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.

Takes a little tweaking, like most products. But once it's there, this thing is tops!

A little noise in the treble channels. Here's the thing- I play through a 1970 Silverface Twin. With the ground switch on, noisy as could be. Without the ground, no noise to speak of except for the high end treble.

It's a boss. Yes, I would use without a backup.

I play old school Jam style music. I play a Fender Stratosonic with Di Marzio Humbuckers. The Fender is a decent guitar, but it lacks some of the tonal qualities of a heavier guitar like a les paul. This evens out the playing field. I can model my sound and it is absolutely incredible. I don't know how I went so long without it.

IGNORE THE REVIEW UNDER THIS I MADE A MISTAKE!
This this is really easy to use. 7 faders and one level pretty simple.

Sound quality is great. Some people say it makes some exsessive noise, I dont know about that but they sell mod kits for this.

As everything boss this this will work forever.

Havent had to deal

WOuld buy it the same day if I lost it. Perfect product and will prolly get the mod kit to see what it does.

Its kinda easy when u get used to it. Your always gonna be messing around with the faders and constantley moving them up and down but i think its really effective.

If you can control the feedback this things is perfect for guitar or bass. I would def buy another one but I really wanted the green one but that one is rare. The battery lasts for a long time.

Totaly dependable, would not need a backup although it does sound good when ur using 2 at the same time example band muse song hysteria

Havent had any complaints although i would assume it would be hard to talk to them

Great for experimental music. Been playing for about 5 years. I would def buy this again, i got lucky on it i got a deal $25 on ebay. I would like some more tone knobs on it, it only has one and it does a good job but i think one more would make it perfect but i have a equalizer pedal so it all works out for me.

Easy enough to use. Seven sliders and a gain slider.

Very good sound quality. Got it to add some EQ to a Fender Pro amp.

Never any problems with Boss pedals.

No idea.

I got this pedal to add some EQ to my Fender Pro amp which only has a volume and tone knob. I was surprised. I recently put a Fishmam active resonator pickup in my National Style O. It works fine but has a lot of treblle in this little amp. Not only did it solve the lack of miid and bass problem it increased the output gain ten fold. I plugged in a Les Paull Jr into the same amp with it. Wow. (The amp has been modified a bit with a Celestion Vintage 10 speaker and some different tubes) Its now a ten inch monster. Before the EQ I could play the amp up to 7 and 8. Now 2 on the volume does it. I play mostly acoustic guitars. I shoulld have bought this a long time ago.

7 sliders that are clearly marked. Move them up or down if you want the sound to go up or down. Simple.

Setup:
Peavey Horizon II > Boss TU-2 > Dunlop crybaby wah > Boss SD-1 > Digitech RP80 > Boss GE-7 > Peavey Horizon II

Very clear sounding, I use it as a mid and volume boost for solos. I've heard this doesn't sound good with tube amps, but I don't seem to have this problem. Then again, my amp takes pedals very well. I've also heard that these are noisy, but I didn't find that at all either. Of course if you crank the volume to max its going to be noisy (like any pedal) but other than that, there really isn't any noticable buzz.

Its a Boss. Of course its indestructable.

Never dealt with.

This pedal is amazing in my setup, like I said I use it as a mid and volume boost for solos, and it does the job well. Without this pedal I either had to drown everyone else out the whole song and be good for the solo, or be at a good level the whole song and too quiet in the solo. I would definately purchase this pedal again if lost or stolen.

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.

All EQ pedals are similar, even in the frequencies they control. Easy to operate but you need to understand what the level slider is for--to make the volume match when the pedal is engaged or disengaged if you're just shaping tone or say cutting feedback with an acoustic, or to boost volume appropriately for solos.

All EQ pedals are similar, but many reviewers of other brands say this pedal has the "Boss stank"--a hi-mid boost that's there even when the pedal is disengaged, you can't get rid of it, and I gather that's characteristic of many Boss pedals, so consider that when testing this pedal.

