Boss GT-10 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal

by Boss

Product Features

• Massive tone, advanced effects, and a more natural and musical response
• EZ Tone - easy-to-use, intuitive approach to sound creation based on graphic icons
• Parallel effects chain offers 2 separate effects paths, including COSM amp models
• Create sound-on-sound loops with onboard Phrase Loop function
• Large LCD and bright LED visible in bright sunlight and difficult lighting conditions

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 27 x 6 x 15 inches ; 16 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001AG3ZI2
• Item model number: GT-10
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,045 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #2 in Musical Instruments > Instrument Accessories > Guitar & Bass Accessories > Effects > Bass Guitar Effects > Multieffects > Floor Multieffects

Product Description

The GT-10 multi-effect pedal is driven by BOSS latest custom-made DSP and proprietary Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM). This floorboard powerhouse offers massive effects capability, natural musical response as well as a marked improvement in sound quality from previous generations. It s also loaded with an innovative user interface including EZ TONE which allows guitarists to create a new sound with the most intuitive and easy-to-use interface ever.Advanced sound Powered by the custom-made new-generation processor and BOSS proprietary sound modeling method COSM, the GT-10 guitar pedal ushers in a new era of audio quality for guitarists. BOSS huge accumulated know-how of effects and sound modeling are fully integrated into this flagship multi-effects floorboard. As a result, tone quality is supreme, and response to playing dynamics is much more natural and musical. And not just for the stage—the GT-10 is also great in the studio thanks to its USB capability and digital output.EZ TONE wizard The GT-10 is a pro players dream, but it s also friendly and easy-to-use. The innovative EZ Tone wizard helps you create top-quality sounds quickly. It offers a truly intuitive approach based on graphical icons to get the sounds that guitarists are imagining. No more struggling with parameters on the LCD or multiple cursor commands. As well as the EZ TONE, managing the GT-10 multi-effect pedal is truly intuitive. For example, the Positional Tone Control allows tone and effects creation via a revolutionary Tone Grid where you place the pointer in a spatial area depending on what kind of tone or effects you want. Value of the essential parameters shown can be increased/decreased immediately by tweaking four rotary encoder knobs below the LCD. Operation is similar to having compact pedals on a pedal-board quickly jumping from any effect to any effect.More flexibility and possibility Boss GT-10 s PARALLEL CHAIN offers two separate effects paths including COSM amp models fo

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All you'll ever need plus some., February 27, 2010

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El Malo (Living where the Army tells me.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boss GT-10 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal

I tour and use the GT-10 through a Roland JC-120 Amp. I have no problem dialing in the right sound for any style I may end up having to play. The sounds are clean and professional, and the case is tough as nails. It does such a good job, I can bypass my amp and plug directly into the PA or house system. It's easy to use with a hand full of dedicated knobs, and an expression pedal. It also has a super clean bypass and tuner so I can still use my George L's cables and hear my guitar's beautiful tone. The stereo output is great too. This is the processor I've always been looking for, and I recommend it to everyone.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The GT-10 from a novice guitarist's perspective, May 21, 2011

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Chris Edwards "Chris X Edwards" (San Deigo, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boss GT-10 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal

I guess most who consider buying this are seriously talented guitar shredders. I'm down on the other end. Twenty years ago I bought a beautiful new USA Strat. Very nice. I played it a decent amount for about a year and then just got kind of bored with it and my progress. One problem was that I had very specific ideas in my head about what I wanted to play. That Strat had a nice tone, sure, but it wasn't my favorite band doing what my favorite band does. Having just blown my budget on a $600 guitar, I wasn't really feeling keen to buy a dozen effects pedals at $50-$100 each to experiment with. Eventually, I got rid of the Strat.

These days, however, trying to learn to play is nothing like it was 20 years ago. Now there are Youtube resources, great software, RockBand3, tabs on-line etc. Because of this I started playing again on my acoustic. Eventually I was ready to buy another electric guitar. But I did it very differently this time. I bought a Strat-like Squier on Craigslist for $20. The big money, I put into the Boss GT-10. What a difference! For a novice, this is a *much* better strategy! I *love* the GT-10. LOVE IT! Even my weak little practice amp that I kept from 20 years ago sounds way better now than it ever did with the Strat.

Now the simple, novice-attainable melodies that my favorite music includes can actually be played in the ballpark of that music's actual sound. The fact is that many well known artists have a very distinctive sound. I've come to realize that tone shaping is often pretty close to importance as the actual playing for making the cool and distinctive music that the pros make. Sure, tons of conspicuous talent can make any song pleasant on any guitar, but wow do good effects help with brand identity. Pros are often shaping that very elusive sound using exotic guitars with custom pickups, stacks of amps, controlled recording locations, and tons of high quality effects. The GT-10 brings that to anyone.

