BOSS GT1000CORE - 4 Cable Method! Use a valve amp with your BOSS GT1000 CORE! (how to)

[@BenRowlandsMusic]

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[@ShaighJosephson]

I'm loving the GT1000 Core with the ES-8 as the hub of my pedalboard... The Core is the biggest bang-for-the-buck pedal out there with most of the 500 series and the OD-200 overdrives packed into it... I like it most for how it handles my accoustic electric guitars...

[@mattcarl2190]

Every time I have to set my gt core, I have to come back to this video, lol. I've only had it a couple of days, so I'm still figuring out this beast.

[@audiostrut6349]

thanks dude..good job ✌️

[@KeithFine10]

Awesome vid! Just got my gt1000 core yesterday .

[@AlanElias350]

I just tried it with my blackstar blackfire 200 and it works wonderfully!! Right on!

[@WinItReigns]

You still Rock that 200? Do you still run the 2 together? Thats a great amp

[@billhinsperger8120]

Best video I’ve seen on this thanks well informed especially using my channel switcher

[@thedeadcanwait5099]

Exactly the vid I was looking for many thanks!

[@joelordones7511]

Muchas gracias bro un Genio 🧞‍♂️!!!

[@AnthonyGartung]

Great video . Can you explain how you set the core up in 4 cable method in conjunction with your RC500 ?

[@ryanb6454]

This method is different than what’s shown in the manual (route FX S|R -> Amp R|S).. when I use Boss’s method on my Mustang GTX I don’t get any audio at all.. using your method I get the CORE sound from my amp but aside from Master Vol , none of the other Mustang knobs or FX alter the audio output. I’ve always been a basic amp + guitar player and first time using sophisticated FX gear so it looks like I need to look at the Mustang signal chain and see where the FX Loop sits.. enjoying your vids and enthusiasm.. production quality top notch !

[@Techo1329]

Definitely do not connect SND/RTN to Amp RTN/SND. Boss SND to Amp IN...sends signal to your amp input, but only if the Boss SND/RTN block is turned on, and it only sends signal from the active Boss blocks in front of (to the left of) the SND/RTN block. The Boss blocks after the SND/RTN will go to the amp FX loop, or all the signals will go to the amp FX loop if you turn the SND/RTN off. Also check if your amp loop is series or parallel...if it's parallel you will have some sort of FX mix/blend knob. If it's parallel, know that it's not very practical to split the signals between amp in and loop because you have to set the blend right, and then if you change volume it's got to be balanced again.

[@RafaelUnplugged]

What made you get this v the gt1

[@MichaelMoore-od4jz]

great video thanks for all the information

[@ahaua1]

Excellent video!!

[@jorgeband1111]

Hi, nice video!..., have you tried the Gt1000 core in the Blackstar's overdrive channel with high gain and high volume?, is to know if this unit have a good bypass when connected (in front or with the 4CM), have you compared this unit with a true bypass pedal?

[@HeathanzSinzBand]

Great video. I have the GT-1000 original. I hook it up 4CM to my ENGL Powerball e656. I do notice some noise though. I have replaced all cables to shielded braided cables. I use noise gate. I set Send/Receive output on GT1000 to 75 and 75. Still get a bit of noise. When I stop playing it stops dead quiet. Then the hum kicks in after. Any ideas?

[@salvatorevitale9165]

Make sure the output of the GT is set to the type of Amp you are using. Don’t choose “recording” as this will activate the cab sim of the AIRD even though the AIRD is off. Try that.

[@marctamtonthat]

The boss gt1000 has a big flaw regarding its converter. The send port is sending white noise/hiss in the preamp. There are some discussions in forums regarding this issue. The only way to reduce a bit this issue is putting an graphic EQ1 block after the send/return block and reducing the 16khz by -20 db.

[@DmitriSkif]

Even more. You can use BOSS's effects in front of external preamp - like Wah, compressor, pitch shifters and digital boosters. Not the most effective way to boost the valve preamp, but it takes effect close to one active pickups do.

[@rich-lf1bm]

Hello, I appreciate the video. I need some help, where can I add a non boss wah pedal in the chain? Thanks!

[@kalevihagqvist]

Does the return jack in the gt1000's loop have to be plugged in or can the send be used as an additional output? As in loop send --> dry amp and the 2 main outputs --> wet amps?

[@CarlosFerreiraOfficial]

Great info! Would it be possible to use IRs in the Boss with this setup to record direct with the valve preamp?

[@arturocivit]

Ben, thanks a lot for that series of videos, great insight!, However, quick question, what if I want to use that amp as a power amp instead? Is that possible? Thanks a lot!

