The Ultimate Guitar Setup: Boss GT 1000 and UA Stomp

[@65sgjunior]

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.

[@TheStudioRats]

Yep Lee is awesome

[@StratsRUs]

The thing is, nearly everything is worth buying ! The OX really opens the sound from the GT. Well done and thanks

[@Brennosguitarsandgear]

I love the Monthly “what has Lee bought” episode 🤣

[@WinItReigns]

This video is what encouraged me to but the ox stomp for my GT1000core. Thanks guys.

[@jst601]

Timely. I reacquired a GTCore recently after spending a few months w/HX Stomp. Studio Rats videos are a blessing & always spot on.

[@TheStudioRats]

Great to hear!

[@netzer442]

Good stuff guys. Looking forward to the album Lee!

[@marknicholson5508]

I really like the simplicity of Lee's rig. Great sounding and easy to haul around\

[@TheStudioRats]

Agreed!

[@Adventuresingearland]

Nice work lads. Great fly rig Lee!

[@ulrichpuschel3624]

The first thing to do tomorow evening is to learn Pauls great solo. What a great phrasing!

[@jasonkerr931]

Always loved the Boss GT-1000 and core.

[@aminahmed2220]

Awesome video have a great day ❤😊 Paul also lee ❤😊

[@IamMusicNerd]

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.

[@ryand5251]

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)

[@desporma1]

@@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.

[@bluesdude1194]

Great video guys as usual, I see Paul swigging from his can of Aldi Tropical blast :) I like that too!

[@TheStudioRats]

Big up the ALDI

[@LA.Guitar]

Aldi Aldi Aldi!

[@bluesdude1194]

@@LA.Guitar oi oi oi !

[@dbeff]

For those who have never tried it, pair one of the Friedman IR preamps with the boss GT-core. It's like they were made for each other. The fact that the boss has 2 send/return loops perfectly supports the Friedman IR as a recording/live tool by using at the same time the power amp simulation in the Friedman and the pure preamp sound from it. Effects from boss + amp/power/IR from Friedman. Best sound I ever had in the smallest footprint possible for a valved preamp circuit.

[@RobvandenBoogaard]

One Take Lee 💪🏻

[@joakimflinck8208]

Peter Jones is fantastico. Just that fact makes me wanne hear the album. Nice video and the combogear seems great.

[@msx4356]

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. ;)

[@Shaddy89]

thank you so much for this, I love my gt1000 core and was interested in adding an OX stomp to it.

[@TheStudioRats]

Glad I could help!

[@YuriyKrasnoschek]

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.

[@WinItReigns]

How about a more lengthy video of OX and GT. Love, love, love this sound

[@benallmark9671]

Good stuff gents !

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Ben

[@keithmulcahy3417]

The stomp sounds great

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Great sounding rig.

[@Bobby_Digital37]

That was some great tone!!!!!! I'm amazed at how much differnce the OX made!!

[@TheStudioRats]

Yeah it deffo takes ir to the next level.

[@thatasianguitarguy]

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.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Fella

[@CptCoitus]

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.

[@Techo1329]

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.

[@Tone-Quest]

As always, I super enjoyed the video, even if Lee isn’t a man of the people anymore…😁😁😁

[@gilesashley1299]

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.

[@TheStudioRats]

Lee is a prog god!

[@IamMusicNerd]

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.

[@rabnerrabnerrabner]

Very nice tones Paul.

[@TheStudioRats]

Thanks for listening

[@dunnjavit]

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

[@LA.Guitar]

Cheers. Very kind words…… Paul’s been around the block too! ;-)

[@davidfaustino4476]

Even better.. put a couple of Vox Valvenergy pedals in one of the FX loops 😁

[@coreywiniata3686]

The Ox stomp really made a massive difference. Would be interested to hear the Ox, in combination with a tube preamp.

[@TheStudioRats]

Good shout, I’ll see if we can sort that

[@TheToneWork]

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.

[@LA.Guitar]

Sounds like a great solution! I would like UA to add power amp modelling to the Ox similar to the Two Notes stuff

[@jips123]

I wish I had a board like that in the mid 80s……

[@IsaacLausell]

I love the Gt1000 in this context going direct however when I try to integrate it into an amp no matter what you do those output filters are a disaster. The closest I have been able to dialect is by selecting the “recording” option and leaving the speaker option on. On some guitar amps I can turn it off but sadly most of the time the eq is remarkably different and not good. It’s a pity because for going direct that GT it’s a monster. Literally with a couple of external foot switches and an expression pedal you got a full rig.

