TC G System...what should I know

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gkinsingapore

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My current pedal board has become cumbersome.....its the heaviest part of my rig....power supplies, eventide boxes,suhr channel switcher cables for miles.....all on a Pedal train pro.

The G system appeals a lot and I'm very close to pulling the trigger on one. I have a PT100 that I use for all my dirt so am really just looking at delays and chorus, touch of verb, the odd harmonised part....

Is there anything I should know? I've read through the forum stuff and Laird Williams doc on configuring the 4 cable method. He mentions ISO boxes, do I really need one with the PT100?

Any tips?
 
I had one up till the beginning of the week. I needed/used a Ebtech LLS with my RMod100. It likes instrument level better. Takes a while to really get use to it, big learning curve. The easiest way to do anything on it is to use the USB and a laptop with Vyzor editor.
 
you should know that its awesome! ive never had one single problem with it as far as the setup or programming of it. i also got my hands on lairds white book and that was just the icing on the cake to really tweak things even better. ive never used the computer editor so i cant speak for that but editing on the unit itself is easy enough. good luck
 
I love it. Best money I ever spent. Effects are top notch and the flexibilty it gives for controlling amp channels and external pedals is awesome. Plus it just looks killer.
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Yeah I did the stickers. Someone on the TC G-System forum posted the blank templates in a photoshop format so just used it and found some pictures of the pedals that I use and some pictures of my amp for the channel buttons I assigned on my G-system. I found the sticker paper at Office Depot and just printed them up. If anyone would like the Photoshop template for their G-system let me know and I'll email it to you in a PSD file.
 
Best investment i made in years man, couldn`t be happier. I`m using it in a W/D/W setup, so it doesn`t go through any of my effects loops. But i used it for a while in a loop and it didn`t color my tone at all, very transparent. The effects are just great. And the programability features are perfect.

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Go for it.

Chris
 
gkinsingapore":4tshjaab said:
My current pedal board has become cumbersome.....its the heaviest part of my rig....power supplies, eventide boxes,suhr channel switcher cables for miles.....all on a Pedal train pro.

The G system appeals a lot and I'm very close to pulling the trigger on one.

Any tips?
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Just wanted to share this with you. You can rack the brain of the G-System or keep it in the floor controller. A big selling point of the G-System for me was everthing being on the floor and to not have to carry a pedalboard and a rack case. I keep everything in a heavy duty 35'' x 25" flight case with handles and rollers. I have my cables in a snake and I just coil it up in the board, put on the lid and roll it in and out for gigs. Only problem is that the flight case, G-System, wireless, all the other pedals, power supplies and a 20' cable snake weigh about 90lbs with the lid on. But it is a heavy duty case so nothing will happen to the contents. The G-System itself weighs almost 20 lbs. I guess I'd rather carry one big heavy board than a pedalboard and a rack case. I attached a pic so you can get a feel for the size. I wish I could make it smaller but I couldn't fit everything I need in a smaller case. I might add another small pedal or 2 in the future and I've got just enough room.
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Bought one, am about to do my 5th gig with it.......LOVE IT, best money ever spent.

The learning curve wasnt that steep, I followed Laird's instructions to hook up the 4 cable method and that took me longer than actually programming the patches I use. I do need to find a few hours to tweak some of what I've done but even what I have so far totally kicks ass.

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I love mine. Once you get it set up correctly it's fantastic. Don't skip any steps in Laird's suggestions on setting the levels. It's a good idea to get the Ebtech just in case. I leave the unit all together like Todd because I was tired of hauling around a rack of any sort. I had a custom multi cable built for me by Whirlwind and leave it hooked up on the pedal end.

It is heavy, but for me it beats hauling a rack full of gear around and saves room in the backline.

The guys on the G System section of TC Electronics forum are great and will help in any way you need.
 
i used to have one.. got a lot of slack from a bandmate about having tooooo much gear to lug.. made the mistake of selling it :cry:
i'm with TC now, though.. so i can always get another one!

EDIT: they are a great investment!
 
shogun":xamz9zcj said:
i used to have one.. got a lot of slack from a bandmate about having tooooo much gear to lug.. made the mistake of selling it :cry:
i'm with TC now, though.. so i can always get another one!

EDIT: they are a great investment!
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yah i still dont know why you sold it :confused:
 
Loving mine, done about four gigs with it now and it's working much better than the M13 I was using, added bonus being able to change channels too ;)

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