Boss GT-1 Guitar Multi-Effects Processor

Description

Up for your consideration is a Boss GT-1 Guitar Effects Processor that is in "like new" condition and which was purchased in 2020. Used a half a dozen times and kept in a smoke-free studio. Instruction manual included. Does not come with 4 batteries or power adapter. Priced to sell. Please look at all photos carefully and ask any questions. Shipping to the 48 States of the USA only. Thanks for looking!
How Does The Boss GT 1 Work?
When powered up you’ll land on the play screen, which is sort of the home screen. From here you can jump right into playing using “Easy Mode”, which enables you to operate the preset patches whilst the unit selects the parameters that will best suit the patch type. For example a high gain effect will use overdrive, it’ll use one of the heavier pre-amp settings and will adjust the EQ to produce the best possible tone. Underneath the “Easy Mode” section are a series of buttons, which relate to different effects. When the effect is active a small light with be lit up in the top left corner of the button.
If you want to customize your tone a little more you can edit each of the effects or amp types by holding the appropriate button for a few seconds. So, if you hold the pre-amp button you’ll access the menu. From here you can alter all sorts of settings, including the pre-amp type in use, the EQ, and the level.
Each button will have it’s own set of customizeable parameters, split across a number of tabs. If there’s more than one tab you can cycle through by pressing the “Enter” button. Each of the three knobs will then alter a designated setting. One of the nicest pre-amps to mess around with first is the acoustic simulator. It provides such a rich sound, one of the best acoustic simulators I’ve heard.
You can alter the sequence of effects by pressing the memory button. Then use knob 1 to select the effect you want to move and use knob 2 to move the effect allowing you to queue up the patches you use most frequently. The GT 1 features effects such as:
Compressor
– Produces long sustain and can be used to suppress peaks
Limiter
– Prevents distortion
T.Wah
– Adjustable auto wah
Graphic EQ
– Adjusts the tone
Para EQ
– Adjusts quality of tone using specific settings, such a mid-low
Tone Modify
– Alters the tone of the guitar
Guitar Sim
– Simulates different guitar configurations (i.e. different pickups)
AC Guitar Sim
– Simulates an acoustic guitar
Slow Gear
– Similar to a violin type sound with volume swirl
Octave
– Creates a richer sound by adding an octave higher or two octaves lower
Pitch Shifter
– Shift the pitch up or down by up to two octaves
Harmonist
– Automatically creates harmonies by dynamically shifting the pitch
Overtone
– Adds harmonics and resonance
Feedbacker
– Gives that rocky feedback
AC Processor
– Alters the sound that would be made by an acoustic pickup
Phaser
– Whooshing effect
Flanger
– Twisting, jet like sound
Tremelo
– Alters the volume to set levels
Rotary
– Sounds like speakers rotating around you
Uni-V
– Similar to a phaser but with more undulation
Vibrato
– Modulates the pitch of the note slightly
Chorus
– Adds depth to the sounds
Sub Delay
– Thickens the sound without adding too much delay
Within each effect you can customize certain settings, dependent on the effect, For example you can adjust the depth of modulation type effects. You can then combine these with pre-amp styles to create a multitude of custom tones. Here are the pre-amp types available via the unit’s modelling capabilities:
Natural Clean
– Natural sounds with rich high end and enhanced low end for a clean tone
Full Range
– Great for acoustic guitars
CB Crunch
– Distorted sound that can pick up on your picking style
ST Crunch
– The crunch obtained from a stack
Higain Stack
– High gain sound of a Marshall stack
Power Drive
– Distorted tone. Great for backing but also works with lead
Extreme Lead
– Powerful for lead, smooths out tones to give more balance
Core Metal
– Large stack tone great for metal
JC-120
– Simulates the sound of the Roland JC-120
Clean Twin
– Simulates the Fender Twin Reverb
Pro Crunch
– Simulates the Fender Pro Reverb
Tweed
– Simulates the classic Fender tones of a Bassman combo
Deluxe Crunch
– Simulates Fender Deleuxe Reverb
VO Drive
– VOX AC30TB – 60’s British Rock
VO Lead
– VOX AC30TB lead sounds
Match Drive
– Simulates Matchless D/C-30 for blues and Rock
BG Lead
– Mesa Boogie combo amp – tube amp sound of the 80’s
BG Drive
– Mesa Boogie with treble shift
MS1959I
– Suited to hard rock, marshall sound of 1959
MS1959I+II
– Similar to the MS1959I but with a reinforced low end
R-FIER Vintage
– Vintage Mesa Boogie amp sound
R-FIER-MDN
– Modern Mesa Boogie amp sound
T-AMP LD
– Hughes and Kettner AMP3 lead tone
SLDN
– Typical sound of the 80’s
BGNR UB
– Heavy distortion and high gain
ORNG Rock
– The distortion of the Orange Rockerverb amp
As you can see you can play around forever perfecting a series of tones. Once you’ve done editing you can save it in one of the 99 user banks, here’s how:
Press the exit and enter buttons at the same time
Then choose “write” with knob 1 and press enter
Choose which bank to write the patch to (U01-U99)
Press enter, you can now edit the name. Knob 1 changes the character and knob 2 moves the cursor. Knob 3 will select the type of character
Hit enter again, now you can specify a category of the patch. Use knob 3 to select the category
Once the patch is saved you’re taken back to the play screen
There’s also a looper, which will allow you to record up to 32 seconds of mono performance, which you can then overdub. Here’s how the looper works:
Hit the select up and CTL1 pedals at the same time to access the looper
CTL1 will start recording
Hit CTL1 again to playback and overdub
Hit CTL1 twice to stop playback and overdub
Hold CTL1 for at least 2 seconds to clear the memory
There’s an in-built tuner, perfect for quick adjustments. Access by pressing the up and down select pedals simultaneously. The display will feedback if your instrument is tuned. There are three modes of tuning. The first is bypass, which will output the sound but bypass any pre-amp or effects. The second is silent, great for on stage. You’ll be able to tune without any output. Finally you can tune using “thru” mode, which will output everything including pre-amps and effects selected whilst you tune. You can adjust the frequency using knob 1. There’s a range between 435 – 445hz. The default frequency is 440hz.
The unit continues to be clever using it’s USB port. You’ll be able to connect to a PC or Mac via USB. That will enable you to record directly to your
digital audio workstation
(DAW) whilst maintaining the amp style and effects in use with the GT 1. You can also download pro patches directly to the GT 1 using Boss Tone Central, which is free. Boss Tone Central will also enable you to fine tune and manage your custom patches.
There’s a headphone jack for “silent” practice as well as an aux in port to enable you to jam along with your favorite tracks. There’s a 1/4 inch jack that’ll enable you to plug in an additional foot-switch or expression pedal, should the need arise.
Boss GT 1 Pros
The GT 1 brings the flagship engine of the GT 100 into the affordable and compact GT 1. That brings top quality effects and amp modelling to those on a budget. Sure it doesn’t have all of the features of the GT 100 or even of the ME 80, but what you get for the price is outstanding. Here are the best bits:
Boss quality effects
26 pre-amp styles
Fits in the front pocket of most gig bags
A great alternative to spending lots on a series of single effects