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Boss GT-10B
- Thread starter BassBus
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Meanwhile nobody is discussing the GT -1B....
I have been lurking the forum to see if anyone was talking about the GT-1B.
I think I'm getting one for Christmas.
I have waited and waited for Boss to come out with a new version of the GT-10B and was hoping for a GT-100B. But I guess Boss doesn't think there is a big enough market for bass players, maybe based on the past poor sales of the GT-10B.
I DLed the manuals (lame as usual for Boss/Roland). I don't like the fact that the GT-1B seems to be a regurgitation of the GT-10B - same old COSM with the addition of a new amp (Little Mark III), battery powered (yeah - you can use a power supply not included), so small and missing a few of the features like Send and Return and has many of the presets the 10B has. I will have to buy a PSA-120S power supply $30 (to me a given) and at least a FS5L - another $30 or a FS-6 at $60 to make it fully functional - I could add on another expression pedal (EV-5 or EV30) if I feel the need because it takes one, even though I got along fine with one EXP pedal on the GT-10B. I do like the free BOSS Tone Studio editor/librarian software that also "provides integrated access to all of BOSS Tone Central's patch collections".
I wish I had the money for a Line 6 Helix but $200 vs. $1500 is a bit hard to swallow. Billy Sheehan is using one now after Line 6 modeled his Pierce Bass preamp. For anyone who cares...
Well that's my first 2¢ on the matter.
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COSM means modelling (Boss's own modelling) and just like all other manufacturers, they update their models with every generation, and IMO the GT-1B has really good modelling, better than the Zoom B3n, which as it is has REALLY good modelling. If you have one this time next week, you're in for a treat! Just make sure you get a FS7 footswich and a stereo cable, it gives you two extra switches.
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The GT-1B Amp modelling is superior to the GT-10B,
COSM is just a brand label, and does not mean the same modelling is used as the 1997 GT-3.
COSM (and now called Tube Logic) is continually evolving for better.
COSM is just a brand label, and does not mean the same modelling is used as the 1997 GT-3.
COSM (and now called Tube Logic) is continually evolving for better.
It's nice to know that COSM (Tube Logic) is being upgraded. I thought from reading other forums that Boss was just costing and just installing the same amp modeling to their gear. I guess I've fallen prey to UGLY RUMORS. I've got a lot of Line 6 gear and I guess I picked it up on their forum by a misinformed biased poster. Thanks FuzzzFacetious and Gumtown for setting me straight. We'll see if I get the unit from my wife for a Christmas present. I figure it will take me another $120 to buy the accessories needed to make the unit fully functional (sans another EXP pedal?). That's why I wish Boss had made an upgraded GT-?B so all that stuff would already be included like in the larger older units.
Cheers
Merry Christmas
Cheers
Merry Christmas
Does anyone know if the GT10b can be used as a midi footswitch for an amp>>specifically the markbass Multiamp S which can use a midi footpedal to change presets?
I had one but returned it and staying with the GT-10B. There is no MIDI In/Out on the unit.
The GT-10B does make a good midi controller, the 5 patch pedals (and/or the Bank ^v) will give you midi patch change,
and the CTL1 & 2 and the EXP pedal and EXP pedal switch, and the external CTL controls will give you midi cc# (controller data).
and the CTL1 & 2 and the EXP pedal and EXP pedal switch, and the external CTL controls will give you midi cc# (controller data).
In anyone's experience, is it possible to get that "Stevie Wonder - Superstitious" Rhodes keyboard sound on the 10B?
Sorry - I misread your post. I read the GT-10B as GT-1B which I had been previously commenting on. Sorry - yes sir, the GT-10B most definitely has midi in/out as you know now after reading gummy's post. Sorry to speak before READING!
Oh not a problem,. have had the GT10b for years and am awaiting the markbass head
Who is using the gt-10b in 2019? With the line 6 hxfx and other units, just curious how the boss unit is keeping up
I still use it primarily as a fast volume control for switching basses and various pickup settings....as I like to drive the tubes at a specific level...Rarely use effects for bass, and its effects arent that great anyway....great volume pedal, great switching, very rugged..
I would disagree that the effects are not very good. They require proper setup and adjustment, but for playing with a band, they are more than sufficient.
In 2019 I use mine all the time.
In 2019 I use mine all the time.
Well I've been using it for 8 years and most effects in a live band situation for Bass are nothing to write home about..It is a very useful tool though getting pretty dated..my pedals come and go, but I keep this one and haul its big ass around.
I still use my GT-10B, I love it! Have had it for ~7 years and it's a must for our band set up, wish they still sold it. I use it's Limiter functionality with each patch I set up (4 different guys in the band play my bass, some with picks, so the Limiter helps control their volume), and we use 3 patches I made -- a basic "normal" one, the basic patch with Chorus, and basic with Chorus & Delay (for things like New Order songs). We gig 50+ times a year and its at every show; it's been bullet-proof.