[@dominicgibson9529]

Great videos on the CORE. I was wondering, though, are you going to make any instruction video explaining how to utilize the CORE with the BOSS ES8...that would be very useful as I can see the theory behind how to use the ES8 to separate out the pre and post effects, I'd just really like to see you do it...I'm a visual learner, and reading stuff is very confusing to me..also how to prepare the CORE itself when you've set it up with the ES8, or 5 for that matter. Thanks.

[@andrewkratz226]

Good info thanks

[@WillemdaGuide]

Nice video, so I was thinking, when you let the Boss switfh your amp, can that function be programmed too in a preset?

[@MikeGTR]

Can you assign the amp switching to a specific patch so it changes the effects and amp channel with the same button?

[@MrGlasstech]

Can you do a video on setting up boss gt 1000 core with the boss es 9

[@vmulder]

Great video! My GT-1000 is expected this week! I understand it is also possible to use the pre-amp of the GT-1000 together with the Blackstar. The blackstar is then used as poweramp for the volume and with the GT-1000 the pre-amp could be changed giving it a different feel. For example an AC-30, I understand the pre-amp is a very important part of the amp and changing this would allow the best of both worlds. Did you try to do this? Maybe even a video about it?

[@DmitriSkif]

You'd better use one of the brilliant TVP series to do so, as that way you can use BOSS to add IR module to the chain. All ID Series TVP and ID Core amps have linear PA and wide range non-guitar general purpose speakers. That kind of a setup is the best for guitar processors as well as active monitors and sound systems. Use Line in socket.

[@peterschaefer1665]

How would you use the midi out to channel switch an amp with midi capabilities?

[@justinTime077]

I recently cycled through Line 6’s HX Stomp and PodGo before exchanging for a Marshall DSL40 (my firsts tube amp), and calling it a day. I want to play a real amp above all else, and retain that feel of raw power and sound while I play. The L6 products did NOT sound good through my FX loop, or any other way. Now that I’ve got a great tube amp that I love-I had also tried a Katana in my journey for tone-I am still wishing to add some tonal variety, possibly alternative amps, and definitely effects into the mix. I liked the Katana’s effects, so it seems logical I may like the GT1000, and their AIRD tech sounds promising as it claims to work intuitively even when plugged into a real traditional amplifier. Is this going to be a let down a la L6? I’m either going to buy a Katana Artist MKII, the big ass foot switch, and run it alongside my dry Marshall with an ABY pedal, or get the GT1000 to augment my Marshall. Which sounds like it’ll be better? I’ve also thought this option is better because I could do the wet dry thing, and have a second amp that is far more versatile with its true modeling approach to add into the overall sound with my Marshall. I’m looking to hit many birds with one stone. Down the line, yes, I’d rather have the real amps, and the real pedals, but for the short-long-term I’ve got the means to either grab a Katana, which I did like, or a GT1000. I love delay, modulation like flanger/phaser, and want looping ability. Both appear to have these. Please help me! 😁 For the record I have mics like SM57 etc, and I do like to record, but as I’ve said the recording bit is secondary to in-the-room tone. I am a millennial, but I favor the traditional amplifier sound and feel. I can’t do headphones unless I’m strictly recording. I’m not inspired much while jamming through a studio headset. I don’t have any flat response speakers. Many many thanks if you actually read this, and thoughtfully considered my dilemma. Thank you.

[@AdamManley7]

Man if you’re already got the Marshall you’re loaded on amp emulation but the GT1000 personally is way more easy to use than normal pedals, being able to move them around, adjust settings on the fly, and full one change your entire pedal board rig just with a button push the GT-1000 is just easier as a pedal board than individual effects

[@AdamManley7]

A FRFR speaker with a GT-1000 though will give you the AIRD amp models, very good sounding with much more tweak ability than real amps but might not give you that cab resonance and feedback response from the Marshall. My opinion is the amp can stay long term but definitely go for a GT-1000 as your pedal board rather than real pedals, the feel will be the same as pedals are transistor based too anyway

[@justinTime077]

@@AdamManley7 I appreciate your belated response. I’ve since tried a Fractal FM3 (after trying every other brand of modeler), and have just sold it to buy the Axe FX 3. Fractal fully won me over. There’s no comparison in my ears. I sold my tube amps to buy the Axe3 because it’s just that good. I send it through the return of my solid state head into my 4x12 and it’s so fucking authentic I can’t believe it!

[@sidratulbukhary8506]

Hey man, great content! I had a question. Can channel switching be done without using the ctl 1 button? Let's say I'm going from patch 1 to patch 2 and the amp channel changes from clean to distortion automatically. So, I don't have to switch manually by pressing the ctl1 button. Is this possible?

[@Techo1329]

Yes, if your amp has an external channel select jack, connect it to CTRL4/5 of the Boss with a TRS cable (split the TRS to dual mono if you have two channel select jacks). Then you can use the AMP CTRL options in the Master Block to control what amp channel is used with the patch.

