Valeton GP 200 Follow Up - 6 Months on... 

Hi Paul and thanks for your two videos on the GP 200, just great informative stuff!

Thank you so much I just bought this and subbed to you because of your Valeton GP 200 contents, hope to see more so I will improve learning this unit

Thanks Paul for the follow up, your review and insights are super appreciated. Keep up the good work.

I have just ordered the GP 200 LT version of this. This evening, I have been trawling RU-vid trying to prepare myself for it's arrival tomorrow. I am so glad I found your channel. Your enthusiasm and positivity is very refreshing. Just about to check out your other videos. Thanks for sharing your time and experience.

Love it!! Thanks again for your genuine comments, tips and insights. Got mine (the red version) a week ago and I'm loving it!

It's a pleasure to listen to you, Paul! Now I'm going to pick up my valetom gp-200, after your review! Thanks!

Thanks for the review! I just ordered one of these and can't wait to get it!

Hey Paul!! Thanks so much for both reviews. You really helped me make the move to the unit and I love it!! Please go into settings!! I look forward to it!! And again, thank you!!

I have the GP-200LT, and I love it. It can do almost everything that I need. Thanks for the video.

Thanks for the 6mo out review. This is really great because you use in both the studio and live settings and you are selling the sound of a small number of amps that you use heavily and evaluated just as an amp model. Just perfect review information. Now I'm getting mine.

Awesome review, convinced me to get my first multi effects unit, and its amazing! Thank you.

So great to hear your thoughts on the Valeton after 6 months. I've recently got the GP 200 and its got some amazing sounds in it. I'm still dialing things in but it blows previous multi pedals I've tried right out the water. Love the channel and looking forward to more reviews.

Your voice sounds wonderful. Total ASMR. Your audio expertise really shows. Tips and tricks would be a great shout for newbies. How to connect, types of DAW, are they all created equal etc etc. Subscribed.

Hey I’ve just been thinking to buy it! Glad to find your video. Very nice content. Subscribed

Great honest review.. with your approach and experience, companies should be sending you their gear. Well done mate.

Just bought one after watching yours and Anderson’s videos and as you say, once you start tinkering with the patches it sounds incredible! Thanks! 😊

Awesome video I just bought this foot pedal today GP200 and have the GP100 also really enjoyed your videos! Thank you 👍😎🔥🎸🤘

Thanks for this follow-up video. I just purchased a GP-200 as an upgrade to my good ole Zoom G1Xfour mutli-FX pedal. Can't wait to see what this thing can do !!!

Hi Paul, after watching this and the original review i’ve ordered the GP200, you had me fully convinced when you said it replaced the Kemper and when you said you would use it for a War of the Worlds show. I enjoyed the video too, very well presented and kept me interested all the way through. Happy to subscribe!

I was already dead set on a Valeton but your review and professional experience validated what I could only conclude based from other online video sources and what I heard in them. I've listened to all the most popular units around ATM and was set on Valeton which sounds superior, but I was only going to get the GP-100 and will get the 200 instead. I barely use any modeler's pedals, amps, cabs and mics and even less of the time and depth based effects, but this has so damn many that I shouldn't go on the thin side. Technology is rocketing along and an entry level model won't keep me up to speed.

I purchased my GP200 just 2 weeks ago bcoz of your honest review. I came all the way from old school analog, then went to digital & I absolutely loved it.

Thanks paul. Helped in making an important decision. Will be buying this over the weekend

Thanks for this video, I went and bought one based on this, really enjoying it! Especially the soldano model!

Thank you for this great video, I own the GP200 for one year now, is very easy to use and tweak.

This was really useful, thank you :D Ordered mine yesterday!

Hi! I got the GP200 last summer, great (I got v-amp pro's with FCB1010, Digitech RP500, Zoom G5, Zoom G3xn, etc). Really great. Played lots of Line6's of friends, never liked any of them. I am so glad I chose JC120 for cleans and Soldano for higain and recently saw your video, saying the same thing, confirming my choice! Thanks for the great video and spot on tips and advice! You are so accurate, down-to-earth and road-proven!

Great vid Paul!

I used to drag my Triple X and pedal board to practice. When I showed up to practice a little early with the power amp, hooked everything to the 4x12 I leave there and spent a few minutes fine tuning the prest I made at home. My drummer was like "bro, that sounds great". When the rest of the guys came walking in they thought I had been replaced by a doppelganger. But when we fit that first lick everyone had smiles on their faces.

