Still using the GT6 in 2024!! I bought one of these around 2006. I still use it when a friend wants to play in my band. It’s easy to adjust parameters. I just set pedals 1-4 from clean to filthy, save, and go!!! I have a TONEX for my amp sounds now, but I’m not getting rid of my GT6!!! I’ve been playing for almost 30 years now, and I don’t throw out something good just because something new comes along. Having New gear fever doesn’t mean you have to throw out the old good stuff. There are people right now getting rid of boss katana amps because they think they are no good anymore. I will take all unwanted gear, and provide a stable, caring living environment. I love your videos, and I’m picking up an RP 20 tomorrow. The year I graduated, those things were better than beer-flavored boobs.
I’ve used the GT6 exclusively since 2003, running straight into a Marshall LM6100 stack, with the midi channel selection the amp head. I found that in this configuration, it’s a reliable and friendly ‘live’ rig. By storing my main live rig settings in the COSM mode, I can record ‘straight in’ for recording sessions, eliminating the need for mic-ing the sweet spot on my cabinet. Love it!!!
Yep, after reviewing about 100 multi effects units I'd put the GT6 solidly in my top 5, even 15 or so years since its release. Great unit. Not a fan of a champagne paint job though! Gearfacts
Great job on reviewing this item, I just got one to try out, got rid of the 'Mooer GE200' wanted to go back to live situation. Back to basics more real sounds GT6 definately is a well built machine. I also had a Digitech RP1000 but they have become obsolete also the Library of sounds. So I've gone To Boss. Great sounds Roland!
I have this multi effect since forever ago, and played in many different bands/genres and this thing is amazing. I always get the tone I'm looking for. Now I'm into worship music and was looking for a modern warm tone, high reverb. And found an amazing tone with a Vox pathfinder 10 - my Gretsch streamliner and this multi effect. Oh man !!! Unbelievable
I play in a cover band and I have been able to reproduce the tones to many songs. With 35 banks of 4 tones, it is a powerful tool. I'll be buying a backup one if I find one.
I owned one of these just after it was first on the market. Since then I have also owned the BOSS ME80, GT100 and Headrush Gigboard. The GT6 beat them all in its sound, reliability and ease of use...........it is so nice I have just bought another (used) one.
The GT-6, I think, has the brightest and most interesting personality of any MFX I"ve used. I haven't used ALL of them of course, but certainly about 3.4 of them (dozens!)
i find with all makes of multi effects pedals they sound great plugged straight into pc alone great for recording yet plugged into amp set ups different strokes for different fokes depending on your set up some setups multi effects pedal sucks the tone and the amp simulators sound crap on some amp setups but plugged straight into pc soundcard to pc recording studio they sound just like real thing record nicely this why you will see so many mixed reviews with these sort of pedals every one using these things with different gear in a different circumstance will have different experience
I am cautiously inclined to agree. Every time I listen to recording I've done with the GT6 I always think "Jeez that's really not bad at all". If I ever wasn't sure precisely what to recommend for a person, I'd probably go to the GT6 as a panacea for all guitarists' needs.
Hi there. I bougth my GT-6 in 2003 in a time when all my musician friends where going "digital sound processor?? nahh, I only use single analog pedals"...never understood that mentallity! (specially because the supposed "analog pedals" had a digital chip to make the FX work). They would prefer to use 15 to 20 pedals (or more) with all the problems that a setup like that brings (batteries diyng, short jacks working bad, bad connections in the circuit, transport, etc, etc) instead of having a wonderfull All-In-One tool with hundreds of potential FX setups... Whe are now in 2020 and my GT-6 still works like a charm and still has a wonderfull sound...!!! The same happened when I bought a Marshall Valvestate 2000 AVT275 (150W), "an hybrid amp with only one valve on preamp?? nahh, that sucks!", well, it was one of the best combo's I ever had, simply powerfull with a clean sound, my Stratocaster sounded great with that setup!! It sounded so great that now I'm looking to buy another one! In e-bay they are beeing selled around 250/300€ in perfect condition (pre-owned, off course), it will be my next aquisition!!
Never use a universal power supply or even cross match a boss power supply . I almost burned my shed down . Use only the origional ac adapter on these units. It says it right on the back . BOSS POWER SUPPLIES ONLY
Hmm I've never had a problem. Are you sure you had the right voltage and it was a decent quality replacement? There are some very poor quality ones out there.
