Effects Newbie Needs Help!

[ChadForeman]

The Zoom B3 is awesome! I love mine. There are endless configurations that you can use to get the sound you want. I am just starting to figure mine out. It can be pretty complicated, but if you just start with the factory presets and get to know them, you'll discover a huge variety of tones that will fit many different songs or sounds that you are looking for.

 

[Nephilymbass]

A sans amp is my suggestion for covering those bands. You don't need much else. Now if you said Tool it would be a whole different story

 

[jumblemind]

I left thinking this Sansamp is great, it’s easy to use, compact, and it has to be cheaper than the $200 Zoom B3 I just tried at Sam Ash. Well I found out that it’s not cheaper, it’s the same price. It seems like the B3 gives you so much more for your money; endless effect options, a tuner, amp emulation, drum machine, pretty colors, etc…… I’m sure I’m missing something, what gives?????

Reminds me of an early Simpsons episode where Lisa wants the family to go to a sushi restaurant. Bart says maybe it's just something kids say on the playground but he heard sushi was just raw fish. Lisa says, "As usual, the playground got the facts straight but missed the point entirely."

"Much more for your money" is deceiving with pedals. There is much to the craft, design, and execution that doesn't translate to the cost of the parts. All of the bells and whistles of the Zoom won't mean much if you play it at a gig and it doesn't sound as good as the Sansamp to your ears.