Alesis Quadraverb GT

It was fairly simple for me to get the hang of, even without the instructions. It seemed to be pretty self explanitory, and I have great fun diddling around with the sounds and what not.

I play through a Fender Yale Reverb at home and have the Alesis plugged through either the power amp in or preamp in jack.. I forget which. This works better than my previous set up which was basically like how you would plug in an effect pedal - Guitar to in, output to to amp. This worked fine, but I had to fiddle around with the amp's EQ to get a decent sound. When I plugged it in the other way, the alesis drove everything. The sound, I though, was very good, concidering that previously I had been using DOD, Danelectro, and Ibanez effect boxes. No complaints about sound. I did have a hard time though trying to get heavier distortion sounds without the amp sounding 'fake' (for lack of better word). The overdrive, compression, resenator, chorus, delay, etc I thought were wonderous. For what it's worth, I usually play a Fender Strat. I still think that a Strat played through a fender reverb or blues amp sounds beautiful and every now and again I am inclined to unplug the alesis for that tone.

I can fully depend on it. It's never really let me down. I love it.

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I write fairly light music.. Jazzy, I guess might be a better word. I mostly end up usig delay, overdrive, chorus, resenators.. things like that. For what I do, it works really well. The phasing on it sounds magnificent. I really enjoy using it. It works well with basses, too.

Not that easy to figure out without the book and even with the book it`s not very clear you have to toy around with it. I have the old rom version and I don`t have a need to get the upgrade.(I don't really know what it does except add me a speaker simulation)

Very quiet but very digital. For electric guitar I don't find that it does a great job even the reverb doesn`t really do a good job(doesn`t sound like a fender). Everything sound lock in and it sound to electronic for me. But for acoustic guitar it`s great and I was very impressed. That`s why I own one. It`s doesn't have the greatest effect but they are fairly good for acoustic and I got a lot of people impressed by the sound this thing will do. It`s a cheap solution and the result are really worth the money. Rated 6 because of the electric but 8 for acoustic.

So far so good

I try to get information on a rom upgrade and I wait 15 minutes on hold before I hang up.

Instead of spending a lot of money on acoustic guitar processor try this one it`s cheap and it does a very very very good job for the money. I use it with a Godin 12 string and a Takamine and it does a better job then a lot of processor that are build for acoustic.

sorry for my limited english. the unit is quite easy to use.

i play a carvin guitar and a fender strat into a Hughes and Kettner preamp (Access)(which is also a great looper),sometimes I use in addition the Rocktron sidewinder preamp. Power amplifier is also from Hughes/Kettner (VS 250). Boxes are two Hughes/Kettner with one 12" celestion speaker. My favorite music is fusion /Jazz rock. the alesis is a great effect unit for hall, delay and chorussing effects, but you have to use it in a correct and parallel stereo (in and out) effect loop. The sound is bad when you go direct in and out to an amp (ok, clean sounds with PA are possible). a great advantage is that you must not use the preamp section, which is poor. My tip for parallel loop use: Preamp or EQ section: 0, direct level 99, master effect how you wish. in a correct rack system the alesis is all you need.

i use it since 1992. three effects units are broken until now, but not the alesis.

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my favorite style is fusion and jazz rock. i'm a gear fanatic, because i want to build a rack system which can create a large range of sounds, in special real warm tube-amp combo sounds should also be possible as modern clean and lead sounds, also sounds for nylon string acoustic guitar. Alesis Quadraverb is a good deal to realise smart hall and chorus sounds. won't miss it. I also played digitech effects for a while, but can't use them because every effect unit has a shit preamp section which influence your (hopefully good)basic sound. in coorect use you can not hear a difference between warm analog chorus sound and the alesis! i'm interested in people playing jazz music and use rack systems. Because i had made so much mistakes (money!!)in the past i will give tips to the beginner of rack systems.

Quite easy to use. From Harmony-Central pages you can find a very good Quadraverb patc editor for PC. That is great !

I play my Stratocaster and Les Paul thru GT to my PA ( I use only GT preamp and PA). Good clean sounds. With my analog AGE 1 tape echo you can very easily get Ventures and Shadows surf sounds.I give 8 to Quadraverb from the clean sounds, Distortion is not good, very digital. Overdrive is better in mild settings . Very hard to get classic rock sound ! I give only 5 from the dirty sounds. Effect department is better than the pre amp section and only delay is a little bit limited.Reverb is very good. With my analog AGE 1 tape echo unit I can varm up nicely my Quadraverb sound.

