Reviewer Velkov
Experience 2
Review date December 01 2001
Manufacturer Boss
Model GE-7B
Price $50 (CDN) Used
Item owned for Less than 1 month

Size Stomp-box
Controls 7 EQ slider and a level slider
Other

I bought this pedal just because I found this guy that had it going on ebay for $50 US and he never sold it. I called him up and ended up getting it for $50 Canadian. I went to pick it up from him in Toronto and didn't even have to pay for shipping.

Anyway, I had no particular reason to buy this pedal other than .. it looked like a good deal. Now I realize what power EQ can give you when it comes to what you want to sound like and how loud you want to be. I play through a Yorkville BM100 combo and I thought it was good enough. Sometimes I play with an old friend who plays a Les Paul through a Fender Princeton. He is so loud I can hardly hear myself. So I thought I just needed more power. Well, I did. But for now all I have to do to hear myself is cut on the highs and low-lows and boost up at 125Hz, 250Hz, and 1000Hz. I can hear myself perfectly. This setting gives me so much volume, punch, and clearness I can't believe I could play without the GE-7B before.

It is as durable as any other Boss pedal. When I hold it in my hand it feels like I can throw it, bang it against the wall, and it will still work. The only problem with these pedals is that the caps on the sliders fall off. Fortunately, the guy I bought it from had all of them, so I glued them in with rubber cement.

If you ever feel like your bass sounds thin, your amp sound cheap or too small, equalization may be your answer. The Boss GE-7B is a very cheap but reasonable means of equalization. I'm very happy I bought this.


Construction 95%
(The rubber caps fall off of the sliders.)
Sound 100%
Useability 100%
Value 100%
Overall 100%

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