Boss GTB-6

[M4L666]

So I've been offered a Boss GT6-B for £125, are they good? Are they worth £125? What are the pros and cons?

Thanks,

[sk8]

yes its worth it. only con is it can be a bit duanting to program straight off but i've been able to get some really good sounds out of it and nailed most of what my band needed first go

[cheddatom]

I found the interface to be frustrating, but the sounds quite good. I couldn't use it because of the tiny silence in between patch changes. I don't know if they all do this or if I was doing something wrong, but I couldn't stand those gaps.

[M4L666]

How bad is the switching lag? Could I change patches in the middle of a fast song?

[cheddatom]

No, but like I say maybe I was doing something wrong.

[Ancient Mariner]

Switching lag is quite common with older processors: my Korg drops out for about 1/2 a second changing patches. Digitech were supposed to have addressed this with their dual CPU boards, but don't know about Boss. With a little care and selecting the moment carefully it's usually possible to do a patch change, but it needs to be planned, rather than taking a random stab mid-flow.

[M4L666]

Right, that'll be ok- I plan my effects use in songs. Thanks all- now I just have to sell all my stuff....

[dirtystatic]

I struggled to find usable distortions/fuzzes with mine. Other than that I got some great sounds when I had mine, plenty of parameteres to tweak, you can also edit patches on your computer via midi with free 3rd party software - I found that to be the quickest and easiest way of doing it.

You get two FX slots, plus comp, drive, EQ and delay per patch, so if your sensible about it you may not need to change patches during a song atall

[M4L666]

Could I have, in theory, a Big Muff model running into a Tubescreamer or even in parallel?