Boss GE-7 Equalizer

Chris Johnson · From: USA

Hey Forumites,

I recently aquired a GE-7 and I was wondering if anyone else has any experience with this unit. Did you like it for steel? What settings did you use on it?

Chris LeDrew · From: Canada

Chris,

I used one for steel when I had a Music Man 112, because there wasn't enough bottom end, nor EQ options, on the amp. I found that it was also a valuable little unit to have in the pac seat for those rental backline gigs where all you have for steel is a Hot Rod Deville or an AC30 or something. The GE7 can really dial out that annoying mid-range honk. I actually wore mine out, and have been procrastinating on getting another. With my Session 400 and SF Twin, however, I don't really need it anymore.

You will find that the GE7 can be a bit noisy, especially in the high end.

For settings, I usually set it flat, then scooped the mids and boosted the lows a bit. This will vary from amp to amp, of course. But I think you will find, for steel anyway, that scooping the mids will be its biggest use.
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Chris Johnson · From: USA

Thanks for the reply Chris,

So far, I've been playing around with it for a few hours and I've found a few tones that I like (only if there was a way to save the different tones on separate patches).

My favorite so far is to boost the lower mids (400) up a notch or two, cut the "honky" mids (800) all the way down and boost the lower highs up two notches (1.6k) and set everything else flat.

I also purchased the unit in order to make my other (lighter) guitar amps useable for steel applications.

I hope it works

Michael Haselman · From: St. Paul

I use one for clean boost with 6-string. As far as the noise issue, if you're fairly handy with a soldering iron, for $20 you can get a mod kit here.
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Chris Johnson · From: USA

hey guys,

What kind of noise do you experience? I have not heard any yet.

The only hiss I can get is if I boost all of the highs to max with the volume pedal wide open.

Randy Reeves · From: LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA

David Mason · From: Cambridge, MD, USA

I just sold my Boss but only because I have a couple of DOD and MXR ones I like too. I just always carry one everywhere - they can repair a great deal of tone problems you encounter if you're plugging into random amps. As far as noise goes, there are 8 little op-amps in there, but unless you boost everything all the way up and you're playing solo classical music in a church or something, nobody's going to notice.

Chris Johnson · From: USA

Hey guys,

I just arrived home from my first live gig with the GE-7....... and my tone I got was simply AMAZING. My mouth dropped on my warm up. My rig sounds better that perfect and with almost zero noise with the VP wide open (guess Boss must have fixed the problem). I am extremely satisfied with this pedal and doubt I will be buying new amps anytime soon. I recommend this pedal for anyone searching for "that tone" because I found it.

Now all I have to do is hook it up into one of my much smaller 110 or 112 guitar amps and play live to see what quality tone I can get from those amps.

Craig A Davidson · From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA

if you take the sliders from left to right and slide one up and one down and so forth you can get somewhat of a dobro effect.

Ron Brennan · From: Orlando, Florida, USA; Formerly, Edison, NJ

Chris, all,

Over the XMAS holidays I acquired a GE-7 equalizer on the recommendation of my Amp Guru Dennis Kager and fellow forumites here on SGF.

Reason: I still use my original "60" Fender Concert Amp. that served me so well over all these many years.

But, it does not have MID range circuitry, just Volume/Treble/Bass and presence controls.

But no matter, my “55” Fender Stringmaster D8 Blend controls took care of that allowing me to get a bit more bottom or darker mid range tone I wanted.

Now, not long ago, I acquired an Emmons SKH D10, with George L E66 pickups. At first, I was unhappy with the tone out of the AMP as I realized there was no mid range circuitry. And, of course, the Stringmaster is the only guitar I know of with a blend control.

Sadly, I almost sold the Fender Concert Amp to get a Peavey. I have to thank my fellow forumites and my Amp Guru for steering me right with the BOSS GE-7.

I have to tell you, thankfully, the GE-7 gave my Concert Amp a new life! Because of it, I get just incredible tone out of the Emmons & Concert Amp setup that I had been seeking. The GE-7 equalizer provides the outboard mid-circuitry range absent on the Concert Amp.

Still, while I was thrilled with the results, there indeed was a noise issue. So, back here on SGF, some fellow steelers recommended upgrading the BOSS GE-7 chips by CMATMODS. Best thing I ever did! See links below:

Web site: cmatmods.com or e-mail: chadmat@frontiernet.net

Voila! Noise is virtually gone and I get even better transparency from the GE-7. For $45.00 including return shipping, Chad Matthews, upgraded the chips, sent it back within days for a quick turnaround and was great to work with.

I highly recommend considering the upgrade and the service provided by CMATMODS. He upgrades other BOSS Models & other MFG. pedals too. TX

Rgds,

Ron
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John Jeffries · From: New Brunswick, Canada

I have a Boss GE-7, and after reading the posts re this topic, I thought I'd give it a try. I have a Peavey Classic 30 amp with a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker. I tried some different settings, and wound up with the GE-7 set flat, then dropped the 800 mid all the way down, tweaked the 400 mid and the 2 bass sliders up about 1/2 a notch or so. Tried it with the Jackson Blackjack...it sure fattened up the sound! Can't wait to try it at a gig - I use the peavey amp miked through the board. (I still like the sound of my old Sho-Bud amp with the 15 JBL though!)

Greg Gefell · From: Upstate NY

I second the kudos to Chad @cmatmods. I sent him a bunch of pedals , (including several GE-7s) over the years and they all come back better than before.

Mike @ Analogman also does great work. He modded my Boss DD5 with the high end rolloff.
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