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In my last guitar post, I mentioned that I've been playing for about 8 years - not a very long time considering I hope to play for another 40+ years. Until this weekend, I didn't have any effects pedals. No fuzz boxes, no wah pedal, no crazy effects - just the chorus, reverb, and distortion built into my Fender Ultimate Chorus amp.

People who've known me for years will say I've been talking about wah pedals as far back as they can remember. I've been thinking more about them and other effects pedals recently, but just haven't been able to get past shelling out $100-$150 per single effect for the few tunes that I'd use them.

Then some friends I've been jamming with pointed out the Boss GT-8 Effects Processor. After some thinking (didn't take much), I broke down and bought one. At the price of about four stomp boxes, it was damn expensive, but it is fully loaded.

The list of supported effects is too long to mention. It holds about 340 different programmed effects chains, with 144 of those being user programmable. The wah pedal can be programmed to do almost anything including wah, volume, and pitch bending to name a few. It simulates a ton of different pre-amps and amplifier models, and is also capable of simulating two sets of effects using different pre-amp settings.

This was definitely a good purchase. This thing will do a ton more than I'll ever need it to, but is completely worth the cost compared to getting a wah-pedal and 2-3 separate stomp boxes for the same price. Of course there's a learning curve, but thankfully there's an unofficial website for users to help each other out: Boss GT Central. Anyone know where I can find a Trey patch?



I found an article on the Roland website that does a much better job summarizing the GT-8's bells and whistles.

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