Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Dakine on February 14, 2006, 03:22:02 PM
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OK,
will not bore you as most know my situation by now (living in Texas but moving back to UK).
Well, have a Godlyke power adaptor ready for my HBE Big D when it arrives BUT, just bought a Boss GT8 processor unit. Did'nt check on this and it runs on 14volts dc 800mA. It currently runs 120v 35W 60Hz in and 14volts 800mA out (from adaptor).
I will call Boss/Roland if necessary but does anyone know of a good adaptor to run this in UK (like Godlyke)?
Cheers,
Nick
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cant help you mate but just wanted to say lucky you! my teachers got one of them and they're superb!!! where are you getting all this money you rich son of a b****!!!!!????
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US charges income tax funny. Just got tax back. Also took back a Crybaby from Hell Wah pedal (got money back towards this).
All rest of money towards, move,visa for fiance/little girl etc. now, oh and puppy passport for "Murphy" :)
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'puppy' passport!!! he's a beast! :P i love english sheepdogs they're soooo cool!!!
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LOL
looks like one don't he.
Actually he's a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier.
My folks always had long coated German Shepards but don't have the room for one here.
Murphy is gonna be about 35lbs and up to knee high. He is ALL energy, just turned 1 year old, and my BEST buddy. He NEVER leaves my side.
His breed is Irish (hence his name) so he is kinda going "home" lol. Dunno what he will think about a 9hr plane flight though poor thing. Still, with all I am doing now (puppy passport) he will NOT have to go through quarantine. In fact his "puppy passport" is being used for our timeline to move over.
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lol as soon as i posted that the thought crossed my mind- "wait what if it isnt an english sheepdog! :o " :oops: .
anyway hes an awesome dog lol, im gonna get one of them when im older- 'soft coated wheaten terrier'. :D im gonna call mine 'sambo' haha!
anyway... i believe there is the matter of a voltage adapter to be discussed....
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yeah, damn odd voltage too. Still guess this thing is basically a full processor/computer so is hungrier than a pedal lol.
Sent email to Godlyke but they have nothing on their site. Will call Boss/Roland eventually I guess. They MUST have them as GT8 is sold in UK. Just original is not always the best/most cost effective option. It was mentioned elsewhere that a guy was using a electric shaver transformer but I know this GT8 does alot but don't think it will shave me LOL.
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well its a complicated thingy and like you said it does a lot! i could always ask my teacher for you if you want and see what he uses...
p.s who knows maybe it has a built in 'razor' effect...
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Are GT-8's good for running into a clean valve amp or will they colour the natural tone too much?
Also your dog rocks I love dogs like that, we've got a retriever :D
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hey Tom
I only got it yesterday evening and it is a STEEP learning curve.
I believe it is as good as they get in multi/processor type things unless you wanna pay 1,000's.
It has so many settings it's unreal.
A cool thing (big sell for Boss) is you can set channel changing or effect changing by guitar volume or more over "pick attack".
You can set any head to any cab then set a mic in different places on the cab and at different distances (told you it is complex).
Bear in mind my trials and tribulations before (with moving home to UK) so only have a Microcube lol.
However, first thing you do when setting this thing up for first time is input the device (amp,cab,mixing desk,etc.) you are going into so it can assign the correct output.
I cannot comment really but thus far I do believe it's the "dog's dangly bits" LOL
Remember, it is CMOS so is digital, not a valve pedal. That being said it should not influence tone/sound anymore than a non-valve pedal and I would hazard a guess alot less. I am impressed with the build and array of this thing.
I have been scoping GTCentral (GT6/8) user group and they post patches. Also a free patch editor. It has a midi out you see so can be connected to a pc (amongst other things) to record etc.
Sorry could'nt help more.
Nick
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Oh and Murphy said Woof (translated, Thanks!).
He is not sure if he is going for the Billy Gibbons or Zakk Wylde look but he digs both LOL>
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Oh and Murphy said Woof (translated, Thanks!).
He is not sure if he is going for the Billy Gibbons or Zakk Wylde look but he digs both LOL>
HAHA!
lol yer the gt-8's are just truly amazing... dunno if you've checked this out yet nick but theres an effect which plays whatever your playing an octave down as well as where it is normally- its so cool- like hearing a guitar and a bass playing together. i think thats how whats-his-name from white stripes plays seven nation army- a guitar part and then a bassy part created just by playing the guitary part if you see what i mean...
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Sam, yeah read about it but to be honest not got much past plugging it in yet lol. Too much to read. Have noodled around though, can get some VICIOUS sounds from it. Can only imagine what it will be like through an amp and not my micro"pube" lol.
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haha micro 'pube' lol...
yer i cant begin to imagine how complicated it is... its got like a trillion buttons and like 7 pedals or something... anyway good luck with it i bet you'll have loads of fun with it when you figure out how to use it lol.
p.s ill ask my teacher on sat what he uses for his one and whether he knows where to get one. chances are his is just a power supply that came with it but it's worth a try.
