Well my Boss eq 200 turned up today, from Andertons and after just a few hours, I have the best tone I’ve ever had, (and I’ve had a few) I can’t quite believe just how much this pedal has helped in finding such a brilliant sound, 10/10 I can’t recommend enough
I've had this EQ pedal for a couple months now and I have tried to use this pedal playing LIVE and it just doesn't work for me. I am selling it and going back to the GE-7. Why you might ask? Several reasons.... that I've taken the time to list below. Hopefully this will help somebody out there who's looking at buying this pedal.... 1) COMPLICATED ADJUSTMENT SEQUENCE: When adjusting the EQ for the environment I'm playing in, you have to save the new adjustments every time. For example: If you adjust the sliders for M1 (to adjust for the acoustic environment you're in) If you don't SAVE your adjustment before you switch to the next (M2, M3, M4, etc.. memory presets,) your adjustments will be lost and when you return to M1 it will be back to the original setting you had. This is very frustrating if you use more than one memory setting at a time during a performance. I tend to make slight EQ adjustments throughout my night. With this pedal I have to make sure I go in and SAVE any adjustment every time before switching to the next M2, M3, etc.... 2) DOESN'T HAVE A WARM SOUND: My old GE-7 pedals are both analog and the EQ200 is digital. The EQ200 is very quiet with no "hiss" but the sound is more "brash" or "high endy". Most of my adjustments with this pedal are me trying to warm the sound up and take the "Tinny High End out" while maintaining the body of the guitar tone . 3) COMPLICATED TO OPERATE: If you've used any Boss products (like drum machines, and other equipment) from the 80's-2000's, you know what I'm talking about. You HAVE to have the manual to figure whatever crazy sequence of button pushes and knob twisting codes you have to do to get it to do what you want. Not intuitive or "user friendly" at all. You have to really commit to it and focus to get it to do what you want. The EQ200 is definitely a part of this family of products by Boss. 4) NEEDS AN EXTRA FOOT SWITCH (button). So many of the programming issues could have been fixed by adding one more foot switch to this pedal. This way you could scroll up and back in the M1,M2,M3, etc... presets. The ON/OFF switch could have been in the top center of the pedal. 5) TOO BIG: (especially without the 3rd foot switch). It takes up too much room on my already crowded pedalboard. The size would be ok if it had an extra foot switch and an extra display (see below). 6) DISPLAY: When you are playing live with this pedal and you look down at the display window, it just shows the EQ frequency wave (which is a must), but it doesn't show which Memory preset you're on (M1,M2,M3, etc..) You can only find out which one your on by pressing the Memory foot switch and going to the next preset (and now that you've done that, you have to keep pushing the Memory Foot Switch until you come back around to where you started). I KNOW that you can reprogram to reassign the ON/OFF Foot switch to scroll back, but then the ON/OFF doesn't operate the same. (NOTE: the other way to see which preset your on is to look at the red LED lights that show the first 4 presets, but you have to be right up on the pedal to see it) An additional display would solve this issue or adding the Memory Preset into the existing display box with the EQ frequency wave . 7) ANGLE OF THE FOOT SWITCHES: The shape of the pedal, would be much better for stomping on the Foot Switches if it were just a simple Square shape instead of the tapered front end. If you place it by itself on the floor (not on a pedal board) or if you placed it at the bottom of your pedal board it would work fine, but if you need to place the EQ200 in the middle or top of your pedal board, the foot switches are too low to easily tap with your foot without unintentionally hitting the other pedals around it. I had to add a riser with this pedal to avoid this issue. 8) PRICE: $289 for a pedal that has this many design issues is not worth it to me. As I mentioned, I usually run (2) GE-7 pedals and I would have ran (2) of these EQ200's but the price stopped me from doing that. Two of these EQ200's would have been $580 plus tax and shipping. That is too much in my opinion. IN CONCLUSION: This pedal might have it's place in some situations (like recording) but I do not recommend this pedal if you are a musician who plays in a LIVE stage setting. It's just got too many issues that don't work in that environment. Boss really needs to do a RE-DO on this pedal. I'm sure there's somebody who will disagree with me and they love playing live with this pedal, continuously pressing buttons and tapping the foot switches, but I've played 15 or so live gigs with it and it doesn't work for ME, especially for the price of this pedal. Thats my 2.555¢ Good Luck :)
I think I read that because this pedal has 2 inputs you can set it up to simultaneously run an eq at two positions in your signal chain. I could be wrong-trying to determine for myself. Sad to hear it’s a cold tone… are there any good-sounding settings? I think this pedal really opens up if you run a midi controller on your pedalboard too.
