Boss GT-3

While this pedal may take a little bit of experimenting to get comfortable with all it's functions, once you learn how to use this pedal, it's very easy to use. I have edited patches DURING a set with no sweat.

This pedal sounds great once you break it in. I am running this into a fender blues deluxe(which is an amazing amp) and i can get any sound possible. My only complaint would be that the flanging(though it don't use it much) and the wah are pretty thin. this is an all-encompassing great pedal, and the least "digital" sounding digital gear i've ever used.

It's a boss. You couldn't break it if you tried.

When I got this pedal, it took quite a while to arrive, but i believe that was because of a shipping strike, so that's not their fault. With the quality of their products, i don't think i'll ever need to deal with them.

I play many types of music. When i got this pedal, i was into hard rock/metal, and it had lots of FAT drive and sustain(p.s.- if you like this type of music, get yourself a mt-2 metal zone). Now i like blues, jazz, rock, country, and funk. you can get sounds to accomadate any style. You also have so many banks, that if you get a good sound, you can have a rhythm bank, a lead bank, a bank for anything. Also, i tend to notice a pedal's quality by it's tuner, which was great. worth it at any price. (but you might want to hang on to your wah peadl)

Very easy to use. Only those who are extremely technologically challenged couldn't work this piece.

My axeline includes a Fender Am. Strat,a Gibson Les Paul Classic and a Dearmond/Guild Starfire ( cross between a 335 and Epiphone Casino). I only hook it up with a clean studio power amp and monitors. This along with a direct PA connection are the only one's that bring out COSM's finer qualities. The model of guitar you hook upis half the battle. The patches are mostly generic. You must tweak if you want your Les Paul not to distort of you Fender to distort. Your not going to sound like Eric Clapton until you you get all the backdrop.Education is your best tool. It is a wonderful unit one you get to know it. It is also very versitile with the wonderful acoustic setting and rotary patch

Most definitely . Built like a tank.

No problem with the dealer. Never been serviced.

I play an eclectic variety. Blues , Rock and Roll acoustic. Jazz, Rockabilly. I've owned every piece of equipment down the road since 1971 and this is in the top five out of sventy or so pieces. I also own a Mesa Boogie Heartbreaker, a Fender Bassman reissue and Fender Pro Jr.. so I know what good tone souds like.

I had never ever used it before, not even the display model at the store where I bought it. Brought it home as soon as i open the box i'm editing patches. But it took me a couple of months to see how great and amazing this processor is. Sub expression/control pedal and wave pedals make an array of souns but kind of difficult to use.

The presets suck (except the fantasy sounds) I admit at first i thought i had to bring this thing back to the store becuase the presets were horrible, but once i made all my sound i was dazzled at the quality this thing can do, I got incredible Les Paul sounds, even a screaming MARSHALL Amp Distortion! I've compared these with the real thing it's identicle!

This thing is incredible, i've abused the GT-3 To the Max, and i Play 4-5 gigs a week, i live off this thing, God forbid it breaks,(even though i have an old RP-10 with me for back up). The display is a little scratched.

never used Roland for assistances, just bought stuff off of them. cool people

If you know how to operate the GT-3 you will it's the best multi-effects processor out for sale. With it i've got LES PAUL sounds, MARSHALL amps, A phenominal ORGAN sound, a realistic BASS imitation, a beautiful Acoustic Flanger Chorus Sound, A WAH that after almost a year i got the way i like, a distortion that Sounds Just like METALLICA or KORN(if only i had a 7-stringer), an amazing FLANGE that really amazes myself. A couple of DJ ORIENTED and FANTASY effects, and much more.

Getting to sound out this box is a no brainer, just hit the a button and the sound comes out. Editing patches takes some time to figuer out and the manual did me no good.