[@PBRGuitar]

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.

[@JeffHendricks]

Note: The GT-1000 (and core) can load third-party IR's, so if you already have some you like, they'll work.

[@TheStudioRats]

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.

[@WinItReigns]

You should do a more thorough walkthrough on the GT and ES8

[@MrNeedlekiller]

Check out the playlists from the Studio Rats. Loads of GT1000 and ES8 videos.

[@21zero26]

How are the GT-1000 and Ox Stomo connected?

[@steved1099]

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]

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".

[@steved1099]

​@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.

[@Gibbo1050]

@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.

[@garywaddell6309]

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?

[@TheStudioRats]

Hi Gary yes I am, it’s £1500

[@sabadoextravaganza]

I'd like to see a boss gt-1/joyo american/tc IR loader version of this setup

[@berndkiltz]

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.

[@jst601]

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?

[@LA.Guitar]

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

[@MrNeedlekiller]

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?

[@LA.Guitar]

No, nothing tone wise. All GT and Ox. Delay and reverb are from the DAW

[@MrNeedlekiller]

@@LA.Guitar Epic. I'll get back to concentrating on my playing. looking forward to the album1

[@teerexness]

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!

[@guguslive]

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.

[@LA.Guitar]

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

[@teerexness]

@@LA.Guitar 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.

[@rogerYT69]

UA stuff is great but the phone app is crap ...hope they do a desktop app or improve the phobe app! ;)

[@MarkLippelmann]

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?

[@paultaylor2968]

Leeeeegend

[@rykendawg]

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?

[@TheStudioRats]

Loads of extra factors to consider but you can’t beat Axe fx3

[@rykendawg]

@@TheStudioRats Thank you

[@winr8140]

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?

[@LA.Guitar]

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

[@jaguarsunburst1570]

👍👍👍🎸🎶🎸

[@MRxr400]

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

[@LA.Guitar]

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 KZbin 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

[@bruzzgravely3470]

You need to show how to use it into your amp or whatever you playing through

[@dash4786]

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?

[@TheStudioRats]

The ox stomp is cabs and reverb and delay. It would work well with the frfr

[@jeremyversusjazz]

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!

[@LA.Guitar]

The ox stomp connects via Bluetooth….. I seem to have it working better now

[@jeremyversusjazz]

@@LA.Guitar 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. 😉

[@lucamoreschi4593]

great sound! Is it possible to have copy of GT1000 preset? Thanks

[@LA.Guitar]

Paul’s solo was the x crunch. Mine was the x high gain

[@JohnnyMegabyteCanada]

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?

[@TheStudioRats]

Yes Lee was turning off the speaker modelling in the GT1000 when we used the Ox stomp

[@LA.Guitar]

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

[@JuddLofthouse]

Excellent video and a big shout out to Lee AKA the 3rd rat 👍😂

[@rikshredder]

Hey what guitar is that black relic Paul is playing?

[@benallmark9671]

I believe it's a Fender CS

[@Utube-s8m]

Fender custom shop Pablo Ancho heavy relic strat. The pick ups are hotter than usual.

[@Utube-s8m]

He has another too with pink under it and an hb in the bridge but I don’t think it’s a Pablo ancho.

[@Manley156]

A stratocaster gasp

[@dykeneuk]

What happened to the Friedman preamp pedal? Usurped?

[@TheStudioRats]

As I said he changes rigs more than I change pants.

[@LA.Guitar]

Gotta keep it fresh……. Pants especially

[@samizdat113]

Why go that route instead of just loading some good IR's into the GT-1000?

[@LA.Guitar]

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

[@samizdat113]

@@LA.Guitar It does sound good.

[@ianmorton5539]

…Stomptastic…!!!

[@junahvideoplayer]

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

[@TheStudioRats]

Agreed

[@sledgehammer80sband37]

Boss gt1000 core plus ox stomp equals same tone as, but at half the price of, quad cortex? Seems that way

[@alexhall6375]

Isn’t this just putting a better quality IR than GTK offers?

[@TheStudioRats]

In effect, yes. UA have a different tech to IR’s.

[@LA.Guitar]

There is definitely a “feel” thing going on with the Ox…. Can’t quite explain it

[@efosefpsefjpos]

Kinda useless, since you can put your IR directly in the boss gt1000

[@TheStudioRats]

The ox is not ir

[@LA.Guitar]

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

[@LA.Guitar]

The ox is not a simple IR loader, loaded with IRs

[@MrCgar18]

i hate you becaus eoyu had such a cool strat and now a coll schter ugh!!! lol