What I really want to say here: in quickly scanning these dozens and dozens of reviews I only saw one player suggest BOOSTING midrange for guitar solos. Everyone else seems to love the V-shape configuration that sucks all the mids out. This is what most people do with their stereos as well--it leaves nothing behind except the lows and highs so cymbals and vocal "s's" sizzle and bass-end tones come through stronger in the mix, which people seem to love. And SOME scooped-mid is par for the metal guitar scene, but think about it. Without any mids like a lot of other reviewers are suggesting--cutting the mids to just above -15dB!?--your tone is competing with the bass guitar and the cymbals, and who do you think will win that battle? You will if you crank it up, but the battle isn't for domination of the low and high frequencies(which will result in an incomprehensible mess for your sound man and your audience), the battle is for each player to fit into the mix to create music. Midrange is where the guitar lives because that's where guitar strings are tuned--why avoid the very tones that the guitar produces? A LITTLE BIT of scoop for metal rhythm playing can give you the true metal feeling while still allowing you to fit into the mix. The sound man can then adjust for the room. But for SOLOS, whether you play blues, rock, metal, deathmetal, speedmetal, grindmetal, buttmetal, jazz, zydeco, or nursery rhymes, my god, BOOST YOUR MIDRANGE! You will have a fatter, more professional, and much more satisfying sound that you will even be able to hear. Your favorite players only sound like they're scooping the crap out of their mids because I bet that's how you have your car or home stereo set--you're either boosting your bass and treble or heavily scooping your mids, or all three, if you're like most people. Kids start training your ears for the real thing--set your stereo not too far from flat and you'll hear what the band heard in the studio, get it? I promise you'll not only get used to it, but someday you'll look back and wonder how you ever stood the extreme settings you used to use, and same goes for your guitar. Extreme scooped mids may work in your bedroom to get an appealing stand-alone chugga-chugga sound, but if you want to sound good in a band setting you need to carve out your place in the midrange along with the singer, just like all your favorite players have done. Listen.

If you're a blues player you probably already know all this because you probably use a Tubescreamer which is a mid-boost/volume boost to slam the front end of a tube amp. Any EQ pedal can produce both of the same effects with even more control--mid boost and volume boost. Great trick and cheaper too if you get a cheaper EQ pedal than this one. I use a $20 6-band Rocktek BASS eq for blues guitar playing sometimes, cheap plastic so I don't know if it will last, but the effect is great and I like the two sliders in the midrange ballpark (640hz and 1280hz). No slider above 2400hz but again I don't care, I can cut or boost treble at the guitar if I want (Strat Plus). I also play bass so this is versatile for me.

The difference in price for EQ pedals is mainly in the quality of build. Boss is of good build. I don't understand how they can charge $99 for this though, it seems about double what it should be for such a simple device.

Don't know.

I know players read these reviews as much to learn about effects as to learn about a particular effect. Please see my comments in Sound Quality section. I've been playing for many years, have toured pro, played many bars and warmed up for national acts, played every blues-based form (metal, blues, rock), engineered in a small recording studio, and produced my own record in a real recording studio. Ask any real pro including your favorite player and he/she will tell you what I'm telling you in the Sound Quality section.

I play '91 Strat Plus (U.S. made) with gold Fender Lace Sensors in neck and bridge and silver in bridge, or '69 Les Paul Custom, through several different amps, my favorite of which right now is the Pignose G40V 40w all-tube combo amp (Bassman clone with 1st pre tube ganged for high gain) driving an Acoustic 104 closed back 6x10" cab (yes 6 10" speakers, amazing, can also use for bass), or for smaller settings I run the combo's 1x10" Eminence Ragin' Cajun + a 10" Jensen Mod 50 in a separate closed back EarCandy cab. I also have a Yamaha 240w 4x12" cab that thumps like mad but I'm in love with 10" speakers right now for guitar.

An update from my previous review of 11/07/2004 from James Acker (me).
I know lots of folks are aware of a severe noise problem with these pedals. It may manifest itself more in higher gain, epsecially tube amps, and by high gain I don't mean jsut Metal, I mean also blues when you are on the lead channel. It was unusable because of the added noise. Well, a short time after reviewing it, I bought the Brian Wampler mods for the GE-7. He sent them, they were sitting on a shelf while I bought other pedals...I finally got around to trying out the mods. I seem to have misplaced some parts, but am fixing that, meanwhile I did the replacement of the three IC chips, that is part (not all...there are also 3 capacitors to change out, I need to reaquire these) of the whole mod. It was EASY, took about 30 minutes total and that was with obsessive checking-rechecking. Could have done it in 20. Piece of cake.

