The best demo of this pedal showing the Vai settings into a computer... This pedal is truly great into the FX return of any amp as the tone controls are so usable
I’ve been using this pedal for 15+ years. It has left my pedal board but always makes it back. I’ve actually used it more with my strat than anything else. It can get noisy but I can really get some great sounds out of it live and recorded. I’ve primarily used it with clean Fender and Marshall amp channels. Great for studio work.
I've known about these for decades.. but never even occurred to me to even think about buying one.. This thing sounds amazing.. Very lush, and saturated.. I love the sound of a hi-gain amp that sounds "wet," and this thing nails it.. Similar to a Wampler Triple Wreck.. Great demo! And refreshing to see some one using something other than a Fender/Gibson.. This is how demos need to be done.. Too much soloing and "look at me play" instead of "here's what the pedal sounds like" .. Thanks again!
Just for everyone's information and interest, the off axis setting refers to a microphone that is set to 45 degrees against the speaker - not the edge of the cone which is completely different. The reason for it was initially because certain combo amps, such as the original AC30's 2x12 speaker cabs, had a piece of wood straight down the middle of the cone for support so putting the microphone straight on to that was not going to get you a good sound - but also it gives a less saturated sound as the microphone capsule isn't being hit with as much air as when its straight on to the speaker cone. The other, and perhaps more important thing to remember when using these kind of simulation pedals is to roll off the volume on the guitar for a fully clean tone, simulating a valve amp turned up loud - the roll off on the gain of the amp is not linear, so there is little difference in volume at 2/3rds roll off, just less gain.
Whoever says this pedal sucks doesn’t know how to use gear, the Sansamp, especially the PSA1, are still something we use in the studios for recording. They are on more recordings than people realize, don’t get fooled by some of the hype musicians say, when they are endorsed by an amp company, they are on contract, they pretty much have to say they are using it even if they aren’t. No guitarist has ever plugged “ straight in” to an amp for their sound, believe me. It’s a nice fairy tale , but untrue . When you hear a finished product, there is so much production on it , you have no idea. It’s been like that since the Beatles. Why do you think most people go out and blow big bucks to get an amp and guitar to achieve a similar sound from a guitarist they admire, and guess what ...it sounds nothing like it. They are missing the 20 other pieces of the puzzle. Learn your gear folks. It will save you time, money, and frustration.
Great post Harry! This is a pedal from the past that really continues to shine, has so many useful tones for those of us who crave responsive features of the amps that it simulates. Great to see this and thank you for sharing! 🎸
I use this pedal all the time for both direct recording and into my amp (Deluxe Reverb). It's amazingly good. One recommendation, buy some yellow nail polish and paint the tops of the switches so you can see them. Black on black is hard to see on your pedal board.
I've been using the SansAmp GT2 in place of any overdrive pedal for live gigs for the last 7 or 8 years. Tried many overdrives and distortion boxes, but always go back to the GT2.
OK, I made my comment before the end of your video. I must say more. You are "Keeling it" (smoking)! Love your playing. Burning the neck. I am going to study your playing to get my legato runs down better. My God, man.
Hi, Harry. Excellent, thorough, review of this pedal. It definitively helps us to decide on whether or not to buy the Tech21 GT2. I had watched another review that you posted in Duych, I believe. I couldn't understand more than the words in English (two or three), but the review was so clear that I was able to get what the effect (and the several controls) could do. Congrats for the demo and the good playing!