I’ve been curious about this one. Good overview; thx!

Thanks, mate. Your review pushed me off the fence and I ordered one (but did it halfway through the video and didn't realize you had an affiliate link - sorry!). Cheers!

Saw your video today while I was trying to decide between the Line 6 POD Go or something else (I was looking at the Sonicake Matribox ii) - you made me buy the Valeton. Now the wait for shipment begins.

Hey Paul, thanks for the follow up, I am so glad to hear you love it. I bought a GP200 about a year ago to replace an old Helix one and I'm extremely pleased with the purchase. It is a peace of mind to hear someone like you with so much knowledge and experience loves it and even consider it good enough to replace your own Kemper. All the best.

I feel the same, it just goes into the effects loop of my 5150 now, not touched anything else since i bought the GP200 last year. nice review 😎

Hey Paul, pleased to report I still have mine and am still gigging it (ok it’s in a church but I still call them gigs!!). I was happy with the 1.2.1 firmware update and the new delays and reverbs, I’d still like the opportunity to stack 2 OD pedals into my favoured amp (the DC-30 clean) but have got by using an OD and a boost or occasionally a compressor, OD and then used the EQ block as the boost. I’ve just seen there is a v1.3.1 firmware but by the looks there is only 1 more drive pedal so I’m not going through the ball ache of updating it just yet! Glad your still happy with yours!

Great to hear the opinion of an experienced producer. I'm pretty sure you would only give credit where it's due!

Using a couple of amps and 3-4 IRs....great advice!! Too much selection can be confusing. Find YOUR sound and go from there!! Great unit

Foi muito bom assistir esse vídeo. Foi um dos que me ajudou a comprar uma GP 200 LT. Estou muito satisfeito com ela. E, por coincidência (ou não) a simulação de amp que mais gostei e coloquei nos meus presets é do Soldano tb. Ficou lindo o som !!! ❤🎸. Um abraço do Brasil para você!

I have a slew of high end tube amps and most of my analog pedals on my board cost more than the gp200. I picked one up as a practice tool for headphones and opened it last night. I spent about 5 hours straight playing and smiling. It's good, really good. I agree, strip it down to the amp and build from there. I certainly found sounds I didn't like at all, but so many I did. I'm really enjoying this and plan to use it for recording soon. Great value for dollar that's for sure.

I can't believe you're on the WOTW tour! I met Chris Spedding years ago when he did a seminar at my college. Absolutely adore that album and I've seen the arena tour before

Fully agree! Such a great pedal for so little money. I play since 35 years and am still amazed by the quality of the sounds - especially the amps are state of the art. the Pedals could be better but over they are absoluetly usable. I use the GP-200 with 2 DV Mark Power Cabs. The Speaker Simulation off of course when using it that way. The stereo effects are amazing trough that setup. Realy gigable. Love it. Share the same feelings as you when talking about that medal. The Soldano. the Mesa Boogies, so many good amps in one box. I will be getting the new Fractal FM3 Turbo and already look forward the 2. There for sure will be some quality differences but I wonder how big they are...(sorry, english is my 3rd language).

Thanks for this video man , 🙏🙏🙏

Great review! Your experience of gear and recording realy helped me for a secondary solo show and not taking biger and heaver gear. The only thing I'm worried is with an acoustic guitar if i can get that "Feel" and string ambiance sound.. Guess I'll find out. thanks for your imput.

Looking at getting one of these because I'm tired of using luck of the draw Kemper/Helix in a big worship gig. And I'm probably going to get one. BUT, you played in Wayne's War of the Worlds tours !!! Gotta be one of my favorite albums. Thanks for that, too !!

I was already leaning towards getting the gp 200 but i think you’ve just sold me.

I love this little GP 200 sounds amazing for the price. I own alot of gears cheap and expensive and this little monster can do a good job for mw when I use for a little gig anywhere, I go. good video bro.

I liked the GP 200 so much, I bought two of them for my band TimeWhys.

I run mine in stereo through a Harley Benton Thunder 99 pedal amp, into two single 12" speaker cabs with celestions. No cab sim, and it sounds glorious. Haven't fired up the JCM900 for six months. It's a real blessing not having to lug 20+kg valve amps around.