I just purchased the GT-1000. It does have better base sounds, and a much better acoustic simulation, but what it lacks are the cool well thought out modulations and presets of the old Boss units such as this one. I am hoping that with time I am able to create some of these old modulations in the new processor.. Thank you for your videos.
Same! I've seen one video of a guy using it but not explaining how to use. My friend had mine for a while and apparently threw away the manual, thanks Chris hahaha 🤣
@@gearfacts hi it turned out I had dimmed it unwittingly. God knows how, don't even know how I worked it out but discovered the settings through the utility button. Thanks anyway. Much appreciated. 🙂👍👍👍
Yeah loopers because widespread just a few years after the GT6 as I recall. I think it still stands as one of the very best Multi effects units though :)
@@ethosannihilatorAfter 15 years of not playing guitar I've decided to get back to it. Since then I am much more comfortable with tweaking the GT6 and the 4 Cable Method I didn't know back then. I was also searching for the Looper, which I thought I was using back then but I can't find it anywhere. Even in the Manual or Internet I can't find anything about a Looper function. Can you please tell me how to get there?
@elduderino8494 You're awesome and I love your response. I didn't know how brilliant a machine this was when I was a teen; didn't know what I had, and definitely didn't learn all the features. When I think looper, I think more of a machine that can record multiple loops without limitation on the length of each loop. I don't think the GT6 had this.
ahah I had one for years. God I really hated it [I didn't have much to chose from back then]. On the plus side, editing it is a breeze. On the downside, only the delay and chorus [IMHO] seemed usable. addressing multiple fx to the EXP pedal is also fun [try doing a fading faux 2 channel with it]. Sold it for a 100 Euros... but to be perfectly honest I don't like the majority of Boss fx and multis [once owning a TC Electronic G-Force rack unit you realize the difference in sound sculpting and quality... but also sold it for less than half of what it cost]
I hear what you're saying, for sure. This one is very strong in Modulation effects I think, whereas the Line 6 PODxt Live is stronger in OD and distortion. There are so many options out there, and the technology is only getting cheaper...
Paul Cote I did it long ago on Win 7 and Vista, using an Edirol/Roland UM-1X MIDI to USB interface. It transmits MIDI SysEx messages fine while some of the cheapo generic brand interfaces for some reason might not. Hope this helps.
There's a slump in the price of all music gear at the moment, but this is a sought-after item and I think the value would be around $US150, $AU200 :) GF
Hi mate..Love the reviews..and recently got a GT6 since viewing them so thank you! One question though..when I press the number 4 (Chorus) pedal..my reverb goes off..and chorus stays on!..Any idea how to rectify this to what it should be?...Thanks again..love the GT6!
Thanks for watching Gearfacts! As for your reverb/chorus issue, no I don't have any idea why that would be happening. It sounds like the two effects are trying to occupy one slot in the effect chain and therefore are cancelling each other out. Might have to dive into the manual for this one. Or do a factory reset maybe :) #Gearfacts
@@gearfacts Does it happen in all presets, or just in some or one of them? You can configure any pedal to any effect and even to different ones at once, ands on or off, or even to change values of any parameter. Search the web for the manual. There are lots of possibilities. There's a way to perform a "hard reset" so that you get it to the factory settings, losing all your personal settings in the process, but you can also use a midi cable and a free program to save them first. If you turn it to factory settings that "problem", which I guess is just configuration, should disappear.
Hmm it's so long ago I'm not sure now. I'd say it was a slightly-altered preset. I have a tendency just to add delay to wah effects because the two just work to well together. So search the presets, it sounded like a cyclic wah rather than pedal-control... find that one and add delay. Sorry can't be more specific, but yeah you're right it WAS a good tone!
Oh man that's nothing ...you should see some of my other videos, they're really bad. I mean not just the tone, but the guitar playing too. Really bad, untrained, untalented, unstructured noise. Zero out of ten.
The sounds were actually quite good, in some clips the delay just was wrong length and had too many repeats, so the result was not the best. Most of the sounds was inspiring, some a bit muddy. What I really missed was crispy basic rock crunch, without extra FX. But on the otherhand I know how to get it on GT-8, so probably it works in GT-6 as well. Cheers!
@@ValleysOfSaturn Yup the sounds suck on this video. Its cuz even if he had set it to phones out on recording, the choice of cabinet and speaker positioning on the GT6 internally were set so wrong. If im recording with a gt6 I'd try running 3rd party IRs on a computer instead of the internal cab of the gt6. I came here thinking of really buying the gt6 but after hearing such a messed up tone, unsure if its just the maker of this video who doesnt know how to set up his cabsim section or if its really the gt6 that sounds bad.
