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I am G.K. Mack. I have been a Musician since 1990.
My experience includes decades of live gigs, touring, teaching, writing, recording, & producing music.
This Channel will include
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hello sir gonna get one soon which one could i pick vaelton gp 100 or zoom g1x4
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the Zoom G1X4, & don't know anything about it. I know this GP-100 is fantastic though.
Can you switch patches while the looper is running?
Actually good question. I'm not sure, & can't check as I no longer have this unit. I gave it away on this channel in a contest. Sorry.
It’s just an opinion.
Exactly.
Can you turn off the cab?.. i want to plug it in the input of the amp.
Yes you can turn off the cab block. But if you are plugging it into a amp, turn yhenamo block also. Unless you are going in through the FX loop, which would make the amp block your pre amp.
Recently got a bass and this pedal and looking around for demo vids of what I can do with it. Thanks.
It's a good pedal. Not all the sounds in it are great, but more than enough to make it worth the price.
@@MUSICIANGeeK zactly !
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Good stuff, nice demo.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for making this video, I was about to commit a huge mistake and order this unit.
It's a quite affordable unit. For $129 Can I thinks it's a steal. Sure not all the sounds in it are great that's for sure, but if you even find 2 sounds you like it's worth it. There are single pedals that do 1 thing that cost well over $500. I assure you even if you did not like the distortion sounds, there will be a filter, amp model or modulation effect or some sort that you would like. I have a entire playlist featuring every section of this unit. Check it out & let me know.
@@MUSICIANGeeK Ok, i'll just give it one more chance.
Again. I get it. Not every sounds is great. But there are over 100 different sounds. That's between all the distortion, amp sims, modulation, filters, & SFX. There will be more that a few that you will like. If it's not for you after that, all good. I just look for the few sounds I like, & I know tone preferences are subjective.
@@MUSICIANGeeK I looked again and I guess the Darkglass , Sans amp and MXR emulation are sort of the best of the bunch.
@@albertmarkethinkpr1325 There you go. Now that's 3 sounds for $129. Now that worth is I would say.
What a wonderful acting voice! thanks for the video, I'll take it for my acoustics😊
Thanks, glad you enjoyed, & found some value from the videos. You will love this unit. Sounds great
Katana has it's own speaker in it unless you get the artist version it has a waza . All Katanas the have a 12 inch speaker. Yes they have software, no it isn't a modeling amp it's solid state. If you use pedals anyway you never need it hooked to a laptop. The circuit is AB just like your tube amps . It acts and responds like a tube amp long as the volume knob never goes past 9:30 am. Since the artist was released I have not had a tube amp since my artist is better without dragging 20 pedals around lol
Ok, cool. Thanks for the info.
this vid is killer... great one G.K
Thanks a bunch Brad. Hope you are well my friend.
How's the latency? Also, the Amazon listing says they work with multiple receivers, but I don't see them for sale. Have you?
No noticeable latency I could hear. Also never tried multiple recovers. Sorry
Great guitarist, great video! Subscribed
Thanks a bunch for the kind words, & the sub. Much appreciated.
the boom was covid, end of story. the second hand market then was hit with a lot of gear post covid when people either gave up or ran out of time. I run a high school band /music comp and each year I still get 4 days of bands competing and the musicianship is stellar, what I have learnt is what grows the next wave of musicians is great inspiring music teachers. Teachers that value edm as well as rock as well as classical. Teachers and music departments that give students of any income the ability to touch instruments and try them.I still work as a freelance guitar tech for touring acts and internationals and I know the effect of great music departments from seeing kids from ten years ago now touring and hiring me on their crew, and in turn the local music stores are selling more gear and reinvigorating the next wave. I wish more stores would get into the schools and help out the next wave but I think the best I can hope for is the industry and freelance teachers scope where there is gaps in the education system or departments and try be on offer. Not every kid wants to be a rapper or make EDM on a laptop and I'm seeing incredible talented youth learn a guitar to assist in their songwriting and composition who may go onto working in the elm or RnB sphere, but music teachers are telling these youth, " learn an instrument -learn the fundamentals then you can own your songwriting as your creating it yourself " love the video, just subbed.
