ISP DECIMATOR G STRING vs Boss NS-1X

StrummyBrummie

Has anyone got any experience of these two pedals? I'm after a noise gate/suppressor for high gain metal rhythm.

I was going to get the ISP, but then I saw Boss had released a new one. There isn't much in the way of reviews or head to head comparisons on the internet.

If anyone has any views on the subject that they would like to share I would be grateful. 

Dopesick

I had the Decimator G at one point and it was great.

If you can get it, try out the Fortin Zuul, that thing is the daddy. Does a mini version too which is pedalboard friendly.

StrummyBrummie

Dopesick said:

I had the Decimator G at one point and it was great.

If you can get it, try out the Fortin Zuul, that thing is the daddy. Does a mini version too which is pedalboard friendly.

I'm aware of the Zuul, but I'd heard it was tricky to dial in? 

sgosden

How much gain/ what metal / how tight do you need? 

Are you looking for fast and tight or just taking some of the buzz of a live stage with gainy Amps?

StrummyBrummie

sgosden said:

How much gain/ what metal / how tight do you need? 

Are you looking for fast and tight or just taking some of the buzz of a live stage with gainy Amps?

sgosden said:

How much gain/ what metal / how tight do you need? 

Are you looking for fast and tight or just taking some of the buzz of a live stage with gainy Amps?


Lot's of gain. Not Djent, but I'd like it to be capable of that. So fast and tight. 

Secret_Sam

Can't comment on your two specific noise gates, but I can confirm that the MXR Smart Gate works very well and is trivially easy to dial in.

kelpbeds

Used  a G string decimator for years. Great bit of kit

rockmonster

I had the Boss very briefly but sent it back as it was not as good (for what I needed) as the NS-2 I already had. Not tried the ISP as I’m happy enough with the NS-2 now that I’ve tried the betterer pedal!

StrummyBrummie

Thanks everyone for the comments so far.

I had some Amazon vouchers lying about from my birthday and noticed that they were selling the NS-1X at good price so I grabbed one yesterday. 

It seems to do all the things I was after very well. Very tight fast gating, and it also reduced unwanted string noise. There may a slight tonal change... It's not bad at all just different. It's pretty subtle, it might even be my imagination. I just need to decide how I feel about it.

The only real negative so far is how close together the input/output and send/return on both sides of the pedal are. I use pancake jacks and I can't fit two in the same side. A very strange design choice by Boss.. 

   Luckily I had some Neutriks on hand otherwise I would have been stuffed. 

Lestratcaster

I've used the original NS-2 and also owned the ISP Decimator. Have to say the NS-2 worked better when playing high gain. The ISP was only good when changing to clean so it didn't totally gate the sound. The most recent band I played it hardly had any cleans so I just stuck to the NS-2.