A Question to Guitarists, Re: Effects Pedals

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Just looking for a bit of advice. Preferably more advice than was given in the Car Stereo thread ;D

Anyhow, I've got ~£100 put aside for spending on musical hardware and I feel that the time is right to blow it. As such, I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a decent multi-fx pedal in that sort of price range. I've made do with just the guitar and my practice amp for a couple of years and until now the price range has eluded me, so forgive my novice's naivety 8) I'm not looking for a particular style, just want to allow for some variation in the sounds coming out of my run of the mill strat.

I've had a look at the Digitech RP series, but I was torn between the 50 and the 80, then the Korg AX10G caught my eye. Rationale and rhyme and reason pales beside a good technical write up, so I figured that the best way to go would be to ask those who have used similar devices ;)

Thanks in advance for your responses*

*Offer excludes Tim Sinister related posts :von:
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Motz wrote: Anyhow, I've got ~£100 put aside for spending on musical hardware and I feel that the time is right to blow it.
You want one of these in that case

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Thanks.

At least it keeps the thread bumped until someone with helpful advice notices it ;)

I'm meta-grateful :P
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Don't worry MOTZ,It only takes one good answer,It might take a day or two mind :wink: :lol: .
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one good answer....


unfortunately for you Motz...this is a Sisters forum...



musicians are thin on the ground around here :wink: :lol:
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I would recommend getting a decent amp (Marshall, Laney) that has some solid built in effects (distortion, chorus, reverb).

Would stay away from most multi-fx processing units. Sure, they are relatively cheap and offer a wide array of sounds that will impress you at there wide array of impractibility... but you will find only 3 or 4 effects that will work there way into your playing. Most sound very "transistor" and cheap.

With a decent amp-based distortion, you may want to pick up a couple of stomp box effects pedals for more specific effects. I am partial to DOD, but Boss make decent pedals as well. Try Ebay.. you will be surprised at how cheap these go for these days. (grab a Delay pedal for sure)

Also if you are into playing live, do yourself a favour and get a volume pedal.

This is just my humble suggestion.
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And it is most appreciated :notworthy:

*makes notes*

The question is still open if anyone has positive experience with any multi-fx units, though I'm edging towards the direction of hoarding my money further until I'm in the region of amps ;)
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I have had luck with our esteemed leaders recommended choice (KORG A2's or A3's). Just checked Ebay and they are priced relatively well. Rack processors will generally give better performance than the omnibus-stomp-box variety.

http://www.thesistersofmercy.com/tech/g ... uitars.htm

Check these links for some more user reviews:

http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ ... /A2-1.html
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ ... /A3-1.html

and my personal favorite for all your 80's metal needs
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ ... iac-1.html
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Ruffers, you might want to look at the "Ease of Use" review for the last one ;)

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Heh.. hardware instruments..

I can only offer assistance about keyboards. My guitar eludes me. :P
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I've currently got:

Korg G3
Metal Zone
Stereo Chorus
Delay
Supra Distortion

Although I've mainly been adding effects on later using software plugins as I can mess about much more with them.

If you know anyone who lives in or is going to Japan ask them to pick up some 2nd hand pedals for you. My friend came back with about 20 pedals which he paid between 5 and 20 pounds for each ranging from Zoom multi effects to a Crybaby wah pedal.
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I bought a Boss GT-6 about a month ago.

It's pretty cool I guess; you can program your own tones into it and there are some super funky pre-set ones. A lot more than anyone would ever really need; but they're all fun to play with.

Costed $300 US, so that's probably out of your range a bit, but it does have all the effects that you would pay between $50-$150 per separate stompbox for from somewhere like Guitar Center, plus it has an AC adapter so you don't need to deal with batteries/lots of cords/buying one of those pad things. Has lots of amp models to play with too (I also only have a cheap practice amp).
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i got a peavey(sp) adverb on e bay for £35 inc postage , all the digital delay, reverb , chorus and gated effects you can shake a stick at.(reverse is quite amusing when using a bass). all the included effects seem fairly programmable too. and its midi friendly.
ebay is definately a good place to look
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also , consider making a distortion pedal. the interweb has lots of diagrams to build your own.
some vintage sounding ones ( the muffer,odie and amz overdrive pro)
the first has about 12 components and should take about an hour and a half to build. the bits will probably cost less than £1 each in some cases they are pennies.
have a go youll be suprised at how easy it is
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I should save for this, but then I'm not a guitarist...

But our violin player does awesome tricks with it so I love it.

Also, our The Avatar demo's guitars were recorded with only this, and it sounds very good.

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