I love BOSS stuff. To my ears, thy sound great. And they are not that cheap either! Price tag is no indication of how a pedal will sound. I am a compressor junkie, one of the worst compressors I ever played was a very well known brand at over £200. It was terrible.

Not on mine it isn't!

@@maidenthe80slaVery much so.

Odd, I've had two 7's (one old that I lost) and a newer one and I've never experienced any noise in either. You're not the first person to mention it. I guess I've just been lucky twice.

Hi Gareth. I have just run a check on my GE-7 which is brand new. I have watched videos that demonstrate the noise you mention. Which is significant. However on mine, I cannot replicate that noise. Not even close. I tested with the Boogie and direct line with my BOSS GX-100 and high volume (or as high as I could stand). When you push the LEVEL control up all the way it gets noisy, but that is what I would expect from my strats single coils in an environment with screens and PC's etc. Nothing out of the ordinary. I wonder if BOSS have updated their components. I wonder if BOSS continually update their pedals when better components become available. Perhaps chip manufacturers update their own components as time goes on. That is certainly something I would do if I were running the company. Seems like a no brainer. I don't know how you would look into that. Many thanks for your very interesting comment.

Many thanks for your kind words.

I have been thinking about your comment since you posted it. I don't think people really appreciate what compressor pedals are primarliy used for. I have seen some very strange videos with some very strange explanations. So, you have inspired me to make a video of my own. Thankyou for your input and stay tuned.

That's really cool! Thanks

I looked into that one. The reason I didn't opt for it is that as I point out in the video, below about 80hz, there isnt much going on that is useful. And at 16k your really just amplifying noise. The BOSS seems to cover all the main frequencies relevent to the fundamentals and harmonics produced by a guitar . The lowest note on a standard guitar tuning is E which is 82.41hz (the fundamental). Below that, the instrument is producing nothing musical.

Boss knows a thing or two about building pedals.

Ahh, many thanks. The whole piece is a mix of 5/4 or 6/4. I think 6/4 is an underused time signature. On a dimly lit stage the detent would be a life saver (I would imagine). With both pedals, very little movement in the slider creates a big effect so knowing that each sliders default is no effect (zero) is a good starting point. But point taken.

@@AndyDrudy And a good point about doing it by feel on a dark stage!