GT-100 : Amazing and mature product

I bought the Boss GT-100 when I started playing in a band almost 2 years ago because I needed multiple effects in one song (Hedonism, Skunk Anansie). I started playing using my Vox VT20 with the 4 way footswitch but that was totally unreliable, therefore I was looking for something better and selected the GT-100.

The GT-100 is really an amazing device. Over the years I learned more and more about effects, and every time I want something new (e.g. a whammy) I can configure it and it works out of the box.

I take the GT-100 with me on holidays to practice using headphones, and at home I plug it into my monitor speaker (the box MA120). In the studio it can either go into the mixer or into a stack amp. For practicing you can use the looper. I even managed to hook up my AKAI Mini Play to the effect input of the GT-100, so I can record its drum pads in the looper.

During Covid the band cannot play, and even practicing has been very limited. To keep up our spirits up we started recording the instruments at home. Also here the GT-100 works very well, e.g. together with Audacity.

Pros:

* every effect thinkable can be configured

* easy to store effects under a foot switch, with a recognizable name

* lots of inputs and outputs

* can be used as MIDI input, to record single notes

* very sturdy and heavy enough to always stay in place

Cons:

* sound record and playback do not work with Linux (MIDI works though)