Other Effect Tips; Using Harmonist To Tune Down ½ Step; Warmer Distortions - Boss GT-3 Owner's Manual

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Additional notes on Wah
From: Tony Ross <6828@iname.com>
The GT-3 and GT-5 is just a preset Wah and you can't change it much. But the cool thing is because you
can assign 8 things to the expression pedal you can change the Treble in the preamp or maybe the high-
mids in the EQ etc etc. When you do that you can get a customised Wah sound that exceeds the sound
of the standard GT-3/5 Wah.
The other thing you can do is set the Auto-Wah to come on when you "click" the toe of the expression
pedal, and assign the pedal to change the Frequency of the Auto Wah. When you do this you can get
some really wild Wah sounds. The Auto-Wah has many more variables than the Pedal Wah by the way.
From: Bill Davies <billdavies@psn.net> For what it's worth these days I prefer the Wah sound where the
Expression Pedal controls the AW:freq instead of the Wah effect.

Other Effect Tips

Using Harmonist to tune down ½ step:
From: Paul Coleman <paulc500@hotmail.com>
As you may know, while practicing (playing along with a CD), it is sometimes necessary to tune down 1/2
step from standard pitch (440)to play along with certain artists/songs (i.e. SRV, old Van Halen, some
Hendrix etc.). I have always thought that it was a hassle to tune down or to switch guitars etc.
Using the GT-3's Harmonist effect I found a way around this. Just add the following settings to your
favorite practice patch, press the CTRL pedal and all output will be 1/2 step lower. Press it again and
you're back to normal.
In theory this should work in reverse (although I haven't tested it). If you normally tune down 1/2 step
change the Max setting in Assign 1 to +1 and the output should be Standard pitch (440).
CTRL Pedal: On
Target = HR: On/Off
Min = Off
Max = On
Mode = Toggle
Make sure that MODE under the Harmonist effect is set to FAST and that DIRECT LEVEL = 0. Verify that
there are no other effects being activated when the CTL pedal is pressed (i.e. Assign 3 thru 8). For best
results, put the harmonizer first in the chain.

Warmer Distortions

From: David Oliveira <dso@easyphone.pt>
Many people have complained that the OD/DS distortions are too fuzzy and harsh. It could be an
improper sp sim selection (also could be improved with EQ). However, what I usually do is to select a
preamp/sp sim model, adjust the gain in order not to get distortion (as you know, the preamps simulate
the gain distortion of each model...), and then add the OD/DS that I want. This way, this distortion effects
sound much "warmer", more life-like.
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Harmonist: Off
Voice = 1 - Voice
Mode = Fast
Pitch = 0
Fine = 0
PreDly = 0
Feedback = 0
Level = 100
Direct Level = 0
Copyright © January 2001, December 2008
Assign 1: On
Target = HR1
Pitch Min = 0
Max = -1
(change to +1
to tune up 1/2 step)
Source = CTL
Pedal Mode =Toggle
Act. Range Lo. = 0
Act. Range Hi. =127
Stephen M. Golden
Assign 2: On
Target = HR1 Fine
Min = 0
Max = +50
Source = CTL
Pedal Mode = Toggle
Act. Range Lo. = 0
Act. Range Hi. = 127
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