I used to play with this device when I started playing 15 years ago, my amp was a shit but thanks to the sanamp GT2 I had a very very nice sound. I think I'll buy a new one :)
Hehe - try getting a truly kranked ("dimed" for our American friends) sound out of it - its impossible as the reaction of your guitar with the pedal is not the same as it would be when you are standing in front of a real amp - it doesn't have the same feedback with the guitar which is part of the joy of recording real amps with speakers - ie: the pressure of the sound from the speakers causes your guitar strings and the coils in the pickups to vibrate giving you that holy grail sound where the real magic happens. I have the British sansamp pedal and its great save for that one thing. I still end up getting my Marshall and turing it up full then sticking a SM57 on the centre of the cone and recording that - the pedal is a great distortion effect in the front of it though, you can really get the right sound straight away. Record both dry and dirty amp sounds at the some time for a separated sound - at least you can re-amp it later if its wrong in the mix
Anthony I agree. There's nothing better than blasting a good Marshall on 10. What I meant is if you're looking for a distortion pedal this is the one. At a gig or anywhere else when all else fails this can deliver. I kind of use it as a backup.
I've used this pedal for over a decade for both live performance and for studio recording and it's definitely well worth the money. For certain it is one of the best bargains for high-end distortion pedals out there. Believe me, you don't need a tube to get good tone. These are also pure analog and as such are NOT digital amp modelling pedals. All you get is pure rich analog distortion tones.
I have to ask, do you usually run it into the front of an amp or into the fx loop return to bypass the amps internal preamp totally? I've just discovered this pedal so never tried it yet but I really love the idea to let the pedal do everything the amp does (except for the speaker of course), meaning that if I have to borrow a different amp from what I'm used to at a gig, I can be assured that I get my own sound coming through the speaker. Again, I'm not sure if that's what it's designed to do but if it can be used that way - man I gotta get one...
When using it for live performance (or if I feel like micing the amp when recording) I generally run it straight into the normal input because I like to also use the guitar amp's EQ. However if you don't want your amp's tone coloring the tone of the pedal, then yes, you can just bypass the preamp section by running it into the FX return input. Either way works fine.
Blackstar id 150 head on clean bright: Gain 11:00, volume 2-3:00, bass 8-9:00, mid 3:00, treble 2:00, ISF 11:00, Resonance 2-3:00, presence 1:00 - This pedal set at Level 2:00, High 10:00, Low 8:00, drive 2:00, Mic center, Mod high gain, Amp british. Sounds great through my cab bedroom at volume 👍
SansAmp is the only professional solution for replacement of guitar amps in the studio or live that does not get harsh as the volume increases. I wish this unit had a blackface setting as well. This guy has the best stinkface of any I have ever seen as well.
Great review! Thanks for being so thorough. So many guys on here, have no idea what to do, when reviewing a product. I look forward to hearing others of yours.
I dig your playing style and controlled technique Harry! Very cool. Over the years I've become to accept some sloppiness in my strums to add character, but I do like clean playing such as yours.
So...for hours now I've been using it on Tweed Clean through a Roland Cube 60 on the the clean channel and I gotta say Thanks Harry. It does tweed perfectly. Almost too perfectly. I'll bet through a Champion 100 it'll mimic a Low Power Twin and it's higher cost variants just as perfectly.
Would it be possible to run the GT2 straight into the fx loop return on an amp, so basically bypassing the amps internal preamp and replacing it with the GT2? Great demo btw, I am amazed that people buy giant stacks to get good sounds when you could get this tiny box instead.
Does the GT-2 comes with different knobs in some places, or did you replace them? The buttons on your pedal seem to be more controllable, more amp like.
I probably need just this one pedal going into my mixer. I've a SoundCraft Notepad-12FX that has a built-in effects processor with chorus, delay, or reverb. Why chase more when you can do as well with less?
How do you avoid the noise when you turn the gain up? Mine, and another I've tried, get quite noisy. I know I can run a noise gate, but I didn't hear you mention a gate in you signal chain. Thanks in advance.
Hi Harry, Awesome playing and demo. I have 1 question for this pedal: I see it has no mid controller, only the lows and the highs can be set. Is there a way to bring out the mids for the clean tone in any way? I mean do any of the dip switches (maybe the mic switch?) add any mids? I want to use this pedal to go direct to the mixer and get a warm jazz tone. Or do you thing the Tri ac is better because it has the mid controller? Thanks for your feedback. Best regards from Hungary!