Great vid, Pete! I've got one of these in my cart and am glad to see that you reviewed it before I spend $. I trust your ear and admire your playing. You took the time to slide all the pots and demo every feature. Much appreciated.
Amazing....as a great sound engineer once told me: it all has to do with frequencies....you learn this and you can make a cocacola can scream like a soldano!!!
Very good review that focused on the features and interaction without too much talking or trying to impress us with your playing or playing us a track from your “new album”…..we know you are a good player and you have a good personality for this 😅
Had one of these for years now, superb bit of kit! Not cheap, but it's built like a TANK! Not just for guitar either! Us bassists can benefit from them too.
Great demo of a great pedal. I wish the sliders moved on their own according to the preset you select. Another thing to break I suppose, but would be super fun and then would allow you to tweak settings away from the presets more easily.
Eq has always been at the centre of my sound :) used a GE-7 for years! Also a MXR 10 band eq. just ordered this EQ! it’s probably the most useful pedal you can have! Very good for live use
@@UKSportsFan I love them all! the GE-7 has to be a modded version though :) MXR 10 is nice and quiet straight out of the box! but I use to be bugged having to remember I need it hooked up to 18v! I was very disappointed when LEDS started to fail on it? still works perfect though! the EQ-200 is very versatile! it can be 2 EQs in 1! has different routing options. I would say go with what budget you have and what you want? I do think 10 band is nicer to have but then it takes up more space on a board :) I use the EQ-200 most of the time, its the most versatile EQ with physical knobs! there is another one!! forgot its name! which had some very cool features! you can use it as a wah wah pedal with an expression. doesn't have the physical knobs like the EQ-200 though,
I Don’t want to say this is the best eq pedal video made, but its does seems like the best video made🤣. The changes of the tone is distinctive. And testing out individual hz like this make it easy to hear the differences.
EQ pedals are great but I think they end up being a gateway to diving into rabbit holes of tone searching. To me you should have a clear objective ahead of time of what you want to accomplish, then configure the pedal to achieve the objective, set it and then forget it! For instance you have 4 great overdrive pedals but don’t want to gig with all of them- choose one like the ODR-1 mini here, then a/b it along with the EQ until you duplicate the tone of each pedal. Now you have effectively cloned 4 of your pedals and can leave them all at home. But if you don’t have a clear objective from the start, these eq pedals will mess with your mind!
I have a hard enough time deciding how to set EQ on my amp lol. But I watch and listen to every video by Pete or Lee because their sound is always so good that just a single note help with nice vibrato sounds good. Very enjoyable and it's free. To learn something is just a bonus
I’ve always hated the tone of the bridge pickup on any guitar, but using an EQ pedal enables me to get a smooth (non ear piercing) tone like I hear from so many product videos on RUclips. 👍
For a second I thought Pete had mic’d up the Fender head on the right...but phew, guitar stand. There’s so much room for Easter eggs in the background.
I used to use a Boss GE7 , it made all my Distortion pedals sound better....I can't remember which way round I had them but it boosted the Distortion Pedals and they sounded great...I'd fully recommend one.....
Every gig room changes so an EQ is the quickest way to dial in your sound. Every amp I ever used has been awful at EQing. Bass, Treble and Middle but the curve is always crap so unless you have three amps to take to every gig...!
