Boss GE-7 Seven Band EQ

It can be tricky to set up for exactly the sound you want, but it does reward experimentation. It's a pretty idiot proof straightforward unit however...just dick around with the fine tuning anf you will be cool.

i use this with a line 6 dl4, boss rv-3 reverb delay and proco turbo rat into a fender blues jr. This thing KILLS. It makes my amp sound like it's about to burst into flames in the very best way. When the reverb and delays get thick you can lose alot of volume and definition...step on this baby and it creates a My Bloody Valentine-esque in your face swirling mass out of what once was just indecipherable noise. Also, when used as a boost by itself it creates a nice crunchy 70's rock vibe...all around great pedal, indespensible. Not noisey at all.

It's a BOSS, it'll be ok.

no idea.

I play mostly sonic youth, pixies style indie music with a good bit of wolfmother/fu manchu styled stoner rock on the side. This pedal is an integral part of all of my sounds. A great buy....if you are contemplating it, go for it.

simple, just adjust the sliders to get your desired tone

some people complained of noise and hiss. never had that problem with it but i'm using mine to cut frequecies. i bought this to sort out the sound from my fender hot rod deluxe amp. its a very loud amp and can be quite bassy with a little too much treble. i was going to take it to an expert and have it modified and a new speaker put in. it would simply have cost me nearly #200 hear in the uk. i was told about this pedal so thought i'd try it first, it was only #40 second hand in my local store. i'm glad i bought it. its sorted out my problems just with the stomp of a box. if you have this amp, or any other tube amp, u need this pedal. cuts unwanted frequencies right out. i own 5 boss pedals and this is the simplest but definitly the most essetial

are you kidding? its a boss right

never needed them. never had a problem with any boss product

the best money you can spend. by this pedal and once you've tried it, compare your tone without it. you won't believe how bad you used to sound

SIMPLE!

You don't need a manual.

Sounds great since you can dial it in to near perfection.
I run this with my LP & Lp Jr thru a Carvin & Mesa. It is
killer for boosting solo's.

Over the years I've found that Midrange is your best friend if you want your solo's to cut through. This pedal works great for Hard Rock/Punk Rock.

Boss pedals last!
The switch might go out, that's about it.

OK, not great.

For a Dirt/Crunch AC/DC tone this pedal is great for boosting leads.

I only use 1 channel amps & like one tone 100% of the time when playing live. If you play Hard Rock, have good tone pumping thru your amp & don't want more gain on top of your leads this pedal is one answer. I've tried just about every pedal on the market. My favorite is the Barber LTD. For now the LTD is at home in its box & the GE-7 is being used for live situations. The GE-7 doesn't sound like the LTD, but it does give a nice boost & a bit of gain if you peg the volume.
Boost the Mids, electric guitars are not your home stereo. You don't want the EQ settings in a V. Boost the Mid & you'll be happy with this pedal. Boss has been hit & miss with me. This is a great pedal, spend 5 minutes & dial it in.

just tweak the buttons then find the sound that ur looking for,

my set up is a alvarez guitar with rosewood on fretboard and front body and maple at the back, then into a boss-mt2, ge-7 and a peavy bandit amp. i crank the volume of the ge-7 up to 65%. it can can be a LITTLE noisy at high volume but its alright to me. cause it thickens my riffs and my tones. i'm not that sensititve about the noise, it adds more evil to my mt-2. the noise is tolerable just tweak the knos from ur amps then the LITTLE noise is gone. my ge-7 is (JAPAN made).

Hey like everybody here says it's BOSS never doubted it. even a wrestler can stomp into dis thing!!!! (hahahhaha)
I will definitely use it without a back- up.

never dealt with them

I play in two bands one a Thrash Metal band and a DeathMetal Band. with my mt-2 and my ge-7 my axe is more sharp and more powerful. i've been palying for 4 yrs now. i'm planning to get a boss ds2 for the lead parts, if it were stolen i'm gonna rip the head of that B@$T@RD!!! and if it were lost i'm definitely get a new one asap, this is my first equalizer and it will be my last.

if you know anything about sound and frequencies it shouldn't be too hard ;)

I'm using the ge-7 in the effects-loop of my Mesa/Boogie Studio 22+. My amp didn't come with the onboard graphic eq so i bought (this) one. It works absolutely great, no hiss whatsoever. When i bought the Mesa, the sound was okay, but not excellent like i expected it to be. Since i read all these ravings about this amp, i decided to try to put a graphic eq in the loop of it, cause there are two versions of the amp, one with and one without the graphic eq, and that did the trick. Altho i like mids in my sound, I mostly use the "v" shape cause this amp has got the highest level of mids of any amp that i've heard.. Cuts thru the mix like a knife thru butter.
This thing is absolutely awesome, and small adjustments make a huge difference in sound. If you're having trouble adjusting your amp to your liking i encourage you to try and put a graphic eq in the loop, you won't regret it. It's a tool that i think every guitarist should have, no matter how good the amp itself sounds.

it's made of metal, i would depend on it, sure

I play mostly hard-rock/metal, something like Tool, APC, Audioslave, Incubus and so on. The graphic eq really helps to fine-tune my sound to my liking, I will never ever again be without a graphic eq, no matter what amp i had. If it was lost/stolen, i'd buy it again in no time. I've been playing for approx 8-9 yrs and I have a Gibson Les Paul Studio and a Mesa/Boogie Studio 22+ combo, and this eq really helps the amp to shine through. I haven't tried using it in front of the amp, just in the fx-loop. Battery life seems pretty long

Facil utilizac?o. A grosso modo, 2 regulagens para grave, 3 para medios e 2 para agudos. E 1 para o volume.

