.........I'm going to get some good sounds out of this thing:
http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n505/dindude/image_zpsusdxpg4t.jpegIts not going to be easy, the presets are as expected, the amp modelling is COSM fair (albeit supposedly the "flagship" stuff of the GT100) and no option for proper IR's, but there are some sounds to be had I'm sure.
I needed something cheap for headphone practice when wife and baby have gone to bed as this is unfortunately the only time I'm getting to play at the moment and for this the form factor is perfect, I keep it in the cabinet under the TV, and power it from a Mac mini USB socket.
I'd love to try a Helix or an AX8 in anger to see how the digital game has moved on as I just can't believe it would still convince me. This machine makes my Custom Shop Strat feel like a games controller!
Still, I like a challenge, and the Jazz Chorus model is pretty damn good.
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I couldn't get the COSM modelling to sound good on the GT-100 I had. The FX are great though.
In terms of amp tones Blackstar, or Zoom are better at the low end and if you've got a few quid more then the Amplifire is a huge jump in quality.
I think the GT-001 is pretty much identical to the GT-100, but it only has one screen which makes it a bit more fiddly to program. Hopefully it has the V2 firmware which includes the MO-2, Tera Echo and DA-2 all of which are great.
Think I'm just down on digital generally, I trialled Sgear on my Mac as everyone raves about it but still couldn't get much I liked out of it.
The Boss will be fun though, it's best at the big overblown super-processed stuff. Think I'm going to recreate the 80's.
I've actually never had a sound from a recording session with real amps I've liked as much as I can get from S-Gear.
Never been keen on amp modelling more from a technical point of view than a sound one and I do like a real amp to fall back on if anything goes wrong!
On paper the FX8 does everything I need - starting by replicating my existing simple pedal board and going from there
Got a free night to get it all set up for rehearsal then ready to gig it...
Good luck with your quest too
The Frankly Sweeping patch sounds good on it's own I reckon.
Although Nuno used a GT8, I'd be very surprised if he used the built in distortions and amp emulations.
I'm guessing the GT001 will give you good sounds apart from the ODs and amp emulations.
Which leads me to think that Roland/Boss can't do distortions and amp emulations in their Multi FX, that are to my taste. That said, I love the sound of my Blues Cube Artist, and some of their OD pedals are good, so I'm not sure what's going on there.
S-Gear 2 is my go to ampsim for recording. I'm surprised you didn't get on with it.