The eq pedals are the base of tone shaping, I have the Boss Eq 7 and the stelar Boss Eq 20 - which I love to death - definitely I also want this Boss Eq 200, nice video ! 🙏😽♥️
This is a great pedal to have for making use of those “almost” killer pedals that, well, are not so killer. A case in point is the Maxon Distortion pedal, SD-9 I think. Man it just does not make it on to a pedal board but I know it is a killer pedal. With a studio 31 band after the pedal, that thing was tuned to have a very very delicious and useable sound….a foundational sound. Now with this pedal you can drop 4 fun distortions on your board and have a quick recall memory for each one to sculpt them into heaven….I know that is my plan 😅
Hey, do you think it's relevant to put an eq as first pedal in fx loop of an amp? Thinking of that to control 2 overdrive stacked with dirty channel of the amp. Or as last pedal in front of an amp to keep its character? What do you think? Thanks
Although Unconventional, I'd like to use it from a DJ prospective to tune the speakers, and I'd prefer this over the regular "rack" equalizers. Would it be possible? Does it work with line level signals?
with so much "tastings" in the past days ... you should be planning a a "new" your pedalboard rundown ... ;) as usual ... your choices ... always make me understand that i wishing pedals that i even didn't know that existed .... ;p ... your a GURU !!!! thanks (obrigado) Greetings from Portugal... Rui
very cool video not just about this pedal in particular, but about overall EQ.... thx! only funny moment: Min 9,15 "you have the front of your app a bit pushed....-sounds like this- and then you throw in your EQ boosted.... you can read the thoughts "and doesn't work at all now....crap" rushes to change all the knobs.... hahaha
Another U-tube channel that doesn't respond to comments and questions. I'm a viewer that doesn't respond to the subscribe button or waste my time watching this video.
We can only try our best to reply to all the questions that comes in on all the videos from multiple countries and times zones, so if I haven't replied to your question then I do apologise.. What's your question? What can I help you with? Thank you.
Well my Boss eq 200 turned up today, from Andertons and after just a few hours, I have the best tone I’ve ever had, (and I’ve had a few) I can’t quite believe just how much this pedal has helped in finding such a brilliant sound, 10/10 I can’t recommend enough
F**k yeah bro! I have an EQ7. But thinking about this one
I've had this EQ pedal for a couple months now and I have tried to use this pedal playing LIVE and it just doesn't work for me. I am selling it and going back to the GE-7. Why you might ask? Several reasons.... that I've taken the time to list below. Hopefully this will help somebody out there who's looking at buying this pedal....
1) COMPLICATED ADJUSTMENT SEQUENCE: When adjusting the EQ for the environment I'm playing in, you have to save the new adjustments every time. For example: If you adjust the sliders for M1 (to adjust for the acoustic environment you're in) If you don't SAVE your adjustment before you switch to the next (M2, M3, M4, etc.. memory presets,) your adjustments will be lost and when you return to M1 it will be back to the original setting you had. This is very frustrating if you use more than one memory setting at a time during a performance. I tend to make slight EQ adjustments throughout my night. With this pedal I have to make sure I go in and SAVE any adjustment every time before switching to the next M2, M3, etc....
2) DOESN'T HAVE A WARM SOUND: My old GE-7 pedals are both analog and the EQ200 is digital. The EQ200 is very quiet with no "hiss" but the sound is more "brash" or "high endy". Most of my adjustments with this pedal are me trying to warm the sound up and take the "Tinny High End out" while maintaining the body of the guitar tone .
3) COMPLICATED TO OPERATE: If you've used any Boss products (like drum machines, and other equipment) from the 80's-2000's, you know what I'm talking about. You HAVE to have the manual to figure whatever crazy sequence of button pushes and knob twisting codes you have to do to get it to do what you want. Not intuitive or "user friendly" at all. You have to really commit to it and focus to get it to do what you want. The EQ200 is definitely a part of this family of products by Boss.
4) NEEDS AN EXTRA FOOT SWITCH (button). So many of the programming issues could have been fixed by adding one more foot switch to this pedal. This way you could scroll up and back in the M1,M2,M3, etc... presets. The ON/OFF switch could have been in the top center of the pedal.
5) TOO BIG: (especially without the 3rd foot switch). It takes up too much room on my already crowded pedalboard. The size would be ok if it had an extra foot switch and an extra display (see below).
