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Re: GT-5 vs VF-1



thanks dave, and everybody so far...

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Coffin <dpcoffin@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Mar 23, 2006 1:26 PM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: GT-5 vs VF-1
>
>I've had 'em both, but unfortunately it's been quite a while since I  
>was up on all their specs. As I remember, tho, the VF came out a good  
>bit later than the GT, so it has a few newer (mostly pretty odd-ball,  
>not to say lame-ass, tho that's what I thought) effects on it; it's  
>more of the GT-6 vintage that way, and it definitely can load more  
>simultaneous fx slots; in general, it has more bells and whistles,  
>besides being conceived more as a general-purpose effector that a  
>guitar-oriented one. But I never found anything it could do that  
>would make it more interesting to me than the GT-5, which has  
>remained my favorite Roland/Boss all-in-one effect...not counting, of  
>course, the mighty VG-8/88s. I never warmed up to the VF, for some  
>reason. Best bet is to download the manuals to them both, and start  
>reading. Only you will know what you'd find essential.
>Best,
>dc
>
>On Mar 23, 2006, at 6:42 AM, Douglas Baldwin wrote:
>
>> Tim Wrote: > Since I'm starting to find the rackmount form factor  
>> annoying
>> as hell, I need to know:
>>
>>> is there anything my VF-1 can do that the GT-5 cannot? Put another  
>>> way,
>>>
>> would I be giving anything up by using a GT-5 instead?
>>
>