Boss GE-7 Equalizer Pedal
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Anonymous-JmXZ9, in Guitar Effects
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General Comments
I can't play without this thing. I have an ESP LTD EC-100 going through an MD2,
this and my friend's Peavey bass amp and it turns almost everything that sounded
crappy about my setup into something at least acceptable. My MD-2 still can't give
me the leads I'd like (even though they're better), but I now have a very
heavy and playable rythm. A must-have, especially if your amp's EQ is weak or if
your dist pedal has no mid control.
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A neat trick:
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You can actually use this little thing to turn your amp into a third speaker
or even subwoofer when using your CD-ROM to play CDs. The only extra thing
you'll need is a small adapter/converter (headphone jack to patch cord or
vice versa, just buy both to be sure) that you can find at Walmart or Radioshack
for 3 bucks or so. When you do get it, just plug it into the headphone jack in front
of your CD-ROM player and plug the patch cord into that adapter, leading to your
GE-7. You can then add whatever other pedals you'd like (with some possibly hilarious results) and
patch cord it all into your amp as usual. Then boot up your computer in Windows,
and use your CD-ROM drive buttons to play a CD (not the Windows CD player). Windows
should send the music to your normal speakers, and the CDROM will send its output
to your GE-7 and amp. Then, tune your pedals as you wish. Congratulations! You just
got a new speaker for free.
i.e. I run the CD output through my MD-2 (dist knobs both far left, treble high and
bass used to control the main bass level) then through my GE-7 (use the
three leftest controls to control bass level definition, put them higher than
everything else) and then into my friend's Peavey Microbass amp (Low=full, Mid=
middle, High=middle). The MD-2 gives a huge bass boost (only thing it's good for)
and the GE-7 is used to define the sound and get rid of the CD-ROM's crummy output
as well as add bass. Now I have a free subwoofer. Take that, Logitech!