After 3 years use the power switch broken.

I have been playing about 5 years . If it were stolen I will not purchase it again bacause of it's limitations.

It's quite easy to understand but you have to fiddle with buttons to "tweek" the sounds. I'll give it a seven compared to other rack-units, but in comparison with the ease of use of stomp boxes, it gets a 3.

Oh man, does this unit sound digital. If you're aiming at classic sounds, i.e. WARM analog fx and such, you're in for a big surprise. No way this gives you any authentic sounds....

I play fuzzpop, and if you have a classic setup (strat/lp/es-3xx etc and a tube amplifier) you'll ruin the sound. I use a strat+, a les paul special through a twin reverb, with amdek (old roland) chorus, a EH small stone, an old ibanez phaser, a mxr distortion+, and a roland re-201 space chorus. So if you're into playing music ranging from radiohead, dinosaur jr, soundgarden to old zep, buy analog fx and get that big grin on yer face, coz with digital it sounds crap. CRAPCRAPCRAP. Have I mentionned that digital sux...? Remember kids: analog rules , digital sux!

Ya know, I used to swear by this box, but the more I think about it, the more I think I'm gonna trade it in for some good old fashioned foot pedals. The unit has some very nice presets, but it's nearly impossible to edit/create your own sounds. The preamp is particularly difficult to use, and seems to have a pretty limited range of sounds available. My biggest beef is that I've tried to use the GT as an effects unit with several different amps, and it has turned out to be an unhappy marriage each time. The only way I got the thing to work the way it's supposed to was as a preamp unto itself -- i.e., I used the GT as a preamp, a Carvin power amp, and separate speaker cabinets. This worked nicely, but since the preamp in the GT is kinda lame, this setup leaves something to be desired.

The GT is very reliable. I wouldn't hesitate to use this without a backup. Excellent construction, and great electronics.

As I said above, I could only find a limited use for the GT. In this limited setting, the unit is great -- Alesis' reverb is legendary for good reason, and the GT's presets are (for the most part) beautiful. But as a pre-amp, the GT pretty much sucks, and it's hard to get around this. I'd recommend an effects unit without a preamp -- get your core sound out of your amp (not out of your effects unit), and then tweek it with effects.

Most of the effets are fairly easy to control. The only problem I have is with the Resonators. I cannot get a clear explanation of what they are or how to use them (There is five I think)

Charvel M1, the two outputs (left,right) go into a converter and into my headphones. I find that it can be very noisy if the distortion is high.

I have never giged it but it has been trouble free.

Not very helpfull. I thought I might get some feedback after registering but no.

It needs abetter user manual and a better pre-amp.

About the same as most effects devices. Submenus to deal with although I've taken to usng a patch editor (X-OR) for this task.

This box has a clean sound and quite good reverbs for its price range The distortion available is limited but sounds excellent if your Guitar has high output (active electronics). The tone and clear and sustains like Larry Carlton or Lee Ritenour. I find Strats and passive humbucking pickups (Les Pauls, etc) less than satisfactory.

I have used this box in live settings for several years with no problems.

This is a good value for any PA or keyboard application. It is outstanding on accoustic guitars and any bright electric sounds that have percussive qualities. I recommend it for lead guitar only if you go for a clear sustain and suggest avoiding it if your needs are more hard rock oriented. Country, Jazz, and Folk players can't miss!















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Reasonably easy to use. The manual is unclear in parts, but not bad.

The digital effects are not bad. I would agree with others in this section that the preamp is not very usable. One real concern is that it seems to do something to the tone of my Crate tube amp even on bypass, and I'm not sure what.

Seems to be quite reliable

I would think twice about buyoing it again mainly because its bypass is not a true bypass. Its pretty good for digital effects on acoustic guitar though when going through a PA.

It's as easy and pleasant to use as possible considering the lack of a continuous data-entry controller; editing patches is a breeze; the manual is very sketchy - the one i got seems to be for the non-GT version

the digital fx are very clean; the pre-amp section is EXCELLENT for processing electronic drums and 303 acid-type sounds; the reverb is very good compared to my Boss SE-70 and build in fx (Korg Wavestation and Kurzweil K2000); the phasing effect is good, the resonant eq is very nice but quite recognizable

build like a tank; no problem gigging with it

would certainly buy it again; it beats the fx in my $2500 Kurzweil K2000 with a couple of magnitudes; everything sounds great through it; i chose this one because of preamp+digital combi; should probable have compared it with other guitar fx (i only use synths/electronic drums) but i'm very happy with it