Boss GT-1000 with HSS pickups
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my thinking is we put input gain below clipping for the modeler better simulate the dinamics between the amp and guitar and to get a healthy signal to process, but if there is such a diference between pickup volumes in HSS guitar like mine, the modeler wont get a healthy signal from the single coils. And also, question, wont making the guitars having the same input volume (by adjusting levels between guitars) make having diferent guitars kinda useless with the GT-1000? if by making all reach input gain bellow clipping, they will react the same with modeler? My emgs are set to -7db in the input level, so i did experimented adding 7 db in the first eq block. In my mind, a real amp would get this differences in guitar output. I dont know. I just like to experiment. Sorry for bad english, not my native languange
Sascha Franck
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Defenitely. Which is why I take great care of balancing my pickups so they (and any combination of them) work well throughout pretty much all patches.
But that's no different with real pedals and amps (assuming you never clip the input of a digital device).
IMO no. There's still plenty of other differences. Besides, you could just set all your devices so that they would deal well with the hottest of your guitars. You would then experience differences in gain staging, but as said, that's absolutely the same with analog stuff.
I thought analog worked different that digital, otherwise, analog gear would have something like input level like the GT-1000 as well. The more you learn
Sascha Franck
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From all I know, the input level on Boss units is just there to balance levels between different guitars if you want to do so. I think it's happening in the digital domain already, so it's not there to avoid input clipping.
Also, I have been doing just that back in the days already, by adding a neutral boost as the very first thing on my pedalboard, so I could balance levels between my weaker and hotter guitars.
from the boss guide: "If you’re playing guitars with very large differences in output (for example, low output Strat pickups vs high output EMGs), you might want to adjust your input signal so that the GT-1000 is “seeing” a decently hot signal so that the AIRD amplifiers give you the optimum dynamics and tone that they’ve been tuned for. However, you don’t want to set it too hot and then end up clipping the unit’s input!"
Sascha Franck
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Hm. That'd mean that the input level controls are analog. Not sure whether that is really the case.
they are indeed confusing ah ah ah
JiveTurkey
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It's Boss. Nothing to overthink.
the thing is, when i boost the signal for my singles coils, they react way better and sound more definied
AFKAEjay(retired)
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Many do…the gain on master volume amps.
I don’t think there is much reason to expect modelers to behave different from analog.
Different output volume simply has consequences. Within one rig, digital or analog, you mitigate by different gain stages, or a clean boost before your gain stage, or a level control after gain stages if you need to address volume changes.
..or…adjust your pick up heights to take some of the root cause away. Ime, difference in output levels will always be there using both h/s on 1 instrument. You could also accept it…and use it as an asset. I personally use less gain on neck pup, and more on bridge pup…so to me it’s a present