NOW...even with only half the mod done, this pedal is all I dreamed it should be. It is crystal clear, it adds that sparkle, it does exactly what it is supposed to, and what I hoped it would when I bought it. So far noise free.

Wamplers' mod is great. I will install the three caps, and may even do some of the tone stack adjsutmetnts (can get deeper bass, clearer mids with a few other cap changes).

I rated this pedal, no I rate it with HALF of the wampler mods (the IC tradeout) at a 9. It is truly a 9. Bet it goes to 9.5 with the rest of the mods. I am SO happy with this pedal now, I kicked another good pedal off my board (space limitations) as I see that this little box can really make a good amp/guitar great, and an already great one, just over the edge to REALLY great.

I recommend this pedal with the mod to ANYONE! Completely safe it will work out for you.

Very easy to use. Sliders make it easy to visualize your setup. Bought it used so no manual, but you don't need it.

Great! I use it for a specific setup. I have a Boss LS-2 with a clean effects loop and an overdrive effects loop. The clean effects loop has the LS-2 level at about 12:00. This loop has a chorus and delay pedal. The overdrive loop has the LS-2 level cranked all the way (+20db), and includes the GE-7 and a boss DS-2. The GE-7 has all the sliders cranked with a few exceptions for tone shaping. This setup is awesome!! The key to it is the amp. I use a '68 twin reverb, the 100 watt monster with no master volume. Its very hard to overdrive this amp at low volumes but this setup will do it perfect. You don't really need the DS-2 because the gain from the GE-7 and the LS-2 is more than enough to overdrive the preamp and get real nice distortion. With my strat it gets a nice SRV sound, with my Les Paul junior (with an EMG-81) it cranks out like a zakk wylde style marshall. This pedal kicks ass! One note though...it does hum a little...but really only when i put my amp volume over about 5....at that volume though its extremely loud and only good for large venues. On average for a show i'll put it on 3 or 4.

its a boss....a nuclear holocaust couldn't hurt this thing.

HA! do they actually have people waiting by the phone?

I play all kinds of stuff...blues, some hard rock, grunge...lots o' crap. This pedal is helpful for lots of applications. It can help you get a lot of different sounds out of a simple setup. It does hum a little but honestly it doesn't bother me that much.

It's an EQ. If you don't know what it does, you'll learn quickly.

Fender Mustang, MXR M108, Boss TU-2, Boss DS-2, Boss GE-7, Boss CE-7. I use the both EQ's to fine tune the distortion. I prefer the M108 at the front because it has and input gain, ten band eq, and output level. Mainly it's the input gain that I like, if the Boss had one I might have two of them instead of the MXR (I've been a Boss fiend). It's fine, it works, and I haven't noticed any bad noise coming from it, but it's not the best.

Never had any problems with any Boss pedal ever since the beginning of my music through its whole duration. Except the input and output jacks have come loose. I just tightened them and they stayed there. The thumbscrew also sometimes loosens. Just snug them good and if you think of it, check them once in a while.

Where are the Boss manuals on the internet?

I saw on the internet that Dave Gilmour uses this pedal. Four of them. Good enough for me. I do prefer the MXR, however. I don't know if I'd replace this pedal if it came up missing. I rely on this pedal at this point to fine tune my distortion, and so I'm gonna hang on to it as long as I can.

It's very easy to use. If you don't understand how this works, don't buy it. It's a 7 band graphic eq, with gain control, very simple.

Great sound quality, not noisey.

I use this pedal as a booster for my other pedals, and small valve amp. My guitars are MiM Strat with Kinman noiseless pickups, a '90 Les Paul Standard. I have other guitars, but these can cover every sound I use.

Set-up:

Gibson LP => Boss GE-7 => Boos SD-1 => Boss DS-1 => Marshall JH-1 Jackhammer => Boss CE-2 Chorus => Digitech Digital Delay => Digitech Digital Reverb => 8W '62 Brit Valve amp. (Scala)

This unit is what I have been looking for, for 10 years. It can boost the input to your favourate OD/DS pedal. This can really make a difference to the sound you acheive. My Boos SD-1 really thinkens up when the input is boosted.