6) DISPLAY: When you are playing live with this pedal and you look down at the display window, it just shows the EQ frequency wave (which is a must), but it doesn't show which Memory preset you're on (M1,M2,M3, etc..) You can only find out which one your on by pressing the Memory foot switch and going to the next preset (and now that you've done that, you have to keep pushing the Memory Foot Switch until you come back around to where you started). I KNOW that you can reprogram to reassign the ON/OFF Foot switch to scroll back, but then the ON/OFF doesn't operate the same. (NOTE: the other way to see which preset your on is to look at the red LED lights that show the first 4 presets, but you have to be right up on the pedal to see it)
An additional display would solve this issue or adding the Memory Preset into the existing display box with the EQ frequency wave .
7) ANGLE OF THE FOOT SWITCHES: The shape of the pedal, would be much better for stomping on the Foot Switches if it were just a simple Square shape instead of the tapered front end. If you place it by itself on the floor (not on a pedal board) or if you placed it at the bottom of your pedal board it would work fine, but if you need to place the EQ200 in the middle or top of your pedal board, the foot switches are too low to easily tap with your foot without unintentionally hitting the other pedals around it. I had to add a riser with this pedal to avoid this issue.
8) PRICE: $289 for a pedal that has this many design issues is not worth it to me. As I mentioned, I usually run (2) GE-7 pedals and I would have ran (2) of these EQ200's but the price stopped me from doing that. Two of these EQ200's would have been $580 plus tax and shipping. That is too much in my opinion.
IN CONCLUSION: This pedal might have it's place in some situations (like recording) but I do not recommend this pedal if you are a musician who plays in a LIVE stage setting. It's just got too many issues that don't work in that environment. Boss really needs to do a RE-DO on this pedal. I'm sure there's somebody who will disagree with me and they love playing live with this pedal, continuously pressing buttons and tapping the foot switches, but I've played 15 or so live gigs with it and it doesn't work for ME, especially for the price of this pedal. Thats my 2.555¢ Good Luck :)
Wowsa, I’d say that’s more that 2.5 cents!!! 😉
I think I read that because this pedal has 2 inputs you can set it up to simultaneously run an eq at two positions in your signal chain. I could be wrong-trying to determine for myself.
Sad to hear it’s a cold tone… are there any good-sounding settings?
I think this pedal really opens up if you run a midi controller on your pedalboard too.
Great vid, Pete! I've got one of these in my cart and am glad to see that you reviewed it before I spend $. I trust your ear and admire your playing. You took the time to slide all the pots and demo every feature. Much appreciated.
Amazing....as a great sound engineer once told me: it all has to do with frequencies....you learn this and you can make a cocacola can scream like a soldano!!!
Very good review that focused on the features and interaction without too much talking or trying to impress us with your playing or playing us a track from your “new album”…..we know you are a good player and you have a good personality for this 😅
Had one of these for years now, superb bit of kit!
Not cheap, but it's built like a TANK!
Not just for guitar either! Us bassists can benefit from them too.
Great demo of a great pedal. I wish the sliders moved on their own according to the preset you select. Another thing to break I suppose, but would be super fun and then would allow you to tweak settings away from the presets more easily.
Eq has always been at the centre of my sound :) used a GE-7 for years! Also a MXR 10 band eq. just ordered this EQ! it’s probably the most useful pedal you can have! Very good for live use
How would you rate and compare the GE-7, MXR 10 band and Boss EQ-200?
@@UKSportsFan I love them all! the GE-7 has to be a modded version though :) MXR 10 is nice and quiet straight out of the box! but I use to be bugged having to remember I need it hooked up to 18v! I was very disappointed when LEDS started to fail on it? still works perfect though! the EQ-200 is very versatile! it can be 2 EQs in 1! has different routing options. I would say go with what budget you have and what you want? I do think 10 band is nicer to have but then it takes up more space on a board :) I use the EQ-200 most of the time, its the most versatile EQ with physical knobs! there is another one!! forgot its name! which had some very cool features! you can use it as a wah wah pedal with an expression. doesn't have the physical knobs like the EQ-200 though,
I Don’t want to say this is the best eq pedal video made, but its does seems like the best video made🤣.
The changes of the tone is distinctive.
And testing out individual hz like this make it easy to hear the differences.
