MULTI FX Processor or separate FX...which is better

MULTI FX vs. the single STOMP BOX

I am not going to go thru all the multi effects boxes. Great ones tend to be well past the $300.00USD mark. You can now spend over $1000.00 US.
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MULTI FX Processor 

I cover a cheapo one that squeaks by and mid price jobbies that are sonically more then enough.
In short over $500.00USD gets you MORE not better sounds.

Well you can now buy the odd $35.00 USD or cheaper modulation pedal that is rubbing shoulders with a great multi. You can just recently get a great mini pedal that covers the real estate issue that would pass in a blindfold test as a high end patch from a digital wonder-machine.

$100.00 USD

The problem with the Multi's is with some units..every sound they cover ...there now  is a cheap analog pedal that sounds as good or better. You only need 3 pedals to do the basics. I found 3 mini pedals that will do the job without any compromise in tone.

$24.00 USD

The TC Electronic Corona chorus out score pedals at twice the size and 3 times the price in the sound dept. The MXR phase 95 is a repro of the Script Phase 90...the sound is not exotic but it is bullet proof...just give Eddie another listen. lol
Finally a Mooer clone of a Electric Mistress...then re-branded as a Rowin LE-612 ....completes the picture ...& the Rowin is only $24.00 USD with free shipping. ( I have seen it  from Mooer at double the price)
This thing is a gem!

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If later you feel something new is better ...you only need to buy one new pedal at a time...because 3 pedals being better at once is majorly improbable.

$100.00 USD

$450.00 USD

With Digital Delay and Reverb you will still need to go to digital. But as long as the sonic quality is there it does not have to have a hundred choices. It can be small ...simple to use and reasonably priced.

There are many good delay units. But only three 5 Star players. Strymon, Eventide and Empress.



The nice thing about the Empress is ...it is MUCH easier to use.
The sound is just as transparent as the others but it has a near analog warmth.
The Tape Delay patch is so good it was this unit that started the recent fad. Now everyone does a faux Tape delay. This pic is of the recent 'v.2 white' unit which has tweaked the sonic a notch or two.
The improvement is not so you would notice if you had the 'v.1 black' unit. I am sure wisdom dictated if it is not broke don't fix it.
It has given the Tape Delay a bit more function due to the competitors knocking at it's door. Bending over to tweak it live is a big asset. The other 2 make that idea improbable.Trust me on that!
                                             

$215.00 USD

Throw in a EH Micro Pog...and for me I have it covered for both the stage and the studio!

These are all passive FX.
Things like wah's and feedbackers etc.are not.
those are virtually all stand alone items as you have to stand on them to operate them. Those are not the issue here,

Most of us could find a use for every effect I have mentioned.
Other things are more personal and to each his own.

CODA

MY Strymon Mobius is now on Reverb. Guess what I will buy with the money??

Really! How did you know that???

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