... and since the amount of LOL's I accrue whenever I buy a new bit of gear is always quite large, I am guessing some of you stalk me when it comes to buying and selling.
So can any of you scary scary people tell me precisely why I decided to sell the Pod HD500? I can't really remember. Was it just boredom? Even though I've got an M9 and have just updated the footswitches, I can't shake this notion that I could simplify all of this:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/630473/BoardDesigns/VHT_M9.jpginto this:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/630473/GearDemos/LOLpossible.pngPros:
- Unified workflow
- Bottom row can send program changes to my control switcher which can control my Sig X
- Top row can be effects
- I prefer the travel on the HD's expression pedal to the Ernie Ball
- Keep my Dunlop wah
Cons:
- 4 cable method.. just ignore it... it's a pain in the ass
- Line 6 effects throughout, little room for expansion
- Weighty
- Leaves me with surplus gear that isn't worth selling on (PP2+ for instance)
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Am I just better off sticking with the phase 90 and M9 for now? The only unit on the horizon that interests me is the Fractal FX8, but it's just too expensive for my blood. Digitech aren't doing anything interesting, Boss GT-100 has flaws in key areas for me.
Stick with what I've got, or go back down the rabbit hole
yet again?
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i say scrap all that shit and get back to analog pedals...join us in the 20th century...the weather is much better!
Stick with what's down the rabbit hole.
Or what works for you.
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I *think* it may have been the Line 6 effects just bored me at the time, and I wanted to explore more. That was around the same time when I had a Hardwire fetish and I went and bought a Supernatural. I was using Boss stuff.
I use delay and reverb a lot, but I'm not particularly picky about them. I don't care about Eventide or Strymon levels of geekery, I just need reliable tap tempo digital delays, and the capability of running one in reverse and one in regular mode. Slap some hall or plate reverb on the end of it. I use a slow phase 90 sound every now and then, or a fast small stone sound every now and then... that's about it. Everything else is note choice, playing style, and the way I articulate notes.
One con I forgot about - preset changes on the HD500 are *slow* so any fantasies of one button 'entire rig' changes I am just ignoring for now. This unit will not do that.
Truth be told, if the Boss GT100 didn't have shitty tap tempo performance (glitchy/pitchy delays) then I wouldn't even be asking and I'd be buying one of them!!
before I knew it I had the biggest board in the world with all the pedals and sold the M13 and went back to stompboxes. It was a very expensive procedure.
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I've found the same thing, I just can't get an amp to sound the same with an HD500 no matter how much tweaking I do...
Not sure I buy the cheap digital shit argument and anyway, not many decent analog delays with tap tempo! Yes thinking about the X