GT-3 Review

The Boss GT-3 Guitar Effects Processor takes the professional-quality guitar effects and killer Cosm-based preamp of the flagship GT-5 and places them in a sturdy, compact pedalboard with a surprisingly low price.

Ease of Use:	10
Sound:	10
Reliability:	10
Impression:	10
Overall rating:	10
Users rating:	5.4
Comments:	4

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 01, 2009

Ease of Use: Before getting the GT3 I had no previous experiance of guitar effects. After purchasing it I was really impressed with the GT3's ease of use, and within minutes I had the sound I wanted from it. I found editing the patches very easy and anything I needed to know was in the instruction maunal. // 10

Sound: I currently using a Ibanez Gio, and a Laney LV300 amp. (I origanaly used the GT3 in the effects loop but afer purchasing a dunnolop wah pedal I put it before the amp.) I found that the GT3 sounds really good and allows you to create a variety of sounds. I was really impressed with the accousitic simulator, noise gate, and distortions in the GT3. The only thing I would say is that the sweep on the wah isnt that great but I don't know whether that is me or the GT3. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I find the GT3 really reliable and I haven't had any faults with it, and neither did the previous own of it. I haven't played any gigs using the GT3 but I practise in a band all the time and I can rely on it to keep working throughout the practise. And even during practise the durability of the GT3 is shown when I need to quickly put in a new patch and edit current ones. // 10

Impression: I play a lot of Metal and classic rock, and have been playing for 5 years. Before buying it I really didn't know much about guitar effects but now after talking with some of my friends Who play guitar the GT3 seems like a great purchase, and I haven't looked back after buying it. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on april 15, 2005

Purchased from: Ron Zehel Guitar Center

Ease of Use: The GT-3 offers a large variety of pre-built patches that work great for all genres. Editing is very easy, haven't even bothered to read the manual. Includes four patch pedals for each of the 85 banks (first 35 patches are for the user) plus an expression pedal, control pedal, and bank up and down pedals. Haven't made my own patches yet I just use pre-built patches and modify them. // 10

Sound: I run my Fender Deluxe through this with a monster cable into my Crate GLX 212. It has a built-in noise gate which creates virtually no noise, a huge plus for any muscian. As with the Boss stomp boxes these offer high quality effects. Favorites are the chorus, delay, and flangers. The wahs also work great with the expression pedal. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Built solid with a metal frame. Don't gig but it is definately strong enough for the road. // 10

Impression: I play mostly classic rock and heavy metal, also some classical, hair metal, blues, and country. I've been playin for about 2 years and own a Fender Deluxe HH, Crate GLX 212, and an Alvarez RD-8, all purchased at Ron Zehel Guitar Center. Most people on here say if there gear was lost they would/wouldn't buy it again, If I lost this skew I probably get another, Boss makes great effects processors/stomp boxes. // 10

Comments

[Aidy Damage]

Dave McPherson from InMe uses this as the main source of his live sounds. I've tracked one down on eBay, and hopefully it'll be mine. Top-notch stuff!

[Shakalum]

why the hell would you not want to gig with it? lol.

[cybermichaelusa]

i have this, it was actually a gift from another band member in a "rival" band ...

i love the distortions on the GT-3, it has alot of customization opportunities as well, and that to me is the BEST part, i love to sit and make my own unique sounds. There is only so much you can do with a stompbox, but this, opens alot of doors. Get this if you can find it, it is VERY sturdy, i broke my toe on it actually trying to walk over it hahaha...but it is really great!

[sam 3000]

how much was this ?