The GT-10 has two specific features I like that are particularly excellent for novices. First is the fantastic tuner which experienced pros take for granted; for me to always be playing in tune effortlessly is a big deal. And perhaps the most profoundly helpful feature of all for a novice is the excellent headphone jack support. If I was the next Hendrix maybe all of my neighbors would enjoy hearing my extemporaneous playing while I experimented with overdriving amps in the middle of the night. However, in normal apartments, this isn't terribly likely.

The only thing that I would add to this unit would be a removable module that could be upgraded to add more memory for the looper. I'm not yet very good with the looper, but as a weak player whom no one will want to jam with, I appreciate the potential of using it to provide accompaniment for myself. I first learned about this unit by seeing the awesome DubFX videos (search for "DubFX Insight Into Gear"). While not a guitar player per se, he's the superlative one man band and GT-10 power user (GT-10B actually).

One problem I have with the GT-10 is that it is designed for guitar people who know the guitar culture of lots of knobs and amp stacks etc. To me, some of these design decisions seem weird, but I consider it a way to learn more about exotic guitar gear that I'll never afford.

I'm sure the most talented guitar pros will have much good to say about the GT-10 but I'm excited about its potential for beginners and those who have a harder time getting a guitar to make the right noise. It seems like a lot of money for a novice, but I now believe it's better to economize elsewhere.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing processor...the best there is, May 12, 2011

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Dan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boss GT-10 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal

A buddy of mine bought a POD X3 and we compared them head up on tone, features, etc. The GT-10 won hands down. PODs are really better for metal anyway...if you want nice clean tones, great overdrives, nice sounds for Jazz, Blues, Americana, and classic rock, THIS is your only choice.

Some people say its too complicated. So just play the presets, duh. Every sound you could want is there. But when you DO decided to dive into the more technical features, you will figure out that this is an infinitely configurable, sophisticated hi-tech tool for grownups and smart people. Even if you dont want to do deep editing, you will still want the GT-10 because the tones are simply superior to every other processor.

The coolest function is the new EZ-Tone...You tell the GT-10 whether you are using a single coil or humbucker, you pick a genre (Blues, Liverpool, Studio, Country, 70's Rock, 80's Metal, etc) then scroll through the preamps listed. Pick one and you go to a grid where you move the cursor on an X/Y grid to choose whether it is distorted or clean, rhytm or lead. You go to the next grid to tell it whether to be wet or dry and how long or short the effects should be. Boom...you have a tone. And the process I just describes takes about 30 seconds. You could literally do it between songs during a gig.

The amp models are a mixed bag, but there are a lot of them and you can definitely find the sound you want. Once you choose your amp, the fun has just started. You get the same EQ controls that are on the real world version of that amp. you can pick the original cabinet it came with or one of a dozen or so. You can tell it what virtual mic to use and where to place it.

Each patch has two preamps...A and B. You can use one as a rhythm and one as a lead, or use them in stereo so you can have a different amp in each speaker. You can also have the GT-10 switch between them by dynamics...pick soft and you're on channel A playing a Fender Twin. Pick hard and you switch to Channel B where you might have a Peavy 5150 set up for a lead. AWESOME.

In addition to the usual assortment of great reverbs, choruses, delays, etc, there are also some fun things like Slow Gear, which allow you to have a slower attack (I use it to emulate a pedal steel guitar) a guitar simulator (change your humbucker to a single coil, your electric to an acoustic, etc) a sitar emulator, a synthesizer that turns your notes (not chords) into synth notes, and a harmonizer that actually knows how to stay in key. Sooooo much more, but I think you get the picture.

The unit is attractive, durable, and well made. The display is easy to read and very versatile. There is usually an easy way to do whatever you want, but you can go deep deep deep into the features to make it really do exactly what you want. It has two assignable Control pedals and an expression pedal for wah wah or volume. You can add a second pedal or switch, and you will want to.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS DEVICE IS THIS, AND PLEASE PAY ATTENTION, BOSS!!!!! Line 6 is KILLING you because of their computer interface which allows you to do connect via USB to a computer and tweak sounds with their software. YOU seem to think we like spending half our lives bent over playing with knobs on a device that is sitting on the floor. The GT-10 HAS a USB output, although mine adds feedback and distortion so I just use the MIDI in and out to talk to my PC, where I use a GT-10 editing program that some guy wrote in his parent's basement. FIX THIS!!!!

Line 6 also has a thriving user community where users can easily share tones they have created on a site created and hosted by Line 6. There is no such community for Roland or Boss and they don't seem to be interested in supporting one. Sad. Probably one of the reasons most of the current POD products are in the top ten in Amazon Multieffects while this, probably the best unit sold, lingers at #25.

But make no mistake...even with its flaws, this unit is the best. Get one.