A few days ago I asked myself when my guitar processor was built. So I went to BOSS US site and there I found it. My guitar processor, a BOSS ME-5 was built in 1988!!! Damn! It was their first multi effect, it is 20 years old AND IT STILL WORKS LIKE A CHARM! The only thing I fixed on it at one point was the input jack that was slightly moving. I soldered it a bit and THAT WAS THE ONLY FIX IN 20 YEARS for it. Now, considering it was dropped, had beer all over it, stepped on, has dust and other stuff on (you step on it, right?), is this thing a tank or what?

Now coming back to the point, looking at what is new there, I discovered the new BOSS GT-10 and I AM IN LOVE! Guys, I want it! I need that! Somebody pleeeaaase!!! Well…

I watched the video presentation on BOSS site and then on YouTube and I can tell you I am just thrilled. I recorded this song with a GT-8 processor that was not mine, but it remained in my mind. Now, this GT-10 is even better! You can even record 40 sec loops and play over, has some “smart” behavior, like if you set it to a certain mode, if you pick you get a clean sound and if you use power chords, it gives you distortion without switching pedals! Yeah, for the lazy ones! Even if I am not convinced it works every time, music is more than mathematics, it is about nuances…

Also a smart delay that changes from picking to soloing. I love this too! You know what I really loved about my ME-5 back then when I purchased it? The fact that the delay stays over pedal switching, which I didn’t hear in other cases, like in DOD, DigiTech or Korg, for ex. With my model, when I solo and let’s say I finish the solo on a long note and then I switch to picking with a clean tone, the delay of the long note comes over the picking part, making a bridge between these 2 parts. Man, I loved that, compared to other experiences where the solo part ended as soon as I pressed the pedal, no matter the delay I had on…

The guys in the video said the case is like a tank, which I would have considered marketing bla bla, but, considering my previous experience with ME-5, I believe every word they are saying about it.

So, what more to say? I have my eyes set on BOSS GT-10 and I am thinking on making it mine! Mine, all mine!!! Ha, ha, ha!!!

Here’s the promo video. On my headphones I can only hear one guitar, but on BOSS site I hear both. So if it is the same on your side, go to BOSS site and listen it there.

Here’s the promo video on BOSS site listen it there, I removed the embedded one cause last night traffic hit me like a train.

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