Boss GX-1

I was almost set on getting this, but noticed that amp parameters are missing presence knob and a few other things compared to GT1000 Core I had a while ago, which leads me to believe that models on GX-1 might actually be a bit dumbed down, perhaps a simpler algorithm.
Anyone had a hands on experience with it?
 
Yeah, GT-1's time has come and gone: it was announced September, 2016.

If I were Boss, I'd want all that COSM stuff off the market asap....
While I agree when COSM first came out it was awful. The Gt's had better Cosm though.
 
I was almost set on getting this, but noticed that amp parameters are missing presence knob and a few other things compared to GT1000 Core I had a while ago, which leads me to believe that models on GX-1 might actually be a bit dumbed down, perhaps a simpler algorithm.
Anyone had a hands on experience with it?
That sucks
 
No presence knob on an amp model?
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I was almost set on getting this, but noticed that amp parameters are missing presence knob and a few other things compared to GT1000 Core I had a while ago, which leads me to believe that models on GX-1 might actually be a bit dumbed down, perhaps a simpler algorithm.
Anyone had a hands on experience with it?
yes no presence knob
 
yes no presence knob

It's probably because there may not be room. It's stripped down this way. I'm pretty sure it's the same algo, but I'm guessing. I noticed there's no right or left scrolling within the settings.
 
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It's probably because there are two (or three) sets of three knob rows, and there may not be room. It's stripped down this way. I'm pretty sure it's the same algo, but I'm guessing. In other words, there's three spaces of controls, with only and up and down button (no right or left, to scroll).
I think presence is an important amp control
 
I think presence is an important amp control
Definitely is. There's all sorts of things missing from this, and things added: like batteries, and USB-C power. There's not even an aux port, which is a similar type of omission, not to mention, FX loop. But the unit is well received from what I can tell. As far as the battery power goes, lots of these have that, but this only draws around 250ma.
 
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Presence control under Global eq?
No, just regular parametric EQ like on other Boss devices.
Not sure what that has to do with anything. It’s the digital equivalent of a 1x8 practice amp.
Not sure what Katana Go is an equivalent of, but it has presence and some other stuff not on GX-1. I actually quite like the tones I get from Katana Go (and play it more that Helix Native, feels better), which is why I wanted something along that line, but with more convenience GX-1 offers, such as buttons for every effect in the chain, screen, quicker editing...
I think I'll stick with the Go for now.
 
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