Controlling mids is easy. The lesser High and Lows you turn (counter clockwise), the more mids will arise in the sound. The dipswitches control different values as stated on the device
Thanks again for the advice Harry, I got this pedal and I like it a lot, I ended up using it in front of my amp instead of going direct to the P.A. I mainly play blues rock with a lot of mids and it is very useful for changing the character of my Fender style amp to a more "Marshal-esque" for a few songs and then back to my normal sound. I found that the TRI AC is much better for going direct to the P.A. because it has a MID knob and this makes a WHOLE lot of difference (I know that lowering the lows and the highs on the GT2 the mids come out, but it is not the same in terms of sound). I have 'em both and they are both very good, but they serve different purposes. So my findings: For playing rock/hard-rock/metal and going in front of an amp as a distortion box: The GT2 is much better because it has more gain than the TRI AC. If you play jazz or funk or you want a clean and WARM tone (you can add ODs pefore the pedal, it takes them well) and going direct to PA, the TRI AC is a better choice. hope this helps someone.
Tibor Risko I don't really like the tri-AC vs the GT-2 so much. It seems looser and fizzier in a sense. Still sounds pretty good. If the gt-2 has a baxandall tonestack (bass-treble) then you don't need the mid knob. If you want to mod it, get the trademark 10 schematic. Many guitar amps use the baxandall tonestack with an extra mid control. Also I'd use the character series in front of an amp as they have a speaker sim defeat button. You can still mod the GT-2 to not have one although it is very flexible as is.
@Mike O'Lynn Of course it could be useful to know more on the clean side for a simple reason : distorsions and OD are already everywhere in computers, it can be useful to just beef up the sound and color it before using the software drive. For instance, this pedal could be much better IMHO if the Marshall style setting allowed the zero drive position, since a Marshall has a specific sound even in clean.
@Mike O'Lynn actually i use them for a base, clean tone, and build upon that tone with overdrive pedals, so i would say that it really depends who you are talking to
Great playing! thanks for the review. I have one of these and a British character series. I love the British character series. This one is a little bit harder to love, but it is diverse. I've struggled with this pedal sometimes, and sometimes it sounds amazing. Very finicky.
I use a Boss Katana live, but am very interested in building a pedalboard based ampless rig. I have some of my favorite drives going into a Joyo American sound, but if I really like the pedalboard method, I will definitely replace it with something more trustworthy as the "amp in a pedal." There's tons of very hyped up options (especially this year), but they all go into the digital domain. I'm not opposed to that, but there's something I trust more about the all analog thing. I've been playing for 30ish years and know about this box, but man, it really does sound good. Definitely high on my list. Great video and playing as well.
Great review. I have this stomp box and I also like more bottom end in my tone. I have my settings mostly on Hot Wired, tweed, and center. I might have to mess around with the Off Axis setting and more with the Classic mode. Plenty to experiment with. Thank you.
hello!!! great review!! may I ask something,please? Where do you have the pedal hooked up for this video? it sounds really great,some really high quality demos in your channel! keep up the good work,cheers!
hi, i'd like to use one of these to replace the front end of an old peavey deuce hybrid amp (solid state pre, valve power amp) through the power in input, so I was wondering if the pedal is good at handling a bunch of pedals on its clean setting.
Again - mic settings - classic would be some distance between the mic and the speaker cone (usually around 4 inches or more but not usually more than 12 inches unless you want to get some room sound in it) - centre is perpendicular to the speaker cone (straight on) and less than 3 inches from the cone (the centre bit) , this would probably be straight on to the cap from the sound of it (you can mic offsets to the edge of the speaker cone to get darker tones), this setting gives you a fuller tone. Off axis is at 45 degrees to the speaker so the mic receives less pressure, gives you a less full tone and allows the use of microphones that don't do well with huge pressure loads
Best sound for my bunch of tube amps running on clean is Mic-classic, any setting on the mod & always on British for the amp setting. Didn't like the California sound or tweed all that much.