Wow, some great perspectives from your experiences. Very insightful. Thanks a bunch for your input, & subbing.
This is an easy one. There are undoubtedly a bunch of smaller influences that I maybe don't know about. But the main one is that pop music has almostr no guitar based music now.
For sure a main factor. Actually most pop has hardly ANY real instruments in it at all. Drums & Bass are usually programed/smapeled.
What I am finding is after playing concert opening and traveling for well paying gigs which I don't seem to get anymore. After Covid bar brewpubs and restaurants don't want to pay the bands anymore. They call me and ask me to play for tips. venue owners are just cheap which hurts current musicians and kills the hopes of aspiring musicians.
I feel your pain. Pretty spot on why I don't play clubs anymore. Thanks for watching/commenting.
Can i get free guitar 🤣
Ah.......not so much lol
@@MUSICIANGeeK 😭😅😂🙏
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1st one here
Congratulations lol
@@MUSICIANGeeK thnx bro 😎
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Very helpful many thanks. Btw Have you looked at Donner Arena or going to?
I have not looked at the Donner Arena as of yet. If they send me one I will for sure, but at this timer it does not look like they will do so, but you never know. Thanks so much for watching/commenting.
Not yet, but if they send me one I will.
Hey man I appreciate you going through all these. As you may see in my Avatar(which I plan to change before long) I am a drummer before my other instruments. I'd say whomever programmed these drums didn't know their genres very well lol. Having said that I would say about 50% of these loops are useable to get a song idea going at least. I mean how many guitar effects units have drums? not many. Great vid thanks pal!👍
Thanks a bunch. Ya, the drum sounds were an afterthought for sure. Just meant as a practice option basically. All of these smaller units these days actually have drum loops, & they are all around the same quality wise. They are trying to make these "all in one units" & that is hard to do with having everything perfect quality. Something has to suffer lol. Thanks again.
Good for my 303
Absolutely!
3 or 4 years ago Walmart had them for $105! I bought four 👍
I missed that. Would of done the same thing
Really clear video but if you want a cheaper way to switch your patches why wouldn't you use a Bluetooth midi controller like the m-vave Chocolate? Mine works flawlessly and was like $60 Cdn. That's gotta be around $40 US. Adds 4 more buttons and massive versatility.
WOW!!! I had no idea you could use a midi controller with it. Makes me wish I still had it lol I gave it away here on the channel as part of my 1000 subscriber contest. Thanks for the heads up.
That's a sharp looking unit. Looking forward to the playability review..... That 'gig' bag is 'scary from Glary'.I see it ripping like a cheap garbage bag and then... OOOOF!
Gig bag was more like a trash bag......So I trashed it lol
That's a cool looking bass, I am sure you will put it to great use! Congrats on your first Harley Benton guitar! 👍👍
Many thanks. It's fantastic. I love it.
When my band was still "touring" we had 4 different clubs we played at and awould squeeze a location in on travel days. Alot of bands did the same thing we were on with No Doubt, Puddle of Mudd etc. before we all got signed of course, i qould go the independent route if i did it again the music business just grinds you up until they can squeeze you no more
When I went on the road, I never made any $, when I stayed local, I made really good $. However I was not on the road with bands like No Doubt, & Puddle of Mudd
Most clubs and venues where I live have an email list you can sign up for. All the upcoming shows are sent to me every month.
That's old-school, & quite effective. Many different ways to get the word out.
Why talk of touring when we don't even know your music?? You're a youtuber, so play your music so we can hear it at least.. show what uou're made off! Not interested in bla bla bla
Are you talking to this creator or Mary?
O.K., not sure if you are talking about me, or Mary. So I will address both. If you are talking about Mary, she has played her music on her channel. Several times. She has 3/4 of a million subscribers, & most of them have heard it. She HAS show us what she is made of, & is more successful then you will ever be. If you are talking about me, I have 2 full length releases & play quite a bit on this channel. Not interested in bla bla bla……that is what your stupid trolling comment was. If you actually have anything intelligent or constructive to say I would be happy to hear it. However, you are not capable of such things. Just a troll/keyboard warrior.
