The GT1000 core is underrated in my opinion. Most people choose the HX Stomp because it was way more effects, but I have always preferred the sound of Boss effects, and the GT1000 core does Boss effects better than any other multi-effects unit. The amp sims are OK as well, but the effects are why I bought it. If you want a ton of Boss effects in one pedal, the GT1000 core is the way to go.
Agree the Gt1000 core doesn’t get enough love, but I ended up moving back to hx stomp for a different reason, is the user interface/flow/visual representation for me. I think the boss has better sound and feel, it not by enough to sacrifice how much easier I found the hx to use (Just my personal experience and preferences)
@@ryand5251I also jumped ship from the GT1000 to an HX Stomp. Changing from one OD to another in GT requires a fair bit of tweaking. The HX just swaps something usable for something else immediately usable.
Thank you for this video. I love my GT-1000, but I was always bothered by how muffled the drive tones sounded, no matter what I tried. After watching this video, I solved the problem differently - I bought a custom IR pack and used it instead of the stock IR emulation. The difference is night and day.
Hahaha, I like the humor in your videos and that Lee is often on your channel. A little tip from my side: To improve the sound a little more, I can recommend the Ampster from Carl Martin. It's a Fenderstyle tube pre-amp in pedal format. ;)
As a hobbyist, I've struggled with really falling in love with my GT-1000 Core. I've found the best sound going into the front of my Champ clone is to turn off the output section and the amps and use it basically for it's pedals and effects. I've found new respect for it by doing this. Of course, each use case is different and I might be a little insane.
Yeah, you just have to make peace with the fact that a modeller into a real amp in the room never sounds anything like what it does direct, or into an FRFR, and then find a way to get it sounding good in your rig.
You guys never disappoint, but thats more of a testament to this channel's ability to play than it is the gear. I did the ox stomp for a moment too, but the workflow was just too clunky and the option paralysis just ended up not working well for me and I spent more time just tinkering. I reverted back to the AIRD cab and external IR's.
Saw Lee play at the prog for peart with Galahad recently,he had a killer sound and played amazing guitar.intrested in hearing the new album. Still got my boss katana artist mk 2 thanks Paul for helping me dial in some tones.
My God!...Lee's got a nearby 20 year career of prog and rock music production!!...I am the only one who didn't know this?......(didn't know his full name until this vid..sorry) Enjoying Comatose album as I type. Great stuff
The Boss unit sounds great, but it's a real buzzkill that the editor doesn't work better. I'm at an age where I refuse to bend over and interact with a screen that looks like it came from a 1980s Casio keyboard. I'll stick with HX Edit on my lovely MacBook screen. That new recording sounds like it's really going to be a winner though!
Having the basic screen keeps the power requirements down. The core runs off 9v 500mah comfortably. The HX Stomp on the other hand with its colour screen needs 3000mah (3amps). Also, I’ve had no problems with the Boss editor on my Mac. Links with the core beautifully
@@Docksidestudio1 I gave up on battery dependency many years ago. As a live cover band guy, they just let you down at the worst times. So if you are plugging in anyway, does his matter? I have my Helix floor, which has a better display, but I interact with the always on editor off to the side on my MacBook Air. No bending over, squinting, or remembering which button to push/pull/twist/etc.. The MacBook usually also provides the break music. At times, I've had it also providing keyboard sounds via MainStage. It's nice to have.
Question: I agree that the OX sounds better than the Boss IRs, but why can't someone make an IR that replicates the exact sound that you're getting from the OX? If that could be loaded into the GT1000Core, that would be preferable, right?
I have the GT1000core paired with the Two Notes Opus. In my opinion, it sounds much better than the OX Stomp, and it's MIDI, so you can change your sound with one button press.
The Ox is an awesome device, there are 2 downsides. Biggest Downside: App. Its terrible. They should do a pc/mac app over cable. And the latency is about 3.5ms which could be better. I mean the boss does all fx and modelling and has 1ms. Otherwise its really great.
Confused: can you only turn off cabs, not amp sims & cabs/IRs both, using the CORE as an effects unit? Looks like he scrolled to the block OUTPUT SELECT then he selected the PAGE RIGHT button next to EXIT. I do not get the same result when I do that: is there a change I need to make in the OUTPUT SELECT somehow?
