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Almost anything overdrive/fuzz/distortion will crap out through those amps so delay/chorus/reverb type pedals.
As others have said, get a small multi-fx. Much more flexibility and more sounds and more tweakable in one of those than you'll get built into an amp.
As for not wanting to scare him off, get a multi-fx with user presets. Spend a little time (with him maybe) setting up some decent sounds, save them, and then all he needs to do is pretty button 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (or whatever) to get the sound he wants easily and immediately. When he gets bored of those sounds, make him some more.
Just for once I’m not going to say the ME-50, because it’s rather big and heavy to carry to school, but there are a lot of smaller and older but still decent models by Boss, Digitech, Zoom, and Korg. If he has two amps he can even have fun with stereo, which will offset the ‘smallness’ of their sound to some extent.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Its not for school, he is sorted in that dept, its just something to keep him interested at home.
It could even be that the guitar isnt his instrument, I remember when he was very young I took him to the guitar shop and he went straight for the drums, I couldnt get him away from them much to the dismay of everyone else in the quite small shop.
I took him to PMT last week and again he made a B line for the drums, they were electric kits so not too much distress for the shop staff, so I may have a drummer on my hands.
If he says no, I'd try to find a more modern equivalent of an old Korg G3 - it's a basic multi, but with direct physical controls like the Boss ME series, but smaller, lighter etc.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I know a few drummers but none have their own kits (and transportation). End of the day they're just guys with drumsticks then.