Either way, he is just an idiot troll. People who can actually do things don't troll. They do things. His channel has a few videos…….& I don't think any of him. I doubt he actually has an ounce of talent at all. I never get ANY hate comments from actual Musicians or creators. Just nobody's like this. I can see your anger/jealousy showing lol
Man, talking about Mary.. You do like to be insulting. Well , i will not proove you wrong about my achievements.that's schoolkid level.. I think mary found a youtube niche and complains and rants pretry much regularly. She is overcalculated..donnow any succesfull band or solo artist that overcalculates, no? I mean , she should try collaborating to get some succesfull songs out and let us hear them. I swear i'm a many years subscriber of hers , but i've come to realise that she is more a youtuber than a dedicated musician, maybe she ahould invest this precious time in her art or become a music worls commentator, but both gets me tired after a while. I'm looking for artistic content not ranting and raving about the shitty situation of the music industry. We have to gig and gig but she's putting too much pressure mentaly on herself no? Well have a good day amd so much for the meanliness;-)🙏🏽💫🎶💚
I'm actualy a singer songwriter guitarist with a classical singing career past, sang all over the world in the greatest houses.. And i offered her to collaborate on writing songs because i believe we would be complimentary : she serious and organised and i serious and disorganised, she helping fonishing my great hit ideas, that i am anyway going to have put asap.. which is not a deadline. Good luck and maybe let's collaborqte and make music instead of youtube videos , we're musicians after all!
Every band member I ever knew in the 80s Toured for a cheap or free room near or attached to a dive bar and the rare occasion of free or discounted drinks. They all have real jobs now or are long gone. 😢. I recognize the struggle which is why I commented.
Indeed the struggle is real. I can't imagine doing it now. When I did it in 2003-2005, it wasn't profitable, but you could do it for not quite a loss. You could almost break even. Now, you go in the hole big time if you tour on a small level. Hard times for musician these days. I feel so bad for the younger musicians.
Why go on tour? Play a fix venue. The Beatles played 292 times in the Cavern.... And youtube musicians should use tours to create content, not content to promote gigs or tours... it makes no sense. And lets be real staying at a bad hotel or in the floor of a friends apartment makes much better content than any 3* hotel.
For the most part, that's how I made a living off of music for 21yrs before I got a Day job. The Band I went on the road with was the band I made the least $ with & actually went into debt. That was before the industry changed with KZread & Streaming. Now the road is even harder
Agree.. whining is annoying..
Actually they should do live shows on KZread for their members
@@efortlight Now you are showing that not only are you a Troll, but stupid. Who is complaining? Nobody. Just sharing statistics & facts. Trying to educate people. You need it quite a bit. Pay attention.
I guess the only thing a musician can do now is just entertain friends. There doesn’t seem to be a path to supporting yourself in a decent way anymore.
It's definitely harder these days that's for sure. There is still ways to make a living from music, but the game has changed for sure. Thanks for watching/commenting.
Fixed venues, like in the old days. Venues had "resident" bands, in an average/large town it is perfectly possible. Go local not Global.
@@josearaujo8616 Just like I said in a earlier comment, when I stayed local, I made enough $ to make a living, when I went on the road with a band, that is when I went into debt.
This was old they are all closing.
Now they are. It was current news when released.
Did you make a video on how to assign A-D as stomps to assign like OD Delay Rev im struggling there but I got some cool presets purchased and I made couple got some IRs Soldano Friedman 800 ect… but I’d like to be playing it like a BODPSS ME 80
I did not do a video on Stomp Box mode. However it's how I use the GP-200 personally. Go into settings, foot switch, & there will be 3 options there. Patch mode "the Valeton GP-200 default" Stomp Mode, & user mode. Select Stomp mode & then you can use A-D to turn selected effects on & off like the Boss ME 80
can this pedal produce shamisen (japanese traditional guitar) sound?
I don't think so. Sorry
@@MUSICIANGeeK ah ic. thanks for info. 👍
@@nanomiya790 I hope it helps.