Most of the effects are pretty good the flager is weak, and the synth works about half the time. Other then that is sounds great. The best effect on here is the one called smash drive

I have been playing it for 1 1/2 years and had no problems. I have used it at a lot of gigs without a backup

Overall I love this little box. If it were stolen I would track down the guy and kill him for even touching my GT-3

definitely easier to use than it looks. editing patches is a bit confusing at first but once you get the hang of it, no big deal. the only problem i ran into was editing the "ctl" pedal to be initially off. in other words, if you want to layer an effect on top of the current effect, you store it in the ctl pedal of that current effect. i still haven't figured out how to initially deactivate that pedal without hitting it down first.

awesome sound quality. phaser rules. flanger sucks big time. each and every distortion is way to crunchy. takes major tweeking to get a soft, smooth distortion.

it's never broken on me

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i play alternative music close to HUM, pumpkins, third eye blind, foo fighters. definitely good for hum and pumpkins. 3eb is a different story. if you want non-crunchy dist, then get another pedal. overall for the value and the amount of things you get in this FX board, it's unbeatable. definitely better than the digitech rp-21. i've tried them all. boss rocks the spot.

Its a piece of cake to get this sucker to rock =). I was up and running in about 10 min. But after a while ya start to see the deepth of the GT-3. God, you can do some advanced stuff in it.

Im running it into my computer with the speakersimulation and takes the sound out trough a JVC stereo reciever and I get a great fat sound. Im thinking of getting a keyboard amp for it coz they say ya get the best uncoloured sound that way. Its sound great. The presets are a little corny...but with some tweeking ya can get it to scream.

Im just a bedroom rockstar so I think I will not have any problems with it.

Im into a lot of Metal. Iron Maiden, Obituary, Alice in Chains. Almost anything. I've been playing on and of for about 5 years. I defenetly would by another one if it got stollen but first I would check out the VG-88.

Sort of easy I guess. The initial tones are not good. It seems fairly easy to change parameters but I have yet to make it sound GOOD. I had no problem assigning patches to certain pedals after reading a little.

I use either my EB/MM EVH Signature, Les Paul Custom 57 Reissue Black Beauty and a Washburn RR-150 and usually through a Peavey Classic 410 or a 5150 212. The noise gate is good, the clean tones are good but the overdrives suck. The tone is thin. I guess not weak if you like that digital tinny sound. It actually makes my Les Paul NOT sound like a Les Paul. The other guitarist in my band thinks I'm committing a crime when I plug it in. There is no overdrive, it is all digital distortion, DIGITAL BAAADDD!!!! I bought it for rehearsal and to try to use different tones, but all the tones are terrible and I have tried tweaking with no success. I tried the 5150 patch and it sounds nothing like Eddie, even through a 5150 amp and EVH guitar! The Led Zeppelin patch does not sound like Jimmy. I try to get a nice vintage amp tone for rehearsals that I get out of my HotRod Deville or 5150 for gigs, but no go. But I give it a 3 because the cleans aren't too bad. The acoustic sets aren't too bad either.

I have used it at gigs, it seems very reliable. Nice sturdy metal case. I never use a backup except for the Tube Screamer I always keep in my gear bag.

Never tried. Won't upgrade or if it breaks I will throw it away. May use for a trade in on a Mesa V-Twin pedal. The trade in value ought to take care of the tax! Might sell it on eBay.

My band plays everything from blues to alternative but mainly classic rock and blues. This thing sucks for those type of tones. For 80's metal, I guess it would work. The cleans aren't too bad. I guess I just prefer that straight into tube amp tone. I have been playing for 9 years. I have 7 guitars and 3 amps and a hand full of stomp boxes and this POS. If it were lost or stolen I would be upset as I wouldn't get a trade in value for next time I buy something, or I would replace with a Mesa V-Twin but I would NOT buy this again. I love nothing about it. I hate the distortions. Maybe if it had actual 12AX7 tubes in it. I guess I just outgrew that heavy digital tone a long time ago.

-you can edit patches easily.
-i don't know if the manual is good. i didnt really need it.

-you can play ANY kind of music with it. you can make any amp sound good.
-it's not noisy at all
some of the effects are useless for me, but for some people they are good.
-i have a peavy stereo chorus 400 and a fender 85 watt guitar amp.
-yea, metallica, creed, stevie ray vahn (i can't play like him though), zz top, any country music.

yea. it's dependable.

don't know. never had to fix it.

