Boss GT5

L8X · #1 12-31-2000, 07:48 PM

Dont know much about fx boards, and i dont have boss dealer near me, I un derstand what the GT5 is, but what i want to know is are these things solid. ie can they be jumped on! *etc in other words gigged hard not just in studio work.
steve

Christopher Chen · #2 01-01-2001, 02:24 AM

I own a boss GT5, yes they are INDESTRUCTABLE! I dropped mine down a flight of stairs once after a jam session, nothing happened..!

Well as for sound, I'll try to get some samples down for ya' and post it in the Ftp section, if that's ok of course.
But seriously you can't just judge this unit based upon the presets, you have to spend some time and tweak it. Trust me this unit is the best multi FX I've ever tried out.

I'll try to get the samples by wednesday!

L8X · #3 01-01-2001, 04:28 AM

Thanks for that chris.
Ive been told that they can emulate OD808/TS9 as close to original sound as is possible,as i said im not up much on digital f/x units
steve

Christopher Chen · #4 01-04-2001, 01:00 PM

Hey Steve.

As promised I have uploaded a bunch of demos into the FTP section of Jemsite.

One demos the Clean tones of the Boss GT5 as well as some addition of Delay, Reverb and a little tiny bit of Chorus. This is also using a speaker simulator, simulating a Fender Clean Tone.

The Second one entitled "DistDemo" is using a preamp in the GT5 called Metal Drive, I use a little EQ on this as well, which is also found on the GT5. The effects here are Reverb, Delay and a hint of chorus.

These demos were recorded using a cheapo computer mic that came with my old compaq LOL, hence the noise and the non quality recording. They were sent in this order. Guitar->GT5->Fender Bronco 15 watt amp.
No effects were used in the amp, hell it doesn't even come with Reverb..LOL!

Hope they are ok....if there's anything else you need me to demo, tell me. And sorry about the crap ass playing

Chris.

L8X · #5 01-04-2001, 01:33 PM

Cheers for that Chris,
playing sounded alright to me,and yeah thanks for your time to upload these demos for me, ive now bought the GT5 of the guy, it was brand new he only used it for one hour but didnt have room in his small studio for it so he bought a rack mount unit instead, and i got a nearly new GT5 for *about $300 which is pretty good as they are a fair price in uk, Will just have to see if i can figure the thing out now, guy i got it from told me of a few places on the www. were you can get patches from could do with finding some settings for grunge type fx
tks again for help
steve

Christopher Chen · #6 01-04-2001, 01:42 PM

Hey Steve congrats on the purchase of the GT5!

Another thing you can look into is joining the GT5 mailing list. It has helped me a lot in learning about my GT5 and using it to it's fullest potential. This list comprises of many experienced users as well as newbies. You can check it out here.

http://www.egroups.com/subscribe.cgi/gt-5

Chris

(Edited by Christopher Chen at 1:44 pm on Jan. 4, 2001)

strat110 · #7 01-04-2001, 03:35 PM

Chris.

Where are the GT-5 samples. *Kind find them anywhere??

Thanks,

Andy.

Christopher Chen · #8 01-04-2001, 10:20 PM

The samples can be found here man.

http://www.jemsite.com/upload/files/

I hope they're ok

Chris

strat110 · #9 01-05-2001, 01:56 PM

Chris,

Thanks man, the distortion mp3 sounded great, reminded me of George Lynch's tone at the end of his REH instructional video!!

What preset was used for that??

Andy

Christopher Chen · #10 01-05-2001, 11:08 PM

That was based of the "Heavy Metal" preset in the GT5, I did some tweaking with it. Boosted some of the hi-mids and Lo-mids in the EQ, as well as some of the mids in the preamp. Try to find a preset that you find favourable, and then tweak on it to make it perfect. Use the preamp more than the Dist/Od.