Good multi-fx ‘s that aren’t mega expensive

Emp_Fab

I currently have an ME50 augmented by half a dozen pedals.  I like the convenience of a multi-fx for gigging as it’s usually just one preset selection and I’m away, instead of playing Michael Flatley every change.

I have an urge for another unit, but I don’t know which.  I don’t mind spending a few hundred but I’m not going to go mental and blow wads on the latest bleeding edge kit.

What’s out there that is better than the ME50 but doesn’t cost the same as a valve amp?

octatonic

HX Effects.

Wazmeister

HX Effects x 2

meltedbuzzbox

Or the cheaper Line 6 m9. 
Used you can grab one for 150

mart

Wazmeister said:

HX Effects x 2

Surely that’d cost twice as much as just having one HX unit?

thecolourbox

You could have four Zoom G3's for the price of an HX Effects

Artsutanov

Would an older rackmount multi effects unit like the TC Electronic GForce be of interest? About £350 2nd hand.
https://www.tcelectronic.com/Categories/Tcelectronic/Guitar/Effects-Processors/G-FORCE/p/P0CKV

kennedydream1980

TC Nova system? You can pick one up for around £150 second hand. The effects are great and you get analogue drives as well. 

Voxman

Emp_Fab said:

I currently have an ME50 augmented by half a dozen pedals.  I like the convenience of a multi-fx for gigging as it’s usually just one preset selection and I’m away, instead of playing Michael Flatley every change.

I have an urge for another unit, but I don’t know which.  I don’t mind spending a few hundred but I’m not going to go mental and blow wads on the latest bleeding edge kit.

What’s out there that is better than the ME50 but doesn’t cost the same as a valve amp?

Do you want just fx or amp modelling too?

bingefeller

Probably one of the Line 6 M series units.  

Emp_Fab

@Voxman Just the FX...

I suppose I ought to at least try out the multitude of effects programs I've got on my iPad too !

EricTheWeary

I guess the Boss M3 would be one to think about if incorporating other pedals with it. Just effects plus loops for your other pedals. 

At £360 the leap up to Helix FX wouldn’t be huge though. £280 for a used Boss off eBay (or £409 for a new one off eBay - who uses eBay but can’t be arsed to google for a better price elsewhere?).

thomasw88

Just get the hx. Over the last 7 or 8 years I've tried a bundle of other multis the most expensive being the fractal fx8 and the line 6 hx was easily the best in terms of usability and giggability.   To be fair I still usually use pedals but once I'm happy with the patches I've got then I'll use the  Hx more live. 

Fretwired

Second hand Line 6 M9 or M13.

PolarityMan

Im still using a boss GT-10, the amp sims are a bit gash (but why would  I use them!!) but the FX do the job nicely.

sweepy

Line 6 M13, they can pop up for silly money on ebay

stratman3142

If you've got a decent OD/distortion pedal(s) then an old second hand multi fx with an Fx loop could be a lost cost solution, with the OD/distortion in the Fx loop.

In my experience, it's the OD/distortion sounds that let down most multi Fx units

I'm using a Helix LT now, but my backup set up is a Boss GT-6 with a Maxon OD9 and an Angry Charlie in the effects loop which I used for years. I recently checked all was well with my backup set up and I think I prefer the sound of the Maxon OD9 and Angry Charlie to the drives in the Helix LT, to the point where I'm considering putting them in the loop of the Helix.

Emp_Fab

I’m seriously looking at the M13 now.  I’d love a Helix but that can wait until the band has proved its earning potential.
Thanks for all the help and suggestions guys.

stratman3142

Emp_Fab said:

I’m seriously looking at the M13 now.  I’d love a Helix but that can wait until the band has proved its earning potential.
Thanks for all the help and suggestions guys.

There's not a big difference in price between the M13 and the Helix Hx, at least not at Andertons. I just wondered why you picked the M13 over the Helix Hx.

Grumpyrocker

I used to have an M13 and wish I'd never sold it. It's quite an old product now but seems to be still quite a high price. I think if I was buying today I'd go for the HX as there's not a huge price difference.

Sporky

It's about £16 isn't it?

I'd think the HXFX is well worth another £16.