Make sure the gt is set to output “Recording”. I don’t know why, it’s a bit complicated. In that mode you can turn off just the cab. What the gt won’t let you do is turn off the amp and leave the cab on (like an IR loader). There is a work around buts its complex and not ideal. I wish boss would address this
It looks like you are recording the output of the Ox into the DAW? Could you put the Ox in the GT-1000s effects loop so you could still use it if using the GT-1000 as an audio interface through the USB output or hear its output when using headphones on the GT-1000?
I was a line 6 guy but recently switched to boss and got a GX100… I get some of my best tones ever from it. Rather than the ox shown here, I am considering pairing it to a ToneX, but the in built amps sound great so not too sure.. what a great headache to have 😂
@Gibbo1050 interesting, may give it a go..I love this idea of one unit for all, but I suppose some have huge pedal boards, so 2 units isn't too bad. The GX100 only has a handful of amps (12 I think) and some sound good. I think the toneX or tonex1 may open a new world of possibilities.
@steved1099 the MX5 has some good amps as well, especially if you use third party IRs. Took a chance with the Tonex1 as it was cheap!! Loads of decent free captures on their tone exchange (including some Studiorats ones) and you can also use IRs with them. I use the Tonex amp with the Tonex reverb which frees up a few more blocks for fx on the Headrush.
Hi Paul, What do you feel is the best option for a bedroom guitarist (without factoring in price too much): Boss Katana w/ GA-FC, Quad Cortex, Hx Stomp, Axe Fx iii, or Boss GT 1000?
I don't really understand what the ox is doing Is it just cabs? Are you guys listening through monitors as well? So if I have a line 6 power cab with the ox stomp be useless for me?
Thanks for still covering the GT1000 Core. Mine lives on a board with my Tonex and an Ox Stomp. Sounds killer but not quite as good as you guys. Accepting the magic is in the fingers did you do much tweaking in the DAW?
there's one thing in opening track i noticed with solo. if it were a real amp, there could have been a little feedback to elevate feel of it. how do you achieve that even playing live with modelers, or is a controllable feed back not cool anymore? really nice tone though, very natural sounding
The Ox Stomp has “speaker drive” which you can adjust. It sounds on the face of it like a gimmick and at studio volumes (as shown in most UA-cam videos) it’s inaudible, but…… at gig volume (loud, with a real drummer) it adds a certain something that makes it sound like the cone is crying and feeding in that subtle musical way
It is very disappointing that UA have not sorted out the app nearly a year later. I would certainly be put off by that as your resale value is going to be harsh. It’s not really good enough from UA. If the hardware requires software to work then the software needs to be 100%. And if after a year they have not fixed it, not much hope of it working at all in a few years time. Enjoyed the video all the same
Question 1: did you need to disable or turn off something on Boss GT-1000 to have OX Stomp to do the Cab Modeling? Question 2: Are the Boss GT-1000 Cab sims inferior or not as great sounding, or was this just Lee's choice to use OX Stomp?
I mean, UA vs Boss isnt a fair fight. Soundwise anyhow. Not sure if the ox stomp uses same wifi protocols as OX box but i solved my connectivity issues with my ox box by creating a stupidly long wifi network name. If it ever drops the signal again i just add a couple more characters to the network name. But so far the last one i created has lasted a couple years. I stumbled on this hack on some obscure thread…i told one of the ua guts about this and he had no idea. Try it. Youre welcome!
@@Docksidestudio1 yeah but first you gotta sync it to your home wifi and thats where all the connection fails have occurred try my “”stupidly long nw name” fix and i promise you wont be sorry. 😉
As we all know, IRs can be a rabbit hole. I just wanted to try some different IR type sounds and the Ox just happened to come along at the right price, so I thought I’d try it
To investigate this point I used software to make an IR out of the Ox setting and loaded it into the GT. It sounded pretty spot on, but the Ox had a certain feel to it that was missing. Then I took it to a gig and used it live, the deficiency in the homemade IR was massive and I hated it. Turned off the IR and Ox back on…. Massive improvement
The GT1000 core is underrated in my opinion. Most people choose the HX Stomp because it was way more effects, but I have always preferred the sound of Boss effects, and the GT1000 core does Boss effects better than any other multi-effects unit. The amp sims are OK as well, but the effects are why I bought it. If you want a ton of Boss effects in one pedal, the GT1000 core is the way to go.
Agree the Gt1000 core doesn’t get enough love, but I ended up moving back to hx stomp for a different reason, is the user interface/flow/visual representation for me.
