Table Of Contents - Boss GT-6B Owner's Manual

Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY .............................. 2
IMPORTANT NOTES...................................... 4
Main Features ............................................. 7
Panel Descriptions ....................................... 8
Front Panel..........................................................................8
Rear Panel .........................................................................11
Chapter 1
Playing Sounds ......................................... 12
Making Connections ........................................................12
Turning On the Power ......................................................13
Adjusting the Output Level............................................................13
What is a Patch?...............................................................14
Selecting Patches.............................................................14
How to Switch Patches....................................................................14
Turning Each of the Effects in a Patch On and Off .....................15
About the Information Appearing in the Display.......................15
If the Patch Does Not Switch..........................................................15
Turning Off the Power......................................................15
Chapter 2
Creating You Own Favorite Tones (Patches) .. 16
Getting the Tones You Want-Fast (EZ Tone) .................16
Adjusting the Tones with the Knobs ..............................16
Adding and Omitting Effects ...........................................18
Using the Buttons to Switch Effects On and Off..........................18
Switching Effects with the Pedals..................................................18
Setting the Effect Tones (Quick Settings)......................19
Making More Detailed Settings with Individual Parameters...19
Using the Pedal Effects
(Wah, Pedal Bend, Ring Modulator)................................20
Wah ....................................................................................................20
Pedal Bend.........................................................................................20
Ring Modulator ................................................................................21
Naming Tones...................................................................21
Changing the Order of the Effects (Effect Chain)..........22
Chapter 3
Saving the Tones You Have Created .......... 23
Write...................................................................................23
Copying Patches ..............................................................23
Exchanging Patches ........................................................24
Chapter 4
The Effects Explained..................................25
COMP/LIMITER (Compressor/Limiter) ............................25
OD/DIST (Overdrive/Distortion) .......................................26
OD: Overdrive ..............................................................................26
DST: Distortion .............................................................................26
FUZ: Fuzz ......................................................................................26
CHORUS ............................................................................27
REV/DLY (Reverb/Delay)/SOS (Sound On Sound).........27
REV: Reverb ..................................................................................28
DLY: Delay ....................................................................................28
R&D: Reverb & Delay..................................................................29
SOS: Sound On Sound.................................................................29
PREAMP/SPEAKER ..........................................................29
Preamp...........................................................................................29
Speaker ..........................................................................................30
3 BAND PARAMETRIC EQ ...............................................31
WAH ...................................................................................31
WH: Pedal Wah ............................................................................31
TW: Touch Wah............................................................................32
AW: Auto Wah .............................................................................32
FX-1 ....................................................................................33
OCT: Octave..................................................................................33
ENH: Enhancer.............................................................................33
SG: Slow Gear ...............................................................................34
DEF: Defretter ...............................................................................34
R.M: Ring Modulator...................................................................34
FX-2 ....................................................................................35
PH: Phaser .....................................................................................35
FL: Flanger.....................................................................................36
HRM: Harmonist..........................................................................36
P.S: Pitch Shifter ...........................................................................37
PB: Pedal Bend..............................................................................38
2CE: 2x2 Chorus ...........................................................................38
ASL: Auto Slap .............................................................................39
SDD: Short Delay .........................................................................40
VIB: Vibrato...................................................................................41
HMN: Humanizer ........................................................................41
T/P: TREMOLO/PAN ................................................................42
SYN: Bass Synth ...........................................................................42
NS: Noise Suppressor......................................................44
MASTER.............................................................................44
FV: Foot Volume ...............................................................44
Chapter 5
Setting the Pedal Functions (Pedal Assign) ..45
Selecting Each Effect to Be Turned On and Off
with the Number Pedals ...................................................45
Settings for Using the Expression Pedal .......................45
Setting the Range of the Volume Change.....................................45
If You Don't Want to Use the Expression Pedal as a "Volume Pedal" ...46
Settings for Using the Expression Pedal Switch/
CTL Pedal ..........................................................................46
Making Settings Instantly (Quick Settings)..................................46
I f You Don't Want to Use the Expression Pedal Switch or CTL Pedal ...47
Editing "Quick Settings".................................................................47
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