[@score2926]

@@Techo1329I use a 2 channels Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, 1 clean, 1 high gain. Initial position of channel selector is set to Foot Switch (choices are ch1/ft sw/ch2) and ch1 (clean) is kind of auto-selected (fair enough so far). If current patch has Amp control turned OFF, as soon as I connect a jack cable from the amp control output to the foot switch input of the Mesa, it switches to ch2 (high gain) which is a weird behaviour in my opinion (but reading schema in the manual indicates it shortcuts so it seems it works as designed). This is counter intuitive and not handy because it means all patches where I just want a clean tone (ch1) have to be modified to set the amp control to ON. This should be the reverse in my opinion. Do you have such a behaviour ? Do you please know if there's a way to fix this? (I actually use a GT 100 but the schemas are the same AFAIK). Thanks in advance for any answer.

[@Techo1329]

@@score2926 G'day mate. No such issue with the GT-1000 which has TRS output giving two AMP CTRL assignable switches per patch. I see the GT-100 has a mono output so you are limited to sending just two control signals (AMP CTRL ON or OFF). For the GT-100, 'ON' is open circuit, 'OFF' is closed circuit. Anyway it sounds like it's working, meaning you get either Clean/OD by toggling AMP CTRL on/off at patch level...but instead of 'ON' being clean you want 'OFF' to be clean? If so I don't think this can be done. Maybe see how it behaves by changing the AMP Footswitch selector, maybe if you put it to ch1 or ch2 it will change how the AMP reacts to the GT-100 open or closed signal (AMP CTRL on/off).

[@score2926]

@@Techo1329 Hi, thank you for your reply. Yes that's it, I want OFF to be clean to avoid for example to get a "clean" FX from the GT over the overdrive of the Mesa preamp or 2 overdrives. But, while I'm thinking, in any case it seems (I got my GT yesterday) default GT sounds are all with GT preamp turned ON, so there will be 2 serial preamps which is probably kind of weird I guess. The best way I can imagine to fix the "problem" is to use the 4CM method and enable the "send and return" in the FX chain when I want to use the Mesa preamp (ON to get a clean sound and OFF if I want high gain). Since "send and return" is disabled for factory sounds (it seems) the Mesa preamp will be bypassed for those factory sounds and signal will go straight in the power amp (so I don't care if the switch is ON or OFF). The only problem remaining will be to adjust volumes between virtual and physical preamps. Correct me if I am wrong if you'd like, thanks for you help 🙂 !

[@Techo1329]

@@score2926 With 4CM any active block in front of the SND/RTN block will go to your amp input whenever the SND/RTN block is 'on', and active blocks after the SND/RTN will go direct to the amp FX return (post amp pre-amp). In the GT-100 you can turn the amp block off if you have the SND/RTN active so you don't have both GT-100 and amp pre-amps running together, and you can still run GT effects to both amp input and FX return, just position the blocks accordingly within the GT-100...say you are playing through the Mesa overdrive channel...you have to have the GT-100 SND/RTN on but turn off the amp block, you can then cherry pick the other GT-100 effects you want to use and position them accordingly to be hitting the amps input, or fx loop.

[@bobe7348]

I want to turn off the global EQ, it seems you can"t do that, any ideas? great video btw.

[@outdatedgear5036]

Could you reamp with this method? Send a track out from the daw and mic it up?

[@antoniodalfonso]

thank you!

[@IsaacLausell]

How are you powering the board? Boss/Roland were of no help. I tried to use to included power supply and it is an absolute noise nightmare when going into a tube amp. If you plug into a p.a. or the return of a Katana is fine but when doing 4 cable and adding pedals in the loop it gets quite noisy in spite of the ground lift. Any suggestions?

[@AlanElias350]

Will there be an ultimate course for this pedal?

[@BenRowlandsMusic]

There will be! Working on it at the moment. Coming really soon! All the best Ben

[@billhinsperger8120]

Awsome video man great help just a question I have my pedalboard set up with 3 banks clean rythem and lead I want my head to switch channels when I press the bank buttons not the ctrl button , is there an option in the same menu to program the bank instead of the ctrl?

[@IsaacLausell]

I tried this however when the loop is not turned on in the GT-1000 I am still getting clean signal coming through. How can you fix this?

[@zoomexstudio242]

Blackstar HT Venue Club 40 MKII has 5-way amp switch control on the back . on GT-1000 we have only AMP CTL 1 and AMP CTL 2 . can we send different number like 3 or 4 or 5 to change Blackstar amp state? or we limited to only 1 and 2 .

[@spencerguitar_]

Hey man great video, Exactly what I was looking for! Just want to ask a few questions just to make sure I’m understanding it completely. After creating a patch and just wanna turn some gain on, can I have the on and off control the amp feature part of that patch or would I have to duplicate the patch and have it where the amp is already on in the duplicated patch? Does that make sense? I’m using a fender supersonic and want more sounds and effects but don’t want to lose any gain. Thanks man in advance!

