NMD: BOSS GX-100

[Shredder777]

When you turn off the cab sim and run directly to a tube power amp, how do the models sound?

There was some special "mojo" in the GT1000 preamps that might transcend reality when played into a power amp that could make it sound muddy or over processed. I returned the GT before I had a chance to route it direct to an amp.

I used the GT100 for years, and the preamps were all over the map when used into an amp. Some of them were shrill and tiny. Others were big and wooly. Some of them were nasally. Every one required different eq settings to make them play well together, and once you had done that, they were essentially the same sounds.

 

[banned]

When you turn off the cab sim and run directly to a tube power amp, how do the models sound?

This is indeed the test...except you can run into a transparent SS power amp. If the power amp modeling is good, it'll come through.

 

[kartikg3]

When you turn off the cab sim and run directly to a tube power amp, how do the models sound?

I only have FRFRs at the moment, so I can't test this.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I have the SY1000. Not the same fidelity amp modeling wise as the GT1000 but close enough I would say. Especially to the clips I have heard from the GX series. Very immediate sounding and sizzle. Still very flat sounding into my Fryette LX or my EVH Stealth. Not worth the effort, imo.