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GigRig G3 User Manual

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G3 & G3S
THE ADVANCED
SWITCHING SYSTEM
USER MANUAL
TheGigRig Ltd, June 2024

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  • Page 1 G3 & G3S THE ADVANCED SWITCHING SYSTEM USER MANUAL TheGigRig Ltd, June 2024...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Connections 2.1 Input 2.2 Tuner 2.3 Effects Loops 2.4 Outputs 2.5 Remote Switches 2.6 Bank Remote Switch 2.7 MIDI 2.8 Power 2.9 Expression Pedals Connection Examples 2.10 MONO effects 2.11 STEREO effects 2.12 Amplifiers’ Effects Loop 3.
  • Page 3 4.9 Loop Order 4.10 Stompbox 4.11 Trails 4.12 Parallel 4.13 Parallel x 4 4.14 Hidden Preset 5. Global Setup 6. Software 7. The G3 App and Bluetooth 8. Tech Spec 9. Warranty June 2024...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    10. INTRODUCTION On behalf of myself and my team, thank you for buying G3/ G3S. When we launched G3 in 2020 we introduced the world to a new level of control over effects pedals. We started from scratch and designed G3 from the ground up, obsessively testing and retesting every aspect of its design to ensure we delivered the most robust, fully featured, tonally transparent switching system in the world.

  • Page 5: Connections

    PLEASE NOTE – a latching switch will NOT work here. 2.7. MIDI IN & OUT - This is where you connect your midi in and midi out cables from G3/S to control your midi effects. The connection is a standard five pin DIN cable.

  • Page 6: Connection Examples

    2.11 CONNECTING STEREO EFFECTS We designed G3/S to be able to PAIR mono loops to be used in stereo. If you don’t use stereo you have 12 mono loops. If you use one stereo effect, you can simply pair 2 loops.

  • Page 7: Amplifiers' Effects Loop

    Connect OUT1 to the effects RETURN. Now that the amplifiers effects loop is connected to G3/S, we have to turn it on. You’ll need to go through every pre-set and turn on your chosen loop. If you don’t do this your signal from G3/S will head straight to your amps POWER AMP, bypassing the preamp and its not going to sound great.

  • Page 8: Programming

    Your pre-set is now stored - there is no save button. Move to a new pre-set and do the same thing. Simply turn on The loops and G3/S functions that you want to access with the new pre-set. Now as we switch between those two programmed pre-sets, you will see that from one pre-set to the other the loops and functions automatically turn on and off depending on what you have programmed in each pre-set.

  • Page 9: Stomp Box Mode

    3.2 STOMP BOX MODE One of our favourite features of G2 was stomp box mode, so we have expanded on this in G3/S to make it even more powerful. Stomp box mode allows you to add a loop or any combination of loops and functions on top of a G3/S preset.
  • Page 10 The Stompbox modes are as follows: 'Normal' - Meaning the Stompbox mode enabled footswitch is latching and can be added onto of other stompbox mode enabled footswitches as well as 'regular' (no orange light) footswitches, when you press a regular footswitch any 'normal' stompbox mode enabled footswitches will be bypassed. Sticky - Same function as normal, except footswitches in the 'sticky' mode will only dis-engage when it's footswitch is pressed a second time (it will remain on regardless of regular or stompbox enabled footswitch presses)

  • Page 11: Changing Banks

    In the Deep Edit menu, in global settings, you have the option to assign a bank up and a bank down switch to a G3/S footswitch. Once done, simply tap the foot switch to go up a Bank / press and hold to go down the Banks.

  • Page 12: Deep Edit

    8. TAP TEMPO - Using a combination of remote switches and MIDI CC messages to enable Tap Tempo 9. HIDDEN PRESET - Each preset in G3/S has a separate fully programable hidden preset 10. GLOBAL SETTINGS - setup global options including stereo pairs, Bluetooth, MIDI IN, etc...

  • Page 13: Naming Presets

    These can be PC (Program Change), CC (Control Change), or midi sequencer messages. G3/S also has a MIDI Clock and a separate MIDI tap tempo feature. Once on the MIDI menu screen you will be able to scroll down to each of the 20 available midi messages for this preset.

  • Page 14: Expression Pedal Mini

    PC* & CC*: This mode is to specifically to link two G3s together and have them control each other For example, if you want Preset Number 1 on G3/S to activate Preset 7 on a Strymon Timeline, enter the MIDI menu and enter the MIDI Channel that the Timeline is on.