So..... are there any pedals like this that produce convincing clean Fender tube tones, like a Deluxe or Twin? Seems all these reviewers get off on high gain crap and love to hear themselves shred and tap 😒 .... I really like to gear some great full thick CLEAN tones. Maybe another pedal? Any advice? (straight recording into interface and using Amplitube 5)
Fractal destroys this pedal in a twitch...thats just because of all the stuff in the fractal. Fractal also is priced about $2,200 higher than gt2. I own both and the gt 2 whoops ass. Fractal comparisons are crazy as fractal is designed to be WAY MORE . For just a pedal with dirt and clean and a cpl diff features, gt 2 can NOT be beaten
i used this pedal for about 2 years. It sounds good and all, but it kinda has that amp inside an amp kinda sound, lol if that makes sense. At low volume you cant really hear it, but at gigging volume, its pretty clear
gt2 is a fantastic pedal/device! The best distortion I have heard in 30 years
This guy has the best guitar face ever.
We choose our guitar players very carefully, ReductioAdAbsurdum :)
Hehe, his face approves the pedal. :)
@@baxshop Ad nauseam, ad absurdum.
The best demo of this pedal showing the Vai settings into a computer...
This pedal is truly great into the FX return of any amp as the tone controls are so usable
I’ve been using this pedal for 15+ years. It has left my pedal board but always makes it back. I’ve actually used it more with my strat than anything else. It can get noisy but I can really get some great sounds out of it live and recorded. I’ve primarily used it with clean Fender and Marshall amp channels. Great for studio work.
I've known about these for decades.. but never even occurred to me to even think about buying one.. This thing sounds amazing.. Very lush, and saturated.. I love the sound of a hi-gain amp that sounds "wet," and this thing nails it.. Similar to a Wampler Triple Wreck.. Great demo! And refreshing to see some one using something other than a Fender/Gibson.. This is how demos need to be done.. Too much soloing and "look at me play" instead of "here's what the pedal sounds like" .. Thanks again!
Just for everyone's information and interest, the off axis setting refers to a microphone that is set to 45 degrees against the speaker - not the edge of the cone which is completely different. The reason for it was initially because certain combo amps, such as the original AC30's 2x12 speaker cabs, had a piece of wood straight down the middle of the cone for support so putting the microphone straight on to that was not going to get you a good sound - but also it gives a less saturated sound as the microphone capsule isn't being hit with as much air as when its straight on to the speaker cone. The other, and perhaps more important thing to remember when using these kind of simulation pedals is to roll off the volume on the guitar for a fully clean tone, simulating a valve amp turned up loud - the roll off on the gain of the amp is not linear, so there is little difference in volume at 2/3rds roll off, just less gain.
You are one who knows the important areas of getting the TONE! Thanks for mentioning this 🎸
Holy crap. I'm shocked at how good this sounds.
Whoever says this pedal sucks doesn’t know how to use gear, the Sansamp, especially the PSA1, are still something we use in the studios for recording. They are on more recordings than people realize, don’t get fooled by some of the hype musicians say, when they are endorsed by an amp company, they are on contract, they pretty much have to say they are using it even if they aren’t. No guitarist has ever plugged “ straight in” to an amp for their sound, believe me. It’s a nice fairy tale , but untrue . When you hear a finished product, there is so much production on it , you have no idea. It’s been like that since the Beatles. Why do you think most people go out and blow big bucks to get an amp and guitar to achieve a similar sound from a guitarist they admire, and guess what ...it sounds nothing like it. They are missing the 20 other pieces of the puzzle. Learn your gear folks. It will save you time, money, and frustration.
Xosis One thing i finally realized
So let's see a list of famous tunes this was used on?
I think the way someone plays has a much larger impact than someone's signal chain and great list.
@@dressedtosmellgood i don't think a lot of that info can be divulged because it would pretty much break those aforementioned endorsements...
