Boss GT-10 Turbostart

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Welcome
Congratulations on the purchase of your Boss GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor. This
TurboStart contains step-by-step instructions that'll quickly introduce you to many of
the GT-10's features.
Making Connections
To protect your equipment and your ears, start out with the GT-10's upper left OUTPUT
knob turned down, and turn down the gear into which you're plugging your GT-10.
1 Connect an instrument cable from a guitar to the INPUT jack on your GT-10.
2 Plug headphones into the GT-10's PHONES jack or connect its OUTPUT jack(s) to
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a guitar amp set to a clean sound.
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a line level input such as a mixer, PA, recorder, or suitable power amp.
Note:
If you're using one guitar amp or one line input, use only the GT-10's L/MONO output.
If you're connecting to two amps or a stereo pair of line-ins, use both GT-10 OUTPUT jacks.
Tip: If you're connecting the GT-10 in stereo, you can take advantage of its stereo-only
features such as having Dual L/R amp models or different effects on each side.
Optimizing the GT-10's Outputs for the Best Tone
1 Just below the main OUTPUT LEVEL knob, press the OUTPUT SELECT button.
2 Turn the big dial to optimize your GT-10 for the device you're connecting it to.
Select: When you're connecting to:
JC-120 a Roland JC-120 amp's input
SMALL AMP a small or practice guitar amp's input
COMBO AMP a combo amp's input
STACK AMP a stack amp's input
JC-120 RETURN the effects return jack on a Roland JC-120
COMBO RETURN the effects return jack of a combo amp
STACK RETURN the effects return jack of a stack amp
LINE/PHONES headphones, or a mixer, recorder input, or power amp
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3 Press the GT-10's EXIT button when you're finished.
4 Raise the GT-10's OUTPUT LEVEL knob—for the cleanest sound, set it high.
Raise the volume of your amp or mixer to the desired level.
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The GT-10's Play Screen
The GT-10's main display is the Play screen. Here's how to show its eight different views:
1 Press EXIT a couple times to make sure the display is showing the Play Screen.
Press the DISPLAY MODE button to cycle through the different Play Screens.
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3 For simplicity, you may want select Screen 1—this is the knob-based Play Screen.
Selecting Patches
A patch is a group of effect combinations. Patches are stored in groups of four, each of
which is a "bank. " There are 200 permanent factory Preset patches, and 200 memory
locations where you can store your own User patches. (On the red numerical display,
Preset patch names start with a "P, " while User patches begin with "U. " )
Note: Straight out of the box, the User banks contain the same patches as the Preset banks,
so feel free to replace the User patches with your own—you won't lose anything.
To select a patch, return to the Play screen as described above, and then:
Turn the big dial to go through all of the GT-10's patches.
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2 Use the BANK 6 and BANK 5 foot pedals to select the desired bank, and then
Pedals 1, 2, 3, or 4 to choose the patch you want in the selected bank.
Use CATEGORY Search to Check Out Some Patches
1 If necessary, press EXIT a few times to return to the Play Screen.
2 Press the CATEGORY/ENTER button—notice that the category, or "CATG, " is displayed
in the upper-left corner of the display.
3 Press the 34 buttons on either side of the big dial to select the CATG you wish.
4 When you find a category to explore—for example METAL—use the big dial to
move up and down through the patch list to try out different patches.
5 When you've found the patch you want, press EXIT to return to the Play screen.
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