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haha ok it does sound complex, but good. I'd just like to know if it will colour the natural valve tone that I get from my fenders clean channel too much, so if anyone else has one let me know :D My mates boss ME-50 doesnt really impress me to be honest but thats a cheap toy compared to the GT-8 it seems :lol:
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i dont think it colours it too much... i dont want to keep ranting on about my teacher lol but he uses his through some marshall half-stack (a solid-state on though i think) and it sounds killer... i'll ask him whether it affects valve sound much or not on sat. i know he's got a peavey classic 30 or 50 so we could test it through that...
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Sam, please see if his is the original Roland adaptor (bet it is). Emailled Roland UK so hope they can tell me if it's ok (darn Hz is diff. in UK too but not much). Voodoo Labs is another poss. but there adaptor is $$$$$$$$.
Tom, check out www.bossgtcentral.com alot of answers and stuff to read there (am reading myself) prolly find tube answer there.
Nick
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Sam, please see if his is the original Roland adaptor (bet it is).
will do mate...
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Cheers for the link Dakine I'll check it out in a minute.
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OK
found BIG drawback with this thing. It does so much you cannot stop tinkering with it to actually play anything!!!!!!!!!!
I am amzed thus far!
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haha!
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OK, still VERY raw learner here, but got pretty good with GnR version of Hair of the Dog (Nazerath) inc. voicebox effect using pedal. THIS THING ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GRRRR! I WANT ONE! how much did you get yours for?
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You don't want me to make ya cry Sam :)
Took the Wah pedal back and gave em $200 ontop. :lol:
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... :!: :evil: :x !!!!!!!!!!!
ok heres what ya gonna do.... your gonna go out to a shop... and buy another one as a valentines day present... for me! then your gonna bring it over here and send it to me nicely gift wrapped- got it?!
i would be willing to swap my laney lc30 for a gt-8 from the states.... come on... you know you want a nice all-valve amp to go with your army of new guitars....
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OK, still VERY raw learner here, but got pretty good with GnR version of Hair of the Dog (Nazerath) inc. voicebox effect using pedal. THIS THING ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've got one of the old GT-5's that I've used for at least 8-9 years. It's been gigged all over the place and apart from having to replace the power cable once it's been flawless. I used to use it as my preamp and run it straight into my 9100 stereo valve power amp. But the amp modelling sounds pretty rubbish compared to modern standards so I eventually shelled out for a JMP-1.
You can spend hours tinkering with sounds and not playing anything though. :lol:
Muttley
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Sam, not that I am homophobic or anything but will have to pass on that invite :twisted:
Yeah Muttley, precisely, BUT I reckon if ya spend the time to really learn it, well, could be a wonderful tool for a guitarist. I am smiling BIG and I am just fiddling with it :lol:
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Sam, not that I am homophobic or anything but will have to pass on that invite :twisted:
i had a feeling you might... :P
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Yeah Muttley, precisely, BUT I reckon if ya spend the time to really learn it, well, could be a wonderful tool for a guitarist.
Oh, yeah. You can get some freaky-weird sounds out of them. :)
The weird synthy sounds on the beginning of these demo track of my old band was the GT-5: BushPilots - Time to Stand (http://www.muttleyville.org/downloads/mp3/BushPilots-Who_Does_Number_2_Work_For-01-Time_to_Stand.mp3) and Stay Away (http://www.muttleyville.org/downloads/mp3/BushPilots-Vacant_Situations-03-Stay_Away.mp3)
Damn, that was about 7 years ago now. :o
Muttley
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nick would you ever consider doing that- bringing an item over here for someone (that they reimbursed you for obviously)??? :D :P
p.s muttley that effect at the beginning is class! so is the rest of the song as well lol..!
not so sure about the vocals though :?
bush pilots is a great name btw!
also- just listened to the second song- even better effect at the beginning- vocals are starting to grow on me now...
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I am smiling BIG and I am just fiddling with it :lol:
HAHA! Didnt know a multi fx would be that exciting :lol:
I want a GT-8 but they are so expensive!
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p.s muttley that effect at the beginning is class! so is the rest of the song as well lol..!
not so sure about the vocals though :?
bush pilots is a great name btw!
also- just listened to the second song- even better effect at the beginning- vocals are starting to grow on me now...
Haha. That's me on vocals too. :)
(http://www.muttleyville.org/gallery/d/144-2/mattnmuttley-live.jpg)
I only ended up singing because we couldn't find a vocalist who was a) actually able to sing, and b) not an idiot. ;)
Muttley
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P.S. Sorry for the thread hijack Dakine :lol:
Muttley
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I have NO problem trying to help someone out in UK but truly they are not that much cheaper here. I did a 'backwards" kinda deal :) With the wah pedal and some cash incentive (Guitar center only pays commision) earlier . The reatail here would be about 257 pounds. I have seen them for sale in UK for 299. Factor in I (and you) need a voltage converter, then really not much cheaper.
Now, somthing else, anything which is ALOT cheaper and easily transported then I will see what I can do.
My HBE Pedal for instance is costing me $159 or 91 pounds whereas vintage and rare guitars (Bath UK) has them listed for 155. However, I got this one through some "dodgy" price matching lol. I just try for a bargain.
Just ask though and I will do my level best to see what I can find stuff for.
Nick