Highly recommend you check out the zoom ms50g or 50g+ pedals. We use em for everything. Unparalleled value.
Actually I had a Zoom. MS60B for Bass. It was pretty awesome, but upgraded to the Zoom B1 4 because it had more options. I want one of these for the profiling.
I know u play guitar as well. Check out the ms50g+. Crazy good for 150 bux.
@@GTOSBAND I have seen lot of reviews about them. They are pretty awesome.
What a great video! Whenever I want to purchase some devices, I can always find detailed review videos here at GeeK, which has helped me a lot. Love comes from China🥰
Thanks so much for the kind words. Glad you got some value out of the video.
Cool guitar for $300
Not bad at all actually. I still put it into the rotation quite often.
Nice video. Really learnt a few things about using reverb on bass
Thanks. Glad you got some value of the video. Myself I don't like Reverb on Bass, but love it in Vocals Guitars& Drums. Everyone likes something different. Thanks again for watching & the kid words.
Yeah i walked in GC thee other day and the some higher end guitars were on the bottom row and the salesman said hey hey if you need a cheaper guitar ill get the ladder.
Really?!?!? What was your response?
This is all so sad. Go ahead. Close all the music stores. Ridicule guitars that are made of beautiful meterials. Make em out of plastic, until they outlaw fossil fuels completely and do away with plastic too. No need to play a guitar before you buy it, in fact no need to play one at all. AI will make quick work of hand made music, and anyone who can type a prompt into a computer will be a musician. And when they shut down the internet, or worse, take down the electrical grid, then what? I hope all you young players realize what your supporting. When its all gone i will still be building my own guitars by candle light with hand tools. What will you all do?
Wow, I think you have the wrong idea here. Not only from my point of view, but Max'es as well. More then anything, just pointing out the facts. Not saying that it should go this way, just that it is. That's companies that don't adapt, will not survive. Look as Sam Ash. Yes, it's sad, but unfortunately how it's going these days.
@@MUSICIANGeeK With my comment I wasn't talking directly to you or Max, I was talking to the guitar comunity In general. I know that you have no say in any of this, but you do have a platform that those who i AM speaking to are drawn to. My hope is that I can get people to see what's coming and maybe some of them will help me push back against this soulless momentum. A guitar to most players these days, may be nothing more than a tool like a drill or a hammer, but to some people a guitar is a magical and almost living thing. These are the ones that are endangered, these passionate few are the ones I care about.
@@stevenpipes1555 I think most musicians love their guitars as much, just can't afford the really expensive ones. Period. What should these people do then......not play? Make music any way you can. With whatever you can.
@@MUSICIANGeeK I AM them. I can't afford expensive guitars either, so I get inexpensive ones and make them beautiful! My most expensive guitar is a PRS SE, which was a 50th birthday present from my daughter. Not exactly a Cadillac but it's beautiful and I can make it play like a monster. Infact all of my guitars, other than the SE, we're used and acquired from flea markets and yardsales! All of them have had a proper level crown and polish, all of them have killer set ups, all have been rewired with decent pots and switces and some have upgraded parts. I ordered everything through local music stores instead of just going on line. I buy all of my strings for 12 guitars and 2 basses, at local music stores. I've done basic set ups on a few used guitars for the local store just to help out. That's what I expect people to do! I expect them to turn off the damn screens for a minute or two and actually get out and support their local music comunitys while they still can. Ive ordered Graphtech saddles nuts and string trees, Hipshot and Sperzal tuners, Dimarzio and even Guitar Fetish pickups, Dunlop switches, mojotone pots caps and wires and alot more. I paid a little more for each item sure, but that extra went to supporting my local music scene in some small way. If I can do it as a struggling furniture store employee, no doctor or lawyer here, then so can everyone else. Soon enough our extremely local communities will be all we have access to, wouldn't you want a music store in it?
@@stevenpipes1555 I do much the same myself, but not all. Yes I buy guitars online, I buy strings at my local store, & bring in all repairs/modifications that I can't do at home into the local shop. If you watch any of my old Guitar reviews, you will see that I plug my tech Jay Swatman formerly of Lasalle Music, now Custom Guitar shop. I say I'm bring it into him for new tuners/nut whatever. It is possible to do both you know.