  • Page 15: Expression Pedal Pre/Post Gain

    Remote Switch as you tap. G3/S gives you the ability to send up to 3 different Tap Tempo commands per preset. PLEASE NOTE If you choose CC for Tap Tempo this will happen alongside any other MIDI commands sent at the same time from the MIDI menu.

  • Page 16: Midi Clock

    Boost going into your OverDrive or your OverDrive going into your Boost? With G3/S you can move any G3/S effects loop or loops in any order you want, and the process could not be simpler. Go to loop order on the menu, scroll right and you will see 3 lines of...

  • Page 17: Stompbox

    4.9 STOMPBOX The standard stomp box mode Is the same on G3/S as it was in G2. If you want to be able to add your delay on top of any other preset in G3/S; a. Select to the preset that you want to use b.

  • Page 18: Trails

    4.11 PARALLEL The parallel features in G3/S is the key to setting up effects in parallel, wet dry, even sending different effects to different amplifiers. The idea behind parallel is simple, it means that at some point in your signal path you split your signal and you send that signal to different effects then either join that signal path again or continue with the split signal being sent to different outputs.
  • Page 19 Next you need to select the loops you want to add to your parallel signal. Remember that you have made a second signal path, so you need to tell G3/S what affects loops you want to send to your parallel signal path. Please note that you are assigning loops to your parallel signal path here but you will still need to add them to the preset by pressing/selecting the effects loops on the top panel when you exit deep edit mode.
  • Page 20 Here are some examples: EXAMPLE 1 - PUTTING AN OVERDRIVE AND DISTORTION IN PARALLEL This is a really great way to explore some creative and unique gain tones. It is very different from connecting them in series. Say your OverDrive is in loop 2 and our Distortion is in loop 3. You want to put your Distortion in parallel without Overdrive, so you split before loop 2 and re-join after loop 3.
  • Page 21 amplifier and modulation going to another. It really is a fantastic way two explore some unique sounds. If you run into phase problems, use the programmable phase button on the top panel. EXAMPLE 3 - PARALLEL WITH STEREO This is basically the same as your Wet/ Dry rig, where you do not have a join after you split the signal. Any stereo effects that you add from this will be added into the signal path, keeping the signal path separate.

  • Page 22: Parallel X

    4.13 PARALLEL X 4 PARALLEL X 4 enables you to have up to 4 stereo signal paths in parallel as well as a dry signal path going to either or both outputs In the PARALLEL > PARALLEL CONTROL > PARALLEL X 4 ENABLE Select your START point by going to PARALLEL START >...
  • Page 23 In this example I have a stereo delay and reverb in loops 9/10 and 11/12. In Parallel 4 I’m splitting the signal before loop 9. Loop 8 includes a HumDinger which is going to split the signal and send it to our DRY amp. So in G3, LOOP 8 has become our CENTRE DRY option.

  • Page 24: Hidden Preset

    Here you can edit the following settings: Number Of Banks – G3/S Has up to 99 banks but if you don’t use that many banks and you don’t want to be scrolling through that many, you can limit the number of banks you use here.
  • Page 25 Stereo Pairs - G3/S has 12 x mono loops but you can pair these loops to use with your stereo effects, so ,whether you use 1x stereo effect or 6, you can simply pair the effects loops that you want to use. If you have 1 x stereo reverb at the end of your chain, you will pair loops 12 and 11 which still provides you with 10 x mono loops.

  • Page 26: The G3 App And Bluetooth

    G3/S 14. DONE! PLEASE NOTE – If you do not connect to G3/S’s BLUETOOTH within 2 minutes the BLUETOOTH in G3/S will automatically turn off. If the screen on your iOS device goes to sleep during the process, simply tap the screen to awake and the download will continue.

  • Page 27: What's New

    Click down to EXP 1 (or EXP 2 if you're using EXP 2!) cal heel > Click along > Now press your expression pedal so the heel is all the way back. > Press FootSwitch 4. G3 will display on the screen a percentage from 1 to 100% of how far the expression pedal travels.
  • Page 28 Screen size: Approximately 5 x 3.8cm / 1.96"x 1.5" Weight: 2.4 kgs / 5.29 lbs Power Requirements: 9V DC (2.1mm centre neg) @ 650mA.We recommend the use of The GigRig Generator power supply supplied with The G3/S Switching System. (Strymon Zuma, True Tone 1-Spot and Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 have been tested to power G3/S sufficiently).

  • Page 29: Warranty

    In no event will The GigRig be liable for more than the amount of the purchase price, not to exceed the current retail price of the product. The GigRig disclaims any other warranties, express or implied. By using the product, the user accepts all terms herein.

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