When I set out to find a new pedal, I first looked at the GNX series because I was pleased with my previous Digitech products. The GNX series is a combination of an amp simulators, and pedalboard all combined electronically in a rugged metal box. The GNX series does not only cut down on the stomp boxes, but also on the amps! Thats right, it models amps and simulates the sound so that you don't need to lug around your amps to every gig, this is known as Amp Modeling, and although it is frowned upon by some who say that its not "real", it provides a healthy alternative to buying several different amps (which can range from $500 or $5000 each). all combined electronically in a rugged metal box. Some companies have started producing "set" pedalboards which have several effects set up and the ability to create presets, the downside is that you cannot add to variety of effects that the company chose to put in the machine, but you have the convenience of having it all in one secure package costing quite a bit less then buying all the effects separately. Now thats a lot of equipment to setup move and lug around, so many create a pedalboard as seen above. Generally a guitarist will have distortion, delay, compressor, noise gate, tuner, Wah, and Chorus maybe a flanger or phaser for novelty, each of these effects connected to each other between the guitar and the amp.
Most professional boxes go for $200 plus each, while middle of the road is generally 75-150. These boxes, known as stomp boxes, are distortions and effects, which are used to alter the tone to their particular preference. If you have ever watched a live performance you undoubtedly see that the guitarist and bass players have several boxes at their feet that they hit with their feet at times. The GNX series was designed to cut down on the average musicians equipment clutter and to just simply the musicians setup. The Digitech GNX4 workstation was is a sequel to the popular GNX3 Workstation (which is surprising the sequel to the GNX2 and GNX1!). I have decided to review my most used piece of equipment in this post, which is the Digitech GNX4 Workstation. I saw the ME50 at the Winter Namm in 2005 or 2006 or 2007 in Anaheim when it debuted for the first time and it does rock, still I prefer the Digitech sound over Line 6 or Roland Boss.Hey Guys! This is my first Musical Equipment review, and probably the only one I will do for the next 2 years. I always preferred the Digitech stuff to any other manufacturers modeling devices.
Randy if I wanted to spend $299 I would get this. If the sound quality is as good or better than the GNX2, I will be perfectly satisfied.
Plus It does pedal sweeps so I can get that David Gilmour up an octave thing that he does so well, and that I have admired enough to try and copy. It uses X-Edit via USB so I can edit the thing and tweak until my hearts content and save the patches to the device and to my in house laptop computer. To change keys on the Boss item you have to bend down and move knobs, the RP250 has 30 user patches. It has more capabilities than a dedicated harmonizer. I am thinking the RP250 because it has similar capabilities to the GNX2, it is small enough to fit in my pedal board. All of it good advice and I appreciate all of you taking the time to advise me.
Mebbee you could talk 'em into throwin' in a PSA-120S for free or for cheep if you brandish the MF price (WITH the PS) at 'em give 'em a call. Sweetwater Sound has it for $169.67, no power-supply (as far as I know), but with free shipping. (I didn't bother to figure out the s&h cost.) Musician's Friend has the Boss PS-5 Super Shifter for $149.00, WITH the Boss PSA-120S power-supply adapter (I use one for my RT-20, it's wafer-thin, & no wart), -BUT- not including shipping & handling charges. Hey, desertbluesman- if you can get down with NOT having any amp-modeling or other effects, maybe you'd like a harmonizer pedal that you can use with your extant rig?ĮDIT: Warning- maybe you should try a PS-5 SS first, if you can- the more I've read on various user-reviews, the more I'm wondering if it's a bum-steer for you here maybe you can't get some good digitally simulated harmony without dropping some big bones, after all.ĪLSO- have you been by the DigiTech Guitar Workstation Forums? Maybe you can get that GNX2 goin' with a new lease on life or maybe someone there will have used both the RP250 and a GNX unit before. Still, closing in on three hundred clams, as opposed to the buck-forty-nine he was considering for the RP250, that's pretty steep for replacing just one patch. knobs that you can get your hands on, to change things. It's probably a very nice machine, all-around. There it is, "Harmonist", under "Modulation".