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I'm thinking about geting the behringer X V-AMP Floor Unit. What you you guys think, should i get it? It is a good price. For $70, how can you go wrong? Write back if you have one and tell me what how it does
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well, for $70 you can go very very very wrong. i would rather save up for a while and then buying better gear. i wish i had done that in the first place.
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I have it, and use it for playing in church (no amps due to 3 guitarists and space limitations plus complications of mic'ing etc)
The noise gate and compressor are pretty useful. I really haven't played with all the effects and delays, but they sound OK. I don't like the amp models much, but then, I'm not expert. They seem to be either high-distortion or clean sounding - except for the "El Raton" one, which is pretty good. TubeScreamer mode sounds really good when used with my Crate amp (SS "tube-emulating", not too bad). Also sounds OK by itself, I use that in church on a medium gain setting.
Wah-Wah is fun. heh heh.
I mainly just use it for the "extras", the compressor, n.gate, volume pedal, tuner, mute function, and usually leave it on TubeScreamer through amp's solo channel.
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I have it, and use it for playing in church (no amps due to 3 guitarists and space limitations plus complications of mic'ing etc) If no amps, do you play through the PA? In order to get from patch to patch, do you have to step-step-step-step-step?
Generally, I think multi-function pedals are well-suited for a live worship situation because you can set up your patches beforehand rather than adjust five pedals or so before a song. The Behringer floor unit sounds like a good deal if you don't already have a multi-function box. It should tide you over until you can upgrade to a more expensive unit like a Boss GT6 or POD xt live or the Vox unit.
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Originally Posted by everyman If no amps, do you play through the PA? In order to get from patch to patch, do you have to step-step-step-step-step?
Generally, I think multi-function pedals are well-suited for a live worship situation because you can set up your patches beforehand rather than adjust five pedals or so before a song. The Behringer floor unit sounds like a good deal if you don't already have a multi-function box. It should tide you over until you can upgrade to a more expensive unit like a Boss GT6 or POD xt live or the Vox unit.
Yes, right into the PA, and back into the monitors.
I usually set up my presets the night before in order (1-2-3-4) and just have to hit the buttons once or twice for each song.
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Originally Posted by everyman If no amps, do you play through the PA? In order to get from patch to patch, do you have to step-step-step-step-step?
Generally, I think multi-function pedals are well-suited for a live worship situation because you can set up your patches beforehand rather than adjust five pedals or so before a song.
when you do go from patch to patch, you do have to scroll step by step by step
i like to have my notes ring while i change to different effects (partly because i'm the only electric guitarist so a void in sound isn't too appealing). to require a couple steps for a certain dist patch or effected patch creates a really annoying and distracting sound from the presets i scroll through. even when i don't have my strings going, many patches create a lot of excess noise so without any sound comming from the guitar, there can be some unwanted buzzing.
if you really want to go the multi-effects route then the valvetronix tonelab from vox is probably your best bet. they are very user friendly and the tube adds extra warmth. but it costs a whole lot more...
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I have it and it is only OK.
There is no Off feature, it is on the whole time, so if you want to use delay - you are using it the whole time. Or you have to set up another preset with the same settings minus delay and switch to it. Switching is problematic, there is a delay so you really have to plan ahead when switching.
Also the levels of the effects / amp models are not consistent so you have to be pretty familiar with the increase / decrease in volume and compensate accordingly with your guitar volume.
Yes the price is good, but I'm looking forward to getting the Line 6 pod xt live (just saving my dough).
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I'm yet to be impressed with Behringer's V-Amp line.
Save your money and get a multi-effects from BOSS/Roland, Line6 or DOD. Waiting and spending $200 is worth every minute of the wait, in my opinion
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Defenatly get it. I bought it a couple of months ago, and it's very good. The reson it is so cheap is that first, it's made by berhinger, and it's made of plastic. But the effects are way better than I expected for 70 bucks. People say it's very complacated, but it's not really. Get it before they raise the price. I bought mine of musiciansfriend.com.
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i have a digitech multi-effect pedal, and it is poor/OK. overall, i wouldn't get a berhinger product, but this one might be alright. generally, the cheap multi-effect units are very limited on what they can do well. my digitech rp50 has a decent amp modeller, modulation effects (chorus and flanger, etc) are not very good, and the reverb/delays are decent. the amp models were a bit lacking. what they could do: cleans and mid-high distortion. what they couldn't do: overdrive (low-mid distortion). another nice thing was the ability to save the settings and select them fairly easily.
the berhinger v-amp will probably get you by for now, should you choose to get it. you'll probably be able to learn quite a but from it, and at that time, you'll be able to pick up some better gear. it takes time for your ears to mature, and have a better grasp of what you want.
the vox tonelab units are awesome. i have one of the low-end valvetronix amps (same modelling line), and it has some great tone. the floor models are a bit on the expensive side, but i would highly recommend them. you may want to look into them in the future when you 'outgrow' your behringer model and if you still have the space problem... i hate going 'amp-less'... but if your sound guy is OK, there shouldn't be a problem. having a floor unit really helps though... electric guitar straight into the PA... i can't stand it.
also, check out the reviews on http://www.harmony-central.com/User_Reviews/
as for the price getting higher... um... there isn't a reason for that to happen. digital stuff gets outdated and surpassed by more digital stuff... it will only keep getting cheaper after its release.
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Of course it's going to be more limited than a pod. But It's 70 dollars. And it's amazing for this price. It's very good for this price. Its way better than any of the digitech effects that's under 100 dollars.
And as long as you have a practice amp or something like that you can expand it alot. And If you can afford a vox tonelab choose that one. But it's over $300.