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Chapter 15: Choosing Your Amp and Effects
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Stomp boxes are inexpensive and easy to carry — you just throw them in
your case or a bag, and you’re off. For most players who only want one or
two effects — and who like to keep their performing footprint small — stomp
boxes are the way to go. Staying with stomp boxes allows you to mix and
match pedals from different manufacturers, too.
A box to house them all at your feet
Floor effects or floorboards combine several single effects into one unit and
are more compact than the same number of individual effects. Having all your
effects in one box eliminates the need for cables to connect the various
effects and having to power the effects individually (with multiple 9V batteries
or AC adapters). Figure 15-19 shows the DigiTech GNX1 — a popular floormounted
multi-effects processor.
Figure 15-19:
The Digi-
Tech GNX1.
Floorboards are neat and convenient, because you don’t have a lot of wires to
contend with. They’re not quite as modular as the stomp box approach
because all the effects are provided by the same manufacturer, but you can
always “patch in” your favorite effect, if necessary.
A box to house them all at hand level
For recording and non-gigging guitarists, who may not need to control everything
with their feet, two other choices exist to house your effects: a tabletop
format and a rack-mount multi-effects unit.
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