A few days ago I posted about the Line 6 M5 Stompbox modeler. On Facebook, there was one mention of how the footswitches were really not that great. Basically spring switches making direct contact to switch pad on the circuit board. Seems like problems could crop up with this, and could be an explanation as to why my Line 6 DL4 has been acting up.

After that comment, another user mentioned that he swapped out his footswitches and his pedals are working fine now. He provided a great link to a video where Juffage breaks down a Line 6 DL4 and shows step by step how to replace these spring switches with momentary switches. This would apply to other Line 6 boxes like the M5… but please… proceed at your own risk.. and know your limitations and capabilities before attempting.

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I have to say that I wasn’t a big believer in the Line 6 Modelers. But the bottom line.. you’re starting to see it everywhere, and that means I need to take a serious look. Line 6 definitely does effects ‘right’, so not sure why I never gave it a hard look. I think one of the biggies for me was seeing Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters using the Line 6 M13 to replace a bunch of his pedals. It solved the size issue on stage, and obviously the quality was there to justify the shift.

Today, I came across the Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler, the little brother of the M13 and was impressed with what I saw.

Here is the official description of the Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler:

The Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler is a “super-stomp” that gives you access to one of over 100 coveted effects at at time with a footprint the size of a standard pedal. But M5 is also different – it’s designed like a Swiss army knife to carve out sonic creativity one brilliant effect at a time. Dare to inspire and be inspired with its 100 gain-defying distortions, lush choruses, scintillating reverbs and many other kinds of expressive effects.

Instantaneous additions
Why buy another pedal every time you’d like a little extra spice? M5 is your buddy who’s got the garage filled with half a century’s worth of modern and vintage effects. But this time he’ll loan out anything from the collection and never ask for it back. From the classic and timeless to the bold and esoteric, M5 has got you covered. Your instant stockpile is robust, easily switchable and well known – many of the effects are from DL4™ Delay Modeler, Verbzilla® and other famous Line 6 pedals.

M5 costs less than one good single effect pedal, features an easy-to-read screen, and is infinitely customizable.

Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler Guitar Multi Effects Pedal Features:

* Less is more – compact size is no bigger than one large single effect pedal
* More is more – over 100 of the most popular pro-quality effects seen on pedal boards around the world, delivered one at a time
* Stompbox simple – you didn’t have to learn a new language for your old favorites, why start now?
* Totally pro – fully stereo, MIDI capable, expression pedal option, tap tempo and much more
* Rugged – battle-ready construction you’d expect for something you’ll be kicking all the time

Now, here is the video by line6movies. I really dug the loop they were building. It showcased it’s capabilities very well:

As you can see, it sounds pretty great. The Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler is available for $199.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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This morning I stumbled upon a interesting pedal that is no longer in production by Digitech. It’s the Jimi Hendrix Experience expression pedal. It’s a multi-tone stomp box with a expression pedal to switch from lead to rhythm on classic Jimi Hendrix songs. There are multiple settings or modelings:

Purple Haze – Intro and solo:
Based on: Fuzz Face; 100-Watt Marshall
Super Lead Amp; EMT Plate Reverb; Roger Mayer Octavia (solo)

Little Wing – Intro and Solo:
Based on: 100-Watt Marshall Super Lead
Amp; Miniature Rotary Speaker (Homemade at Olympic Studios in England)

Voodoo Child – Intro and Solo:
Based on: Vox Clyde McCoy Wah;
Brown Fender Bassman Amplifier; EMT Plate Reverb

All Along the Watch Tower – Intro and Solo:
Based on: Acoustic
Guitar; 100-Watt Marshall Super Lead Amplifier; EMT Plate Reverb

Plus three more models

Here is the official description of this pedal:

SEVEN Signature Tones that changed the world forever.

Eddie Kramer, Jimi’s engineer at Olympic and Electric Lady Studio, was an essential part of the Hendrix sound. Who better to help recreate those timeless tones than the man who set up the original mics and ran the mixing board adding his own magic? Working with DigiTech and our proprietary Production Modeling technology, he helped rebuild each facet of Jimi’s tone, from guitar effects and amp to the vintage outboard signal processors.

But it gets even better. Thanks to Eddie and the Hendrix family, we were able to use the original tapes as a reference source for our Production Modeling technology. The results of this once-in-a-lifetime project will amaze you when you hear the Jimi Hendrix Experience pedal.

This is the video I came across by dragonclaw88

The Digitech Jimi Hendrix Experience Expression pedal is no longer in production, but you can still find it on eBay via PedalNerd.com.

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I noticed that @CubistEffects had an interesting Tweet this morning, letting people know about a YouTube video he has featuring a modded Line 6 Filter Modeler (FM4). I was curious and had to watch. First off, Christian is the owner of Cubist Effects out of  Sydney, Australia and he does some great work on repairing and modding pedals. You can learn more at his site (http://www.cubisteffects.com).

