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Rack Bass Multi Effects - need some tips please!

You should check out the Mangler from Kurtzweil that's for sale in the Classifieds. It won't have great distortion sounds but rest is pretty good and its right in your price range. They make pretty nice synths and it will have a pretty wide range of control. The main one I like on the cheap would be the Korg Ax3000b. It's got some useable distortions and I really like the envelope filters (though they might be a bit of an aquired taste). You can also get some pretty elaborate step sequencer kind of sounds. Les Claypool uses one to great effect. You can find them new for $200 last I checked.