Dave Schools...Alembic bass. The bass patches on the Valeton GP200 are awesome. For the price, what’s to lose? I love mine. The monitors are something I’m looking into. I’ve been using it through my MacBook M1, Rodecaster Pro, and then my studio speakers or one of my amps. I don’t believe I have come close to exhausting the possibilities. You’ve got the built in tuner, I can mic an acoustic and run it through the valeton. The drums are not over the top, but they’re cool. You also have the looper and the pedal...it’s an amazing tool and the price is so low for what you get. You’re 100% correct in saying buy this thing! It’s been a game changer for me.

Bro said cradle down and trivium earned my trust immediately

I bought mine after witching your review/demo. I love it. I'm thinking about getting a second so I can run dual rigs and link them via midi. But then I would have to learn midi 😆 🤣 😂

I have the red colored model. I love it. I plug straight into my marshall dsl 40 effects loop and it has everything i would ever need.

i was about forget this brand since seeing much youtuber review said it garbage but your 6 months experience made me think twice to consider especially seeing market place for this one!!

I have a Peavey Triple X running into a V30 loaded Mesa over sized 2x12 cab and a Randall 1503 212 combo in my music room. I run a pedal board with a tuner, noise gate, ABY splitter in front and a 10 band in the loop of each amp. That is my preferred live rig. But I use the Valeton for all my recording and band practice. I have a stereo 50 watt power amp, BBE 382i and a Marshall 1960 with V30's and Greenbacks in an X pattern at my drummer's house. It sounds great. Definitely one of the best pieces of gear I have ever owned. I have presets I use for recording and other for practice. Yes my dual amp settup is my preferred live rig but I wouldn't hesitate to rock the Valeton on stage with my 2x12 in place of the 4x12.

Great follow-up review video mate! Your speaking voice is excellent as it reminds me of Neil Gaiman, one of my favorite authors and narrators. I think I am going to pickup a GP 200 for myself now. Really enjoyed the video.

I agree the Soldano sim is awesome.

I have the Helix floor the tonex the fractal, boss and digitech 2101. All collecting dust after I bought the Valeton.

Picked one up last week, second hand for £240. Really impressed using it at home in my little studio. Need to see how it sounds in the loud practice room and live.

The valeton gp200 and the boss me90. Both have lots of hands on controls, which is exactly what I like. Both sound amazingly good. The boss is more like a pedal board; 2 or 3 or 4 parameters for each effect, nice and simple and incredibly effective. The valeton has more options, but still way fewer than a line6 or Kemper. I can fit both units in a backpack, and I've pretty much got any possible thing I'll ever need without deep dive menus.

Hi Paul nice review. You really should do a review of the tonex pedal. RU-vid is crying out for an honest independent review of that unit. Cheers mate

I love mine got it about 1 year ago used it live for bass along with a powered monitor for stage monitor out of left side sent right to front of house but as you say it can be used the same way for a guitar rig as well

Hi Paul, great to hear the GP 200 is still up there. It would be great to try your presets ! Are you able to give any advice on getting the best tones straight in to mixer and powered speakers ?! Specifically, should we not use built in cabs (IR's) and what are best EQ settings ? Subscribed - great videos :)

I use thGP200 with the TC Electronics Plethoraxc 3 and an extra distortion/fuzz/drive pedal. I sometimes like to have two reverbs, delays etc. and the Plethoax is amazing. I also like to stack my distortion/drive/fuzz and the GP200 is limited to only one. The simplicity of the GP200 is amazing and takes very little time to feel comfortable with. I'm actually thinking about getting rid of most of my pedals, they are just dust collectors now. If my GP200 ever failed I'd buy another the same day.

Playing guitar for 32 years. I bought one simply because I was curious about all the positiive reviews. I figured something must be really cooking in the kitchen to get so many thumbs up. And at it's price point, wasn't concerned about trying it out. In summary, yes I agree, it totally pisses all over all other competing floorboard FX modellers. Even eats my Line 6 Helix and spits it out. I no longer use anything else. They are all redundant now. It is crystal clear, grunty and incredibly realistic with very low latency (unnoticeable), perfect also for live situations direct into PA using IEM's. Sounds absolutely amazing!! 10 out of 10

This is a great to hear - an honest review and someone who has used it as part of gigs all over the place. Practical use and real proper use I think is often missed. Def considering one! How reliant is it on updates? I don’t have a mac or big Pc

Based on your vids and the price on a used one, I just ordered my Valeton over the HX and Headrush!

