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It would stand to reason that the M13 wouldn't replace an amp modeler as it seems like a congolmeration of all their stompbox modelers and a bit more in one big box. Kind of a cool concept, I have to say I liked some of the sounds I got out of the fuzzbox modeler when I had it (run in the send of my Vox Tonelab SE) and my favorite parts of Pod Farm (kind of a software Pod) are the effects. On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 6:46 PM, tEd ® KiLLiAn<tedkillian@charter.net> wrote: > Hi all! > > I spent the latter part of the afternoon today playing with my newest >loop > toy, a Line 6 M13. > > I've researched these things for a little while now and contemplated >buying > one for well over six months. > > Thanks Bill Walker for much good advice while I was looking. > > Then, last week, a deal popped up on Ebay that was too good to pass up. > > It arrived on Tuesday and I tested it out right away to make sure it was >not > a DOA brick. > > Today was the first time I got to spend any serious time with it - just > playing around so far, not programming - and the experience was simply > delightful. > > I used a GK-3 equipped Tele and a Boss WP-20G set on hexaphonic "slow >gear" > just to feed the M13 an interesting signal . . . and a pair of Mackie > SRM150s to listen to give it voice and I really liked what I heard. > > I got a pair of the Line 6 EX-1 expression pedals too and enjoyed toying > around with changing various parameters on the fly that way. > > Seems like a pretty straightforward box, all-in-all. > > After a long, looooong search, I think I've finally found a device that >can > give me a simple, nearly all-in-one, guitar looping setup for those quick > gigs that don't warrant (or permit) taking along my larger collection of > gear (I'm thinking Santa Cruz mostly). > > As long as it is reliable, I think I've found a winner. > > Bill Walker is right about one negative about this device though, it >really > needs a guitar amp to make it sound right tone-wise. > > Unfortunately I sold off all my combo amps and have switched to just >using > the Mackie SRM150s for personal monitoring, and a pair of SRM450s for > low-end and PA oomph - a system that is all together too clean and >devoid of > guitaristic character to make the M13 really sound terrific. > > But for now it's what I've got. > > I am sure that it will be tempting to add several other gizmos to this . >. . > my trusty Sustainic C for one, and the aforementioned WP-20G for another, > and an EB volume pedal are what I'll try to stick to . . . if I can. > > As far as simplifying goes, I played a gig a couple of weeks ago with >just > the GK3 Tele and WP-20G Sustainiac C and a pair of EDPs and Akiras and >had > the best gig I've had in years. > > Yeah, I missed the Vortexes and VG-99, guitar synth and all the other >neat > stuff. > > But I had a good time . . . a better time than most outings. > > I played for 4 hours straight in an art gallery wine and cheese setting > (talk about a dull audience) and it was really guite satisfying. > > I'm looking forward to getting to know my new toy better in coming weeks. > > I think it's going to work for me. > > Cheers, > > Ted > > >