Should be in the market for a cheap modeller in the near future. Unfortunately as much as I'd like one, I can't really afford or justify the Helix or an Amplifire - budget is ideally under £100. It'll be mostly just used at home through headphones and monitors, and maybe occasionally through a PA for rehearsals if I manage to get a band situation going again. I only really want a few sounds and I'm pretty simple hence why the Ampli-firebox appealed to me. Basically just want something that can do a reasonable plexi or JCM800 tone that I can clean up with guitar, and maybe a few higher gain patches.
So I've been thinking of going for an older generation modeller such as a Pod X3, Pocket Pod or HD500 if I can find one. Still keeping an eye out for a GSP1101 but that'll go over budget I think. Trying to avoid pc software so I can just plug in and play without distractions and without being tied to the PC. Any suggestions? I don't really know much about this stuff, the only thing I've used in the past was a V-Amp 2 which I was quite happy with for a long time before I got into valve amps!
Do any of the old ones really compare to something from the current generation - will I just wish I'd saved up for longer and got the AFB?
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Basically, it's a Voodoo Valve without the preamp valve. Old tech now but well regarded in its day. The one I have is the U.S. 'Blackface' model with the Chameleon on the front.
Yours for £100 delivered.
Currently just been thinking maybe I'll just go for a Marshall Code 25 - I know I like the plexi and jubilee models, and although it doesn't quite have the I/O I want I suppose i could always connect the headphone out to a cheapo mixer then to my monitors. It's a shame the stock speaker isn't easily changeable as I think it lets the side down a bit.
Difficult to recommend anything on your limited budget but might be worth looking for a used Digitech RP500. Similar modelling to the gsp1101 (less power and features) but in a floor board format. A few years back a bandmate of mine had the RP1000 and it sounded great.
Having used a Pod for years for home recording and switching finally to a Kemper when they came out. I would say the X3 is a good choice and yes modern stuff is nice the sub £100 X3 to me is still very usable. Back in the day I always felt you needed to deep edit the Line 6 stuff to really get the most out once I had 10 or 15 goto sounds saved that was it never touched it much after that.
I would be happy to use an X3
If you can find the iPad version of the digitech floor model cheap then your cooking on gas. It has same dual processors as GSP (effectively is a gsp) and all editing is done with the iPad which makes the screens unit. Advantage over gsp; 2 fx loops and can handle any fx in any order so stacking is possible, list of models and fx is same as GSP... Disadvantages; no midi, 4cable, doesn't accept IR files and requires long cable runs and needs the iPad to edit.
IR file issue can be resolved by moving slider to send all output through iPad then use software called rooms which then allows you to put any IR files you like on output.
One day I'll get a a new modelling pedal....probably the next generation of gear.
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I use a JCM900 on the left and the SLO in the right, but with a 28ms pre-delay, sounds good enough to leave my budda at home! Pm me if you’d like to hear a track I recorded all the guitars with the X3