Seems very reliable.

NA

This is a great clean pre-amp, with a 7 band graphic thrown in.

I play Rock, Blues, Hardrock, and a bit of Jazz. If this were lost or stolen I would get another or try a MXR graphic eq pedal. Either way I would get another eq pedal, I'm sold on these things for LIFE !!

You can use this to shape your guitar pickups response. Need more gain from your strat single coils ?? Use the GE-7 flat and tweek the gain control. You can also 'cut' with the gain control and the eq sliders. This thing is good all the way home.

Dave Gilmore out of Pink Floyd uses 2 of these in his live setup. This can only mean one thing, these babies must be very good or he would get another type. He is a very rich dude afterall.

Self explanatory really. 7 bands to tweak the eq of a guitar, plus a level to boost the overall volume. Like any eq, one needs to mess with it to get the desired sound, to each their own.

OK, here's my latest set up: I currently play a Gibson Les Paul through a Marshall 5212 amp. For effects I run a Digitech RP 100A (I'm going to get a Boss multi effects board later, saving my pennies), Boss GE-7, Boss CS-2 compressor, & a Boss AC-2 acoustic simulator. Needless to say, I get a very thick sound, but it's not "plastic" sounding, very true & real. The GE-7 really tweaks my sound, especially during solos, it gets it out front over everyone else. I can boost the level, have my mids boosted a bit, then ta da! instant "big" sound. Let me put it this way: When I engage this pedal, everyone knows it!

This question is a joke with Boss pedals, seriously! They should have an "11" to rate Boss in this area!

Never had a reason to contact them. I bet those guys are like the Maytag repairman.....

I've played the guitar over 25 years now, played every style of music ranging from Mozart to Metallica. In that time I've used countless effects. Let me tell you, voice of experience here, NOTHING BEATS A BOSS! I'm currently playing in a classic rock band that does some country music. This pedal does the trick for sure. If it were lost or stolen I would replace it immediately. This is a very handy little weapon to have in your arsenal!

Very easy to use. Just touch any slider and you get the most amazing hiss.

I have tested the ge-7 with various guitars and various amps, with no other effects in the line. It hisses so bad that it's not useable for me. It is not true, that the eq only boosts a hissing that is already there. It produces the noise all by its own. You can turn the volume pot of your guitar to zero. Then cou raise OR CUT ANY frequency, and the hissing starts. The volume of the noise is rather extreme and quite independent of the setting of the output slider.

I am amazed, that some people seem not to hear this hissing. Either they have lost their hearing capabilities through excessive death metal sessions, or Boss produces half of the items hissing and the other half ok, or maybe the hissing is more pronounced by some amps than by others. (For me, it was more extreme through a Roland Jazz Chorus than through a Fender Blues Junior.)

What you can hear through the hiss, sounds good though. Tone shaping can be done very nicely, and I wish I could have used this pedal.

Brought it back to the store after 1 day. But it looks reliable - I'm sure it would hiss on for years.

I've been playing guitar for 20 years. Rock, Funk, Blues, Jazz. If you can stand a lot of noise or if you plan on using the eq only in certain situations where noise is not much of a problem (like solos or parts with a lot of distortion in live gigs), the tone shaping it offers can be very inspiring. If you plan to improve your clean sound and use it for more subtle parts (like I did), forget it. The effect is very nice, but the hiss is intolerable.

Easy. And sliders work better than rotary knobs for EQ and you can visualize what you are doing to your sound.

Its pretty good. It is mostly "transparent."

I have a PTP Metroamp 50 watt plexi board installed in an old Laney 30 watt head. No effects loop, so all effects are in front of the amp.

I have found that the GE-7 adds some noise to my signal (obviously, especially when it is boosting the signal), and especially when using in front of a high gain pedal. I determined that the level of noise is unacceptable. I have ordered the tone-jam.com "Sniper" kit for this thing and hopefully it will reduce the level of noise added to my signal.

Bottom line, its not studio quality. But it is good enough for the gig. I just can't use it in front of a distortion box.

