Boss GE-7 Seven Band EQ

Easy to use. Just sliders.

I'm running this with a Crate GTX 100, guitars are Strat, S.G., ES 335. The key to this pedal is to run it through the effects loop, if you have one on your amp. It still is a little noisy, but it does the job. I have it on pretty much all the time. I use it to scoop the mids a little. Like I said it does the job. My chain is simply, dunlop WAH, Envelope Filter, Boss BD-2, Digitech Digidelay. I run the chorus and E.Q. through the effects loop. Ive moved them all around and this is what works for me. This pedal does exactly what I wanted it to do, nothing more.

It's a Boss

Never used it.

This pedal works for me. I play a jazz, blues, country thing so my sound is always evolving. I've been playing a long time and have always had an E.Q. in the loop, it doesn't mess with the other effects if you keep in the effects loop. If it were stolen I'd replace it.

7 sliders, pretty easy to use.

NOISE! I can't believe Boss would make such a peice of ****.

Worked for the short time I used it.

Never used them.

The noise produced by this thing is unreal, totally useless for recording, passable in a live environment. Think about it, there's a mod out there to replace some of the junk inside with better quality electronics to get rid of the noise. why buy it if you have to mod it to work? Try the mxr 7 band instead. This pedal ruined me for Boss, last pedal I bought from them. If they hear that noise and think that's ok for a $100 pedal, I'll give my business to somebody else.

Seven band EQ with a boost and cut for volume. It don't do nothing.

I use good equipment and I've been playing for almost a year and I am pretty good and I wanted a EQ pedal to even out my awesome tone and smooth it out better. That is why I bought it but it sucks and it didn't make my tone cleaner like it was supposed to do. I still get a lot of feedback so this is useless and doesn't even work. RIPOFF.

Brownsville thug-->Brownsville MT500/Metal Tone-->DOD FX70 Metal-->DOD FX86-B DOD Death Metal-->DOD FX80-B Compressor/Sustain-->DOD FX40-B Graphic EQ-->Jimi Hendrix wah wah-->boss chorus-->Boss GE 7 EQ-->Crate MX120R Amp, distortion channel.

I run all the distortions at maximum to get the tone of Joe Satrianni. My CRATE IS AT LEAST AS GOOD AS JOE SATRIANNIS CRATE AMP. I have my Crate on 10-every knob on 10 and a Rocktron Nitro with 20db of gain in the loop.

I thought the GE 7 pedal would help but it does nothing. Joe Satrianni plays a Brownsville Thug like mine. Why can't I get his tone?

Don't try this. It makes no difference in my pedal board. RIPOFF.

Like I said. I'm pretty good for playing for a year. I'm as good as Joe Satrianni but its frustrating because my rig doesn't sound as good as his. I am trying to get on tour with him but I need a good rig. The BOSS GE 7 did nothing to help. I am going to trade it for a Metal Zone.
Don't buy this pedal becuz it suks. I'll be on the G3 tour in a year, guaranteed.

it's an equilizer, not a space ship :) simple to use - a level control plus 7 bands of eq. all i was looking for.

i bought it to put it in the effect loop of my marshall jcm 900 and it really did the job. the amp till then sounded harsh, too much high frequencies and no bottom. 2 minutes after and i had a way better sounding amp! it's not noisy (but it's the only stompbox i use), it doesn't colour you tone. great.

i do depend on it. the amp without the ge-7 sounds bad. the box is also very reliable - but it's a boss, what do you expect?

no idea... never needed it.

i play mostly r'n'r. i read about how i could improve the sound of my amp and getting the ge-7 was an option. got it used, cheeap & in very good conditions. it is a simple, effective and very good solution for my problem.

of course one must mess around to get the setting you want for either "what-ever" or that channel switch or lead switch. I bought this from a friend and no manual was with it. ( traded it for a 6-pack of Michelob ultra!)