Still using the GT6 in 2024!! I bought one of these around 2006. I still use it when a friend wants to play in my band. It’s easy to adjust parameters. I just set pedals 1-4 from clean to filthy, save, and go!!!
I have a TONEX for my amp sounds now, but I’m not getting rid of my GT6!!!
I’ve been playing for almost 30 years now, and I don’t throw out something good just because something new comes along. Having New gear fever doesn’t mean you have to throw out the old good stuff. There are people right now getting rid of boss katana amps because they think they are no good anymore. I will take all unwanted gear, and provide a stable, caring living environment. I love your videos, and I’m picking up an RP 20 tomorrow. The year I graduated, those things were better than beer-flavored boobs.
The most important thing to remember is to use the output select function (read the manual), more important than you think!
I’ve used the GT6 exclusively since 2003, running straight into a Marshall LM6100 stack, with the midi channel selection the amp head. I found that in this configuration, it’s a reliable and friendly ‘live’ rig.
By storing my main live rig settings in the COSM mode, I can record ‘straight in’ for recording sessions, eliminating the need for mic-ing the sweet spot on my cabinet. Love it!!!
Yep, after reviewing about 100 multi effects units I'd put the GT6 solidly in my top 5, even 15 or so years since its release. Great unit. Not a fan of a champagne paint job though! Gearfacts
Great job on reviewing this item, I just got one to try out, got rid of the 'Mooer GE200' wanted to go back to live situation. Back to basics more real sounds GT6 definately is a well built machine. I also had a Digitech RP1000 but they have become obsolete also the Library of sounds. So I've gone To Boss. Great sounds Roland!
Yes, I think the GT6 is truly something special among multi-effects processors.
I have this multi effect since forever ago, and played in many different bands/genres and this thing is amazing. I always get the tone I'm looking for. Now I'm into worship music and was looking for a modern warm tone, high reverb. And found an amazing tone with a Vox pathfinder 10 - my Gretsch streamliner and this multi effect. Oh man !!! Unbelievable
I've heard good things about those little pathfinders :) #gearfacts
Hi! Could you share the presets for Worship? I'd like to play them on church
Many thanks!
I've been using this since it came out in the early 2000s and recently bought the GX-100. The GX-100 is awesome, but I like using this more.
Yes, after using at least 50 different multi effects system I still think the GT six has the most soul and is the most enjoyable to play :-)
I use one of these myself, Love old school Pedals.
I play in a cover band and I have been able to reproduce the tones to many songs. With 35 banks of 4 tones, it is a powerful tool. I'll be buying a backup one if I find one.
Yeah they are hard to find now - probably because people keep them and never sell :)
I owned one of these just after it was first on the market. Since then I have also owned the BOSS ME80, GT100 and Headrush Gigboard. The GT6 beat them all in its sound, reliability and ease of use...........it is so nice I have just bought another (used) one.
The GT-6, I think, has the brightest and most interesting personality of any MFX I"ve used. I haven't used ALL of them of course, but certainly about 3.4 of them (dozens!)
What was thr price then?
The fact im watching a restrospec 6 years later says something
It’s still one of the best. Good sound combined with genuine fun
A great throwback!
i find with all makes of multi effects pedals they sound great plugged straight into pc alone great for recording yet plugged into amp set ups different strokes for different fokes depending on your set up some setups multi effects pedal sucks the tone and the amp simulators sound crap on some amp setups but plugged straight into pc soundcard to pc recording studio they sound just like real thing record nicely this why you will see so many mixed reviews with these sort of pedals every one using these things with different gear in a different circumstance will have different experience
Best effects unit so far. I’ve tried the hx stomp, the gigboard and helix and none come close to this unit.
I am cautiously inclined to agree. Every time I listen to recording I've done with the GT6 I always think "Jeez that's really not bad at all". If I ever wasn't sure precisely what to recommend for a person, I'd probably go to the GT6 as a panacea for all guitarists' needs.
Gearfacts Thanks!! I got mine used so I’ve been enjoying someone else’s presets.
Hi there. I bougth my GT-6 in 2003 in a time when all my musician friends where going "digital sound processor?? nahh, I only use single analog pedals"...never understood that mentallity! (specially because the supposed "analog pedals" had a digital chip to make the FX work). They would prefer to use 15 to 20 pedals (or more) with all the problems that a setup like that brings (batteries diyng, short jacks working bad, bad connections in the circuit, transport, etc, etc) instead of having a wonderfull All-In-One tool with hundreds of potential FX setups...
