Guitar Multi-FX?

[pantscat]

Hello!

I'm thinking about spunking away some money in the next two weeks before I start being poor! (in the process of buying first house) and I think I'd quite like a new FX unit to replace my ancient Zoom 1010 (yes... it's crap).

I was thinking of a choice of the following:

- Boss GT-8
- Line6 PodXT Live
- Digitech GNX somethingorother

Anyone got any experience of these? any recommendations would be very welcome!

I quite like the idea that you can link the Line6 up to a PC with a USB cable and play around with it but the Boss stuff looks the daddies... oh and the Digitech one is about an 'undred paahnd cheaper.

[angusfaldo]

I've tried loads of these over the last few years and one thing remains constant. My old Boss BE5. No fancy programmable stuff just ultra-usable knob-twiddlable effects. Despite rack mounted stereo effects, Zoom prgrammables and others, I still always go back to the BE5. For ease of use live (when you don't have a queue of degree-qualified roadies).

However I did try a G7 Zoom in Hong Kong a short while back and it was quite spectacular! I think they're about 250 quid here.

[bga]

IMO the PoD is a great bit of kit. I have an XT & love it. The FX on the Live sound good but they are pretty subtle - very useful if you are playing live & want usuable tones etc.

If it was my money I think I would go for the Boss - they are the daddy of FX!

[neil.b]

Pod for me - great, great sound.

[Don]

I have a Boss multi-effect jobbie. Really complex with about a bazillion different things you can do.

I hate it.

Buy some honest to goodness ordinary pedals that aren't to complicated to work out what they do and enjoy.

Oh Boss pedals are great - I just don't like the botheration of the multi-effects unit.

[pAntscat]

angusfaldo said:

However I did try a G7 Zoom in Hong Kong a short while back and it was quite spectacular! I think they're about 250 quid here.

Hmm... hadn't thought of the new Zoom stuff... might have to try and find somewhere to have a play with that.

[pAntscat]

Don said:

I have a Boss multi-effect jobbie. Really complex with about a bazillion different things you can do. I hate it. Buy some honest to goodness ordinary pedals that aren't to complicated to work out what they do and enjoy. Oh Boss pedals are great - I just don't like the botheration of the multi-effects unit.

I understand what you mean but I'm a bit of a sad git and quite enjoy twiddling nobs and the like. I've already got a few pedals and hate having to change the settings once I've found something I really like... thus with multi-fx I can save them all muhahahaha!

[neil.b]

Don said:

I have a Boss multi-effect jobbie. Really complex with about a bazillion different things you can do. I hate it. Buy some honest to goodness ordinary pedals that aren't to complicated to work out what they do and enjoy. Oh Boss pedals are great - I just don't like the botheration of the multi-effects unit.

That's what I liked about the Pod XT - it lets you do both, sort of.

[fido]

i've got the Digitech RP200. it's compact, easy to carry about & has quite a few decent sound effects. of course, i'd rather have a custom-made rack of Boss effect pedals, but for <£150 it does the job. Can't remember who makes it, but the RotaVibe(?) pedal, which makes sounds like the intro to Little Wing, is the poodles privates.

>> Edited by fido on Wednesday 1st February 12:45

[jimothy]

I've got a Pod and its the mutts nuts. It can connect to your PC/Mac via a midi cable and you can manage the settings from the computer, and download presets. On line they have loads designed to sound like certain songs for example.

[dick dastardly]

Is the POD the Line 6 one? I hope it's easier to use than the Vetta amp I used to have - you needed a computer science degree just to find reverb.