16 ways to use a Boss GE-7 Equalizer - Workshop (no talking)

[@adleneboulebtateche156]

The Guitar Borneo's "no talking" method is unrivaled. It's absolutely fantastic. Thank you guys.

[@no_talking]

Hear hear

[@BboyEklypse]

I absolutely love it

[@casey17w]

One of the most useful vids ive come across. Bravo.

[@spholm]

Great video, what a relief to get usable information without thousands of boring speak and selfpromotion. THANKS

[@imdhomedesign3524]

Maybe the most underrated Boss pedal ever.

[@juanforrester2283]

Absolutely,its my tubescreamer booster ha!,need another for cab simulation duty last in chain

[@markuselipka]

maybe the most inflationary comment ever...:-)

[@BennieTarrMusic]

The flanger HF-2 high band flange. It only flanges the high frequency and leaves the low end clean. It's the pedal all chours pedals wish they could be!

[@adrianmarchena3699]

Swiss army pedal. Have mine to make my ODs sound like a real amp. This is everything your pedalboard is missing.

[@michaelyolch79]

Underrated? They’ve sold OBSCENE amounts of this pedal! 🙄

[@kensmith2809]

I've had this pedal for 30 years. This video is outstanding.

[@carlos_al]

do you use it and love it? i'm deciding wether to buy it used or new.... but seeing you've had it for 30 years, might as well buy it new.

[@BennieTarrMusic]

Me: "Wow! Hear the difference!" My girlfriend: "Sounds the same."

[@erestube]

My girlfriend: "Is that a guitar or a bass?"

[@BennieTarrMusic]

@@erestube Yup. Kinda funny how guys play guitar to get chicks, but the women don't really care about the music...

[@stynkychrist]

The best comment ever!

[@BennieTarrMusic]

@Dave Carpenter Yeah, she's like "would you know the difference between a bass and a regular guitar just by looking, I mean not by sound but do they look different? See this is actually a good thing, here's why: I have had women fall madly in love with me before, because they thought they were getting a great musician, then they lost interest and broke my heart after about a month. That happened many times... The lady I'm with now however, has stuck with me for a few years already, so there's none of that "omg I'm dating an artist" infatuation.

[@DKprojects9]

I laughed so hard at this. I am a gear guy and my wife always says every amp/pedal/guitar i get sounds the same!

[@AXE668]

Nice video. Proof that actions speak louder than words.

[@charlie-obrien]

The fuzz / wah effect alone makes it worth it. 6:03 It's one of only 3 pedals I use or need.

[@Terrysoddy]

Yea it does, that wah sound was awesome

[@b-artmedia1324]

,,no talking” buys me sooo much!

[@thekilljoy2711]

i like the "V" SOUND.. the most underrated pedals of all... THANKS FOR VIDS!!!!

[@joesmith8398]

I use a GE-7 at the end of my chain before the amp, just to boost the signal for solos, riffs, emphasizing a particular part. etc. It's also great after a distortion or overdrive pedal to shape the distortion by , say, giving it more mids if necessary or boosting the bass frequencies. Really useful little gadget.

[@vincentl.9469]

they are all useful ! does it work best in a loop? assuming the amp has one

[@d-fresh901]

Just got mine yesterday 🤘

[@dirtybath7317]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've just used some of your settings at a local band practise. ...what a difference and feel to the guitar sound! Just amazing!!

[@mjwontstop]

Ever since I got this pedal. My quest for single analog pedals really went from 10 to 1! this is like a Swiss knife for effect pedals or amps.

[@robz1980]

In the loop it works magic. Making drastic improvements from the pre-amp section which are amplified in the powersection.Getting rid of fizz and beef up the overall sound. Great inexpensive pedal.

[@jhonpasquez6145]

Is it ok to set them up in series with delay and chorus after eq??

[@robz1980]

@@jhonpasquez6145 yes, highly recommended since it's the proper way for time based effects, especially in the loop.

[@AimingWanderously]

Inexpensive? It's one of the priciest EQs out there.

[@johnegan4762]

@@AimingWanderously Cheaper than buying a new amp which is what putting this in the effect loop does.

[@AimingWanderously]

I get it, but my reply was to the statement "great inexpensive pedal" which it is not inexpensive. Great, yes, I have one, but it's expensive relatively speaking. Rock on! @@johnegan4762

[@killnoni5032]

Tip here for strat users who want to turn their guitar into semi hollow: Use the semi hollow settings as described in the video just a bit more to low end as you please for example: 100 maxed (+15)-200 noon (0) -400 just below noon (-3-5), in the second position of your guitar (mid+bridge). TA TAA!