Whe are now in 2020 and my GT-6 still works like a charm and still has a wonderfull sound...!!! The same happened when I bought a Marshall Valvestate 2000 AVT275 (150W), "an hybrid amp with only one valve on preamp?? nahh, that sucks!", well, it was one of the best combo's I ever had, simply powerfull with a clean sound, my Stratocaster sounded great with that setup!! It sounded so great that now I'm looking to buy another one! In e-bay they are beeing selled around 250/300€ in perfect condition (pre-owned, off course), it will be my next aquisition!!
Agree with all comments, M80. Still one of the best processors you can get for under $200, and certainly the most entertaining and fun to use.
I have a Valvestate 150 head and it rocks! I use it with a 1960b cab. Amazing!
Check this out!! th-cam.com/video/Gte0Re9ob0g/w-d-xo.html
Never use a universal power supply or even cross match a boss power supply . I almost burned my shed down . Use only the origional ac adapter on these units. It says it right on the back . BOSS POWER SUPPLIES ONLY
Hmm I've never had a problem. Are you sure you had the right voltage and it was a decent quality replacement? There are some very poor quality ones out there.
I just purchased the GT-1000. It does have better base sounds, and a much better acoustic simulation, but what it lacks are the cool well thought out modulations and presets of the old Boss units such as this one. I am hoping that with time I am able to create some of these old modulations in the new processor.. Thank you for your videos.
Interesting comment. I haven't tried the 1000. I agree with you about the modulations in the GT-6, they're superb. GF
Just plug GT-6 or 8 to your loop, and get best of both worlds..
this vs. gt8?
I preferred the sound of the 6, though the 8 had better guitar synth sounds if you like that kind of thing :)
Love your videos keep it up
in a dr 880 drum machine, is it a processor ????... or a gt 8????
The DR880 has *some* of the effects from the GT6.
How to use the looper
Same! I've seen one video of a guy using it but not explaining how to use. My friend had mine for a while and apparently threw away the manual, thanks Chris hahaha 🤣
@@ethosannihilator PDF manual is available online for most gear. Just google GT-6 manual. Simple.
how to use that expression pedal can change out like volume pedel please explain me . thank you.
My led display has gone dim. help.. what happened to it???
The internal light is dying. It's easy to replace though.
@@gearfacts hi it turned out I had dimmed it unwittingly. God knows how, don't even know how I worked it out but discovered the settings through the utility button. Thanks anyway. Much appreciated. 🙂👍👍👍
I just got this one from my father, this is my first time tryna play and I’m so confused by absolutely everything
Search "Gearfacts GT-6 tutorial", it might help :)
If only it had a looper :( had this since I was a teen!
Yeah loopers because widespread just a few years after the GT6 as I recall. I think it still stands as one of the very best Multi effects units though :)
It actually does have a looper .
@@ethosannihilatorAfter 15 years of not playing guitar I've decided to get back to it. Since then I am much more comfortable with tweaking the GT6 and the 4 Cable Method I didn't know back then. I was also searching for the Looper, which I thought I was using back then but I can't find it anywhere. Even in the Manual or Internet I can't find anything about a Looper function. Can you please tell me how to get there?
From memory, was it a looper or some sort of arpeggiator?
@elduderino8494 You're awesome and I love your response. I didn't know how brilliant a machine this was when I was a teen; didn't know what I had, and definitely didn't learn all the features. When I think looper, I think more of a machine that can record multiple loops without limitation on the length of each loop. I don't think the GT6 had this.
i like to get my guitar synth to sound like a organ does anyone know what the setting would be please ty
You have to use the Rotary effect, that's the key :) #gearfacts
ahah I had one for years. God I really hated it [I didn't have much to chose from back then]. On the plus side, editing it is a breeze. On the downside, only the delay and chorus [IMHO] seemed usable. addressing multiple fx to the EXP pedal is also fun [try doing a fading faux 2 channel with it]. Sold it for a 100 Euros... but to be perfectly honest I don't like the majority of Boss fx and multis [once owning a TC Electronic G-Force rack unit you realize the difference in sound sculpting and quality... but also sold it for less than half of what it cost]
I hear what you're saying, for sure. This one is very strong in Modulation effects I think, whereas the Line 6 PODxt Live is stronger in OD and distortion. There are so many options out there, and the technology is only getting cheaper...
check the ZoomMS70CDR if you haven't. It's a godsend. Even better with the update [you get even more fx for free]. Great for synths as well
I sold mine then missed it so I bought another one. I then called the guy I sold it to and got my presets off of it using the GT Manager! LOL!
ah good old technology! :) Gearfacts
what os did you use to get you sound off the pedial ? what brand of midi usb cable to please im trying all kind ways i cant get it please help ty paul
Paul Cote I did it long ago on Win 7 and Vista, using an Edirol/Roland UM-1X MIDI to USB interface. It transmits MIDI SysEx messages fine while some of the cheapo generic brand interfaces for some reason might not. Hope this helps.
