Multi-Effects Pedal - Zoom

[Jethro Rocker]

I setup a JTM45 clean, JCM800 crunch, and a 1959 lead tone, plugged into my 5E3 sounds good! Fun! All 3 footswitchable what great functionality! Tomorrow I'll figure out the expression pedal and dive into the 75 preset patches.

I set all my own. Presets are interesting but weird IMO.

 

[paul-e-mann]

I set all my own. Presets are interesting but weird IMO.

Oh yeah, I've since deleted mine and built each from scratch, and added the foot pedal.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Oh wow all the factory patch tones are horrible except maybe 5 out of the 75 that are usuable lol. Thats ok I didnt buy it for the factory patches, there's plenty of effects, amp and cab sims to build tones out of. Right now I have my stock amp tone set as a clean patch, then a TS and boost set as a crunch patch, and a TS and boost with higher gain and volume set as a lead patch. The crunch patch has some reverb set with the foot pedal and the lead patch has some delay set with the foot pedal. Works out great, turns my single channel amp into a 3 channel amp!

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Sounds like it works well for that!!

 

[PowerTube44]

I got the G3Xn today and it works like a charm. Set up a clean, crunch and lead patch in minutes and assigned each to a footswitch just like I wanted. Having fun cycling through all the effects to see what I like and which OD pedals I like.

The factory "Crazy Train" patch will get you right in the ballpark of a Boston tone.

 

[paul-e-mann]

The factory "Crazy Train" patch will get you right in the ballpark of a Boston tone.

It doesnt have that one. Theres not much that gets you in the ballpark of anything, its all pretty useless, you gotta build your own tones.

 

[PowerTube44]

It doesnt have that one. Theres not much that gets you in the ballpark of anything, its all pretty useless, you gotta build your own tones.

I see. For some reason I thought you got the G1 Four or the G1X Four. It has the "RandyTrain" preset and it's close to both Crazy Train and early Boston on my rig.

 

[paul-e-mann]

I see. For some reason I thought you got the G1 Four or the G1X Four. It has the "RandyTrain" preset and it's close to both Crazy Train and early Boston on my rig.

That's the one I wanted originally but it didn't have the functionality I was looking for.

 

[PowerTube44]

That's the one I wanted originally but it didn't have the functionality I was looking for.

Are the patches compatible? If so, I'm sure "RandyTrain" is available from Zoom.

Or, the next time I have mine hooked up, I'll share the parameters from my "Boston" setting which I derived from it.

 

[PowerTube44]

Okay, here we go. This is my patch called "Crazy RMan" (meaning "Crazy Train and Rockman. I wish it would support more letters...) Anyway, it uses only four banks: ZNR Noise Reduction, Parametric EQ, Distortion+, and GE-7 EQ. Important: My G1 Four is run in front, with a Boss GT-100 through the loop in 4-cable method. In other words, there's a LOT more going on here than just the G1 Four, but it should get you in the ballpark.

Here are the settings:






Let me know how it goes on your unit, okay?