I've watched your video about half a dozen times lol and each time I pick up something new. I just re-created all of my sounds using 2 A in the GT and I run them into my Roland JC and it sounds unbelievable!
Hey Dan great video and you will be happy to know that I just purchased the GT 100 today and you graciously spent time demonstrating its flexibility at the Long and McQuade store in Bedford! Thanks Again! Jeff
Man, you explained this so good! Specially the 4 cable method. I did not have the full concept till i watched your video. Thank you so much for sharing!
You helped me decide to spring for a GT-100. I was fretting (pun intended) over the ins and outs of it, and your clear explanation showed how easy it really is. Thank you!
This is the first video that explains in layman’s terms the various cabling for the gt100, and makes sense of it all. Thank you ! I finally understand the reason for the 4CM.
Hey Dan I just wanted to say good job on the GT 100 ! you broke it down like a pro! I watched some others on you tube who were ignorant of that concept! but you handled it with a touch of rock and class! thanks" Dwayne Fengier"
Brilliant Dan. Thank you very much. I'm just a little bit in the dark though about how you switch between the GT-100 preamp and your amp's preamp, right at the end of the video. To anyone who supplies the answer thank you in advance.
Dan, Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video....incredibly clear and concise. I wanted to be able to use a mix of sounds with my Blackstar Preamp and using the COSM amps....S/R On and Off .... Its a beautiful thing. Boss will sell a lot of these units just because of the flexibility and their understanding of what real guitarists need. You are the MAN.
This was a very useful demonstration of the GT 100 which i happen to own. I now know why the sound coming from my amp sounded kind of funky, i am in the front of a Fender Virbrolux that does not have a send and return on the back and i didn't know you need to turn off the BOSS preamp in the signal chain.
This is such a great and very useful video. I just got a Boss Nextone Special and connected my loyal Boss GT-100 to it. Without your video I would have spent much more time trying to figure out how to workout the S/R and pre-amp stuff. Many thanks!
Sir, it may be a little late to thank you for this very usefull video wich made me understand the whole thing as I'm a beginner. Very instructive. Thank's again.
Great review Dan , easily the best on U tube .....thanks for sharing . I have a JVM head and wanted something that could both change channels and give me more FX to play with ......I just bought a GT-100 after seeing this so thanks again man . Vinny from Scotland .
Cool vid Dan, good overview with enough background info, slanted to the GT-100 which is an imminent purchase - hopefully. I had always stuck everything in front of the input, in a long series. Will explore. Thanks.
First off excellent demo and thanks for the explanation of the Gt-100's wiring set-up's. Very helpful. Using the 4 cable method, your demo doesn't resolve the issue of changing the GT-100's "Output Select" from "Combo Return" back to "Combo Amp" when turning the S/R in the GT-100 on/off. I've tried to find a solution to this but there is none. The only way to change the "Output Select" is to change patches. You cannot change the "Output Select" within an individual patch. Boss missed this one.
I love the dual amp tones from this unit. I recently bought mid-level studio monitors specifically for home practice using the dual amp feature. The only thing I do different is, instead of a 100 right and 100 left i go 85 right-85 left and it really seem s to fatten up the tone.
Im still using the GT100 in almost 2020 N i think im going to keep using this unit 4 a long time coz it really blows in terms of sonic achievements ...i also have a good old Zoom G9 which has tons of good tones thanks to its hybrid tube/solid state preamp section with two tubes (once they have been replaced with good ones)... But the Gt100 with its Dual Processing + an unbeatable PC interface (Tone-Studio) remains my Fav MultiFx unit -- Im doing this 4CM (kind of) with a ENGL 530 tube Preamp + stereo ENGL 840/50 Pow-Amp (3U rack head) i have the the ENGL preamp inserted into the GT100 S/R block N i can switch between channel on my preamp with an Ext. pedal using a TRS 1/4 jack cable (using the Ctrl Assign function) it works flawlessly i have also another tube preamp [Effectrode Blackbird] + an MXR 10 bands EQ inserted into the FX-loop of the ENGL preamp in order to get some more really cool colorations 4 my ENGL Clean N Crunch channels .....this is the best setup you could ever find so far.....