Bottom line, is that EQ is almost an essential "effect." It is one of the most important parts of your signal (I guess unless you are a "no effects" guy, guitar straight to amp). Most people do not know this, go out and buy a pedal and may be dissatisfied with it. Unless you have an EQ pedal, you are taking a gamble that the proper frequencies are not being emphasized. It will just be by chance if everything works out.

Before you purchase another pedal, I'd say if you don't have an EQ pedal, get one. It really can turn a effect which sounds ho-hum into a delicious sound.

These are pretty good and cheap used, but mine makes a bit too much noise (I guess that's why they make the noise suppressor pedal...).

Adjustment is completely intuitive. If you can?t figure this one out, you really are in trouble.

If you really want to judge sound quality you need to use a good set of headphones. In doing so, I found the unit to be very silent both when off and when. The sliding of the faders is silent as well. There are those who say that they experience hiss with this product, but I would guess that this is limited to particular units and not to the design itself. Obviously, the unit will hiss if you input a signal with white noise of a given spectrum and then amplify that frequency band. Therefore, what equipment you use and where you place the unit are crucial (I put mine in the effects loop between the preamp and amp). My setup is as follows:

Gibson SG->Marshall AVT50 (tube preamp section)->Boss GE7->Boss CE5->
Boss CF3->Boss DD-6->Marshall AVT50 (amp section)

I use Monster cables for going in and out of my amp effects loop for maximum shielding against noise interference (yes, they really do make a huge difference). Specifically, I use the Jazz cables, which offer slightly better feedback protection than the Rock cables.

The only reason I say N/A is because I have not had it long enough to judge how well the faders hold up. That is, I don?t know if the faders will eventually sound scratchy when moved. Like all Boss pedals, the product seems to be very well built.

I never dealt with Boss on any issues.

I never usually rate anything this high, but the GE-7 solved a problem that I was having and unexpectedly gave me more than I anticipated.

I bought this product because I wanted to alter the tone of the overdrive channel of my Marshall beyond the EQ controls that they provide. I tried various effects boxes: Ibanez TS-7 (ultra noisy), all the Boss overdrive/distortion boxes (also rather noisy), and lastly the well-known Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer (only slightly noisy). Judging the quality of sound in the store is very difficult for me and I thought I found the product with just the sound I was seeking. However, when I got home and tried it, I found that it sounded just like the overdrive built into my Marshall except that it hissed slightly. Why should I get a product that simulates a tube overdrive when I had the real thing? It finally occurred to me that what I really needed was to modify the tone/color of the sound that my preamp was producing rather than replace it. Thus I bought the GE-7 and it gave me exactly the sound that I was looking for. Additionally, it let me expand the capabilities of other effects by producing sounds that would not ordinarily be available with their built-in controls.

I play both blues and surf music(a rather odd combination), so I needed something to allow me to go from warm mellow tones to sharp twangy ones. Especially because I don't own either a Fender Jaguar or a Fender amp.

I should mention that others have indicated the fact that this is not a stereo product. But since it is the first box in my loop I only need mono, so it suits me just fine.

Bottom line: I highly recommend this product for a wide variety of musical applications.

If you understand EQ you should be okay. However, if you dont understand squat about EQ like me then I would suggest you visit the Boss website and download their PDF file on effects settings. I did this and set my eq to their recommended settings and voila.

Peavey Wolfgang standard into A Keeley modded Boss sd1 overdrive into the GE7. This goes through the front of a Marshall DSL 50 head loaded with Groove tubes, and sits on top of a Marshall AC vintage greenback 4 X 12.

My sound is now perfect. No tone loss at all and definitely no noticeable hiss. I usually use the GE7 for soloing but sometimes for metal riffing to. I play hard rock / metal, sabs, halen crue etc. You know! real music.

Manual is crap. Go to boss and download the file mentioned above.

Boss, what can you say!

Never used them but their web site is useful.

Great for all music types. Been playing for twenty years. I think that you need some ability on the guitar to be able to really appreciate the subtle effect this has on your playing. I was a little concerned that this pedal would affect my tone but that fear is misguided. I would love to be able to plug straight into an amp without any pedals at all, unfortunately if you chug alot like me you need some eq. I use the Boss sd1 as a clean boost and this drives the amp into melt down. The GE7 adds the icing on the cake.