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New Boss multi effects for bass
- Thread starter dadabassefr
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So it's basically just the updated GT-1B
i don't mind technology, but i really don't love seeing apps and phones for pedals.
ya kno?
give me a few knobs and parameters on the unit. am I alone in this?
ya kno?
give me a few knobs and parameters on the unit. am I alone in this?
I think I heard maybe 2 different tones in that entire video
If a company seems to have taken parameters that could have been handled on the unit and moved them to apps, I'm with you. However, some companies use this technology to provide additional options for fine-tuning or experimenting with parameters beyond what could be realistically accomplished with the knobs, which I think is a good thing because the pedal works fine without it but the options are there if you want them.
I know TB isn’t a hive mind (or is it?), and I haven’t watched the video, but…
Boss, who’s made countless classic effects since the 70s, releases a multi effect for bass, and we’re already hating on it without ever having seen one.
A relatively new company who’s only made distortions releases a multi effect that sells for over a grand and half of us here preorders it.
I guess TB and the music world isn’t unique in that sense, but, man, we all need to take a step back from influencers and FOMO and dubious selling strategies (limited releases with random drops), and start judging products for ourselves…
Boss, who’s made countless classic effects since the 70s, releases a multi effect for bass, and we’re already hating on it without ever having seen one.
A relatively new company who’s only made distortions releases a multi effect that sells for over a grand and half of us here preorders it.
I guess TB and the music world isn’t unique in that sense, but, man, we all need to take a step back from influencers and FOMO and dubious selling strategies (limited releases with random drops), and start judging products for ourselves…
I know a guitar player who uses the equivalent multi fx to great effect, but as someone who has just dropped over a grand and a half* on a multi effect made by a relatively new company** who's only made distortions***, I have no need for it personally.
(Statements marked by * are either contentious or provably false, by the way)
I also know a guitar player who has the guitar one, and he loves it.
I do wonder if I'd gone this kind of direction if I'd have ended up equally happy with the ability to make a variety of fun sounds at a like a tenth of the cost of what I've spent on a variety of pedals.
I do miss mine sometimes!
That was a great unit. I really only utilized a tiny bit of what it could do!
I've no problem with BOSS stuff. Though I agree that they didn't really move the needle too much with this new unit, that's not to say it is somehow unworthy as a bass-specific multi-fx option. +/-$250 USD I'm guessing? Lots of competition in that price range these days, and that might be the biggest problem BOSS will have. But there are plenty of people who love BOSS and its solid reputation speaks for itself. IMHO, the bluetooth control option itself is a great move, if nothing else.
I didn’t look at the price where you are. I said over a grand, not a grand and a half. My apologies. It is over a grand in America.
Darkglass was founded in 2009. Relatively means in relation or comparison. It is relatively new compared to Boss and a lot of other music brands for that matter.
I’m not all that familiar with Darkglass’s products, and you’re right - it was an exaggeration. But come one. It’s not like they’ve made phasers and filters and delays and choruses and flangers and whatnot.
Sorry I hurt your feelings.
I do miss mine sometimes!
Same, but anytime I have needed a new sound for a cover song, I can either find an existing patch, or build one that does exactly what I need. So much functionality and built like a tank.
Honestly I think I might pick one up for living room practice? Maybe? I do like how BT is now built in instead of having to buy the Boss BT adapter ($$$). I have a Boss Katana Go (1st Gen) which is good but I never got around to buying the Boss wireless controller to switch presets. Who knows? Maybe?
I kind of like this one. Good form factor, looks easy to use, and very reasonable price. Don’t like no XLR out, but it could probably use a stand alone tube or transformer DI to warm it up a bit anyway. If it has the pitch shifting like their new pedal, I may give it a look. Maybe.
Does the GX-10 offer pitch shifting? I'd assume the effects and bass stuff in that unit are the same in this one. I'd assume...
Anyone seen or have a list of available effects?
Edit -found it! Does include Pitch Shift ans well as the Defretter effect. Probably order one later today!
Anyone seen or have a list of available effects?
Edit -found it! Does include Pitch Shift ans well as the Defretter effect. Probably order one later today!
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I just took a look at their site - it looks like they have revamped and redesigned their multi-effects bass line. I have the GT-10B and the GT-1B both of which work well, but the GX-1B seems to be the budget model of the new line, and is designed to be the updated GT-1B as others have said. I was intrigued by the ME-90 bass effects which has boatloads of knobs to be able to adjust on the fly. Then there is the GT line which is the most expensive one, and is more of a guitar multi-effects with a few dedicated bass effects/amp models.
The GX has a look and design like the vocal effects professor I bought from BOSS - lots of colored knobs and a color display. Could be cool.
The GX has a look and design like the vocal effects professor I bought from BOSS - lots of colored knobs and a color display. Could be cool.
GX-10 is over a year older and their pitch shifter pedal has come out since then so maybe.