EQ pedals are great but I think they end up being a gateway to diving into rabbit holes of tone searching. To me you should have a clear objective ahead of time of what you want to accomplish, then configure the pedal to achieve the objective, set it and then forget it! For instance you have 4 great overdrive pedals but don’t want to gig with all of them- choose one like the ODR-1 mini here, then a/b it along with the EQ until you duplicate the tone of each pedal. Now you have effectively cloned 4 of your pedals and can leave them all at home. But if you don’t have a clear objective from the start, these eq pedals will mess with your mind!
Any vid with Pete, is a Treat. Especially when i see purple in the thumbnail. I click, i click.
this pedal is awesome. all features a musician will need in an EQ
I have a hard enough time deciding how to set EQ on my amp lol. But I watch and listen to every video by Pete or Lee because their sound is always so good that just a single note help with nice vibrato sounds good. Very enjoyable and it's free. To learn something is just a bonus
As a bassist, small amount of distortion and eq is all I need.
Pete, get some sleep and time with the family. You look exhausted.
i know, he had to write his name on his arm so he didn't forget it!
I’ve always hated the tone of the bridge pickup on any guitar, but using an EQ pedal enables me to get a smooth (non ear piercing) tone like I hear from so many product videos on RUclips. 👍
Have you tried using a tone knob?
@@ad-xf8bb that's about as useful as putting cotton in my ears. Tone knob cuts highs too much. I use an EQ to boost around it. Mids up, etc.
For a second I thought Pete had mic’d up the Fender head on the right...but phew, guitar stand. There’s so much room for Easter eggs in the background.
Damn.. what a crazy demo.. all demos should be like this
This man is good at everything that was a brilliant review ...no show off endless widdley widdley look at me ....Lee .....give him a rise NOW..
I used to use a Boss GE7 , it made all my Distortion pedals sound better....I can't remember which way round I had them but it boosted the Distortion Pedals and they sounded great...I'd fully recommend one.....
Does it really have some hiss issue??
Every gig room changes so an EQ is the quickest way to dial in your sound. Every amp I ever used has been awful at EQing. Bass, Treble and Middle but the curve is always crap so unless you have three amps to take to every gig...!
The eq pedals are the base of tone shaping, I have the Boss Eq 7 and the stelar Boss Eq 20 - which I love to death - definitely I also want this Boss Eq 200, nice video ! 🙏😽♥️
Yep, used for volume control in the FX loop and for that sweet thin Lizzy tone.
Pete, you just make everything sound much better through your hands!!! and your Telecaster Custom is crazily beautiful!!!!
This is a great pedal to have for making use of those “almost” killer pedals that, well, are not so killer. A case in point is the Maxon Distortion pedal, SD-9 I think. Man it just does not make it on to a pedal board but I know it is a killer pedal. With a studio 31 band after the pedal, that thing was tuned to have a very very delicious and useable sound….a foundational sound. Now with this pedal you can drop 4 fun distortions on your board and have a quick recall memory for each one to sculpt them into heaven….I know that is my plan 😅
I dig the cut of your jib Pedro great feel, deep pocket, stacking the cool
Love your demos. Thinking I may need an eq now.
Petes corner? Give him the entire stage...
Great review, thanks Pete!
Good morning, Pete. Don't you ever sleep you crazy Dane?
Ok, I want to try an EQ-200. But what I really want is one of those Metal Zone shirts.
thomann sells those.
Grande Peter! 👍🏽
I love my Empress Para Eq..but this boss pedal has awesome feature: PRESETS!! ❤
Most underrated pedal tbh.
I have the EQ2 from Source Audio, one problem - It has just one button. This one seems great, one problem - it's freaking huge.
is it possible to have the Level/Boost set differently for your each M1,M2, M3 memory presets or is it only adjusted manually with the slider?
ANSWER: NO.
I was gonna reply that I don't know:)
After firmware update, it now has 128 Presets.
Hey, do you think it's relevant to put an eq as first pedal in fx loop of an amp? Thinking of that to control 2 overdrive stacked with dirty channel of the amp. Or as last pedal in front of an amp to keep its character? What do you think?