@@apoplexiamusic I will say that I could most likely use those free lepou amp sims on any track and I doubt anyone would ever know
Every night....every single night....I see his guitar face in my dreams
Great post Harry! This is a pedal from the past that really continues to shine, has so many useful tones for those of us who crave responsive features of the amps that it simulates. Great to see this and thank you for sharing! 🎸
Absolute great review of the pedal,I will go ahead and get mine now.. and that"someone just farted look on your face" is priceless..
I use this pedal all the time for both direct recording and into my amp (Deluxe Reverb). It's amazingly good. One recommendation, buy some yellow nail polish and paint the tops of the switches so you can see them. Black on black is hard to see on your pedal board.
one of the best fusion guitar players of all times IMHO
I've been using the SansAmp GT2 in place of any overdrive pedal for live gigs for the last 7 or 8 years. Tried many overdrives and distortion boxes, but always go back to the GT2.
Thanks Nace. The signal chain is guitar -> Sansamp -> sound card. I recorded into Cubase 7 with only a touch of reverb
OK, I made my comment before the end of your video. I must say more. You are "Keeling it" (smoking)! Love your playing. Burning the neck. I am going to study your playing to get my legato runs down better. My God, man.
Hi, Harry. Excellent, thorough, review of this pedal. It definitively helps us to decide on whether or not to buy the Tech21 GT2. I had watched another review that you posted in Duych, I believe. I couldn't understand more than the words in English (two or three), but the review was so clear that I was able to get what the effect (and the several controls) could do. Congrats for the demo and the good playing!
I used to play with this device when I started playing 15 years ago, my amp was a shit but thanks to the sanamp GT2 I had a very very nice sound. I think I'll buy a new one :)
I've had one of these for 20 years it's all you need. I use the British setting.
Do you plug it directly into a mixer?
Hehe - try getting a truly kranked ("dimed" for our American friends) sound out of it - its impossible as the reaction of your guitar with the pedal is not the same as it would be when you are standing in front of a real amp - it doesn't have the same feedback with the guitar which is part of the joy of recording real amps with speakers - ie: the pressure of the sound from the speakers causes your guitar strings and the coils in the pickups to vibrate giving you that holy grail sound where the real magic happens. I have the British sansamp pedal and its great save for that one thing. I still end up getting my Marshall and turing it up full then sticking a SM57 on the centre of the cone and recording that - the pedal is a great distortion effect in the front of it though, you can really get the right sound straight away. Record both dry and dirty amp sounds at the some time for a separated sound - at least you can re-amp it later if its wrong in the mix
Anthony I agree. There's nothing better than blasting a good Marshall on 10. What I meant is if you're looking for a distortion pedal this is the one. At a gig or anywhere else when all else fails this can deliver. I kind of use it as a backup.
wow paul rudd is a really good guitar player!
We agree!
😍
I've used this pedal for over a decade for both live performance and for studio recording and it's definitely well worth the money. For certain it is one of the best bargains for high-end distortion pedals out there. Believe me, you don't need a tube to get good tone. These are also pure analog and as such are NOT digital amp modelling pedals. All you get is pure rich analog distortion tones.
I have to ask, do you usually run it into the front of an amp or into the fx loop return to bypass the amps internal preamp totally?
I've just discovered this pedal so never tried it yet but I really love the idea to let the pedal do everything the amp does (except for the speaker of course), meaning that if I have to borrow a different amp from what I'm used to at a gig, I can be assured that I get my own sound coming through the speaker. Again, I'm not sure if that's what it's designed to do but if it can be used that way - man I gotta get one...
When using it for live performance (or if I feel like micing the amp when recording) I generally run it straight into the normal input because I like to also use the guitar amp's EQ. However if you don't want your amp's tone coloring the tone of the pedal, then yes, you can just bypass the preamp section by running it into the FX return input. Either way works fine.
Glad to hear that, I might end up using it that way then! Thanks!
dude, do we need a DI box if we want to record using this gt2?
I have this "thing " for a month by now and didn't figure it out yet, great sounds coming out of it at any settings. GREAT EFFECT!!!