Thanks for a nice review Paul. I've had mine for 6 months now aswell. Its served me well, but I have a couple of niggles with it. Mainly the chorus effects aren't doing it for me.. They work, but I cant get that lush Boss pedal tone. My biggest gripe is the volume pedal.. I don't know if its down to the noise gate, but it's either on " or" off ".. There seems to be no gradient to it. I was going to switch over to a boss me 90 when they release, but given your glowing review and the fact you are clearly a very experienced musician I will persevere with mine and certainly look more at the Soldano amp... Thanks

Paul.. You may remember me. George. I had trouble with my right hand finger tip which caused trouble holding a pick. Now sorted thank goodness. I've been playing bluegrass acoustic guitar which I love.. I've not yet got the valeton gp200 but think I will based upon you're 2nd review. I like the connectivity it has.. Anything you review I'd be interested in. I've taught myself home recording but anything you can do about recording I'd watch for sure.. I've got a 4 channel audient interface with 2 JFET inputs on the front.. Rocket 5 monitors and beyherdynamic headphones open and closed back.. I use Mixcraft. Pro studio 9.. Always good to see you... Best wishes George..

Now i've got used to it, (instructions are vague at best), I use the valeton more than my boss slab. I had to do a reset cos for some reason the stomp wasn't working. Now though it's so easy to change patches and customise all the sounds. Recording in stereo is great with it too. Its got a lot of sounds, I can spend hours messing about with the settings. Glad I bought it. Good price too.

I believe you’ll love the Soldano SLO 100 Stand alone version by Neural DSP 99$ US once you discover the drop down menus of Artist sounds are amazing even the clean is off the hook

Great video thank you! Knowing that you've used this regularly in a professional context is really helpful! Do you know if it does signal splitting at all? I'm trying to work out if it can split a bass signal in two to do the classic dirty highs/clean low.

Ok that’s it. I’m gonna get one!

Great input video. Love your character and being. Looks like honest and straight forward 😊 Patches /presets you talked about sharing? Just picked up my unit today

Made my patches (4x for bass) I want to know how to assign them to a the Footswitch, A to D? Can you explain?

Can you use the GP200 as a standalone audio interface for a laptop recording?

Great follow up. BTW, you remind me of Gene Wilder. You're both cool cats !

I just got the Valeton go 200. My guitar playing used to suck but with the valeton, I sound immaculate

So for signal chain out of the Valeton goes to what through what are you after that using a DAW OR DOES THIS GO STRAIT INTO YOUR STUDIO SPEAKERS. I use the Soldano SLO Neural DSP 99$ it’s awesome

Love your videos. I see you have an Acoustasonic. Any suggestions running in into a Valeton? What patches do you use for the acoustic sounds and the electric tele sounds? I love my acoustasonic but I can't figure out a way to get both sounds live. Thanks, Jim

Aweaome review Mr Bond! I have to admit that even with the few little missing features in it, it does have pretty much evetything that anyone could need. I find the new stereo delats and specifically Studio Reveb that we got in last years update put it ahead a notch from initial laumch. Now lets hope they improve it a little more. What are your thoughts on the delays and reverbs in the unit?

Gracias por el vídeo . Tengo la gp200 desde hace casi un año. Estoy muy contento . Me encantan los amplis. Le he metido irs de celestion y de marshall. En lo único que creo deben mejorar es en los efectos : los overdrive , los delays, etc deben mejorar , aunque por lo que cuesta la Valeton está muy bien . Lo he resuelto metiendo un overdrive externo de joyo Kong of kings (suena muy muy bien ) y antes el fuzz de joyo sprinter 21 (simula el rat por muy poco dinero ). He metido por el Loop de efectos un pedal de reverb dedicado . Estoy muy contento con el resultado . Salgo A una fr fr , la Headrush grande . Suena muy bien !. Salvo los pedales de joyo, todo de Segunda mano. Por unos 550 euros tengo todo. Muy contento . Es verdad que para producir , me siguen gustando más los plugins de neural dsp y sus efectos .

loved your reviews for Valeton GP 200, just wondering, if there is a bass IR, can I use my regular guitar to get the bass sound? I was thinking to put bass and riffs in the looper while I play lead

It will be cool if you make a Video where you make some tones on the valeton. Thx

Hello Thanks for nice review, you're the one that decide me to buy it... You say that you plug it into your Apollo, do you put a preamp or a strip channel on the Unison port ? And any advice for an insert chain on the Apollo? In the meantime, I just put a Neve 1084, and it adds some punch, but will be very happy to hear your advices. Cordially

