Touch & Go Boss’s latest do-it-all floorboard amp modeller and effects processor features the company’s first touchscreen Words Trevor Curwen Photography Olly Curtis 100 GUITARIST AUGUST 2022 GIT487.rev_boss.
BOSS GX-100 BOSS GX-100 GUITAR EFFECTS PROCESSOR £499 CONTACT Roland UK Ltd PHONE 01792 702701 WEB www.boss.info What You Need To Know 1 Looks like a new Boss GT multi-effects processor… It sounds and functions like one, too, but this is a GX unit, rather than a GT. 2 Why GX? Well, Boss already has a GT-1000. The GX represents a move forward because it’s the first Boss floorboard with a touchscreen, so why not move on up the alphabet? 3 Isn’t a touchscreen just a gimmick? Absolutely not.
BOSS GX-100 1 1. Use the touchscreen to set up effects chains and adjust parameters. The Page buttons enable you to scroll through different views 2.
BOSS GX-100 3 THE RIVALS The Boss GT-1000 (£899) offers 96kHz (rather than 48kHz) sampling frequency, more complex effects chains, more memory slots and more connectivity options, among other things. This may be worth the extra outlay if those additional features are important to you. With this type of floor processor, Line 6 is always going to be a rival and, in terms of price, the HX Stomp XL (£569) may be the closest competitor, though it lacks the treadle of the larger Helix LT (£845).
BOSS GX-100 BOSS GX-100 GUITAR EFFECTS PROCESSOR 5 5. Assigned to functions and values in the screen above, these soft knobs have both push and turn actions 6. Remove the rubber cover and connect the Boss BT-Dual adaptor in the rear-panel Bluetooth slot for some wireless action Boss has really hit the spot, creating a unit for practice, recording or straight into a PA Echo, which comes with a practical array of tweakable parameters.
