BOSS Ge-7 7-Band Eq Pedal, Compact Eq Pedal with 7 Bands of Adjustable Eq Sliders

There's absolutely nothing to complain about with this pedal. It's made by Boss and performs really well, allowing plenty of control over an instrument's tone. If you play around with different tonalities it'll see some use, but there's also a chance to find a perfect tone and then just leave it there in the signal chain.If you like the sound of a "half-cocked wah pedal" you can get it with the GE-7; if you want just clean boost with a little bit more treble for a solo you can do that as well, perhaps pushing an amp into gentle overdrive as you do so. If you feel a bit of prejudice against a pedal that is basically a tone control (as in a hi-fi graphic EQ), try to imagine the possibilities for live playing or simply for capturing a sound that's in your head, or even just wildly experimenting to find ways of turning single-coil pickups into fake humbuckers (soundwise at least) or the other way around. So is it something we all must buy? Well, no.There are other pedals that are equally capable, such as the GE-7 equivalent from Behringer. The GE-7 is built like a tank, the Behringer not so much. If you're not stomping on it dozens of times while playing a set then the Behringer will do the job as well as this will. The Behringer also runs on a proper 9v supply, whereas Boss pedals can operate on 12v. with the voltage taken down to 9v internally. This works okay with a Harley Benton PSU feeding it 9v.The GE-7 also has a built in buffer, as most if not all Boss pedals do. A big deal is made of "true bypass" as though "true" is a virtue. Anybody that knows about cable capacitance and the loss of top end signal will be glad to have a buffer at the start of a signal chain (which is where the GE-7 will typically sit) would be glad to have a Boss buffer provided there "for free". So it's also saving you from buying a separate buffer device for your growing monster FX board!So it won't make any mesmerising sounds that keep you playing, but may just allow you to find that killer tone that does the same.

It really is useful in getting the sound you want from your instrument

It's BOSS so it does exactly what you'd expect and is built for the road.I carry mine as a fix it tool to Eq or control the switched output level. I don't always need it but when I do I'm very happy with it.One of those - I'd replace if I lost it pedals.

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Pretty good used for clean boost - EQ allows it to be re-calibrated for different guitars/amps.

Could be useful but it introduced noise in my chain and for this it proved useless for me. Perhaps good for others. Pity because I love Boss pedals.

Ive only had this pedal for a day and can already hear a lot of possibilities for it. It can be used as a simple clean boost but its the tonal shaping it can bring thats most encouraging. Ive always loved the sound of a neck pickup on a les paul (slash, moore, bonamassa) but never managed to get mine to where i wanted it, always sounded muddy. Not any more, this pedal allows me to bring a sweeter sound to the neck pickup without losing its original character. Even justfor that, its worth the money.

I never realised how much an equalizer could change/shape my sound, finding a new tone every time I practice by altering the frequencies. Should have got one years ago, but thought they were just for show! How wrong I was.