Do any of you guys use the Boss GT-10 guitar processor with X1?

Hello again. Hope you are all having a great day. Do any of you guys use the Boss GT-10 to record your guitar parts with? I've wanted one for a while (or at least one of its less pricey little brothers) but I'm not sure it'd be worth the money seeing as I have Guitar Rig LE and will be updating to GR5. I don't really want to use the GR pedal board though. It seems overpriced and probably not as good as BOSS stuff (I love BOSS pedals and have been using them non stop for almost twenty years). I'm also wondering if maybe I could control Guitar Rig parameters with the GT series pedal boards. I'd be using either GR or the BOSS (or a mix of both) with X1 Producer Expanded so I'd have all the little X1 goodies to tweak my sound as well. Any thoughts?

@Stone House Studios... gah, the forum ate my post. Anyway, sadly I'm in the position I'm gonna have to rely mostly on modeling and internal effects. I don't have the money, room, mics nor the ability to physical move big rigs around anymore. If I had it my way there'd be Hi-Watt, 5150 and Rectifier stacks lining my walls and some various combos kicking around too but that just ain't gonna happen. I'm actually REALLY impressed with the strides made in the guitar effect/amp simulator world since I last played around with this stuff so I'm kind of excited at what I can do. Right now I'm looking to be able to plug straight into my interface or have something smallish like the GT-10 in between. I may mess around routing stuff out to a real amp as well but that's an experiment for the future. So I've been poking around the net a bit since I posted this and I'm thinking this would potentially be able to control GR 5. It has MIDI options so that's a good sign. I was just checking to see if anyone was using this unit and what they thought of the results. Cheers.

I use a GT-6 sometimes depending on what I'm after. It works great and with some tweaking there are really great sounds to be had from it.

TBH I have to revert to notes in old projects sometimes to work out which guitars are mic'd (I usually use either a JCM-600 into a 4x10 or a Session Rockette 30) and which are from the BOSS.

It's way in front of most guitar amp sim software IMHO. Easy to gig with as well. Only draw back is it doesn't open with the project but you can set up sysex data to be sent to it and/or call patches back via MIDI.

SHAMELESS PLUG WARNING....

You can hear it simulating a Fender twin in the lead solo of this "classic"

@FBB... heheh. You wacky kids. Interesting rendition. The beat was bending my brain. I should take a closer look at Soundcloud for sharing tunes on. Probably a lot easier than messing around with youtube.
Anyway... yeah, I'm definitely on the hunt for realistic modeling stuff. I've been wanting a GT series board for a while but was checking out the GT-10 and it just seems to be a step beyond. Still not sure if I can control parameters with X1 on it. I'm a lot more skilled with an expression pedal than a toggle or scroll wheel as I'm a guitarist, not a keyboard player. If not I'm sure I could find another solution for that.

Another modeling device I'm looking at very intently is the Yamaha THR10. It's only $200 and if the vids and reviews are accurate the thing just kills. Also having something I can push to the max without shaking the walls and can move around easily is a bonus. Check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4OQ0w_q6AU

But I definitely think the GT-10 is gonna go on the wishlist for the future. $500 is a lot of money but I'm sure I'd get much use out of it.

@Asseli... Yeah, BOSS stuff is almost indestructible. I put my pedals through HELL in my live days. Beer dumped all over them, crazy pitting loonatics stomping and kicking them, dropped (or thrown) and the only time I've ever had to replace them was when they got stolen. I currently have a Keeley modded Metal Zone and it's great. I don't think they make them anymore so I lucked out. I'd love to find a modded Blues Driver as well. Their TU-2 tuner was a godsend for my onstage shenanigans and I recommend it to every one of my students, bandmates and friends (they sometimes balk at the price but the ones who actually buy one love it). Love the BOSS.

If you wanna check out some of the more basic stuff the GT-10 does I found this vid to be helpful. Very cool...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeC2EsOK9TI

You may want to try Waves Guit3, I use it a lot, that and NI guitar rig4.  You can download a free trial on waves website at http://www.wavesgtr.com/html/product_gtr3.html  go to download tab.  I also recommend Waves Guitar Solo which you can also try out for free.  Really worth a look.  You can

Of course the GT-100 has been out for a few months now too.  It features reamping over USB for those who might find that useful.

Right on, guys. It's good to hear such positive things about the GT series. Just wasn't sure it was up to snuff by today's standards. It's also nice to know the GR footswitch isn't a plastic POS because if I can't find another solution it'd be nice to have a proper MIDI expression pedal. I think first up I should look at getting the Yamaha amp I linked though for a bunch of reasons... some of which don't even have to do with recording. Wish I could try one out first.

Ooh... that's got a little tube in it. Neat.