it makes noise. I initially used it/ bought it to tweak a decent clean tone out of my Randall amp for my Strat on the clean channel. That actually works as Randalls have a bass-midrange lock on tone that you cannot escape especially with the rg100sc versions ( you can get massive bass rumbling crunching distortions from hell/heaven). Dimebag gave me the idea to try this and it really opened up the amp for clean tones . I noticed at least 50% of everone has problems with this thang.. I have a long effects chain through a Furman power conditioned board and run guitar into board and into amp ( not through the effects loop). I then use an effects loop with JUST the Boss EQ and it works good as most of my use of this is live, the noise the pedal makes is not that much an issue.

i t i s a b o s s

huh?

I play basically anything... in the past 5 years I have played in a southern rock band, a progressive Christian band ( who I really used this pedal with exclusively with), an 80's metal band and our originals/blues duo. It's just too noisy to use in quiet situations and only good for one or two switching options in live music which it is best at such as over-all EQ help or solo timbre. For Randall amp sufferrers, Dimebag used an MXR to do it for him and it works! If you use a SS Randall- try it.....and celebrate with a "blacktooth grin"

Very easy, after playing for 10 minutes i figued it out.

It's perfect. Some effects with the volume at 10 get a little fuzzy, other than that it's perfect!

I've only rented it, it's never been through anything.

Good sound quality, doesn't mix well with other low-quality distortion or wah pedals. Good for solo's and many options. Epic Pedal. Never used boss, but now i'm switchin from KORG to BOSS!

It's simple enough to use, in theory, but I haven't been able to get a good sound out if it yet. The layout and all makes sense though, and is very straightforward.

This pedal is a 3-time loser in my book:

1.) The second you plug this into your chain, it sucks tone. A/B it a few times before even turning it on and you'll see. I lose alot of treble with this pedal even being in my lineup.

2.) Turning it on, it's pretty loud, and gives out a constant hiss with the level up.

3.) The EQ options here I guess are ok, but on alot of settings it gives me this weird "glitchy" sound with my pick attack. Kind of like a compressor would, but worse.

Overall, this pedal does nothing for me. I've had it for a month now, and keep trying to like it in different applications, but it just keeps working its way out of my setup.

I was hoping to use it to scoop my mids (the only real use for this pedal I think) to get a more singing/professional sounding tone for solos. Slash, Warren Haynes, etc. While this unit gets you in the ballpark, it's just too much of a cheap sounding effect that messes with the rest of your tone too much to keep in a rig.

HOWEVER, there's not a whole lot of choice out there for Graphic EQ's, so I'm gonna send this out for a mod and see if that does the trick.

FYI, this review is based on: Strat->Boss GE-7->Ibanez TS-9->Fender Blues Deluxe

Looks pretty reliable. I bought mine used and some of the white plastic EQ level covers had fallen off, so those are probably the only unreliable part.

Like I said: what are your options here really? Unless you want to use rackmount gear, there's just not alot of Graphic EQ options available. I see some potential in this unit, enough that I'm gonna send it out for a mod and see how that goes. If it works out well I'll review the mod I choose.

If you're determined to use this, it would best be applied before a distortion pedal, or in an effects loop.

It has 7 sliders for standard / classic eq set up like on old sckool hi-fis or old boogie amps. Easy to use and understand.

Absolutely fantastic. I am not an anal sound freak who has been confined to his bedroom like perhaps the previous pundit. This is a practical simple industry standard bit of gear that has a number of uses in a live rig. I use it in the fx loop of my marshall to provide a solo boost which is controllable. It does that maginificently better than any other pedal for the money. It can be used to balance your signal when doing a guitar change or to shape the tone for a different song etc. It is very useful bit of gear that you will find a on many GIGGING guitarists pedal boards.

I have neever had a boss pedal go wrong - ever. I am 40 and have always gigged Boss stuff. Recently I was duped into getting a Digitech tuner. Bad mistake!