[@rikkitikkitavi3118]

How can you get clock positioning out of a vertical slide??

[@killnoni5032]

@@rikkitikkitavi3118 not important mate, u probably get what i mean.

[@colinfarel]

I want a 10 band EQ pedal. Anyone has any recommendations? I have had this pedal for 30 years. Purchase a boss pedal set with power supply boas tuner from a guy in the street. He was also selling his fender squire. Strat. He was taking $200 for every thing. I went for the pedals and pedal board with boss tuner. Best deal ever.

[@sadmachinesaudio6462]

It's a great video with no time wasting at all. I use most of these ideas myself. But I don't think one has to go to extreme settings like 15dB boosts or cuts (except for the telephone effect maybe). The desired effects can be achieved with more subtile settings that do not mangle or warp your signal as much. 06:50 A sound that has 15dB cut at 800Hz will be very hard to mix and will need help stay present in a dense mix. I think it would enough to drop 800Hz just enough so that this frequency drops below the other instruments in that range for that effect to work.

[@Dragonfyre137]

Awesome video! I'm using mine as the first pedal up front, before the signal hits a noise gate, compressor and the amp. I use it to boost mids and cut low and high frequencies (-10, -5, 0, +5, 0, -5, -10). I play superstrats with hot pickups into a modern sounding amp. These settings allow me to retain a lot of clarity even at high distortion. The sound will even cut through diamonds.

[@stratcat688]

EQ can do a lot for a cheap set of pickups.

[@NickyV]

You can also get a pseudo-dobro sound by taking every other one all the way up and all the way down. So 100 all the way cut, 200 all the way up, 400 all the way down, 800 all the way up, 1.6 all the way down....etc. Learned this from a steel buddy.

[@BboyEklypse]

This video is very excellent! Love the no talking approach just straight demo. Really well done ty

[@gelidospunkrockfueguino2218]

Excellent video, thank you for demonstrating and teaching this, it is one of the best videos I saw in this year 2021, greetings from Tierra del Fuego ARGENTINA, sincerely, Nicolas

[@alexmurphy5289]

Of all the pedals that I got modded, this one was the best. Running on 18 volts truly made a difference in clarity and headroom, highly recommend it if you’re a fan of this pedal in the long run

[@TheBoomtown4]

For a non switchable amp like a tweed deluxe, I set the gain to distorted on the amp, then bump down the level on the ge7 to make it clean. So if you’re playing ramble on by led zep, you can DESELECT the pedal to get your high gain chorus. Kind of backwards thinking, it rules!

[@jasonfifi]

like rolling off the volume on the guitar, but with a buffer and selectable EQ options. i used to use a passive box with a switch and pots in it for a really caveman version of that.

[@elwrongo]

thats a really good idea

[@joaov_ds]

Really love this pedal. I already knew the Lo-fi and Boost uses, but the fixed Wah was new to me. Awesome!

[@twenkmcwanzer]

Great pedal demo. Everything it needs to be and nothing it doesn't.

[@paulodacunha8781]

Simple, fast. Thank you

[@vincemendoza28]

Great demo, I subscribed because of how you did this. And I love how there’s no talking. Thank you.

[@rickthomas393]

I like the GE-7’s versatility best on my small board. Thanks for a great review, and a great review style.

[@JulienMENARD]

EQ is life. I use my GE-7 in add of my Boss CE-1 chorus into a Fender Supersonic 22 set flat (bass 5 -treble 5) with a Les Paul neck pick up to shape my Metallica clean tone and it works amazing. This pedal is gold and this demo too !! 👊🏻💀👊🏻

[@Tone-Oz]

that was so great. thanks! i didn't want that to end. cheers for sharing your expertise on this. i learnt a lot. i have a GE-7 and am still learning of its greatness. well done!

[@toddknaster9731]

Best demo of the pedal I have seen on YT!

[@Purplexi]

Perfect no voice demo vid! THANK YOU

[@schance1666]

Killer vid showing all these options. I have always felt if I had to pick one single desert-island 'effect', it would be EQ. So versatile!

[@andre_toyonaga_]

Super cool video! Thanks a lot! Finally found the way to make that “aneurysm by nirvana” tone with that telephone sound. Cheers! Best regards from Japan!

[@javierarias1199]

thanks for this.......awesome

[@empireentertainmentevents1353]

This Video deserves to be in youtube's ALL TIME Classic videos. COngrats to GUITAR BONEDO for this video!

