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I've used one of these boards off and on since 1999. The GT-5 is as reliable a piece of gear as any that I've used over the past 30 years. The only thing to wear out on it is the rotary dial. These tend to fail sooner or later on all Roland products with this dial type. The downside to this effect unit is the overdrive/distortion section, which can sound square wavy and buzz saw-like. Same story with the amp modelling section. Fortunately this is a easy fix. Always having the speaker simulator on in the global section smooths things out nicely. And as anybody who has any experience with all in one pedalboards knows, running the unit into a tube pre amp before the amplifier gives the effect a truer analog sound. I use a ART. With this method at high gain I can get beautiful harmonic feedback at command with ease and control. Plus ripping "brown sound" stadium rock dirty sounds. The last time I played, I used this board every week for two years straight. All my sets were assignable. The harmonizer patch with the wah for "white room" to the harmonized/octive patch for "rock and roll fantasy" and eveything in between. All you have to do is listen and tweak. The most convincing and easiest live switching i've ever had.Read full review
There are a couple of potential issues with a 20 year old effects processor that's meant to be stood on, mainly the rotary encoder (Value knob) can fail and make it a bit of a pain to adjust settings but there are the other weak points like the plastic input/output jacks to take into account. Other than that if you find a tidy one they are still very capable. The overdrives and distortions are analog and sound almost identical to the stompbox hardware. The preamps are fine but I got more out of tweaking the custom preamps. Importantly I feel the unit sounds much better through a power amp. Run it straight into the return on your amp, bypassing all other tone shaping controls so that you can aim for a consistent sound (true for most processors imo). If you have a smaller mid-range amp, or practice amp - utilise the MP3 input and use the global "Speaker Simulator always on" setting. Remember "less is more" You can certainly use everything at the same time but building multiple patches based on a straightforward starter amp/distortion patch simplifies things greatly. The wah isn't as bad as it first appears, just be a little slower and more delicate with it, it seems to stop really changing the effect once you go past 60% of pedal, so shorten those strokes and use your ear. The GT-3 is another good option and adds some other gimmicks while beefing up the input/output jacks. I am a huge fan of Boss effects, this was released when I was 18 and after I had been using an original Zoom 9002 for a while the GT-5 was amazing. I currently own a near immaculate GT-5 and the latest iteration from Boss in desktop form (GT-001 contolled via midi by... the GT-5 :D ) I have owned others and also some digitech/ibanez/korg/zoom products but never bothered keeping them. I have wasted hours in front of the PC with amp sims and although I currently use Amplitube 4 and other sims there is no denying that a dedicated floor based device is so much better for gigging, especially if you play in cover bands. Does it sound as good as the GT100/001? Not for everything, no. Does it give you that Vai/Satch tone that made the 90s so great? Of course ;DRead full review
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Solid construction. Issues listed were simple fixes. Extremely versatile. Find of presets, modern and classic. Loads of user customizable settings.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Killer tone from this pedal. ET = Extreme Tweekability & Toneage. I can go from EVH to SRV to AC/DC to Zappa and beyond.