What's GT manager?
Is it possible to assign multiple effect parameters to the CTL as you switch it?
Yes, it can add or take away more than one parameter and/or effect with one press :) Gearfacts
What would be a good second hand price of these bad boys
There's a slump in the price of all music gear at the moment, but this is a sought-after item and I think the value would be around $US150, $AU200 :) GF
just bought one off ebay for £56 ($71 usd)
I have one, £100 and it's yours (Inc power supply) 😁
Barry Whittle would cost more to ship it here
Maybe.. I'm in the u.k.
Hi mate..Love the reviews..and recently got a GT6 since viewing them so thank you! One question though..when I press the number 4 (Chorus) pedal..my reverb goes off..and chorus stays on!..Any idea how to rectify this to what it should be?...Thanks again..love the GT6!
Thanks for watching Gearfacts! As for your reverb/chorus issue, no I don't have any idea why that would be happening. It sounds like the two effects are trying to occupy one slot in the effect chain and therefore are cancelling each other out. Might have to dive into the manual for this one. Or do a factory reset maybe :) #Gearfacts
@@gearfacts Does it happen in all presets, or just in some or one of them? You can configure any pedal to any effect and even to different ones at once, ands on or off, or even to change values of any parameter. Search the web for the manual. There are lots of possibilities. There's a way to perform a "hard reset" so that you get it to the factory settings, losing all your personal settings in the process, but you can also use a midi cable and a free program to save them first. If you turn it to factory settings that "problem", which I guess is just configuration, should disappear.
Sounds like an Assign problem,both Fx have been allocated to that switch maybe
Boss gt6 is the best effects ever...
It's not a simple comparison but yep I'd say it's right up there :) #gearfacts
What did you have on at 7 mins that tones was literally the greatest thing I’ve ever heard
Hmm it's so long ago I'm not sure now. I'd say it was a slightly-altered preset. I have a tendency just to add delay to wah effects because the two just work to well together. So search the presets, it sounded like a cyclic wah rather than pedal-control... find that one and add delay. Sorry can't be more specific, but yeah you're right it WAS a good tone!
Gt6 or gt8?
I’d choose the 6.
@@gearfacts hi, I can listen what i'm playing only with a headphones on the gt 6? Or I need an amplifier?
@@917orlando It has a phones socket. No amp necessary!
CHEAPER TO BUY TWO AND HAVE DUAL-STEREO OUTPUT THAN TO DISH-OUT 800 PAPERS FOR REVERRRRRRRRRRBBBBB!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Had one for years. Now I'm happy to finally be rid of it. In retrospect it didn't sound good at all.
Cool :) Gearfacts
Man, whatta harsh, awful sounds this thing produced in the video. Am I the only one?
Oh man that's nothing ...you should see some of my other videos, they're really bad. I mean not just the tone, but the guitar playing too. Really bad, untrained, untalented, unstructured noise. Zero out of ten.
@@gearfacts well I didn't comment on playing, but the GT6 sounds... I wonder where can you possibly use them?? 🤔
You should see the GT-5 demo I uploaded today ....takes weirdness to a whole new level!
The sounds were actually quite good, in some clips the delay just was wrong length and had too many repeats, so the result was not the best. Most of the sounds was inspiring, some a bit muddy. What I really missed was crispy basic rock crunch, without extra FX. But on the otherhand I know how to get it on GT-8, so probably it works in GT-6 as well. Cheers!
@@ValleysOfSaturn Yup the sounds suck on this video. Its cuz even if he had set it to phones out on recording, the choice of cabinet and speaker positioning on the GT6 internally were set so wrong. If im recording with a gt6 I'd try running 3rd party IRs on a computer instead of the internal cab of the gt6. I came here thinking of really buying the gt6 but after hearing such a messed up tone, unsure if its just the maker of this video who doesnt know how to set up his cabsim section or if its really the gt6 that sounds bad.