musicman100

Mesh
......Pita bread?

yea they think Bills got lots of bread to spend just to join that "band"

I suppose the thing that Bill has to consider is (in the worst case scenario) that if this band doesn't work out, will he be happy with whatever gear he purchases........that is what he'll have to live with. If the band does work out, then all is good.

Bill,
 
I have the HD500. It's never broken down on me yet and I've had it for almost a year.
 
 
I wonder if the fact that I have not taken it out of the box yet has anything to do with its stability?

Bapu.....the man with gear that's everyones fear desire.
Bapu....the Costco of musical gear.
 
 
(Looks like an offer is in the air Bill.......or he's just braggin.)

No offers to honor here.
 
Just pointing out how lazy I am.
 
I actually purchased the thing to use when I have visiting guitarists. You see how often that happens.

bapu
No offers to honor here.
 
Just pointing out how lazy I am.
 
I actually purchased the thing to use when I have visiting guitarists. You see how often that happens.

Ewe don't knead a guitarist..........ewe got the Variax!!
 
(runs for cover from Spacey......)

I used a HD500 for four years, did 200 gigs with no issues. I got mine because of a casino gig that wouldn't hire us if we used backline. They wanted zero sound coming from the stage...so I bought a HD500, The drummer bought an Octapad and the bass player used a Sansamp. We had one monitor each and the soundman took it from there. I must say it sounded great and they loved us.

The fist rule of digital multi-FX is that the price of last year's model drops considerably when a new model comes out. 
 
1. If you're running direct to the PA, presumably you want amp emulation as well as FX. Every company swears every model is just like the real thing, but they vary considerably and not consistently from amp to amp and company to company. So you want to make sure the type of amp emulation you actually want sounds good enough to you. Same with FX.
 
2. If you're running to the PA, you want separate outputs for your amp (if that's what you're using for monitoring) and a direct send for the PA. The amp out should be appropriate for a clean guitar amp/speaker and the PA out will be add more stuff to make it sound more like a guitar amp. Most of the serious entrants have this functionality.
 
3. Ease of use and editing are important.

I'm trying to decide if I should buy a new HD500X or try the Boss GT-100. I'm in no hurry, but I'm watching the sales closely. $358 for a new POD is pretty good.

clintmartin
I'm trying to decide if I should buy a new HD500X or try the Boss GT-100. I'm in no hurry, but I'm watching the sales closely. $358 for a new POD is pretty good.

I've had both Boss and Line6 digital multi FX and let's say I've never been in love with the sound of most Boss digital FX. They're definitely usable with tweaking, but not really my thing generally. YMMV.
 
OTOH, Line6 seems to insist on giving you 800 models of everything to scroll through to find what you want and severely limit what you can tweak on each model.
 
Mostly I prefer FX with the letters "MXR" (or various other things) printed on top.
 
There are various amp models I really like and really dislike from both Boss and Line6.

But we all have to remember that Bill's new band is "really used to" the HD500 (old habits die hard).