Musicman20 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) I have a Zoom B3, and its probably the best bargain I've bought for a long time. I'm really impressed with how far multi effects have come in 10-15 years. What is the G3 like? Just as good as the B3? I want to be able to jam along and write riffs, but also have a good selection of amp models and effects.... I was going to use the B3, but at the prices of these units (cheaper than buying one individual guitar effect) I may as well treat the guitar to its own unit! Edited March 26, 2014 by Musicman20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorsetBlue Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The G3 (as shown by the petition elsewhere on here) is superior to the B3 because it has had an update allowing for 6 effects inline instead of 3. I like the available sounds - I would say just buy it (I have both ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) It arrived from Amazon (cheaper than everywhere else and good returns system). I'm happy with it. At first I forgot how to use the patches as I was concentrating on getting rid of hum from my Telecaster. I was too busy moving away from the monitor, then realising it was a pretty quiet unit, once I was in my normal practice space. I then went through the instructions and found the preset patches. Some of them really are fantasic. The U2 delay patch and Beatles AC-30 type patch are really useful. There are loads of possibilites with this pedal, the same as the B3, but you can have 6 effects/simulators on at once, which is pretty amazing. For £114, I am very impressed. It is a great bit of kit and will, for now, be used as a practice tool. A few hours a week I'm going to spend time getting better on guitar and learning a few songs/writing a few parts of songs. It doesn't have 'aux in' but hook it upto the computer with USB and just use headphones for the sound from both via a few settings changes, and you can even play along/learn from YouTube. The HD Reverb is brilliant. It's also really fun to whack on a lot of distortion/gain and write some dirty riffs. It makes me realise how easy it can be to write heavier riffs. Even the Telecaster sounds meaty (yet still has the twang and clarity). IMO, yet another great Zoom product. Edited April 14, 2014 by Musicman20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I have the B1XON and am considering getting the G1XON. From your experience of the B3 and G3, would you think it worthwhile getting both the guitar and bass versions? Some of the effects are common between the two. But particularly the amp and cab models are different. Currently I'm thinking that this alone would justify having both, but would appreciate hearing your opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I use the B3 for recording my guitar. It's pretty good but I have wondered whether it's worth buying the guitar version. Thanks for your impressions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 The G3 is absolutely superb for the money, especially the delays and reverbs. It's basically my entire acoustic gigging rig now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I have both the G3X and the B3, and they're both flawed master pieces. With the G3X even though you can set up 6 effects, you can only switch three on and off individually at any one time which means creating separate patches for anything complicated. I also REALLY miss not having access to tap tempo button. A mod is possible where you can attach an external footswitch but it does involve a bit of soldering. The B3 is pretty good too - really wanted 6 effect slots for (ironically) effects that always stay on like compressor, noise gate and amp/speaker sims. Separate tap tempo and MIDI in/out would have been handy too for synth bass stuff and mapping other effects. As it is in both cases, I've sourced always on effects to other pedals and both Zooms are more or less relegated to delays and nothing more. Great value and more practical than my Lexicon MPXG2's but the MPXG2 still reigns supreme for everything but portability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 Still using mine from time to time. Sold the B3 but have another one coming as I miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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