Run To You: That is a CLASSIC Strat single coil tone! I used to play that all the time in the 80s with my Ibanez Roadstar II, which had some very nice single coil tones, but the action was higher than a redwood (I didn't know anything about setting up a guitar at the time)

I think you're right by starting with the best guitar voice, then adding effects to suit your taste. 

Here's an old video from 2016 or 2017, summer party and crawdad boil. This was just a couple years before my MP-2 died (and then was resurrected later). Check out the clean tones!

The MP-2 has the cleanest cleans of all the ADA preamps, I think.



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Hey Harley, (I think maybe I should set up some guitar tones and effects that are more pleasing to my ears first, then see how I can embellish those with some synth tones.) that sounds like a really good approach  .  And maybe try your MP-2 with the GP-10 in the stereo loop and cab sim outs into your interface  .  Anyway, glad to hear you are having fun  .

Richard,

   I was talking about what they call sphinx glides. If you ever looked at what's under an old Fender amp, you'll see four of them. I'm not sure if what Dante is talking about is exactly that, but could be similar. I have to run down to my local Ace Hardware and see what they've got.

Richard,

 I have the download already, I just need to install it in my desktop. It's on my old laptop at the moment.

   The guitar effects are pretty standard, and typical Boss quality. When I got the pedal, I downloaded everything. I'll get into that soon enough.

   Yesterday, I put away the CG-1 Strat and plugged in my Elite Strat. I'm just using the guitar effects for right now to how well I can tweak those. I hit one of the factory presets, "CLEAN 2" and did a little tweaking with that and started playing Bryan Adams "Run To You." The tone, the vibe, the feel and everything else was spot on! I had the period correct guitar, (that one has a vibe like no other guitar I own) and had a blast just playing it though my interface. If I plug that into my two SF Twins, I'll wake up the whole Boulevard.

   I'll get into the deep editing more when I'm not having so much fun just wailing away through it. I can see this GP-10 as a possible multi-effects pedal a little more now. I think maybe I should set up some guitar tones and effects that are more pleasing to my ears first, then see how I can embellish those with some synth tones. Most of the factory settings aren't really that good.

 I have to admit, starting out with a really good guitar goes a long way to navigating an unknown piece of gear like this.

I went to the Roland/Boss site to try to get some more info on the effects that are in this pedal, specifically, I'm looking for some kind of chart or table that tells you what kind of effect it is and what kind of parameters I can edit.

  Hey Harley, I think you'll find some of what you are looking for in this (https://static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/BTS_GP-10_e03_W.pdf)  And I'd proffer, even if you didn't want to connect the GP-10 to your PC (via USB) it wood be worth downloading and installing the Tone Studio driver, as then you can go through each FX and see what parameters are available.  The download is free.

Do tell, what are these little "slides" you speak of  .  If there's no pic it didn't happen LoL. 

Hey Dante, glad the cab is working out for you  .  Seems to be a good speaker/cab year so far. I'm liking my new Lorantz speakers so much I'm considering changing out all the Celestions in my ADA Slant Split stacks.

I bought some online once and didn't pay attention to the size.....got dime size rubber feet when I wanted something 1.5" in diameter 

Richard,

   I've just been going through some of the effects in it on my own. As I spend a bit more time with it and get deeper into it, I'll probably figure out what I need to do.

   I'm just getting into it and tweaking things. If I don't like what I'm hearing, I'll exit it and start over.

I've never found any of them at Ace Hardware, but they aren't expensive, so I just but them online. Sometimes I see them at GC on sale, but I don't go there often.