Best all in one, multi effects unit

[Panamark]

A good friend of mine posed this question to me, "What is the best
all in one, multi effects unit out there.."

I told him I would find out.
(Real Meaning, I would ask the most excellent dudes at the Army.)

Ive got a POD that is kinda cool, but I bought it more for the AMP
modelling... Is the POD with a floorboard still cutting edge, or is
there better shit out there..

Zoom, Boss, Yamaha ??

Whats the expert opinions ??

[ashstralia]

jeez mark this thread's gonna go 50 pages.

the latest boss stuff sounds good, pod's good,
toneworx is good,
i haven't heard the digitech gnx stuff.
but i bet it's good too.

(i'm being helpful, yeah? he he..)

my advice?
take a whole saturday morning
and go and annoy the shit out of that
salesman at parramatta by testing everything in the shop!!!

[Panamark]

ASH, this was actually a mate of mine who asked me this.
I wasnt joking, I couldnt give him a straight answer.

Im personally happy with all my old Boss pedals and the POD.
Thats enough effects for the shit I do, but he wanted to
know, if I knew of a really great "all in one" job...

Be interesting to hear everyones input !

[ashstralia]

i know!
someone must be here who's tried 'em all!

[kentuckyklira]

I still play my early 90s Roland GP16 and am absolutely happy with it.

I don´t know about amp modelers, but the latest Yamaha gear is pretty good. I can also recommend ART. Only good experiences with them, including light-speed customer e-mail support!

BTW, tell your friend to ask the guys at the musictoyz forum,

https://www.musictoyz.com

they´re absolutely tone crazy there!

[Atomic_Rob]

I can even make my Marshall MG30 sing with the Korg AX 1500G I got a few years back. Has some real nice distortion on it, fairly reasonable price and is easily programmable.

Due to me getting a Hi Watt half stack [as seen in Who videos ] I dont need it for distortion as my amp is a fuckin beast so I only use it for tuning. I would recommend getting one tho, its hard wearing and can take a fair amount of abuse.

[Atomic_Rob]

Oh yeah, tell your friend to check out this web-site:

http://www.harmony-central.com/

has everything you could ever want to know about effects and much much more.

Hope I been of some use

[Nitro Express]

All you need is a Phase 90 and a MXR or Ibanez FL9 flanger. All the rest is just extra stuff to fuck with that you really don't need. LOL!

You get too much shit in the signal path and you are just playing effects and not the guitar.

For me, all the modern digital moddeling shit is kinda like keyboards. A zillion options that are suppossed to sound like the real thing but they never quite really do.

[Nitro Express]

I used to have a Hiwatt stack. They are monsters! Mine sounded great with a good fuzz peddle and moved so much air I actually vibrated the drywall fasteners in the basement loose. The drywall nails actually backed out of the wall. No shit.

[BrownSound1]

I'm not up on the latest and greatest. Closest thing I have to any of the modelling stuff is an old Korg A3...and it's ain't all that, unless you're into U2 (The Edge still uses one) or Yes. I guess I could throw my Mesa Boogie V-Twin preamp into that mix...but it has tubes. I think that there are some programs for the computer that actually model better than the PODs, etc. Amplitube comes to mind...and of course Amp Farm..which is a Line 6 product.

I'm just more of a use the real thing kind of guy I guess...although I do welcome technological advances. I do think that one day they will get modelling to the point that you won't be able to tell the difference...and chances are you could be fooled with it now.

[Panamark]

I dont think my friend wanted the AMP modelling side of it..
He wanted a Digital Delay/Chorus/Phaser/Flanger/Octaver etc etc
kind of setup....

[BrownSound1]

Yeah, but most of the multi-effects pedals these days all have amp modelling. LOL

I know this...I've never been a fan of Digitech stuff...the sound is more sterile than a castrated Albino.

[GAR]

Originally posted by Panamark
I dont think my friend wanted the AMP modelling side of it..
He wanted a Digital Delay/Chorus/Phaser/Flanger/Octaver etc etc
kind of setup....

Roland GP8 OR A 16

[Nitro Express]

It's real hard to get a good flanging sound in digital. You will never nail Eddie Van Halens flange vibe with any digital unit. Only analog will get you into Unchained territory.

[Nitro Express]

I still love the old stompbox's. I just got done cleaning up and fixing an old Fuzz Face I bought on Ebay. I love the thing. It looks cool in a tottaly rehtro future way and sounds so sweet. It really makes my Strat sing and with a Phase 90 behind it, you are in Voodoo Chile territory.

I like everything in my rig to have some personality and to be an instrument in itself. A computer box just doesn't give me the hard on the old stuff does I guess.