Boss GT-5 vs GT-6?

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I am looking to buy a new effects processor.

I can probably get the GT-5 cheaper, but the GT-6 says it has COSM, which is similar to A.I.R. with Line 6.

I need a new flood board but I was also looking at the Behringer V-amp 2 because I can't always record with my amp.

I don't know what to pick. Can the GT-6 be as good as the Behringer V-amp 2?

What do you think I should get.




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All Boss processors of GT series have C.O.S.M - Composite Object Sound Modelling, including GP100 and GX-700.
Distorsions of early models are useful, but amp simulations works fine only for clean or blues settings.
From "Metal Stack" you expect roaring punchy sound, and you get phasy compressed mud.
I still have my GX-700 because "metal" distortion is fine when feeding big Marshall, and harmonizer, delay, chorus and other modulation effect are great. It is possible to control EVERY parameter of EVERY effect in real time using expression pedal.

GT-5 have much more options than Line 6.
Take GT-5.
 
Well, it's 24 bit, 30 amp models, distortion modeling, tons of bells and whistles.
It has analog-like knob controls for real-time parameter tweaking.
Compared to GT-5 it's like GP100 to GX-700.
If it cost 400 $, this is very good price - my GX-700 costed 600 $ when was new.
 
I played the GT-6 and was quite impressed and it was running into a Roland JC amp. If I was buying one I would get it at a place that has a good return policy. In a couple of days you would know whether it's a great piece of gear or not and you could take it back if it doesn't live up to your expectations.

The GT-6 has more modulation effects than the GT-5 or GT-3. It has a Uni-vibe sound that I liked and I think it's interface is really simple. I'd love to buy one but it's far down on my must-have gear list.

Boss has been making these multi-effects units for a long time and it appears they may have got it right this time. You're getting a lot of bang for the buck. I'd love to have one just for my synthesizers alone.
 
I have owned a Boss GT-3 for 5 years, and just got rid of it. Why?
-The Boss GT series work the best in either an amp's FX-loop or in front of an SS amp, and I was planning on getting a decent tube amp.
-I don't care about synth/yahyah/phaser/blabla/autoriff... I only need compression, OD/DS, wah, chorus, delay and tremolo..
-it sounded thinny and digitalish...i'm getting back to stomp boxes.

The GT-6 IS better than the GT-5, better convertersm which will improve response, dynamic and sound a lot... GT-6 is easier, and looks better too...GT-6 finally has push button underneath expression pedal... If I still was going to multi-fx route, it had to be a hard choice between

Boss GT6, Digitech RP20 and Digitech GNX2. (all around $400-450 new or used (=RP20)

Frank, think of what you need and want... if you like tons of effects, simplicity, easy patches, naming sounds, ds/wah modeling, etc... the GT-6 is your best pick. If however you want to run it in the FX chain of a tube amp, beware that the compression and distortion effects are getting halfway useless then...

Roland JC-120 is the best amp for GT-series...makes the sound really fat and punchy... Tube amps muddy things up for digital multi-fx... (believe me, I've tried every which way, and learned it the hard way...)
 
Why does the Roland JC-120 have so much benefit??

What's so special about that, compared to a Marshall Valvestate amp, in which the tube only works on distortion and not clean.?.!?.
 
The Gt-5/gt-6 type boxes are intended to go direct.....the amp tone and eq is there already....you want an amp that is pretty flat and non-coloring......im not sure how the JC120 would work but a keyboard amp or just a small Power amp would probably be ideal.....

this guy here http://www.marcseal.com/
has a live rig consisting of a GT-6, 2 Roland KC100 Keyboard amps (for stereo) with the tweeters disabled mic'ed with sm57's.......for recording he goes direct from the GT-6.....
 
Ok, since I bought the Gt-6 already, I think I'm going to regret it when it is delivered.

I have a Marshall Valvestate combo, which was bought back in '95. The clean channel doesn't use the tube.

I have the Boss ME-8 multi-effects pedal right now. Maybe I should just stick with that?
 
frank_1 said:
Ok, since I bought the Gt-6 already, I think I'm going to regret it when it is delivered.

I have a Marshall Valvestate combo, which was bought back in '95. The clean channel doesn't use the tube.
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I don't think you'll regret it at all Frank and I disagree with Gidge that these are just intended to go direct. I think you can bypass the amp modeling and speaker simulation when you want to and just use the effects like a regular mult-effects box. The GT-6 has effects that the ME-8 doesn't have and I think the distortion effects are superior.....it will make your Marshall sound like a Marshall stack.

However, don't hesitate to use the amp models with your Valvestate either, give them a try. A lot of players love the POD and SansAmp for a distortion effect in front of a tube amp. I read a review of the GT-6 and they ran it through a tube amp and they loved the sound.

Let us know how you like it. I was blown away by how musical some of the effects were just playing around with it in the store. I own lots of Boss stompbox pedals so I'm already a fan of their stuff. Boss Blues Driver and CE-5 Chorus Ensemble are two of my favorites.

I think you are getting a lot for your money, a direct recording unit and a powerful mult-effects processor with real-time time control using the footpedal. DO NOT get buyers regret before you've had the thing in your studio and explored it's possibilities for a week.
 
Well said, Wide Awake.
Frank, the Gt-6 is miles above the ME-8, ME-X, ME33, GT-3... Even if you bypass the distortion sounds (which from the COSM stuff IMHO are always good for cleanish/crunchy/bluesy but too thin/weak for metal) you still have one mutherlovin' comprehensive multi-fx box... You can set it to 'manual' mode, and use each footpedal to switch on/off a different effect (od, chorus, delay, fx1, fx2, reverb...) and then maybe use the Valvestate's own distortion (which IMHO truly sucks monkey balls...maybe that's why your avatar looks so fucked up... :D )
Just experiment with the GT-6 into the Valvestate's clean channel... If you really grow to liking the GT-6, I suggest you replace the Valvestate with a keyboard amp or the JC-120... The GT-6 also comes in handy for direct recording (or direct out to the PA, but you'll need to use the pre-amp and cab-sims then)... I had some sounds in my GT-3which I truly loved, so part of me wanted to keep it...but I couldn't get over the thin overall sound and digital noise (which the GT-6 doesn't suffer from anymore, I think... due to its better AD/DA conversion).

I'm gonna buy a Digitech Genesis 3 solely for recording (very good sounds and very good fx; best digital spring reverb emulation I've heard yet...)...
 
Thanks guys.


Speeddemon, is this site starting to become a soft-porn site though avatars? :eek:

hahahahaha!
 
I dunno Frank... Whatcha rather do? Look at a fuckable ass or a fucked up monkey? :rolleyes: ;)

Let us know how you dig the GT-6, o.k.?
 
I see...


It should be about 2 weeks until I receive it. I'll post some sound files for all to hear...


"assmafia"- hahahahahahaha!!!!! ;)
 
I've had the GT-3 and got the GT-6 when it first came out. The GT-6 is so much better for me than the 3 or 5.

I love the GT-6 and have even done some recording with the stereo line out direct into HD recorder, bypassing my Boogie and my setup. That's the only unit that I was impressed with enough to go direct.
 
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