[@coskunguclu8591]

Woah the semi hollow suggestion worked really well when I tried it. Such a useful pedal!

[@duncansbuddy]

I swear I have a small fortune in pedals, own the King of Tone, the limited Wampler Germanium Tumnus Deluxe, and numerous high end and hard to find pedals, always come back to Boss. I know style of play and equipment effect how pedals react. The equipment I mostly use: Marshall/Friedman amp (have found nothing better sounding in front of my amps than the Keely modded Boss BD2 and SD1. Instrument of choice are Gibson Les Pauls w. '57s and Fender Strats. Enjoyed the vid Bonedo, thanks for sharing.

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

I've had two of these just sitting around while I've gone thru every OD and boost in existence.

[@Hungry_Hunter]

I have two of these I use one for my pedal steel and the other on my electric guitar rig as first in the chain of Boss compre, Tube screamer , bloody brilliant device.

[@davidmango1975]

🎉🎉🎉🎉 Que pasada, me parece un vídeo muy instructivo. Buenísimo. Más vídeos como este por favor, muchísimo mejor que los que sólo muestran el sonido.

[@PeterDad60]

I watched this video around 3 weeks ago 12/07/2021). Ok so today December 23, 2021 I came back to review this video. I was seeking out how to transform my Les Paul neck pickup into a Semi Hollow model" at 3:31 on my EQ. I think I like the tone as illustrated here at 3:31 and beyond. I just wanted to be sure or the 7 band EQ settings shown here. Now I am as I have written it all down. Thanks "Guitar Bonedo" Oh and I just SUBSCRIBED! - Peter age 71

[@MrRFasters]

This VID is magnificient !!! I have one, it's lying in it's cupboard but it really really needs a fixed spot on my new pedal board !!!!

[@Vanhalen1]

This works for vocal EQ, live solo shows as well. I run a guitar cable quarter inch to the vocal input of the QSC CP12, then use an xlr female to quarter inch mic cable, into the output of this equalizer and to the mic cable.

[@christiandiscernment1697]

What is the QSC CP12?

[@killnoni5032]

I’m speechless! thank you so much!

[@markpickardlife]

Good demo. Thank you!

[@DarthCiliatus]

Awesome video. I don't have a GE7 but I have Amplitube which has a GE7 so I'm going through and recreating the tones in the video with that.

[@PEDALBOOTS]

thats cool, after using this tool since decades, i learned a lot from this video, greets pedalboots

[@sebastionhawk5565]

That is some versatility; massive bang for the buck. EXCELLENT REVIEW!

[@knifer812]

You're a CRACK!! thank you so much for that amazing review, there's a lot of time underneath that video!! 💪🎸⚡💥

[@mahonriray]

Is the song at 5:25 a stones song?

[@GuitarsRgood7]

This is a really great demo

[@bearthalamas9241]

If you play slide, you can set every other slider full blast, and every other one all the way down to get a dobro like sound.

[@jeremypoythress4995]

The best eq I've ever used.has alot of headroom and cleared my noisy amp up instantly. it also reduced all the noise from my pedalboard. works good with bass and guitar because the settings go extra low past zero in the -15db range.

[@LosRockson]

Finally an useful video. Great job.

[@manuelcaravaca5773]

Thank you for these illustrative videos. Amazing!! My questions about these pedal where answered after the video. Thank guys

[@lalob.fuentes7089]

Muy buen video. Se agradecen los datos.

[@nedim_guitar]

This was excellent! I'll buy this exact EQ pedal, so this was very helpful. I will definitely experiment a lot, watching this video and trying it out myself, to hear what it does to the sound on my amp.

[@telemari71]

Fantastic video - thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[@smokepeddler]

Best demo ever!

[@mlambrechts1]

I wish I've would have known this long time ago, before buying tons of overdrive pedals (that I 'm still going to use).

[@ReedHarrison]

This is one of my most favorite pedals . I use it as a booster add to contour my tone

[@ruperterskin2117]

Appreciate ya. Thanks for sharing.

[@elvis_chen]

GE-7 really can do A LOT.

[@JeffJacobsonMusic]

Terrific video 🤘

[@notacommie5415]

That bassman / strat combo sound good

[@SirSneakerPimp]

Fantastic pedal demo.

[@joetoe9207]

Really useful. Thx for posting!

[@jefersonberlinck8407]

Great video! Congrats and thx a lot.

[@tvviewer4500]

This is just amazing. Thank you.