Blackstar id 150 head on clean bright: Gain 11:00, volume 2-3:00, bass 8-9:00, mid 3:00, treble 2:00, ISF 11:00, Resonance 2-3:00, presence 1:00 - This pedal set at Level 2:00, High 10:00, Low 8:00, drive 2:00, Mic center, Mod high gain, Amp british. Sounds great through my cab bedroom at volume 👍
SansAmp is the only professional solution for replacement of guitar amps in the studio or live that does not get harsh as the volume increases. I wish this unit had a blackface setting as well. This guy has the best stinkface of any I have ever seen as well.
Amptweaker is great too!
sansamp is good because you spend more time playing and recording and less time fiddling with knobs. it's simple to get a decent sound from a sansamp
Bax-shop is THE music-shop!!!
You're the only one who's demo'd this pedal who can play worth a shit. Thanks
Best reviews on UA-cam. Thanks Harry.
Best review of this pedal on UA-cam! Good work.
Best demo on utube as usual.
Great review! Thanks for being so thorough. So many guys on here, have no idea what to do, when reviewing a product. I look forward to hearing others of yours.
Thanks Harry, great demos and boy you can play that guitar.
I'll have to check this out after hearing you play it. Looks pretty versatile and sounds amazing. I plan to use it DI to my computer with Cubase.
I dig your playing style and controlled technique Harry! Very cool. Over the years I've become to accept some sloppiness in my strums to add character, but I do like clean playing such as yours.
Dear Harry Maes, you are an awesome guitar player!
You are a bad dude MR. M./..........another killer demo. THANKS......
So...for hours now I've been using it on Tweed Clean through a Roland Cube 60 on the the clean channel and I gotta say Thanks Harry. It does tweed perfectly. Almost too perfectly. I'll bet through a Champion 100 it'll mimic a Low Power Twin and it's higher cost variants just as perfectly.
Nice demo. I like hearing the hi gain settings along with the lead tones.
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Ok dude, clicked for a pedal review and realized how much I still need to learn 😂
sounds amazing.. and great playing!
Loving your reviews Harry, top chap!
Would it be possible to run the GT2 straight into the fx loop return on an amp, so basically bypassing the amps internal preamp and replacing it with the GT2?
Great demo btw, I am amazed that people buy giant stacks to get good sounds when you could get this tiny box instead.
That's how I use it. Because this sounds better than my amps preamp.
I used to do that all the time with a Boogie 50 Caliber. Got great tones.
Best reviewer on youtube
Does the GT-2 comes with different knobs in some places, or did you replace them? The buttons on your pedal seem to be more controllable, more amp like.
Very good your review my friend!
Great player. Fairly complete demo of this interesting pedal, being that the GT-2 seems to have so many switches..... Thanks for posting this.
I probably need just this one pedal going into my mixer. I've a SoundCraft Notepad-12FX that has a built-in effects processor with chorus, delay, or reverb. Why chase more when you can do as well with less?
The version we have is version 2, which exists for about ten years.
In fact the second generation of the original product.
Great Demo! Thank you. One question, do you think that the GT2 is good for recording a Bass guitar directly to a sound card? Thank for the answer.
I guess you most likely found the answer by now but they make a few models for bass
How do you avoid the noise when you turn the gain up? Mine, and another I've tried, get quite noisy. I know I can run a noise gate, but I didn't hear you mention a gate in you signal chain. Thanks in advance.
zenncatt use isp decimator... The noise 'll dissapear.... Without loosing gain and tone... IMO
Great sounds! Thanks
love my SansAmp GT-2! ❤️
Hi Harry,
Awesome playing and demo.
I have 1 question for this pedal: I see it has no mid controller, only the lows and the highs can be set. Is there a way to bring out the mids for the clean tone in any way? I mean do any of the dip switches (maybe the mic switch?) add any mids? I want to use this pedal to go direct to the mixer and get a warm jazz tone. Or do you thing the Tri ac is better because it has the mid controller?