I think the boss has better sound and feel, it not by enough to sacrifice how much easier I found the hx to use
(Just my personal experience and preferences)
@@ryand5251I also jumped ship from the GT1000 to an HX Stomp. Changing from one OD to another in GT requires a fair bit of tweaking. The HX just swaps something usable for something else immediately usable.
I love the Monthly “what has Lee bought” episode 🤣
Always great to see Lee, and great solo from him!! It's amazing how good the tech sounds these days, that small board sounds awesome.
Yep Lee is awesome
This video is what encouraged me to but the ox stomp for my GT1000core.
Thanks guys.
The thing is, nearly everything is worth buying ! The OX really opens the sound from the GT.
Well done and thanks
Thank you for this video. I love my GT-1000, but I was always bothered by how muffled the drive tones sounded, no matter what I tried.
After watching this video, I solved the problem differently - I bought a custom IR pack and used it instead of the stock IR emulation. The difference is night and day.
That was some great tone!!!!!! I'm amazed at how much differnce the OX made!!
Yeah it deffo takes ir to the next level.
Timely. I reacquired a GTCore recently after spending a few months w/HX Stomp. Studio Rats videos are a blessing & always spot on.
Great to hear!
Hahaha, I like the humor in your videos and that Lee is often on your channel. A little tip from my side: To improve the sound a little more, I can recommend the Ampster from Carl Martin. It's a Fenderstyle tube pre-amp in pedal format. ;)
I really like the simplicity of Lee's rig. Great sounding and easy to haul around\
Agreed!
Good stuff guys. Looking forward to the album Lee!
Always loved the Boss GT-1000 and core.
The first thing to do tomorow evening is to learn Pauls great solo. What a great phrasing!
Nice work lads.
Great fly rig Lee!
Great video guys as usual, I see Paul swigging from his can of Aldi Tropical blast :) I like that too!
Big up the ALDI
Aldi Aldi Aldi!
@@Docksidestudio1 oi oi oi !
How about a more lengthy video of OX and GT.
Love, love, love this sound
thank you so much for this, I love my gt1000 core and was interested in adding an OX stomp to it.
Glad I could help!
I would go with the TwoNotes Cab M+ over the Ox Stomp, because it has a WAY easier app, and still has great sounding IRs.
As a hobbyist, I've struggled with really falling in love with my GT-1000 Core. I've found the best sound going into the front of my Champ clone is to turn off the output section and the amps and use it basically for it's pedals and effects. I've found new respect for it by doing this. Of course, each use case is different and I might be a little insane.
Yeah, you just have to make peace with the fact that a modeller into a real amp in the room never sounds anything like what it does direct, or into an FRFR, and then find a way to get it sounding good in your rig.
You guys never disappoint, but thats more of a testament to this channel's ability to play than it is the gear. I did the ox stomp for a moment too, but the workflow was just too clunky and the option paralysis just ended up not working well for me and I spent more time just tinkering. I reverted back to the AIRD cab and external IR's.
Cheers Fella
Saw Lee play at the prog for peart with Galahad recently,he had a killer sound and played amazing guitar.intrested in hearing the new album.
Still got my boss katana artist mk 2 thanks Paul for helping me dial in some tones.
Lee is a prog god!
Awesome video have a great day ❤😊 Paul also lee ❤😊
Peter Jones is fantastico. Just that fact makes me wanne hear the album. Nice video and the combogear
seems great.
The stomp sounds great
One Take Lee 💪🏻
Great sounding rig.
Good stuff gents !
Cheers Ben
You should do a more thorough walkthrough on the GT and ES8
Check out the playlists from the Studio Rats. Loads of GT1000 and ES8 videos.
My God!...Lee's got a nearby 20 year career of prog and rock music production!!...I am the only one who didn't know this?......(didn't know his full name until this vid..sorry) Enjoying Comatose album as I type. Great stuff
Cheers. Very kind words…… Paul’s been around the block too! ;-)
Very nice tones Paul.
Thanks for listening
The Ox stomp really made a massive difference. Would be interested to hear the Ox, in combination with a tube preamp.
Good shout, I’ll see if we can sort that
Even better.. put a couple of Vox Valvenergy pedals in one of the FX loops 😁
I too had the worst experience trying to use the Ox Stomp App. It sounded great but I ended up returning it and got the Boss IR-200 instead.