[@vio2696]

Great job bro !!❤

[@blueswe332]

This is a great video, no fuss and it helps! Thanks

[@binface9]

Super-informative. Thank you!

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Thanks 👍

[@richardellis8808]

Great video. Learned a lot.

[@mjwontstop]

Plus. the Ge7 Boss can transform and give any effect pedals colors and different sounds sounds.

[@nickmorrow2613]

Awesome video! Makes me consider the Ge-200...

[@flatgroundtv7097]

Genius. Thank you. 🙏🏽🙂

[@aidenmohrmann1850]

6:52 *pulls out the exact two pedals I just bought from my local guitar store*

[@aperreado]

Muy buen aporte

[@w.siegert2854]

Great video

[@themamat]

NICE!!! Thanks for the video!

[@amberwoodstudio]

Love the wah sound

[@stevenausten9935]

Great video, really helpful, many thanks 👍👍

[@seibrav]

Thank you for this.

[@jeanpat8946]

The pedal everybody should have !!

[@jazzfullanaguitar]

Very useful video!! Thank you for sharing this🙏👌

[@kane6529]

This is so helpful! New subscriber!

[@dfailsthemost]

Perfect video

[@EversonBernardes]

EQ is extremely invaluable to change the voicing of overdrives/distortions when placed _before_ those pedals. Boost Bass to get a looser/more fuzz-like voicing; cut to make it tighter and snappier. Boost Treble to get crunchier and grittier; cut to get smoother and creamier. Want more of a singing lead tone? Boost bass, cut treble before your OD/DS. Want tight, precise palm muted chugs? Cut bass, boost treble.

[@lalfakzualahnamte2021]

I'm a little confused with two of these, would i not want to boost treble to for a fuzz-like voicing? Especially like a Big Muff sound Also since I'm not into metal/heavy rock, the palm muted chugs trick also feel like the opposite of what you would want to do. Wouldn't I want to thicken my lower mids and bass for those kinda riffs? Would be great if you can explain it to me//

[@EversonBernardes]

It has to do with how the frequency content of the source signal interacts with the clipping from the distortion and the kinds and frequencies of the harmonics that will generate, since you changing the signal _before_ the distortion. By emphasizing bass, you're most emphasizing the fundamental of the notes you're playing, and those tend to both be of a much higher amplitude and to sustain for much longer. Result of that is much more of the signal gets squashed into a square-ish wave for longer but killing a lot of the attack dynamic, essentially what fuzzes (kinda sorta) do. It will generate a bunch of harmonics, but those will start lower in the mids and go all the way to the high frequencies. If you want tight chugs, you don't want that, you want a very defined attack. By boosting treble, you're mostly chopping off the tops of the high frequency content, that decays pretty fast, and by doing so, creating even more, even higher frequency harmonics that will enhance the attack. It also adds this "gritty", crackly character to the distortion that gives it more definition. It's kind of counter-intuitive because it changes more of the character of the distortion than the EQ balance of the final sound.

[@lalfakzualahnamte2021]

@@EversonBernardes hmmm, not sure I get it completely but it sounds very interesting, will surely try it out,,, thanks

[@jcd13able]

@@lalfakzualahnamte2021 Basically, cut bass to make the amp tighter. Lots of amps like my fender pro jr. is bouncy on its own. Also, you can brighten up humbuckers so they're not muddy.

[@juanforrester2283]

@@lalfakzualahnamte2021 he particularly explained using the eq BEFORE ods/dist./fuzz,this changes the guitar pick up's sound and will hit those like a compresor or od depending on the setting.Again,used before any gain(pedals or amp). Adding treble and/or cutting bass brings more pick attack on fuzzes or any sound clean or dirty. As for the chugs,gallopings and shreddings,too much bass can mud up the tone,more so in full band rehearsals,thats why some players have used eq's before any dirt to cut a bit of bass frequency and/or add mids and or treble to tighten the attack of any od/fuzz/distortion pedals or amp distortion sound as well. Lots of famous players have done this.

[@Bigjoedo66]

Great video, thank you!!

[@reverendg5937]

Thank You!!!

[@Dobrovinskiy]

Great playing

[@GuitarBonedo]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@fanderock6966]

Very good 🎸🤟👍👌

[@Stu-Vino]

Great video!

[@bernardofernandes2226]

I have this pedal, but I never use it… But not anymore! Congratulations and thank you !!

[@fbrc]

Great job with that pedal🎸

[@klausmadsen3639]

Great video thanks.

[@peterbrusch1493]

Großartig!