Muito boam seu resultado final. Lembrando que se voce saturar os agudos, tera um otimo peda para empurrar os ganhos nos amplificadores valvulados, como os pedais MXR do Zack Wilde e o Tubescream da Ibanez.

Sua regulagem para ser lembrada depende somente de ouvido.

Nunca foi necessario... so n?o e true by pass : (

Para todos os tipos de som d e f i n i t i v a m e n t e !!!
Para musicos mais requintados, vai a dica: o equalizador de 10 bandas da MXR... este sim !!

I think that it is a straight ahead device but any user would have to understand the different frequencies on each slider to really get the most out of it. For beginners or a good starting point, I would suggest to visit the Boss Website to review their guide / manuals for typical settings. Other than that I would trust my ears to see what you can create.

I have used this with my 87 and 91 Charvel, 84 American Strat, 05 Squire Tele, 73 Ibanez, and a Gabanelli Bajo Sexto. I have used the pedal with Crate, Marshall, Tech 21, and Vox amps.

Can be good to boost your signal or for rhythm work. The pedal can give your guitar a lot presence. I only have used it for clean guitar work for R&B, soul, funk, Tejano, Latin and rock work. I used it to boost the signal on the Bajo Sexto for Conjunto / Tejano music.

Pretty good with Chorus and Delay. Could not get a good combination with a distortion pedal.

It is a really noisy pedal after using it live for a couple of months.

It is a really noisy pedal after using it live for a couple of months. The screws became loose and I get a "ungrounded" type noise. Also noisy on the level slider.

I would not use this without a backup or an alternative

When it was working it was a good addition to my sound but since it noisy after being banged up - I had to take out of my pedalboard.

Very easy to use, didn't even look at the manual.

No added noise from what I can hear, until the level is boosted extremely on it.

I see some people are writing about how they "can't use it in front of a high-gain pedal". Simple solution: use it AFTER the high gain pedal. Using the EQ after distortion/overdrive sounds a hell of a lot better than before. Think about it: you're using the EQ to cut some unwanted frequencies from your signal.. and then sending that signal to a pedal that generates those same undesired frequencies? That sounds ridiculous when you think about it. If you have the OD/DIST before the EQ in your pedal, you can easily cut the unwanted frequencies that your OD/DIST pedal is generating.

Bottom line: run your guitar through your overdrive/distortion, and THEN to your EQ. I'm sure you'll like what you hear.

As everyone has said before: BOSS. End of story.

BOSS products, from my experience, are EXTREMELY reliable.
I own BOSS CS-3, DS-1, MT-2, GE-7, and PH-3 pedals; and I've never had to replace one or get it repaired.

I don't know how much power each pedal uses, because I just plug mine to the wall with an adapter.
Never once have the pedals given out on me, any of them.

I've never had to use customer support: BOSS products have been so reliable for me that I've never had a problem.

I'm in a punk-rock band, so you could imagine that aggressively stomping the shit out of the pedals would do some harm, but it clearly hasn't.
This pedal is perfect for me to raise the mids of my sound for a sharper tone that really stands out from the rest of the band, but doesn't hiss. The sound from this EQ pedal is uncomparable.
If something ever happened to this pedal, I would definately replace it with another GE-7. I don't care if they come out with a new model, this one works perfect for me.
I love the control. Anyone can work this pedal, and anyone can use it to get just the sound that they want.
It's perfect the way it is, I don't think any extra features would do it any better.
One thing to maybe add upon it is being able to have more than one EQ setting stored in it, but then again there is a BOSS twin-pedal that can do just that, so this one's fine for a compact pedal.

If you haven't tried this pedal, give it a shot.
Just remember: use it AFTER your overdrive or distortion, not before (unless you want it to do nothing but generate noise).

TIP:
GUITAR -> WAH -> COMPRESSION -> OD/DIST -> EQ -> MODULATION (phaser, chorus, flanger, octave, etc.) -> AMBIENCE (delay, reverb) -> AMP

Slide them up or down, EQ is an art though, its not somthing you can be taught, you can be taught basic pointers like where a snare drum has most of its energy etc, but the rest is a good ear and experience.
Or move them up and down and see if you find a sound that you like.

Noisy bastard.
I couldn't believe how much hiss it generated, I would have never expected a massive gain in hiss with CUTTING frequencies, that just goes against everything!
The Danelectro is smaller and plastic but it does the same job, does not change the sound and is SILENT, for a fraction of the price.

I bought two Boss pedals, one works, the other became faulty.

You are JOKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it under the 3 year warranty, send it to Boss, they throw it in the bin and send you a new one.
If it's not you're buggered, they charge #78 AN HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!! to repair things.

Too noisy.

The GE7 is very simple to operate; you can boost or cut up to 15db, and it has silent FET switching.

I had a GE7 many years ago and pretty much left it on all the time, which led me to believe that "geez, this thing doesn't do too much for me." Recently I began a quest for a clean boost pedal, and happened upon a used GE7. It turned about to be just about what I was looking for. I play Strats or a Hamer through a mid-60s Bandmaster through 4-10s, then into a Tube Screamer, a Shredmaster and finally a Zoom 707-2. It sounds great with the level at zero, while the mids are boosted fairly high. Great tone!! No noise at all, no funky addition or subtraction of tone while disengaged. It does kind of kick the amp in the pants a bit even set at unity gain, but that's okay with me. Overall, a fantastic pedal. I just stomp it for solos or parts that need to jump out.

It's Boss, you know the gig, pretty darn tough, just watch your battery connection and the screw.

Eh?

I needed something for a boost for solos or parts that need to stick out in the mix, and the GE7 fits the bill perfectly. It works great with my clean tone and my multi-effects unit, too, so I have to give the overall rating a 10 for me.