Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

[marcg71]

Hey all

I am a long time boutique/old school pedal user for gain, modulation, delay, etc. And I NEED HELP! At practice last night I got beyond frustrated, we're doing some new songs that call for heavy modulation and I was tap dancing to the point where I was screwing up!

Is there a multi fx unit be it rack OR floor based that is "easy" to use for a newbie? Something where the fx sound solid out of the box and I only need to set up patches? I have been reading up and viewing youtube demos and quite frankly the "tweakability" of some of these units spins my head

Any help is appreciated.

Marc

[CTN]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

http://www.tcelectronic.com/g-system.asp

[marcg71]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

http://www.tcelectronic.com/g-system.asp

Thanks, yes this is one of the units I've seen. It is "easy" to use?

[ratherdashing]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

Why do you keep putting "easy" in quotes?

The G System is great. I would also recommend the Line 6 M13. You can run it in "latching scene mode", which causes it to behave more like a standard multi with patches (the "scene" is a patch - basically a pre-programmed simulated pedal board).

[SlyFoxx]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

Boss and easy to use go hand in hand. Trouble is while delay, reverb, chorus and tremolo are all great, I've never been a fan of the phaser and flanger effects.

[lex666]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

I've always wanted to get one of these but I've got no space. It allows you to program which effects are on with a single stomp. Plus this way you can keep your boutique and old skool effects and stuff.

Programming is "easy".

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/carl-martin-combinator-2-effects-switching-pedal/153116000000000

[ratherdashing]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

I've always wanted to get one of these but I've got no space. It allows you to program which effects are on with a single stomp. Plus this way you can keep your boutique and old skool effects and stuff.

Programming is "easy".

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/carl-martin-combinator-2-effects-switching-pedal/153116000000000

Yeah, the Combinator is a cool gadget. It bridges the gap between pedal simplicity/quality and multi-effects programmability. I've thought about getting one quite a few times.

As for being "easy", if you're smart enough to set radio presets on your car stereo, you can program this.

[Hellion]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

I've been using a Digitech GSP-5 since they first came out (and yes, I know it's archaic). You have to do some homework, but I still think that their distortions and echos are really good. I run a DBX 163X in front to add some dirt to the system and a BBE Maximizer in back, but it works for me. I use a MIDI pedal to pick what I want.

[Brow]

Re: Tired of Tap Dancing - Need Rack FX Help - please

I use a TC Electronics G-Major (original, not the new 1) in the loop of my amp and it does me fine for Delay, Reverb and Modulation. Not overly expensive either.