I am VERY impressed by many reviews of this thing. You can change the order of the effect blocks as well right? Thats is a thing that most of these multi fx units CANT do, but I usually want my reverbs before dirt and that is not possible on any other multi fx pedal in this price range that i can think of. I am actually very tempted to just sell all my pedals and buy this thing. Im planning on using it for playing with headphones and just recording some at home for fun

If you could be bothered to do a third video on the unit: I'd like to use it in the 4 cable method with a tube amp that has an effects loop. I'm asking myself if the boost pedals in the unit would "push" the front end of a tube amp properly. Also, the GP 200 has a global eq with a high cut option that could help in cutting out the high end hiss of a bad speaker. But would that work in the intended way in the 4 cable method? The GP 200 really is a special unit because it has warm sounds although it's digital, and to my ears it sounds as good as the AXE Effects FM9. But that's 4 times the price. Cheers!

I like the Soldano on GP200 too, Id like to ask you some tips to how to dial up the 5150, for me it doesnt sound as good as the SLO, Id like some help to dial a Dumble tone too

Is it feasible to use the Valeton as a stand alone audio interface into Pro Tools on a Windows PC? Or, should I also invest in an interface like the Scarlett Focusrite for a "beginner's" home studio?

Hi Paul Will the gp200 sound good direct to fender amp (twin reverb) what cable connection would sound best . Thanks. Michael

What's it like using headphones directly from the GP200 and from an amp for quite practicing at home, is it good with headphones and is it even worth putting it through an amp as it can model amps? Thanks.

I have initially purchased UA Volt interface with intention of using Neural DSP plugin as my amp as I’m unable to practice without the headphones; however, I wasn’t so keen on using DAWs and plugins for various effects, so I have ordered a GP 200. If I don’t record music, is there any point in hooking it up via XLR to my UA interface or should I just sell it and use Valeton as my interface in rare occasions when I would want to plug in guitar into my computer?

Hey Paul, thanks for the videos that you do. Really informative and your experience is so helpful in explaining the tech etc. I have a quick question.... My guitar amp is a Boss Nexttone Artist, so if I got this unit how should I connect it to my amp? Via the Return socket (I assume I use a normal guitar lead) or do I connect straight to the speaker (then do I need to get a speaker cable?). Whats the best thing to do? Thanks John

When I first got the gp200 I was a little unimpressed out of the box , into a high quality set of IEM . After a couple of months , I began really digging at it and demanding what I wanted from it, it does deliver...First and foremost, you must get the onboard global EQ set to taste...after getting all 4 parametric bands set, and getting the hi and low cut cuts set , all of the amp sims sound pretty great....I think from the factory the global input preamp volume is also a little too hot....I have found the amp sims are more of snapshots ,rather than simulations. They don’t maintain a feel or sound very far off from the 50% they come programmed at...However, they do allow a lot of tweaking into what could be mod territory of those amps, which I kind of like..the effects are passable, but honestly could use more tweakabilty...Overall I must agree , that after proper set up , the Valeton stuff sounds and feels really good, and I have become very happy to be its owner...

Good day! I am thinking between Valeton GP-200 and Mooer Ge-300 Lite. I think Mooer has more functions but it's older so I'm wondering if it will perform well now. Which of these processors is better in terms of sound, in your opinion? Thank you!

The only downside for me is the lack of a configuration to make presets change on press instead of press/release. I hope valeton updates to add this function!

hi paul. have you tried the headrush mx5 or the hotone ampero 2 compared to this? im on the market looking for the gp200 and i also consider those two. thanks

Can you explain using the 4 cable method with the GP-200? I am trying to run my GP200 through a Mesa boogie with a serial loop and I lose the use of my master volume on the amp when I do. I think I may have the loop setting on the GP200 in the wrong place. Thanks

Dumb question from @2:46 in your video; Can you explain how kemper amp profiling differs from importing an IR file to the Valeton. I (wrongly) assumed the 2 things were pretty similar. Many thanks.

I’ve heard of Alembic basses, and as a teen during the 70s I planned on saving my burger-flipping money to get one. But then I bought the “Ramones” album and that album did funny things to my rock sensibilities from the basic level up in the way of all sorts of invasive surgeries on the entire way I looked at rock. So then I didn’t want it anymore. lol.

What about the build quality of this product? The meterial used here is good or cheap?

Hi Paul. So I got the GP-200 today and so far so good. How do I create an FX loop as I can’t see how to put delays etc in the loop. Can this be done on the device or do I need to download the software to do this?.Thanks