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Most Versitile Mutli Effects Pedal Ever

jasiu913

jasiu913

Jun 14, 2009
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#1
I play a range of music from Bootsy's stuff to Jamiroquai to Foster the People and I'm looking for a multi effects that gives me authentic fuzz, distortion, and other great old school sounds. I seem to remember either DOD or Digitech making a great little unit that was red with the pedal on the right hand side, was pretty compact for what it did (even some pitch shifting?) and had some great sounds for the time. Does anyone remember a pedal like that? And can anyone suggest a pedal that's made now that can give me all that, and even new quality stuff to mess around with? Thanks.
 
#7
I would advise against the older Digitech models... quality issues abound along with poorer audio processing compared to today's units. As for the newer crop of Digitech effects like the BP355... it's basically the guitar units with bass cabs tossed in instead of guitar cabs, cheesy move imo. Line 6 has given up on bass lately too which is quite sad.

I've tried many multis over the years and I'm pretty happy with my Zoom B3 atm. Sure, you only get to use 3 effects at a time (hopefully 6 soon once they decide to patch it) but the sounds are pretty much dead on AND you can reorder the effects how ever you want. Many have already compared it to the m9 and other multi effects and the sound quality is similar or better. Stick a od/fuzz in front of it and you have quite a bit of versatility in a tiny box. It's a tremendous value.

The only other mutli effect worth looking into (and it's red!) may be a Korg ToneWorks AX3000B. I only had mine for a short while and it was a mixed bag but it had some nice sounds and may be a little more of what you're looking for. No longer in production but you can find them around the bay and such for a reasonable price.
 
#10
Kobaia said:
i would say the VB-99 would probably trump the Boss pedal. if you're going for EVER OF ALL TIME
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Definately the VB-99. I really dig mine. It is such a crisp sounding unit. 2 effects chains available for each patch, order of effects can be changed, lots of polyphonic effects. I was surprised by some of the Distortion sounds, pretty good. I have yet to hear fuzz that I like, but I don't try too hard because I am kind of a Fuzz Snob and use stand alones still.
The synths sounds are really good. Plus the modeling is really good.
If AxeFX added some more bass specific stuff, it would rate a lot higher with me, to expensive to not be more bass-centric.

I have had a Zoom B3 and liked it. For the price, I would say that it is great. Of course it is isn't the best.

No multi is going to nail every sound for everyone. The VB-99 nails WAY more sounds than any other multi (and it does so much more). The worst part is that to really have everything that someone playing live would want, total package is $2000 new.
 
#11
Hey guys, thanks for all the replies I really appreciate it. The VB-99, even though it's got some price tag, is pretty tempting. But it looks as if it would send me off in a direction I'm not looking to go...for now. The Boss GT-10B link that Thurb sent me looks intriguing and I'm wondering what the big difference would be between that and the ME-50. I've heard someone use the ME-50 and he sounded great, plus he was playing some of the same stuff I do. Gonna have to get in the stores and start playin' around. I'll keep a look out for future replies and guidance....thanks again!!
 
#20
I was a long-time GT-6B user and just recently got a GT-10B. I think they are both pretty powerful, and have been happy with both, though as my ear becomes more trained, I understand why people want specialized pedals the more a specific effect becomes important to them.
 

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