BOSS GT-1000CORE Multi-Effects Processor Black

It takes a little time to get used to editing and saving so many presets. But once you get the hang of it, I can be very useful. Great sounding processor, but have some time to learn it well.

There are many sounds to experiment with. It takes a little time to get to learn this, but it is worth it. A few sounds are not really usable, but with 250 presets that can be edited, there is plenty out there to use effectively. In the process of learning now. So far so good.

The latest step in my multi-FX/modeler journey. I have my long standing tube amps and pedals rig in my studio but I have been looking for a small, lightweight alternative for quick use outside that space. I have tried a bunch of brands and configurations from Mooer to Kemper and none have really impressed me out of the box. I have invested substantial time in each case to tweak in search of better results and I have gotten just that in almost every case….better results. However "better" doesn't mean "completely satisfying" In another stab at glory, I've just picked up a GT-1000 Core at GC and the early returns are superior to what I achieved after months of tweaking anything else. In fact, the British Crunch (preset 43) is probably better as delivered than anything I could cook up after months of tweaking with anything else. It hits that sweet spot where it delivers a vibrant crunch on the bridge pickup and a slightly aggressive (but still pleasing) lead tone on the neck. With some tweaking, I think that this will be very useful preset. I am still in the early stages with this device, but I'm inclined to believe that this is simply a better mousetrap (to my ears, anyway)

I'm actually using this as both a vocal processor and a backup to the GT1000 on my main pedal board. Same overall functionality minus a few switches and obviously the expression pedal.

This product is very user friendly 6 months ago I said I only know 25% of what the Boss Gt-1000 core can do that has changed to 70%. when you learn how to load patches or do a system update to 3.2 you really get to understand how much more this machine can do is very remarkable. I am referring to boss tone central section where you can add to the 250 patches slots for the user section from the 250 presets that it comes with ... still not enough 500 sounds at your disposable or the ones you make yourself. The boss GT- 1000 core is worth every penny I paid for it and more from my pedal setup I have the GT-1000 core on the end for the expression pedal to connect. I sometimes play for hours like 4 hours yesterday on the 4th of July even after dinner playing again hearing those new 241 patches, I loaded into it. fyi if you are doing an update consider a micro usb to use I made the mistake of using a cellphone charging wire and was wondering what's wrong?! regular data wire everything works great the Boss tone central has more than 250 sounds there for your taste plenty to work with. try to load these patches 10 or 20 at a time so you don't end up like me reloading the tones because you missed one or 2 to load these patches like yesterday when I counted them, and the total number didn't match. My niece she is playing every day, so my brother is telling me that was another good investment getting her that for Christmas to use with her bass and Stratocaster guitars.

For all the things you CAN do with this pedal (if you're already a pedal techno-geek, or once you spend an inordinate amount of time trying to make sense of this thing), the things you most WANT to do, like manage the contents of the sets you create, or easily move things around, or even getting the darn thing up and running out-of-the-box (which I had to be on the phone with a support person to accomplish), are hair-pullingly complex, if not impossible. There are comically few amp models to choose from (when compared to pedals costing a quarter of the price). Even switching from one tone to the next is hampered by the fact that each one takes at least a few seconds to fully load, so good luck using this on the fly in a live setting. If you intend to use this for anything other than home recording, it is not nearly worth the cost, when there are more than a few pedals out there that cost far less, perform far better, are way more intuitive, and don't make you want to scream when you try to do the simplest things.