Pedal suggestions...

[Mincer]

Re: Pedal suggestions...

This is one of the reasons why I normally recommend that people get an HX Effects instead of putting together their own pedal boards these days.

If you need/want lots of pedals, and you can deal with the fixed effects chain 'preset' style of the HX Effects, it is a great box. It is different than the older M-series it replaced, however, in that it doesn't quite work as a pedalboard. You come up with an effects chain and you can then switch pedals in that chain on or off.

 

[Sirion]

Re: Pedal suggestions...

If you need/want lots of pedals, and you can deal with the fixed effects chain 'preset' style of the HX Effects, it is a great box. It is different than the older M-series it replaced, however, in that it doesn't quite work as a pedalboard. You come up with an effects chain and you can then switch pedals in that chain on or off.

By now I think you can approximate both a preset and a "stompbox" style fairly well. The system has limitations, but these are bound to be manifold more with a regular pedalboard. The only exception I can think of is in cases where you need to turn knobs on the pedals very quickly, and I honestly speaking can't say that I have seen a single act where the guitarist has actually done that within songs themselves.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Pedal suggestions...

By now I think you can approximate both a preset and a "stompbox" style fairly well. The system has limitations, but these are bound to be manifold more with a regular pedalboard. The only exception I can think of is in cases where you need to turn knobs on the pedals very quickly, and I honestly speaking can't say that I have seen a single act where the guitarist has actually done that within songs themselves.

Yes, this can be done, but as you said, it has some limitations in that you can have 9 effects slots in a preset, but only 6 buttons. I make it work, but it isn't as modular as the M series.

 

[Sirion]

Re: Pedal suggestions...

Yes, this can be done, but as you said, it has some limitations in that you can have 9 effects slots in a preset, but only 6 buttons. I make it work, but it isn't as modular as the M series.

I can definitely see that. That said, I also think it is a limitation that most people will be able to live with, and that you, in most respects still get a product that is far more flexible and adaptable than a regular pedal board. My experiences with the M series are limited enough that I cannot really say much about them.