Guitar Multi Effects Units
When you get into playing electric guitar, the sheer amount of gear involved
can sometimes be a little overwhelming. And this is especially true when it comes to electric guitar effects pedals and getting the exact tone you want to get.
You know the drill when it comes to effects stomp boxes: There's distortion, delay, reverb, tremolo, chorus, compressor, overdrive, echo, phaser, flanger, noise gate, wah, sustain, etc, etc. Not to mention the various other accessories just for the stomp boxes like pedal boards, batteries, and power supplies for the boxes.
Not That There's Anything Wrong With That! And, in reality, pedal effects are awesome and definitely have their place in the guitar player's arsenal, but as I mentioned at the top, to a beginner guitar player the mind-numbing amount of gear is a lot to handle - a little tough on the wallet too!
Enter The Multi Effects Processor For The Electric Guitar
Multi effects processors give you access to all the sounds of the individual stomp boxes all in one unit. They store custom programs so at the flip of a switch, you can recall that "perfect sound" you came up with
last month without having to spend half an hour tweaking the knobs on a handful of stomp boxes. And many multi effects have all the same settings, and expression pedals as the individual boxes.
Popular Brands of Multi-Effects Units
Here's a list of the more common multi effects manufacturers and their product model numbers
- Line 6 POD
- Boss GT8
- Boss ME50
- Digitech RP50, RP200A
- Toneworks AX1500G, AX10G
As you learn guitar and explore the wide range of sounds it's capable of, you'd do well to try a multi effects system at some point.
Multi effects units give the beginning guitarist a chance to sample all the effects out there, and for a reasonable price, see how those effects can help copy someone else's sound and how they fit into the players own personal sound.
