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Manufacturer's Description for DigiTech GNX3000 Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal
Introducing a bold new addition to DigiTech's famed Guitar Workstation lineup, the GNX3000, designed with both the performing and recording guitarist in mind. When you're onstage, the GNX3000 is an ideal workhorse. Both 1/4 in. and XLR outputs let you run to your onstage rig and the house PA simultaneously, each with independent level controls. When you're in the studio, the GNX3000's built-in USB audio/MIDI recording interface makes recording easier than ever thanks to the included Hands Free Pro Tracks Plus recording software suite. All this plus DigiTech's next generation amp modeling with 30 new amp models and 2 new acoustic guitar models make the GNX3000 an indispensable tool for any serious guitar player.
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Sound:
Sound is very good. I like the fact that it is so easy to operate. Even if you use the edit menu on the unit, it's cut and dry. I like the models but I took the advice of forumites and added the optional mfx- super series models pack for 60 dols more. Why I did-
mainly for the additional models and newer high gain models wich are awesome and will make you think you are jamming a real engl, mesa, Fender or 5150, XXX. highly recommended and worth it. Just the videos alone on how to better use the editor and and for recording and stuff are over an hour total. Educational Videos, dozens of high quality amp models made for the GNX3000. many kudos for that!!
Feature:
All parts are included in it. Software editor and Pro tracks recording. I have Sonar Studio so I don't need protracks. The Tuner is stable like most other pedals. My POD was the same way, turn the tone on the guitar down and it's more accurate. I wish it had 48v phantom power but my board does so it's not a big deal.
I do wish it had the on board recorder like the GNX4. probably would have cost more but I'd have paid for it.
Ease of Use:
Like I said, it's easy. The manual was a little weak and that alone was made even easier by the model pack that has video instruction on the disc. Long vids with detailed explanations. Once I watched the hour or more of videos I was making presets 10x faster. Long videos not short clips.
I can change from a Plexi to a Zakk Wylde 87 Custom, to Dan Donegans Randall, Dimebag, Queensryche, BB king, Gary Moore, Maiden it's all there. I have to add the model packs make things easier since it's made with amp models that have specific gain settings and speaker cabinets. Like this- Randall crunch, overdrive, lead, ultra and clean. So you can dial in a specific tone to play with. The GNX stock comes with one version of each amp. Super series takes it much further. For me, that's why I'm saying it's easier to work with now. I was stunned to find over 200 Marshall sounds alone!! No more learning curve!
if you like to tweak, GNX3000 is tweakable ! If you are not as happy tweaking like I am (since I don't have the time), add the super series pack and you'll be playing real fast.
Quality:
Rugged design. Seems road worthy. I've played with it live quite a few times and it gets tossed around a bit from car to the clubs. I like the color and style. The Display is very bright and easy to see on the floor unlike other modelers that are smaller and dimmer.
Value:
Very much worth it. Add the super series disc and you'll be set for a good while.
Manufacturer Support:
Great support. Forum guys and Digitech are very helpful.
The Wow Factor:
looks cool, plays great
Overall:
This is one the best modelers on the market. I love the unit and it serves all my needs well. I'm very glad for the super series disc which has made learning the unit much easier and has given me hundreds of great and well made sounds to choose from. I never would have tweaked all those sounds myself. Thanks to so many that recommended.
Style of Music: heavy, classic rock and blues
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"Most for the money out there."
Sound:
Have a Line 6 Spyder Jam modeling amp with the FBV express pedal that gives off some great sounds, but running this thing through my other Line 6 Spyder III little 15 watter it can match, and offer much, much more versatility.
I am just a hobbyist. Playing at home, ironic I find myself turning on a $99 Line 6 and this rather than the $449 modeling amp.
It's digital, so no, the Fender Marshall sound does NOT sound like a $10,000 stack of Marshalls, but the thing is really meant for you to develop your own sound with the software, and in that, you can tweak, tweak, tweak to your heart's content. The thing is bottomless, and the Wah is outstanding.
