Customer Reviews

Boss GE-7 Equalizer

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A 7 band EQ is a 7 band EQ. This is BOSS so it is built like a brick... house. I use this in my rig constantly. My favorite use of it is to make a "frown" out of the band and run it into a fuzz and then into a parametric EQ.

Placed at the end of your chain this pedal will sound sterile and not that good. However, used in the beginning, before your expensive boutique pedals, this pedal will shape your sound amazingly.

This 7 band eg. is a great way to change the sound of your guitar. It has more flexability than just a tone knob. It's easy way to get scooped metal or just fine tune the sound of you amp and guitar. Highly recomended!

Product arrived in exactly condition as described by the seller. This unit allows for great sweeping of frequencies. the 15 dB pull in each direction for each of the seven bands are filter worthy, My only dissatisfaction lies in the amount of noise this unit adds to my chain when engaged. When inactive this unit is transparent, no tone suckage. When this unit is engaged, each frequency band carves the sounds nicely however, consideration to have this unit modified to reduce its noisy output has begun for me at least. I am thankful for the internet and the opportunities it presents for me to MOD this Pedal.

I have never been a fan of Boss stuff, I tend to shy away from a lot of main stream stuff. I reluctantly picked this up as a way to boost my solos for leads. I like the idea of an EQ pedal rather than a boost pedal (such as the MXR Micro AMP or BBE Booste Grande) because you can shape your tone with the sliders. Sometimes I want a midrange boost, other times I want to boost the highs, depending on the song, my guitar, or amp.

I went back an forth on liking this pedal for while until I REALLY figured out how to use it. Now I cannot imagine life without it. I was using it along with my amp's distortion and it didn't give me the boost or definition I was looking for. I was already maxing out the preamp on my amp so I couldn't get the boost I needed to jump out. Once I started playing through my amp's clean channel with a distortion pedal (MXR Distortion Plus, a great dist. pedal) I find I have so much versatility in my tone and an excellent boost for solos with room to spare along with great sustain.

I have only had mine for about a year (as of July 2011) but Boss has a reputation for building durable, long lasting equipment. Many times I see these pedals with broken slider knobs, so be careful moving it around and packing it up for shows. As I said, I tend to shy away from mainstream stuff, but some things are just tried and true, and two Boss pedals have a permanent spot on my pedal board, this GE-7 EQ and the Boss TU-3 Tuner.

I am a guitar player and gigging musician since 1985. Over all, if you can get a good price on it, I highly recommend this pedal as a more versatile alternative to a boost pedal. I hope you find this review helpful.

I take this thing out of my rig every once in awhile, but it always finds its way back in. Unlike Kaga, I put it at the end of my chain, right before a Boss Line selector, for multiple amps. I used to put it at the beginning of my chaing, during my metal days, and it does well there too. I'm more blues orientated now, and love it at the end. With my fuzzes I can have them cracked and nice and lightly smooth, then at the end with the EQ, I got it jacked up! Unlike most people I love a bass players V on my EQ. I love that bass, but I play through 10's and 15's and those speakers handle it better than 12's, although I do have a 2x12 with V30's in it and it sounds nice. This is a must have pedal though, no matter what you want your sound to end up like, if you have crapy stuf and just need an edge or really nice stuff and looking for that last bit of tone, you got it with this thing.

This is a decent pedal for tone shaping but can cause lots of feedback without a modern amp and guitar. Some of its tones can mute your tone and like i said cause feedback and it doesnt do what all the reviews say. it is a boss so it is one of the best but you souldnt make buy this without trying this often with your set-up and finding some good settings. remember some settings can cause good and bad tones so be careful to try it before you buy.