No opinion because nothing has ever gone wrong so I have not spoken to them!!!!

Brilliant pro piece of gear that should be on your pedal board somewhere.

This pedal is very simple to use. Provided of course, you know what the controls do (which isn't difficult to understand).

The controls all do what they are supposed to, except for a few issues.
OK......
I'm not sure if there are bad batches of this unit or not. But this pedal lowers the fidelity of my guitar sound.

Now, if ALL of the sliders are set to zero, there will be virtually no difference between on/bypassed signals. However, there IS a detrimental quality difference between having/not having this unit in your chain.

More importantly, if you move ANY of the sliders UP or DOWN,
you will notice(unless you have a hearing problem) a slight non-musical distortion of your signal(due to interfering noise) and a faint hiss. You may not be able to detect it if you play with lots of drive already (and even then, it messes with my drive sounds).

NO EQ UNIT SHOULD DISTORT YOUR SIGNAL LIKE THIS. Especially when cutting frequencies

Other than that, it works just fine.

All these guys who say BOSS pedals are indestructible, must be repeating what the commissioned music store salesman said
I have had brand-new BOSS pedals cut-out/fail due to switches, 1/4" jacks, grounding issues, and loose AC jacks (during shows no less).
When they work(which is most of the time) they are okay.
Sure, the metal housing will last forever, but that doesn't imply fail-safe operation.

I still use some boss pedals though
(they have good delay-type and filter-type effects).
However, these GE-7 units are broken before they leave the factory.

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I mostly a fusion of all of my influential styles (Old Prog-Rock, Art-Rock, (Hard)Rock, Classical, Jazz, Soul, Psychedelic, Chiptunes.
My current setup is...
Ibanez AR-300 --> Zvex Fuzz Factory -> Fulltone Full-Drive 2 (Red-Orange) -> Boss PW-10 wah -> Radial Hot-British distortion -> Radial Classic distortion -> Boss DD-3 delay -> Moog Moogerfooger MF-103
12-stage Phaser --> Fender '65 twin reverb custom 15 (reissue).

If it were lost or stolen, I would hunt the bastard down and thank him.

Very very simple to use. Just adjust the sliders to shape your tone.

I play a American Series Strat through a Traynor YCV20 15W tube amp. I have owned this pedal for about a year. The first 3 months I had it in various areas of my pedal chain, going into the amp input. I experimented to find that it sounded better before my OD pedal. I played this way for a while and my ears became sensitive to my new shaped sound. I played with the GE-7 in this position for some time. For some reason I then decided to insert it in my amps FX Loop. Wayyy better sounding now. I left it there for a while and again got used to the sounds I was creating. My pedal collection began to grow and one day I just went F-it an removed all my pedals from my signal and began with the basics. A Boss SD-1 into the front of the amp, a EH SMM/W Hazarai delay and a modded Boss CE-3 in the FX loop. I liked this set up. I played this set up for the past several months with out the GE-7 being used at all. Recently I plugged in the GE-7 to try it out again. In the FX loop. I tried to adjust it to discover different sounds. I found myself screwing with everything. My OD pedal, my delay, my compression pedal, and the amp's Bass Mid and Treble settings. I screwed around for about an hour trying to get that sweet sound I found before I introduced the GE-7. Finally I stopped and went...Keep this simple ...What have I changed here? I removed the GE-7 and dialed in the sound I was trying to find again. I thought? Huh? Weird. I repeated the test a few times, GE-7 in the loop, GE-7 removed and put away completely. I even re-introduced the GE-7 and left it off. It robbed my tone when it was off even. This pedal is not true by-pass. In my experience it does rob tone.

It is my opinion that this pedal is a finicky pedal. It works well for some, and not for others. It will sound better in different positions in your FX chain. It would appear that the one constant thing here is it works best in the FX loop. If you really, really are "into your sound" and find yourself buying and selling pedals in your search for the perfect tone, you will not be satisfied with this GE-7 EQ. For me, it is back in the box and not being used. I may find a MXR 10 band and give it a try. It is true by-pass.

