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Boss VF1 24-Bit Digital Effects Processor

24-bit A/D and D/A conversion with 30-bit internal processing. Powerful COSM-based Guitar Amp and Microphone Modeling. 400 effects Patches for applications ranging from guitar to digital recording to DJ/remixer setups.

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"The Amazing Little Red Boxes." submitted July 27, 2003

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Music Style: Rock, Blues

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Sound: Although TC, Eventide and Lexicon still has an edge in the reverb department, this little box does it all in spades. The 1st thing to go in my guitar rig was a TC Electronic GFORCE. I use midi "pedal wah" and the Gforce was noisy. The VF1 fixed that. I took the money from the Gforce and bought 2 more VF1s. After a year of tweaking, I found that I could get roughly the same sound from a VF1 as my Marshall JMP1 preamp with a lot more consistency and a lot less hassle. The JMP1 will be up for auction soon. Feature: The only drawback is the wall wart. Quality: Never had a problem. Would rather have an internal switching power supply. Value: You won't find a better guitar pre/FX for the money. For versatility, you won't find a better guitar pre/FX PERIOD. Manufacturer Support: Never needed it. The Wow Factor: I call them my "little red boxes". The look good and sound GREAT. Overall: Until somebody comes out with something better in a rack mount.

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Music Style: jazz, pop, country

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Sound: Very versatile. I use one just for guitar and another just for bass. The amp sims are great. The fretless bass simulator is very nice as are the bass amp models and octaver. Quality: The only problem I had was with the flash update, but once I got the right program to load it (from the France Roland site, since it's not available on the US site), it was simple and all my presets were still there. Value: For all the things this does, it's a great price. I bought the first one new for around $350 a few years ago, and the second one used for $200.00 about a month ago. Manufacturer Support: As mentioned, the US web site didn't have the software loader. The Wow Factor: I tried the Boss GX-700 and didn't like it near as much. I did like that that GX-700 was easier to program and you could tell at a glance what effects were on, but the VF-1 has a lot more going for it including pickup sims, acoustic guitar sims, nice bass effects, and a ton of other effects that I rarely use now, but may use later. I also have a Behringer V-Amp 2. It sounds great, but it doesn't have as many effects, and it's not rack-mountable, so I don't use it much. Overall: The VF-1 is just what I needed for my single act. No more carrying a guitar amp and effects pedals. I change patches fast by means of my Guitar Synth, and change level, effects, etc. by means of a couple of footswitches. There is a slight delay when changing patches, so I usually use one patch per song and change the gain, effects, etc by means of switches to avoid the delay.

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