Buy the B-stock, it comes through like new, certifications included that it is in A-1 shape. Saved a bunch.
Feature:
Came with the power supply, software, USB cable, (good long one), and a pretty comprehensive manual, but Windows Vista people will have some problems. XP or 2000 people, OK.
Most useful feature is five pedals and ability to jump around, albeit the little delay in effects mode - you'll find yourself putting in a rest note if you try to change while playing, but it dissapears in stompbox mode. For the really creative, there are 32 user programmable setups, and the hyper modes where you can mix two together is very, very cool. Read the manual.
Midi is deep, but some factors are lightly discussed. You will do a little trial and error in creations with midi. But it's there.
Wish the screen was a little more comprehensive in readouts, the digital display takes a little getting used to. Tuner seems to be a bit flat on mine compared to my Korg and my online Line 6 Spyder - I don't use it anymore.
It's METAL, almost all the way around. Sound, strong METAL. Weighs a little over 10 lbs. Strong and good.
Ease of Use:
Right out of the box, you will find it really easy to select on of the 130 or so pre-programmed sounds, turn on the wah, so on. To develop your own sound, you will need to read the manual and get used to a lot of buttons. Easier to put it on the software, but for those of us who do not keep our computers at our playing workstation, little more button pushing. Once you know how to modify, you'll have a blast creating your own sound like no other. If you have a modeling amp like a Line 6 or a Fender GEC-30, you can stack the sounds for some really freaky stuff. I make a sound from the GNX, feed it into the modeling amp, pick another sound, stack them up and just tweak. Just really fun to play around with.
But there is a learning curve...
One niggly - when you turn it on or off, make sure you have your amp turned down, it puts out a big capacitance discharge sound into your speakers that sounds like the speaker will fly apart. The manual even talks about turning down all the volume before turning off and on. Made the mistake once, no more!
Quality:
For B-stock, I would do it again in a minute. Came in a new box, properly packed, new manual, software, power supply and USB cable. Some tech signed off on each recheck position. It all works great. It is a ROCK, no plastic on the pedals or frame, only on little knobs that are mostly out of the way. Should run good for giggers, but it does add 10 lbs. to your load. Worst aspect of the quality I can find so far is the delay in effects mode, and sometimes you have to hit the two pedals for the tuner EXACTLY at the same time or you get other things. Not fond of the readout in the tuner.
Value:
Compared to other units, except maybe the Vox, this thing is a great unit for all phases of playing, recording, gigging, or just practicing. You will spend months exploring new capabilities with this unit. It is selling because it WORKS...
Manufacturer Support:
Haven't used yet, but other posters on other forums say it is first rate. New software available, so on. Harmon seems like a great company.
The Wow Factor:
Ah, the, "I want it" factor. Let's put it this way. I already had a Line 6 Modeling amp with a lot of sounds and 24 minute recording availability. I took this because it had all the great old sounds plugged in, even if they are not dead on. I can ALMOST sound like a Fender Strat into a Marshall, using a Ibanez RG into this, into a $99 Line 6. OK, it's not right on, but unless you are a real purist, this is close enough, and some crowd is not gonna know, (most of them probably never heard a Strat into a real 70's tube Marshall), so why not?
For the cost, the value is WAY up there. It adds dimensions you can only dream about - until you own one and play with it.
And my modeling amp does not have Chimes or VoxTube, or the ability to stack two together, so there, I want it!
Overall:
One thing that gets in the way of my hobby, is I like gear. But this added so much at once I think I can go a long time, (years), without adding any other gear. I read many reviews before settling on this, two years worth, give or take, about 100 posted reviews on multiple units. After it was all said and done, the majority of positive reviews seemed to fly this way for the value. Others always had some problem, like plastic, or a software or midi problem, or some tone was off, or the wah was not too good, so on. This one always came back with pretty good reviews.
It it got lost or stolen I would replace it with another B-stock when available. (They are not always available)
I least like the off-on sequence, and the display is not comprehensive enough.
I like the sounds most, the versitility of change, and the durability.
Style of Music: Old rock and Blues
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