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I sold the LT with a Stomp in part-ex, got myself an amp again, and I run the Stomp and a boost into it. The Stomp is a really handy thing for home use, recording etc but I think for a gig it will just be a delay and tuner. So yeah, I wasn’t happy moving to a multi effects but I still use one for some stuff!
Trying to make a decision on whether this is just a phase of ownership and I'll settle in to a rig, or if I should go back to individual pedals.
For the tribute band I use the Pod Go, AKA the poor mans Helix. This is because when travelling around the country space in the splitter van is tight, so none us us have amps. I'm not that fond of the drive sounds but some of the effects are nice.
For the main rock band I'm in I use a midi controlled Marshall JMP-1 with a Boss BT10. This means means I can have loads of patches for different songs set up with different gains on the Marshall and different effects on the GT10 all selected with one touch and no latency. This drives a Marshall EL34 100/100 into a stereo Marshall cab mic'ed dry side.
Some of the sounds you can get with this are superb but it's massive and i can't even lift the rack on my own.
For dep work and general other gig'ing I use a Fender Hot Rod and some pedals. I have a Joyo Ultimate drive, compressor, analog delay and a tuner. This is generally enough to cover most things and being all analog sounds better to my ears than a digital multi effects.
The multi effects I was most happy with was was The Vox Tonelab SE. This was a huge device released about 20 years ago which sounded great and was so easy to adjust on the fly. It also sounded good in terms of the amp models. The effects would seem dated now in terms of reverb / modulation quality though.
So for me there's no reason to pick one way to do something. It's better to have the tools and then just use what's most suitable for the job. Even if I was only playing at home I would still have different bits of gear. At the moment though the most used bit of home gear is the Nux MP2 which is a £50 headphone amp which proves the most useful stuff isn't the dearest.
I got an TC Plethora x5 and that seems a much better compromise between using normal pedals and having an all in one box. But it doesn't have drives, so still need external pedals. Something equivalent to the x5 for multiple drive sounds (and combinations thereof) might be good.
With individual pedals I dislike the pain of having to keep recabling and also the power supply thing is a bit of a nuisance when you have stuff with weird requirements - for eg Digitech whammy. However because of still needing external pedals with the above two multi effects, that's still the case. I've since changed to a Whammy Ricochet and I did buy a Thomann power supply though which was better than my Trex Fuel Tank junior for covering high power requirements so I think ideally I'd be happy with a few drive/boost pedals, my Whammy Ricochet and the x5.
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Use the Klon all the time and frankly only use the hxfx for a bit of delay adjustment and very rarely a bit of flange/phase.
Makes me realise how neat ,tidy,convenient and UNIMPORTANT the fx are.
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
Having said all that, I'm selling a wonderful, versatile and definitely not time-swallowing Helix Floor in the classifieds if anyone is tempted after reading this thread!
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
...interested is anyone is using a Boss MS-3 for happy middle ground between multifx / fave drive pedals. Can imagine the Plethora x3 also being at the end of drive/fuzz options for plenty of choice, tho as others said, more of a digital pedalboard than multifx I guess.
Reason: In my most recent set up, there's a Gain (Vol) block at the start of the chain. This is used to compensate for different output pickups. So I can adjust the level into the chain without having to tweak the individual Comp, OD and Distortion settings to cater for different output pickups.
https://i.imgur.com/jPEjwtT.png
0) Vol (Gain block) used to compensate for different output pickups
1) Dyn = Kink Comp
Now I just have one patch called "YouHadMe@Cello".
I tend to use a real amp with my bass but that's only because there's no PA when I play out and I'd have to take an amp and cab as well anyway, and 99% of the time I just have a tuner, compressor, and an octave on my board for jazz gigs.
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