
The reason I decided to finally let it go is because I didn't feel that I had enough control over my sound. Don't get me wrong -- if you watch my demo video below, you'll see there are virtually limitless possibilities to craft your sound with this pedal, whether in front of your amp or in the fx loop -- but there are only seven (7) graphic equalizer bands to work with, and in my strong opinion they all add a slightly undesirable color to the tone of the guitar signal passing through the unit.
There are some people who have upgraded and modified their GE-7s to have higher quality parts with better tonality (check out the jhspedals.com magnum mod, for example), and that's something I honestly wish I would have tried out before selling it off. Many report great results after these modifications.
In my case, though, now that I am playing more rhythm guitar it's not necessary to use as a boost, and I wasn't ever really using it to "shape" my tone in front of the amp anyways. For me, this has become an important part of my signal chain philosophy: if it's not absolutely necessary, eliminate it. I am moving towards being more of a signal purist, so I try to remove unnecessary "breaks" in the signal chain for pedals, loops, etc. before it hits my power amp and cabinet speakers.

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