Thanks for your feedback.
Best regards from Hungary!
Controlling mids is easy. The lesser High and Lows you turn (counter clockwise), the more mids will arise in the sound. The dipswitches control different values as stated on the device
Thanks for the advice, will check it out. Keep well
Thanks again for the advice Harry, I got this pedal and I like it a lot, I ended up using it in front of my amp instead of going direct to the P.A. I mainly play blues rock with a lot of mids and it is very useful for changing the character of my Fender style amp to a more "Marshal-esque" for a few songs and then back to my normal sound. I found that the TRI AC is much better for going direct to the P.A. because it has a MID knob and this makes a WHOLE lot of difference (I know that lowering the lows and the highs on the GT2 the mids come out, but it is not the same in terms of sound). I have 'em both and they are both very good, but they serve different purposes. So my findings: For playing rock/hard-rock/metal and going in front of an amp as a distortion box: The GT2 is much better because it has more gain than the TRI AC. If you play jazz or funk or you want a clean and WARM tone (you can add ODs pefore the pedal, it takes them well) and going direct to PA, the TRI AC is a better choice. hope this helps someone.
Tibor Risko I don't really like the tri-AC vs the GT-2 so much. It seems looser and fizzier in a sense. Still sounds pretty good. If the gt-2 has a baxandall tonestack (bass-treble) then you don't need the mid knob.
If you want to mod it, get the trademark 10 schematic. Many guitar amps use the baxandall tonestack with an extra mid control.
Also I'd use the character series in front of an amp as they have a speaker sim defeat button. You can still mod the GT-2 to not have one although it is very flexible as is.
81giorikas Thanks dude!
Are you using any impulse response after the pedal or the pedal sounds like this plugged directly to the sound card?
Plays clean for like 2 seconds, high gain for 14 minutes.
That was truly aggravating seriously..
It's a fucking distortion pedal go figure
@Mike O'Lynn Of course it could be useful to know more on the clean side for a simple reason : distorsions and OD are already everywhere in computers, it can be useful to just beef up the sound and color it before using the software drive. For instance, this pedal could be much better IMHO if the Marshall style setting allowed the zero drive position, since a Marshall has a specific sound even in clean.
@Mike O'Lynn actually i use them for a base, clean tone, and build upon that tone with overdrive pedals, so i would say that it really depends who you are talking to
Just what I was looking for
I just bought this badboy ... Cant wait to have a blast on it
Great playing! thanks for the review. I have one of these and a British character series. I love the British character series. This one is a little bit harder to love, but it is diverse. I've struggled with this pedal sometimes, and sometimes it sounds amazing. Very finicky.
This pedal is awesome, this guitar is wonderful...
I love how the "clean" settings, whether California, British or American, can get pretty distorted.
I use a Boss Katana live, but am very interested in building a pedalboard based ampless rig. I have some of my favorite drives going into a Joyo American sound, but if I really like the pedalboard method, I will definitely replace it with something more trustworthy as the "amp in a pedal." There's tons of very hyped up options (especially this year), but they all go into the digital domain. I'm not opposed to that, but there's something I trust more about the all analog thing. I've been playing for 30ish years and know about this box, but man, it really does sound good. Definitely high on my list. Great video and playing as well.
this demonstration convinced me more to make it work faster
Ali Bayat indeed work it... harder, better and also stronger
your testings are excellent friend, I thank you
Great review. I have this stomp box and I also like more bottom end in my tone. I have my settings mostly on Hot Wired, tweed, and center. I might have to mess around with the Off Axis setting and more with the Classic mode. Plenty to experiment with. Thank you.
Good to hear!
hello!!! great review!! may I ask something,please?
Where do you have the pedal hooked up for this video?
it sounds really great,some really high quality demos in your channel!
keep up the good work,cheers!
There's some switch to chance (like multiFX Pedals like HD500x) or does it automatically identifies the PA setup?
