten up my sound, and I cut the bass a bit, because otherwise my rig is a bit boomy. However, the Behringer doesn't have a mid control, and that is what I want to use the FX40B for, to boost mids. So my question is, does anyone think it will matter whether I run the DOD into the Behringer or vice versa?