Thanks
Great vid Pete, so do you set your amp eq flat for this demo?
Thank you. Yep, all flat. 🙌🏻
Although Unconventional, I'd like to use it from a DJ prospective to tune the speakers, and I'd prefer this over the regular "rack"
equalizers. Would it be possible? Does it work with line level signals?
Only if you use it with a mixer.
nice vid, thanks. Can the level (-15+15db be saved in the memory?
Boss eq and a full spectrum overdrive and you have 80% of overdrive pedals on your board.
What would you specify as a full spectrum overdrive?
@@kane6529 OCD?
the best eq pedal on the market for guitar players ! Can we use with synth or keyboards ? very good review !
As long as you use a a mic or instrument level exit. Nothing the least amplified or you'll toast it.
@@LNVACVAC just put a reamp in front of it
One could lose themselves for days with this thing. And then be gutted as it sounds like pants in a full band context
with so much "tastings" in the past days ... you should be planning a a "new" your pedalboard rundown ... ;) as usual ... your choices ... always make me understand that i wishing pedals that i even didn't know that existed .... ;p ... your a GURU !!!! thanks (obrigado) Greetings from Portugal... Rui
Very cool
Never thougth I would want an EQ pedal so badly. This and the DD-200 are on my list..
Young man! Is the ODR1 mini sonically much different to the standard?
If you are in preset #2 and want to go to preset #1, you have to scroll all the way from 2-3-4 until 1?
No. You can go into the back page menus easily, and configure the foot switches to be A B channel changes. So you get three options (off, A, B)
I can turn one distortion pedal into 5 with this pedal, seems like an easy buy
Wht is he green distortion pedl ?
You got the short straw here Pete. How to sell this to a GE7 guy? 🌴
I gotta be honest man, I prefer Equaliser 2, I think Denzil is the tops.
Can equalizer function as distortion (or overdrive)?
I don't need it but I got it so I'ma gonna rock it!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This is something I’ve wanted to see , thanks for the vid Pete
Can you use Strymon 9v psu with this? It says use only boss ? Don’t really want to have another psu, just ordered today from Andertons 😁
I love this pedal, but the AC power supply thing is causing me a headache. Does anyone know of any power supply's that support DC and AC?
Standard power supply works fine mine currently running off fuel tank jr I agree the writing is misleading might as well be Japanese
In stereo can you effect L/R with different EQs?
Yes you can.
And here is a tip: you can also use both channels in mono, left for pre-Eq and right for post-Eq (in the effect loop).
This make this pedal a killer to my mind
Hahaha Love the Metal Zone shirt!!!
You bet I use an equalizer. I use it set up like a lead boost and tweak it from there.
Pete, You look so tired. Get some sleep. Take care of yourself. We want you around for a long time.
very cool video not just about this pedal in particular, but about overall EQ.... thx!
only funny moment: Min 9,15 "you have the front of your app a bit pushed....-sounds like this- and then you throw in your EQ boosted.... you can read the thoughts "and doesn't work at all now....crap" rushes to change all the knobs.... hahaha
I will still need four or five amps, but a couple of them need eq pedals.
Go the ODR-1 mini!!!
i would rather a world without compressors than without EQs, there I said it!
"There are no wrong notes." -VW
We are building an 8 string purple double-neck bass for Danish Pete. 1/2 fretless with built-in effects.
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does it also make tea lol ??? does everything else
I really didn't think I did need an eq, but the Dane got me once again, another pedal that I thought I never needed now I do haha
Someone have tried this pedal with a bass? 🤔
To make single coils sound like humbuckers
Hello hello
it's nice but a lil too much for my wallet. a GE-7 is good enough and like 100 bucks less.
Yeah you need EQ
Telecaster ,sounding twangy as usual.
You just destroyed that nice Tele tone with your ugly mid range Eq settings,, surprising, but the eq pedal is great.
Another U-tube channel that doesn't respond to comments and questions. I'm a viewer that doesn't respond to the subscribe button or waste my time watching this video.
We can only try our best to reply to all the questions that comes in on all the videos from multiple countries and times zones, so if I haven't replied to your question then I do apologise.. What's your question? What can I help you with? Thank you.