-i play mostly rock and blues.
-i've played about a year and a half.
-i'd find who stole it and kill them. then i'd get another one.
-it's easy to use and carry. you dont need pedals or anything, just and amp, 2 courds and a guitar.
-i wish it had another pedal so you could have a volume and a wah pedal at the same time. but i just put 2 of the same patches next to each other with one set for wah and the other volume.

I'd have to say that this unit is probably easier to use than it appears on first glance, but at any rate well worth exploring! The easy edit function is a nice touch, though; but once I started digging into this box, I learned it quickly. Although I've been playing for 24 years, this is my first guitar multieffects unit, and I love it. Recommended. Sometimes when you see a processor that looks right-and this is my first new pedal in 14 years-you just gotta try it. This is the right one for me at the right time.

I'm accustomed to experimenting with all sorts of sounds, mostly electronic, using guitar (Les Paul copy modified by Paul Reed Smith years ago, an Ibanez EX350 w\Floyd Rose bar, a Westbury Standard with Dimarzio PAF hum in the saddle, Super-Dist. hum in the bridge, and others), synthesizers, drum machines, sampler, etc. I find this unit to be damn near perfect, except for 2 things sticking in my craw:
you can't have a vol. pedal and wah pedal in the same patch and switchable (which I don't understand, but can easily get around by having adjoining patches identical but having one with wah and one with vol.), and I just noticed that if you change one effect's position in the MANUAL setup-such as preamp-it'll also change ALL others in your patches (that have 'manual' setups) to that same position. In other words, if (in 'manual' mode) for pedal #1 there's 'preamp,' all the other patches that you have with 'manual' will have 'preamp' for pedal #1 as well. I thought this was a defect, but when I checked the 'manual' setting for all the presets (which can't be altered), I noticed "EQ" is set for pedal #1, so it must be in the design. (You'll only notice this if you press the 'manual' button-it won't work for most of the (preset) patches if you use the Control pedal).
Anyway, the sound quality is excellent-things 'glisten'-but without a doubt, I wasn't satisfied until I tweaked and tweaked--then and only then was I delighted with the rich, fat, sparkling colors and tones on this beauty. Oh yeah, the wah is just adequate.

Can I depend on it....only time will tell; but like most of my peers here, I've never had a problem with Boss devices. This box is a good bit more complex than my Metal Zone, though, so I'm crossing my fingers.

Haven't tried.

Excellent. I'm very satisfied. It's the next step for me, and probably all I'll need. I haven't tried many others, but my gut told me this is what I need now.
I choose my weapons carefully, and if I like something enough and the time is right, I'll get it. My music is paramount to me, it reflects my personal vision, but the things I record are all experiments-I never know what will come out onto tape, but I place few limits on what music I create. I have never done anything but original stuff, and do it all myself. This is my new tool and toy. Check it out...

I had it for, hmmm, about 20 minutes and i had 7 completely customized effects without even cracking the manual. The pedal is so easy to use.

i had a zoom gfx707 peice of shit. it made my very nice amp, Hiwatt lead 50 or sumpin like that, sound shitty and it pissed me off. My friend had a Korg AX1000G and i loved the way that thing made his amp just sing. Same story, the sound i get from this machine is just amazing. The distortions tho, they need tinkerin, there arent enuf mids and lows and a little too much trebles. But then again doesnt all effects processors need adjustment?

Well ive had it for 2 days now and im positive ill have this thing for years to come but i cant comment on it now.

I could tell u if i talked to them.

I play metal, but my favorite band to play is Pink Floyd so thats all ive been playing these last few weeks. My favorite song is Echoes. Ive been playing guitar about 5 years. I have the afore mentioned Hiwatt 50 lead and a carvin DC127C. If it were stolen or lost i would be so damn pissed cuz im a busboy and i saved up my first two weeks of working (2 straight weeks im only 16 so its a decent job for my age) and spent it all on this machine. I doubt it would get lost cuz its rather big and its not like im gonna take it to california or something on a gig, the farthest id go is some dark club and id keep a close watch on it. I compared it to the Digitech RP7 and the GT5 and even the GT5 wasnt as good as the GT3. The RP7 was nice and it had some good sounds because of the tube(s) but the GT3 was well worth the extra $60.