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Best Budget Multi-Effects Processor For Guitar?

Okay, I’ve been going through millions of official sites, forums and other websites to get clear with this. I’m looking for a multi-effects processor for guitar possibly under 250$. I have already looked over the Boss ME-25 cause it has everything. The Line 6 Floor Pod Plus also seems nice but it’s build is not good enough by the looks of it. Also, the Vox Tonelab ST is in the run but it seems a little out dated to me. A few Digitech ones are also there like the RP 355 but it’s not versatile enough. I’m gonna use the processor live and for recording too. I might need ALL kinds of tones and effects. I use a Les Paul replica, it’s great (atleast for me!). Please guys let me know which is the best one in my budget.

Thanks in advance!

I’d save up a little more and go for the Boss ME-70.

I’ve got the ME-50, the older model, and I love it. The best thing about it is that all the knobs have a dedicated function, so you don’t need to waste time shifting through a bunch of menus to edit the parameter you want. That’s REALLY nice in a live situation. If something isn’t right about my sound, I can bend down and fix it in 2 seconds.

The Tonelab is cool because it’s got a tube in there, so the distortion is a bit more interesting, but I like the DS-1 mode on the ME coupled w/ my amp distortion better.

The Digitech stuff sounds like ass IMO, and I’ve never been a fan of the Line 6 products either.


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