Looking for multi FX pedal unit

[Drumming Puggy]

HI, I'm looking for a multi FX unit but the ones Ive seen are designed to sound like "other" amps.

I want one that just is for "Effects" like the usuall, Chorus, Flanger and distortion ect... not to copy other amp sounds.

I am using a Musicman Stingray & MIA Jazz Deluxe through a David Eden WT550 & 1x12 or Ashdown Mag 2x10 combo.

 

[repyoset609]

I reccomend a Boss ME-50B.

 

[wdinc01]

I use a Line 6 Pod XT Live (for guitar, plan on putting the bass pack when I have the money). You can turn the amp modelling off if you want to.

 

[SpankyPants]

I would NOT recommend the Line 6, then.

Depending on what you want, I'd go for the Zoom B2/B2.1u, Korg Toneworks AX5B (or any other in the same line of effects), Boss ME-50B, or the Boss GT-6B.

 

[Swift713]

The amp models on the Zoom B2, or any other multi, can be turned off or used as preamps without the speaker emulation. I have about half my patches set up for direct/headphone use and the other half set up to play through my amp. Some of the models make excellent overdrives or preamps.

 

[beggar98]

I am a big fan of my Digitech BP-8. Its old, so it doesn't have a lot of the newer bells and whistles you get with the newer units (USB outs, sampling, synth effects) but it does have strong compression, a great selection of distortion/pre-amps, eq and all the effects you would expect (envelope, chorus, flanger, octave, whammy, etc). The big advantage is you can get them used for well under $100, and they are built like tanks so you don't have to worry about it crapping out on you.

 

[syciprider]

I don't know what the market is like over there but used GT6Bs are very good bargains here. By far the best affordable multi effects wise.

 

[johnvice]

I reccomend a Boss ME-50B.

+1

I almost bought a GT6-B when it came out. Like yourself, I have no use for amp modeling. The menu driven set-up of the GT6-B (and many other multi-effects) was complicated at best. At worse many menu driven units are impossible to make changes on the fly live.

The Me-50b user interface is the familiar knobs on analog effects. It's really easy to use.