Rock solid reliability.

I have been playing now for about 25 or so years. I have 2 tube amps, 2 Fender guitars and several pedals. I would not replace this GE-7 if it were stolen or lost. I like the simplicity and durability of this pedal. It works like it should but it does rob your tone in my experience.

Mine is a Humphrey Audio Mods version.
They do customer mods of yo can buy pedals ready moded from them.
www.haudiomods.webs.com

Easy to use. Very self explanatory really.
NO comparing it to the stock version. Read on

Here's the problem. It's noisy/Hiss souning and won't reproduce bass notes in fast succession without losing volume. I contacted Humphrey audio and they explained that tis unit "Sags" or becomes underpowered when in the heat of battle.
They cured all the problems and it's a pristine unit worthyof a '10' now compared to a 2 before.

Don't expect issues, and Humphrey has a lifetime guarantee.

Nothing like this anywhere. COMPLETE customer service all the way.
I hihly recommend this compan to anyone out there.

I had Humphrey work over every pedal I use on stage, and the differene is amazing.
His version of this Boss EX is the best thing I could evern recommend to anyone who eed a high quality EQ in a small package.
Just DO IT!!

OK It's fairly easy, but I'm giving it a 7 as it'll take a little getting used to at first. Once your over the first hurdle it'll give you a lot of fun, but as I say it's getting used to how the guitar frequencies work, patience is the key!

I use 2 marshals, an SLX & a 1987x plexi, I've ben using this pedal in front. First of all I used it to give a lead tone and boost, these are a bit noisy for that so I'd recommend upgrading a few components, that sorts it out. I found the sounds pretty good( if what you want is a straight forward enhancement of what you've got...guitar tone wise, think Slash, S.R.V ect), how ever I've discovered that straight outa the box these are best for cutting frequencies. As a rule i like the old approach of rolling of the volume for a cleaner sound, thats not always quick enough though, depending on what kinda music you play, so I took my time and got the GE-7 mimicking that "rolled off" sound that I like! Bingo, it works perfectly here to my liking.

It never ever goes wrong, tough construction, it'll take a few knocks.

never needed it.

I'm a Hard rock player, this does the job pretty good, If ya need to upgrade it, it's still not as expensive as some other EQ's, especially second hand. I've been playing for...mmm...23 years, For lead type sounds I've had stuff like GE-7, the KLON CENTAUR..(very smooth but not as versatile), the Ibanez TS-808 tube screamer I still use. A grafic EQ is much more diverse, loads more control over the sound, and is often great used in combination with a drive pedal to give extra control. If it were stolen I'd be pissed right off as I'm already gonna get another one so's to have 1 each end of my FX chain. There are better ones out there , but not at the price so you way it up, Definitely the most versatile type of pedal.

Easy to use...except that the sliders are very close together (as others have mentioned) but they stay put pretty well when you get them dialed in. Just a matter of using your ears and finding what works for you..

I use this through my effects loop...I don't detect any hiss running it like this...

This thing really helped me out...I'm kind of stuck with my current amp due to financial restraints (I'm not gonna buy another amp until I can get what I really want)...my current amp has a terrible high pitched sound in the drive channel that can't be dialed out with the on board eq...I've had good luck getting the frequencies I didn't like out of my tone and zeroing in on the ones I want with this thing...which is what an EQ is for! Since I'm mostly dropping frequencies out, my amp volume dropped too...no problem: I just bumped the level control up a notch.

Boss products are well built...this one is no different...if you leave it on all the time like I do, it will eat batteries...use the ac adaptor if you can...

Na

As mentioned, this thing can help you get more out of the amp you already own by getting rid of unwanted frequencies and enhancing the ones you like...at least that's what I use it for and it works great.