[@Techo1329]

Yes, you can set the CTRL 1 footswitch to turn any of the blocks on or off.

[@amaup83]

Hi Ben, I've been looking at this unit but I read that you can't use the cabsim unless there is a preamp block active, this could be a deal breaker for me since I'm planning on using this with a valve preamp pedal, do you know if that is true or not? so I can use my preamp pedals with the CORE.

[@mkbmj]

How can I connect my Boss RC-10 to the GT1000 core so I can loop with a drum backing track?

[@MiguelDeLaMarta]

What if you connect the GT-1000 to an audio interface via USB, are you still getting the amp preamp sound?

[@jeffreybailey175]

Well/can i fry my amp Preamp if i wire up anything incorrectly ?

[@saepiumv3813]

How does it sound straight in the front of a valve amp?

[@damienandre3859]

And what about the settings of output ??? What is the good setting when plug from R/mono to the return of a loop's (pre)amp ? There is no word about this in the video ! If you use line/recording it isn't good (and other katana, etc) ! I prefer how sounds the gt1000, but the helix line6 is more friendly-user, and for 4-cable method, you must just select if outputs/send/return are line or instrument level : easy ! I don't understand the system and philosophy of the gt1000 (core) I have one since today, to set on my pedalboard for use only with fx (so 2 cables only in the send/return of my head Revv D20 or my fender combo, AIRD preamp and drive disable on gt1000, and outputs settings to.... i don't know, help me please)

[@lperry65]

How do you turn off the cab sim, can you disable both amp and cab sim and just use as a pedalboard into the amp using 4 cable method ?

[@salvatorevitale9165]

Go to output setting and put the type of amp you are using. Do not use “recording” as output setting.

[@YOUbandOfficial]

Such an awesome video dude! Informative, to the point, well done! Follow up QQ of something I was hoping you'd also demo: in the video you showed how to use the FX loop which is great. Would setup remain the same if you wanted to add a stomp box/overdrive before your preamp? Meaning, if we wanted to use the GT1000 also as a way to add a boost in the signal that goes before the amp's preamp and still keeping the modulation effects in the loop?

[@GuitarCoach96]

You can set the GT-1000 up in every possible way. My channel has many videos on this. But to answer the questions: Yes you can place the FX pre or post the amp’s pre. And you can switch the real amp’s pre section off and use the GT amps to the real amp’s return.

[@juventinos81]

i am planning to buy boss gt 1000 and i have some questions. 1)i have the blackstar ht 60 mk ii which has 3 channels.can i choose whatever channel i want through the boss gt 1000?what about voice switching?is that possible? 2)i want to do the 4 cm that you made on this video and record the signal into my pc.can this be done by sending the signal from the xlr d.i. output from the amp-->boss gt 1000-->pc or the signal chain must be done differently? 3)do i need to buy an audio interface to record what i planned to do or the boss gt 1000 can replace it and do the same job?

[@brandoncooke6564]

Nobody responded, so figured I would, even if its a little late now. 1) I don't know the answer to the first half of the first question but my guess is most likely you cannot do voice switching unless your amp has a voice switching out, which I very much doubt. It's not doing anything magical as far as the footswitching capability, though it is a cool feature, all it is doing is sending the same signal a footswitch would do, into the footswitch input. 2) Yes, the DI output works "exactly" as it would if you put a microphone to the speaker. I say "exactly" because my experience with both Peavey and Blackstar DI outputs is they are totally usable for live scenarios but when recording, it leaves something to be desired. But by all means test it out yourself. 3) The GT1000 can function on it's own as an audio interface. In fact, if anything, adding an interface after the GT1000 only increases the chances of the signal not sounding quite as clear into your computer. Because in that case you have to do analog to digital conversions in each unit, instead of only one of them.

[@juventinos81]

@@brandoncooke6564 thanks for the answer, much appreciated.

[@DimitrisMitrolios]

Dude, you forgot to turn the cab sims off, or put it in Valve combo return input mode. Also it would be nice to talk about gain staging on connecting those 2, to make volume equal coming out of the Blackstar, connected or not.

[@salvatorevitale9165]

I’d be interesting in learning how would you do that? Thanks!

[@dpajc056]

Ok ....but you failed to show how to set up the effects?

[@peterschaefer1665]

...and also how to use midi to switch the amp

[@BlakJak21]

Can you smile?

[@MrBarefoot09]

how many time did he say "GT 1000 Core" ? c'mon man , just call it some short name

[@BlakJak21]

Slow down😂

[@billhinsperger8120]

Eh buddy I have a duel rectifier I wanna use the channel switcher in the gt do I need a special cord like a 3 way splitter cord for each channel going into my messa? And then other end into gt?