I wish I had a board like that in the mid 80s……
UA stuff is great but the phone app is crap ...hope they do a desktop app or improve the phobe app! ;)
I'd like to see a boss gt-1/joyo american/tc IR loader version of this setup
As always, I super enjoyed the video, even if Lee isn’t a man of the people anymore…😁😁😁
The Boss unit sounds great, but it's a real buzzkill that the editor doesn't work better. I'm at an age where I refuse to bend over and interact with a screen that looks like it came from a 1980s Casio keyboard. I'll stick with HX Edit on my lovely MacBook screen. That new recording sounds like it's really going to be a winner though!
I actually like the screen better this way… adding colors just adds the possibility of nasty color combinations 😅 which I think they did with GX-100.
Having the basic screen keeps the power requirements down. The core runs off 9v 500mah comfortably. The HX Stomp on the other hand with its colour screen needs 3000mah (3amps). Also, I’ve had no problems with the Boss editor on my Mac. Links with the core beautifully
@@Docksidestudio1 I gave up on battery dependency many years ago. As a live cover band guy, they just let you down at the worst times. So if you are plugging in anyway, does his matter? I have my Helix floor, which has a better display, but I interact with the always on editor off to the side on my MacBook Air. No bending over, squinting, or remembering which button to push/pull/twist/etc.. The MacBook usually also provides the break music. At times, I've had it also providing keyboard sounds via MainStage. It's nice to have.
Question: I agree that the OX sounds better than the Boss IRs, but why can't someone make an IR that replicates the exact sound that you're getting from the OX? If that could be loaded into the GT1000Core, that would be preferable, right?
I have the GT1000core paired with the Two Notes Opus. In my opinion, it sounds much better than the OX Stomp, and it's MIDI, so you can change your sound with one button press.
Sounds like a great solution! I would like UA to add power amp modelling to the Ox similar to the Two Notes stuff
The Ox is an awesome device, there are 2 downsides. Biggest Downside: App. Its terrible. They should do a pc/mac app over cable. And the latency is about 3.5ms which could be better. I mean the boss does all fx and modelling and has 1ms. Otherwise its really great.
Note: The GT-1000 (and core) can load third-party IR's, so if you already have some you like, they'll work.
Yes that’s what we were showing. It was a third party ir that Lee always uses. The ox isn’t ir it’s there own tech.
Confused: can you only turn off cabs, not amp sims & cabs/IRs both, using the CORE as an effects unit? Looks like he scrolled to the block OUTPUT SELECT then he selected the PAGE RIGHT button next to EXIT. I do not get the same result when I do that: is there a change I need to make in the OUTPUT SELECT somehow?
Make sure the gt is set to output “Recording”. I don’t know why, it’s a bit complicated. In that mode you can turn off just the cab. What the gt won’t let you do is turn off the amp and leave the cab on (like an IR loader). There is a work around buts its complex and not ideal. I wish boss would address this
It looks like you are recording the output of the Ox into the DAW? Could you put the Ox in the GT-1000s effects loop so you could still use it if using the GT-1000 as an audio interface through the USB output or hear its output when using headphones on the GT-1000?
Yes you totally can use it that way. I don’t as it would add another AD/DA conversion, but that’s just me being picky
I was a line 6 guy but recently switched to boss and got a GX100… I get some of my best tones ever from it. Rather than the ox shown here, I am considering pairing it to a ToneX, but the in built amps sound great so not too sure.. what a great headache to have 😂
I run the Tonex1 in the loop of my Headrush MX5 and it sounds great.
Just use the MX5 for drives, delays etc and the Tonex as the "amp".
@Gibbo1050 interesting, may give it a go..I love this idea of one unit for all, but I suppose some have huge pedal boards, so 2 units isn't too bad. The GX100 only has a handful of amps (12 I think) and some sound good. I think the toneX or tonex1 may open a new world of possibilities.
@steved1099 the MX5 has some good amps as well, especially if you use third party IRs.
Took a chance with the Tonex1 as it was cheap!! Loads of decent free captures on their tone exchange (including some Studiorats ones) and you can also use IRs with them. I use the Tonex amp with the Tonex reverb which frees up a few more blocks for fx on the Headrush.
Leeeeegend
Hi Paul, What do you feel is the best option for a bedroom guitarist (without factoring in price too much): Boss Katana w/ GA-FC, Quad Cortex, Hx Stomp, Axe Fx iii, or Boss GT 1000?
Loads of extra factors to consider but you can’t beat Axe fx3
@@TheStudioRats Thank you
Ox sounds great, Schecter sounds great, solos sounds great, songs sound great. You still selling that Schecter Paul, if so how much is it up for?