Ahh, man love the soloing face.
dude, what if I add another pedal (say reverb or delay) after this Gt2 and put it straight to my recording device? will the sound change?
Hi guys! Great reviews as usual. Could you show us what you think of the Quilter 101 Mini Head some day?
hi, i'd like to use one of these to replace the front end of an old peavey deuce hybrid amp (solid state pre, valve power amp) through the power in input, so I was wondering if the pedal is good at handling a bunch of pedals on its clean setting.
Reallyy excellent review, thank you.
Does this also work if I don't have a pedalboard and just have, say, a Zoom G3X?
Again - mic settings - classic would be some distance between the mic and the speaker cone (usually around 4 inches or more but not usually more than 12 inches unless you want to get some room sound in it) - centre is perpendicular to the speaker cone (straight on) and less than 3 inches from the cone (the centre bit) , this would probably be straight on to the cap from the sound of it (you can mic offsets to the edge of the speaker cone to get darker tones), this setting gives you a fuller tone. Off axis is at 45 degrees to the speaker so the mic receives less pressure, gives you a less full tone and allows the use of microphones that don't do well with huge pressure loads
Thanks!
Does it work with stereo effects?
does this take pedal well? like if I have it clean amp setting and push a distortion pedal through it?
Great review!
Great Demo from a great "Strat Rocker"!
Please do mxr fullbore metal review and krank maximus distortus
Best sound for my bunch of tube amps running on clean is Mic-classic, any setting on the mod & always on British for the amp setting. Didn't like the California sound or tweed all that much.
If I buy one will it help me play like that?
i want use this to connect direct my boss mt2 to pc. i dont wanna gt2 affect originality sound of my mt2 . what can i do?
How does this pedal compare to the Sansamp Tri AC?
So..... are there any pedals like this that produce convincing clean Fender tube tones, like a Deluxe or Twin? Seems all these reviewers get off on high gain crap and love to hear themselves shred and tap 😒 .... I really like to gear some great full thick CLEAN tones. Maybe another pedal? Any advice? (straight recording into interface and using Amplitube 5)
This pedal does that 80s session player rack gear kinda sound really well
Can i know that song name... 0:09. Nice playing
This info is mentioned on the tech21 FAQ page. I can't post a link here, sorry.
I see you use that strat quite a bit on your demos and love the tone. What pickups are in it?
Hi Ariel, Harry uses custom pick-ups on his Yamaha V510. For more in see www.harrymaes.com/gear.html
+Bax-shop.nl Can you tell us how to connect it strait to Mac and record with no microphone, please?
2:07 he says DiMarzio Transition pickups :)
Excelent review.
After 90 seconds of distortion it all sounds the same. I have one of these and they work great with Delay and clean.
Excelent video!!!
Can this make my orange crush pro 60 sound like a Mesa boogie?
This sounds really great. Wonder how it compares to Fractal?
Fractal destroys this pedal in a twitch...thats just because of all the stuff in the fractal. Fractal also is priced about $2,200 higher than gt2. I own both and the gt 2 whoops ass. Fractal comparisons are crazy as fractal is designed to be WAY MORE . For just a pedal with dirt and clean and a cpl diff features, gt 2 can NOT be beaten
is there a diffence between this the sansamp classic tech 21?
i used this pedal for about 2 years. It sounds good and all, but it kinda has that amp inside an amp kinda sound, lol if that makes sense. At low volume you cant really hear it, but at gigging volume, its pretty clear
can I use direct to pa?
I read a review that said this sounded hollow, but it sounds good to me, and others like it. It sucks when that one bad review sticks in your head!
foto21com this thing is amazing Ive used one personally and buying one now
foto21com check my reply I gave to Megacrashermusic, just above yours. Who ever says this pedal sucks really doesn’t know how to use gear
12:16 Yeah! Beautiful lick on a beautiful tone :)
Bravo............great job.
GREAT DEMO, THANKS
really great review
The Brand and model of this guitar?