# Suggestions for Guitar Pedals/Effects
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-guitar-pedals-effects/139569
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 30, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-guitar-pedals-effects/139569 "2002-11-30T00:14:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2002, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-guitar-pedals-effects/139569/1 "2002-11-30T00:14:37Z")
Ok, so I have been playing guitar for a few years. I have a Line6 Spider112© amp. It is suprisingly good, being that it is a digital amp (I have heard several amp tube enthusiasts praise Line6 for making a good digital amp). It has six amp settings, as well as a few delay settings and other various settings (flange, chorus, etc.). This is a nice addition to the amp, and is probably the reason I haven’t bought a pedal/effects thingy yet. But alas, it is the holidays and I think I am going to get one regardless. Playing with the reverb on my amp does get boring after a while.
So, I looked into the Line6 POD on their web site. Supposedly there is a PODxt now, with even more effects than before. It has 32 amp models, 100 bizzilion effects, a bunch of cabinet models, plus a complex effects editing system, a chromatic tuner, etc. A big must for me is to have wah-wah effects, which it says it has. It also appears that it comes with a few pedals, but it is a bit unclear as to if they come separatly or with the purchase of the POD.
There is also another good effects thingy which I have heard of (I believe it is something along the line of MPS or MPX or something). Knowing that I already have a Line6 amp, is it worth it to get a POD? Or should I simply get a wah-wah pedal and screw the 400 zillion effects on the POD. Does the POD come with a petal(s)? It appeared to come with 3 pedals, but then again they may have been deceiving me and I really have to get them separatly. Is there a better effects thingy/pedal out there which I would be better than a POD? Any help would be great.
Note: I felt this thread was best suited in CS, maybe I’m wrong though.
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### Author:  [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-guitar-pedals-effects/139569/2 "2002-11-30T01:21:52Z")
If I am not mistakent he Pod 6 is a direct box, not an effects pedal. A direct box is used for simulating the sound of playing thru an amplifier when you are actually plugged directly into the mixing board.
I have a Digitech RP14D that I got on eaby a few months ago for like $150. Its a $400 pedal. It has everything possible on an effects pedal. It also has a small tube in it if you can believe that.
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### Author:  [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-guitar-pedals-effects/139569/3 "2002-11-30T02:11:16Z")
I’ve had a couple of multi-effects boxes over the years and played with others, and I’ve found I got a lot better use out of the older, simpler ones. I have an RP21d, probably pretty out-of-date now but it was one of the nicer ones when I bought it, and I never did get the hang of programming my own effects combinations - I understood the concepts of HOW, it was just very burdensome, while I used hardly anything but custom effect settings on my old RP10, and it really sounded just as good.
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### Author:  [@Hickory6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hickory6)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2002, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-guitar-pedals-effects/139569/4 "2002-11-30T09:14:57Z")
Screw the effects. Save your money, and buy lessons from great players instead.