Boss GT-100Core

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reviewBOSS GT-1000CORE
BOSS GT-1000CORE GUITAR
EFFECTS PROCESSOR
£599
What You Need To Know
I thought the GT-1000 was a
massive floorboard?
It is, but Boss identified a need for
a version that could fit comfortably
into a compact pedalboard or sit
unobtrusively on a desktop.
Is it just as powerful as the big guy?
Absolutely. It has all the processing
clout, models and patches of the
flagship model – it just loses a couple
of connections, seven footswitches
and the treadle.
Are three footswitches going to
be enough, though?
We don’t see why not. Okay, you might
not get instant individual switching for
10 effects, but there are many ways to
assign the footswitches to provide for
your onstage needs.
W
hen Boss introduced the
flagship GT-1000 amp
modelling and effects
floorboard a couple of years back it
signified a major refresh for the long-
running GT series, ushering in a number
of features: an ultra-fast DSP engine, 32-bit
operation and 96kHz sampling rate as well
as AIRD (Augmented Impulse Response
Dynamics) technology, designed for more
realistic amp simulations and optimised
integration with whatever’s next in the
chain. Although more streamlined than
the previous GT models, the original
GT-1000 still has the form factor typical
of a large floorboard unit, which will not
appeal to every potential user, despite its
tempting sound and facilities.
Fortunately, now there’s a way for some
of those users to buy into the sounds
and facilities without the cumbersome
footprint: the GT-1000Core delivers the
complete internal tone processing of the
GT-1000 in a stompbox. It’s pretty much
the same form factor as Boss’s 500 series
pedals – basically not much bigger that a
couple of Boss compact pedals plugged
in side by side – making it an obvious
contender to add a massive amount of
flexibility to even the most compact of
pedalboards or to sit unobtrusively on a
tabletop for recording or practice.
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BOSS GT-1000CORE
1. The turn-and-push Select
knob scrolls through
the patches but also
has scroll and select
functions in a front-panel
editing situation
2. Providing great
fl exibility, there are
many practical tasks
that you can choose
to assign to the
CTL 1 footswitch
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