Hi Gary yes I am, it’s £1500
I don't really understand what the ox is doing Is it just cabs? Are you guys listening through monitors as well? So if I have a line 6 power cab with the ox stomp be useless for me?
The ox stomp is cabs and reverb and delay. It would work well with the frfr
Excellent video and a big shout out to Lee AKA the 3rd rat 👍😂
Thanks for still covering the GT1000 Core. Mine lives on a board with my Tonex and an Ox Stomp. Sounds killer but not quite as good as you guys. Accepting the magic is in the fingers did you do much tweaking in the DAW?
No, nothing tone wise. All GT and Ox. Delay and reverb are from the DAW
@@Docksidestudio1 Epic. I'll get back to concentrating on my playing. looking forward to the album1
there's one thing in opening track i noticed with solo. if it were a real amp, there could have been a little feedback to elevate feel of it. how do you achieve that even playing live with modelers, or is a controllable feed back not cool anymore? really nice tone though, very natural sounding
The Ox Stomp has “speaker drive” which you can adjust. It sounds on the face of it like a gimmick and at studio volumes (as shown in most UA-cam videos) it’s inaudible, but…… at gig volume (loud, with a real drummer) it adds a certain something that makes it sound like the cone is crying and feeding in that subtle musical way
great sound! Is it possible to have copy of GT1000 preset? Thanks
Paul’s solo was the x crunch. Mine was the x high gain
It is very disappointing that UA have not sorted out the app nearly a year later. I would certainly be put off by that as your resale value is going to be harsh. It’s not really good enough from UA. If the hardware requires software to work then the software needs to be 100%. And if after a year they have not fixed it, not much hope of it working at all in a few years time. Enjoyed the video all the same
Agreed
Question 1: did you need to disable or turn off something on Boss GT-1000 to have OX Stomp to do the Cab Modeling?
Question 2: Are the Boss GT-1000 Cab sims inferior or not as great sounding, or was this just Lee's choice to use OX Stomp?
Yes Lee was turning off the speaker modelling in the GT1000 when we used the Ox stomp
There’s nothing wrong with the cabs in the GT, I just wanted to try something different and when I saw the Ox at a good price, I bought one to try
Boss gt1000 core plus ox stomp equals same tone as, but at half the price of, quad cortex? Seems that way
I mean, UA vs Boss isnt a fair fight. Soundwise anyhow. Not sure if the ox stomp uses same wifi protocols as OX box but i solved my connectivity issues with my ox box by creating a stupidly long wifi network name. If it ever drops the signal again i just add a couple more characters to the network name. But so far the last one i created has lasted a couple years. I stumbled on this hack on some obscure thread…i told one of the ua guts about this and he had no idea. Try it. Youre welcome!
The ox stomp connects via Bluetooth….. I seem to have it working better now
@@Docksidestudio1 yeah but first you gotta sync it to your home wifi and thats where all the connection fails have occurred
try my “”stupidly long nw name” fix and i promise you wont be sorry. 😉
Hey what guitar is that black relic Paul is playing?
I believe it's a Fender CS
Fender custom shop Pablo Ancho heavy relic strat. The pick ups are hotter than usual.
He has another too with pink under it and an hb in the bridge but I don’t think it’s a Pablo ancho.
A stratocaster gasp
…Stomptastic…!!!
👍👍👍🎸🎶🎸
Why go that route instead of just loading some good IR's into the GT-1000?
As we all know, IRs can be a rabbit hole. I just wanted to try some different IR type sounds and the Ox just happened to come along at the right price, so I thought I’d try it
@@Docksidestudio1 It does sound good.
What happened to the Friedman preamp pedal? Usurped?
As I said he changes rigs more than I change pants.
Gotta keep it fresh……. Pants especially
Isn’t this just putting a better quality IR than GTK offers?
In effect, yes. UA have a different tech to IR’s.
There is definitely a “feel” thing going on with the Ox…. Can’t quite explain it
i hate you becaus eoyu had such a cool strat and now a coll schter ugh!!! lol
Kinda useless, since you can put your IR directly in the boss gt1000
The ox is not ir
To investigate this point I used software to make an IR out of the Ox setting and loaded it into the GT. It sounded pretty spot on, but the Ox had a certain feel to it that was missing. Then I took it to a gig and used it live, the deficiency in the homemade IR was massive and I hated it. Turned off the IR and Ox back on…. Massive improvement
The ox is not a simple IR loader, loaded with IRs