Very easy to use once you know how EQ works and where to place it (read below)

Excellent sound quality now that I understood where to place it for my needs (been using it for past 10+ year with ****** sound quality!)
The main goal for me when buying this pedal was to have a relatively clean boost for the lead work. I thought it was making sense putting it in the effect loop to get this extra volume needed to make myself heard. BIG DISAPOINTMENT that i learned to live with until yesterday at rehersal.
Don't aske me why, but i spent some time the other day thinking back on that pedal and why it sounded so like crap when other people are so happy with it. ANSWER : if you want a clean boost for lead work place it LAST in the chain in your FX Loop. Mine was first in the chain, and was generating nothing but microphonic feedback, hiss whatever, enterint (boosted) the other pedals (boss delay and chorus). It is now working as it was supposed to do... after 10+ years of misuse!!!
It may sound stupid, which I might be, but as simple and logical as it seems to me today, it never was for the past years!
so if you want clean volume boost (even slight mid boost), LAST ON THE FX LOOP after ALL other pedals.

Easy to use... like an EQ. Read on.

Great.
You must find the best place to source an EQ. Just like any other pedal.
An EQ should always be used to cut frequencies first and foremost.

I've had Boss all my life.

I can put this in a different line up and get noise, and get poor sound quality.
If you have noise, it is not being situated best.
And if you are ramping up to get a booster, you need an amp.

Nothing that hasn't been stated before

I stated in my previous review it had a lot of noise. I found that it must be placed last in the pedal chain (closest to the amp input) in order to be more silent. Sure wish Boss would have bothered to mention this in their manual. Oddly, the unit does not default to "On" when plugged in. Wish they had a user selectable switch that would determine if it was either on or off when first plugged in. As it is now, my Boss Metal Core goes "on" and the Ge-7 is "off" and don't you know I wish it was the opposite.

Very reliable, especially if you use a power supply instead of batteries.

I email them about an issue and they got back within 24 hours with a good solution.

For some reason no company wants to break away from the crowd and off more features in the individual pedals (like a state selection switch) or even an obvious On/Off switch. Oh well. Certainly not a great value new ($99) but you can find plenty on Craigs list or ebay for half that.

None of Boss's pedal manuals state the power is always on when it's plugged in even when the light is out so I certainly wouldn't give good marks for the first battery it costs to find that out. This is a fairly major oversight.

I think it's crap. It has a hiss or whoosh sound that gets louder when you play. At first I liked the pedal till I noticed that very annoying sound. Strange because their Metal Core pedal doesn't add any sound even when I crank the tone knobs. Other than that it's not a parabolic equalizer so it's not all that great to begin with. Any adjustments on a parametric brings up a pretty wide frequency area, not nearly as nice as a parabolic's exact frequency sharpness. But, I don't think anyone makes a parabolic pedal for some reason. Must admit I'm a beginner and this is all new to me.

I bet it would last forever

Don't know

I have a Peavey Classic 30 and a Gibson Mahogany with Burstbucker Pros that I like very much. I bought the GE-7 to add a ton of bass because that's the sound I like. The BB Pros really keep it from sounding muddy. It makes a really nice deep tone with the amp's bass at 100% and just the 100hz of the GE-7 at 100%. But I'll have to do without the GE-7 because that loud whoosh is just too annoying.

If you know anything about EQ, it's absolutely ok. I don't have a fantastic ear but I'm able to shape my tones to my liking pretty easily. It's 7 eq sliders and a volume slider. Can't ask for much easier. I had an MXR 6 band eq but the lack of a volume control or an on/off switch did it in for me. One other good thing: this was actually cheaper than either an MXR micro amp (booster) OR an MXR 6 band eq. It does both at once. That's why I chose it. Volume boost at your fingertips (well, so to speak...)

I've had MXR 6 band and 10 band eq's, a Pearl 8 band and 2 of these units, one Japanese and one Taiwanese. I couldn't tell any difference between the 2 Boss units. I use it for volume boost and sometime for modifying my tone a bit, especially to balance tone through my different amps.