Thanks for making that so clear. Could you please make a video demonstrating how to get levels correct using a board (GT100) and amp? There are a lot of volumes to play with: Guitar Vol, GT100 input level, GT100 patch level, GT100 output, Amp pre-amp volume and gain then the master volume. Thanks.
Video still relevant today--thank you! QUESTION: why (or is) the 4 Cable method better than, say setting output to Returns and sending L/R out from GT-100 directly to GA-212 A/B stereo inputs on the back of the amp? (you're still using the Preamp on the GT-100--and this is a mains in--it bypasses the preamp on the physical amplifier). Why would 4CM be better than this approach?
Es mejor cuando tu amplificador real es muy bueno y quieres seguir utilizando su preamplificador natural, si no es el caso no vale la pena en mi opinión.
Great demo. I'm thinking about getting a GA-212 for my Eleven Rack, and this has sold me. This guy even gets a great sound out of a GT100, and does an excellent job of explaining all of the connection methods. Who is the guy in the video? He lays all this stuff out better than anyone else I've heard. Edit: It's Dan Doiron. www.dandoiron.com/index/
Great video and explanation on 4 cable and OUTPUT SELECT, BUT, no mention on which OUTPUT SELECT to use in 4 cable method. I'm thinking that if I have the pre-amp in the GT100 turned off and using my amps pre-amp I should have it on COMBO AMP, JC-120, let's say, and, now I turn the GT100 pre-amp on, and the SEND/RETURN on, should the OUTPUT SELECT be on combo return? Or does it matter?
Thanks, Roland for elucidating the uses of the four cable method. I was wondering, though, when you explained 'switching the GT-100 COSM Preamps and my amp' what you physically were kicking on the GT?? Little confused. Ernie Johnson,Thousand Oaks, CA.
Good day. I have a Boss Gt-100 conected throught the 4 cable method to a Marshal Amp. If I still want to use the amp simulation in the GT-100, where must I put the loop S/R (send/return); before or after the amp simulations. Please reply. Thank you.
Can anyone suggest a good tutorial series on how to use the GT-100 to the fullest? I have owned one for a long time but I am so new to playing guitar, I am somewhat overwhelmed. I think I need help with tone in general and all of the lingo/basics. Pedals and all are rather new to me, as a beginner. I just had to have this thing, but it is collecting dust and I want to get more into using it. Any help would be much appreciated.
i have a jet city 50 watt combo5012c;and what cable method do you suggest with the boss gt-100 and this combo amp;if you want to utilize the amps preamp and other pedals like tech 21 para driver and reverb fender pedal? Or do ya have to choose one or the other methods? thanks jesse.
Do you go in-and-out of the preamp or the effects loop I have both I have a Marshall head with pre amp send and return, and effects loop send and return
How do you bypass the GT -100 so you can get the amp sounds ? in other words my the clean of my amp sounds way better than the Gt 100 .. I cant figure it out is there a by pass swith ?
Hi would you suggest in getting a blackstar ID: Core model for basically the same reason shown in this video: has 2 stereo speakers or just get a PA Speaker to go with my GT 100? thanks
Gligor Vlad It depends on how much money you're looking to spend (I hate this answer haha.) I feel like stereo sound is better with two PA's, because they can be separated further than the two ones in an amp. I think people tend to hear stereo sound from speakers that are close to each other more like a blend. However, if the pre-amp distortion on a blackstar is something you really love, know that you won't get that out of your PA's.
I use Boss gt 100v2 with my Orange Thunderverb. Lovely sound. You just need to set up your own patches. One of my favorite patch sounds similar to Dream Theater's Looking Glass intro. And the wah pedal goes like a hot knife right into some butter.
Hi Dan; One final question to clarify a point in your excellent video. Just after you discussed phrase looping, you mentioned you just hit one switch to switch between the amps in the GT 100 and your own amps pre-amp. Did you assign a pedal to do this for you? How is that accomplished? Phil
I have the same doubt, since I think the pedal to be assigned is Accel/CTL , that is on the right side, and it seems he press a pedal on the left side...Anybody knows that? Regards