The CEO is missing the point of Swimming With the Sharks.
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I'm a mechanic and amateur guitarist... as an amateur guitarist I can appreciate a big box store for sick ass guitars.. its candy land... but I can't afford anything they offer at those retail prices. I'd rather shop online or pawn shops a well.. as a mechanic.. I only need a clerk too... not a "sales associate ". I go to the parts counter... I know what I need.
Yup. I remember back in the day going to the local music store as a broke teen lookin for an ax to hunt pussy with and buying the fake Fender that couldn't stay in tune in a total vacuum for what seemed cheap at the time.. $249.99 for stringed feces was good money back then. Could never dream of affording one of the real guitars in the 'Don't touch, ya dirty pothead kid' rack
Most fulltime musicians are the same way in every sense. They can't afford the $4000.00 Les Paul, & they know what they want.
Pawn shops have always been (and now online) are the working musician's friend. It's where you get the affordable and serviceable gear.. I bought an expensive guitar at a brick and mortar store once.. but I'm that entry level guy at the time that wanted a cool guitar. ZERO regrets mind you but I could never justify it now. I feel bad not supporting brick n mortar but it's almost impossible (and downright financially irresponsible) to do so
Yep. It's just so much easier. I feel bad about not supporting local stores more myself, but with the online options, how can we not.
Does this have better modulations than Zoom?(G3XN, G1X four, etc.),
I can't, say, because I have never tried those ZOOM units. Sorry.
sounds like general midi. Kinda terrible. But practicing it is good enough.
Exactly . Sounds are quite week. It was an afterthought & intended just for practice.
@@MUSICIANGeeK I have an ampero mini, this 200GP bugs me because of its looper. But it is still more complicated then just 1 dedicated looper button that does not reserve the whole screen from the pedals (that I want to change solo/rhythm/bass erc)
@@ymelfilm The Looper was also a bit of an after thought. I myself never used the looper. I use Boss loopers, & just got this unit for the amp modeling & effects. That was it's primary function. The Drum machine, Looper, & Recording interface options were just extras that were added so that they can market it as as all in one solution. When any company does this, those features are usually not the best.
@@MUSICIANGeeK very sad. Because I really need a simple looper, not dancing on more switches when I have to activate it on a live one man band scenario. So: there is no a multieffect that could serve a oane man band setup on stage well. Disappointing. Because I really dont want complications with wires, footprint, extra charger for an additional looper. I have it (extra looper and a double fsw) now with the Ampero Mini, not so happy
@@ymelfilm Unfortunately, sounds like you will need a specific looper. No Multi effects processor that I can think of will do what is requited by your standards.
Looks like these are the same effects as available in the GP-100 which is half the price?
Yes, but there is a few more effects, like the 2 Darkglass distortions/overdrives. Far more footswitches, & I.O. options. It all depends on what you are looking for. This unit is primarily for guitar. There is a bunch of new amps/effects for guitar in this unit, but not a bunch for bass.
Is it better than zoom multi effects modulations? (Zoom G3XN),
Unfortunately I can't say, as I have no experience with Zoom G3XN. Sorry
🎶 ‘Mars Music’ store had the largest location & selection 💰of instruments in its time in Ft . Laud . Florida with live , on stage presentations / shows regularly . I had the opportunity to drum there at a seminar . 🎭🎶🎈🙏🏼
It was closed/bought out by the time I moved to the U.S. in 2002ish. That's why I never heard of it. That sounds like it was pretty cool.
🎭 ‘Online shopping has the greatest variety of products that no -single store could carry in their inventory 🎶🤓🌹
Yep. Can't compete with that. Access to literally everything. With far less overhead.
@@MUSICIANGeeK ‘Pet Clark 🎶 had a great up -beat tune 🎵 called “Sign of the Times” relevant today 🎸🎤
@@frankconti6591 Cool. I will have to look it up.
Do you know the difference between the GP 100 vs GP 100VT?
Just a cosmetic difference. Has that nice metallic purple ish color.