I use a Fender Mustang, Jaguar and Strat (all Japanese) through a 1970s Vase Trendsetter valve head (with Marshall 210), a Peavey Classic 30 and a Fender Super 210 all valve. Pedals are always changing but there's usually a Boss LM-2 limiter, DS-1, GE-7, LS-2 line selector, AW-2 auto wah, Dunlop wah and Marshall EchoHead delay (FANTASTIC delay). I can't hear too much extra noise from, unless I go rank with the high frequencies. Used in moderation, it is excellent.

Boss 10/10. This is probably my 40th Boss pedal and not one has ever given me trouble. I've had 3 Washburn pedals- all had reliability issues. Zoom, likewise. Korg, ditto. DOD/Digitech...the same. Boss are just unbelieveable.

They've started publishing their manuals online (about time) but they're not especially supportive. The bossarea.com site is the best resource (but it's not run by Boss, just by Boss fans). Bossarea is very cool.

Boss are fortunate that their products are such high quality, support is very rarely needed. Although, I'm sure they factored that in to their business plan...

I play mostly alterante/indie stuff, although I can't think that this pedal would especially one genre over another. Great little package, if used sparingly. It irritates me when people complain about it getting 'boomy' when they turn the bass up or 'shrill' when they boost treble. Be careful what you wish for...

Super Simple overall. Seven slices of the sound spectrum, wach with a slider for plus or minus (up to) 15 db. And an overall boost / cut slider for plus or minus up to 15 db.

The sliders are very very closely spaced, and 15db is crammed into like an inch of less of slider throw. If you have not used an eq device, note that a db or two makes a noticeable difference, so between the closely spaced sliders, and the short adjustment distance, it's awkward doing fine adjustments.

I have not tried any other eq devices, so I cannot give this a rating relative to all eq boxes on the market. I do not use effects much -- just a little slapback delay and maybe a dab of compression, with mild amp power-tube overdrive so that I can go from clean to slight breakup with the guitar volume.

If you don't like to read, here's the executive summary: These are great! If you like details, read on.

1) If you've never used an eq before, get ready for a WHOLE NEW WORLD. These little magic boxes fix your tone the way an airbrush fixes a playboy bunny's cellulite and moles. No guitar or amp is totally perfect -- there's always something like too much muddiness or whatever that is hard to fix with the amp tone controls alone. Enter the eq -- which will let you fine tune the raspiness or muddiness OUT of your tone. It also lets you compensate for an amp's weak areas or adjust to a room that is harsh or flat. Some folks might use these to try to make a strat sound like a gibson, which you could (sort of) do, but that's not really my intent. I started by taking my absolute best guitar ('59 LP cloud-9 reissue), and I'd been pretty darn happy with the tone, yet was amazed that a few minor eq tweaks (like plus or minus 2 to 5db) SIGNIGICANTLY improved the sound. I just removed a little muddiness on the low strings, and presto! True perfection in the tone.

2) I use this through the EFFECTS LOOP -- where it's not at all noisy, and provides high quality tone. If you instead use it up front, between guitar and amp, you WILL get hissing noise, and the tones generally are not as likable, and become less so as you turn the amp gain up. In short, these are best through the effects loop, or if you don't have one, it will sound better in front of a clean amp.

3) I have a number of really super guitars, and was able to surprise myself with the improvements this little eq made to every single one of them. As they say, 'don't leave home without it'!

Don't know.

No idea.

You gotta get one of these! Either the Boss or the MXR model will do the trick.

It's pretty straight forward, easy to get the hang of it.

Id give it a 9 for sound quality, only because I can imagine there are better ones(but probably not in this price range). Just running it between my amp(Blues Jr) and guitar it is amazing. It's a tweaking pedal, let's you tweak your sound a bit closer to "it". The output level slide is what really makes this pedal for my rig, I dig the bluesy overdrive of my amp but I can really kick it off with this pedal to a whole 'nother level, just feels raw... Great for boosting lead work, and cleaning up and focusing your clean tones. I was actually about to replace my pickups before I got this, but it really enhances them and lets me get rid of some of their harshness in the mid-high range I was looking to change.

Hasn't broke yet...but I havent had it very long.

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This is my first eq pedal so I can't really compare it with anything else, so if it ever got stolen I would probably try something else, see if I can upgrade to something a bit more diverse(a 10 band eq). That said though... I really like this pedal and would hate to lose it. It keeps the tone of my guitar really well, and runs buzz free. I play mostly bluesy type rock, and it really pulls my sound together so I love it.

experiment with it and you'll find a sound you like

To me it sounds very good when put between guitar and amp. I don't use it in the amps fx loop because I think it makes the amp sound flat.
Between guitar and amp I turn the bass a little down en the mids up (on the ge-7) this makes it all come to life.

I'm on stage every week and this pedal has never ever let me down in 7 years of gigs.

it's not to expensive and it sounds great. I will buy it again when this one get's old or stolen. if it doesn't sound good to you either your guitarpick-up or amp sucks.

Easy to use.

Noisy as hell. May be I should do some modifications to it , to make it work.

I think you'd need to have modification done to it to make it sound good.

Never needed them.

If it were stolen, I'd thank the person and give them free guitar lessons for life !!!!. I've been playing 29 years, I play Neo-Classical-Metal, Thrash, Blues and Fusion. The unit makes the tone thin and shrilly.

As easy as other EQ pedals ;)

My setup is jem/grg through Boss TU2 - Morley Bad horsie 2 - Line6 Uber metal - Digitech digidelay - Boss GE7. I'm using it for the mid boost during solo, I've never heard of any noise or hum that some have claim.

Like many have said it's a boss.

Never dealt with them.

Overall I'm giving the GE7 a 10, I've never like boss products except for their tuner and this EQ pedal, All of boss products can't challenge upcoming companies such as line 6 or digitech, but this GE7 is here to stay with me, If it got lost I'll definitely buy a new one.

Easy enough to use if you have any knowledge of EQ's.

This is the second time ive owned this pedal. I returned it the first time because I really didnt know what I wanted. I gave a MXR 6 band EQ a try but it didnt work well in my amps effects loop,,some sort of thumping sound happened when I added too much bass. This didnt happen with the Boss. I use this in the effects loop of my mesa boogie rectoverb and it works great. Ive tried it with a peavey classic 50 also and it seemed to actually quiet both amps a bit.Not as much as a noise suppressor but it help. Added benifit I guess. The pedal is not noisy at all,,,note, like I said in the above, ease of use column..You need a bit of knowledge when using these otherwise you will get noise like other people have said. It is best to cut frequencies with these.
If you go and raise every level to the max you will get noise. If you raise the volume level,,far right slider, up too far you will get noise. If you decide you only want to raise the levels, then lower the volume level to where your amp would be without the pedal.

Its a Boss

Never spoke with them

I havent tried every EQ pedal out there,,but then again they should all pretty much do the same thing. Some have 6 bands,,others have 7 and some even have 10. I personally dont see the need for a 10band.
I mentioned above that I did try the MXR 6 abd EQ. Other than the noise I got through the loop of my amp I found not having a volume level on the unit bugged the hell out of me. So to me thats important. The Boss seems to do just fine for me so I have decided to keep it..Now Im happy.

seven EQ bands and a volume switch. it's dead simple.

no matter what setting it's at, the GE-7 adds no noise whatsoever to my signal.

it's a boss, it'll hold up.

i'm not exaggerrating when i say this is my favorite pedal. no matter what song i'm playing or what tone i'm looking for, this thing adds something to it with no noise. i have found so many awesome tones with the GE-7, it has opened me up to countless new ideas as a guitarist and a musician.