I’m hoping that Christian sees this post and can add some more information.. like what happens if you plug a guitar in to this? I know there are plenty of gear heads that are looking for noise generation, and this pedal with the mods seems pretty great for this.

UPDATE:
Christian just created a post on his site regarding this mod. You can read more about it here:
http://www.cubisteffects.com/2010/01/line-6-fm4-filter-modeler-modifications/

I wasn’t too familiar with the Line 6 MF4 so I wanted to take a look at this and see what it’s all about.

Here is the official product description:

The Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler Pedal gives you 16 new and vintage effects including Mu-Tron III, Moog, Arp, Korg, and Roland synths; Oberheim VCF; formant filter; and more. 4 memories. Bonehead simple to use. Tough as nails. Has true bypass.

I found a good video by gearwire that demos this pedal’s features:

You can pick up the Line 6 Filter Modeler (FM4) at Musician’s Friend for $249.99. And you can have it modded at Cubist Effects!

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The following is a guest post review of the Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler by Jake (@jarjarjakes) . If you are interested in guest posting, please contact me!

Over the years I’ve played through and experimented with numerous multi effects units, and all of them had left me with a same dull tones and the feeling of hitting a “tonal block”. That is, whereby I felt I was simply recycling sounds – making use of the same old tones over and over, and finding it increasingly hard to develop new ideas and sounds. The Line 6 M13 is, so far, the only unit I have used that offers only what I need – no gimmicks. The fantastically simple interface of this unit what I believe makes it great onstage and in your bedroom.

The unit is well built and feels very sturdy, however as with most equipment; if you are gigging, I’d recommend a pedalboard for protection. The unit is supplied with a transformer (thankfully not one of the ghastly on plug/take up two spaces type!) and an effects manual. The manual goes through the different effects units that each of the models on the M13 have been styled on. Connections on this unit are easy, but also very flexible.

We have a number of routing options with this unit. We can feed it a stereo or mono signal, it will happily output mono signals to a stereo amp setup. There is also the option to connect two expression pedals, which can be used for controlling any factor on any of the effects units (e.g. gain, mix, decay time, pitch etc.). Perhaps my favourite routing option with this device is the ability to use other effects devices. I own a number of pedals I am very fond of, and can easily integrate these into my M13 setup. The FX loop allows you to insert pedals into the M13s signal path. Selection of where this signal path sits within the M13s unit can be varied using the setup menu.

The best thing about the M13? It does not use numbered presets – instead it acts like a virtual pedalboard. You can save upto 12 “pedalboards” in the unit, each scene can save 12 “pedals”, 4 of which can be used at the same time – confused? In simple terms, you can use upto 4 devices at the same time, and switch others in and out as you wish. Its like having 12 different pedalboards, each with 12 pedals on – but only 4 can be used at the same time.

Check out this video by mick3b1g – A fantastic demo of the looper function and the tonal qualities of this unit!

All of the effects units in the M13 have been modelled on real units – as the user guide shows. The quality of these effects is next to none. Anyone who has used the DL4, MM4, DM4, and FM4 will know. The M13 contains all of these effects units, and more (over 100 effects infact!) Particularly outstanding are the delay and reverb models, which model a variety of famous classical sounds, and some lesser known sounds. Overall, the quality is fantastic – but don’t just take my word for it; check out the samples on the Line 6 website at http://line6.com/m13/sounds02.html.

Also worth a look is this video from jasongellis.

Aside from a great selection of effects units, the M13 gives you a fantastic looper pedal – with up to 28 seconds of looping, perfect for creating rhythms and samples for you to jam along with. Also included in the setup is a tuner, which, thanks to the bright displays, is easy to use onstage, and provides dependable, silent tuning.

So, how does the M13 sound? To me, great. I really cannot fault the quality of the sounds – nor the flexibility that it offers. Every time I use this unit I find myself discovering new sounds, creating new tones and most importantly, enjoying playing : JW09

About the author:
Jake, Student, Live Sound Engineer, Runner, Guitarist etc. – Feel free to follow me on twitter @jarjarjakes.

You can purchase the Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler Guitar Multi Effects Pedal for $499.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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Again, continuing the discussion from the “Best delay pedal available today?” I wanted to look further into the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler. I personally own this pedal, and do like it. It’s delay modeler which has 16 delay ‘sounds’ (LO Res Delay, Analog w/Mod, Digital w/Mod, Reverse, Ping Pong, etc). Each setting has optional ‘Tweak’ and ‘Tweez’ settings with are additional and optional settings to control the effect. You of course of delay and repeats.

Let me explain the tweak and tweez setting some more. Let’s say you set the delay to use Tube Echo, Tweak controls ‘wow & flutter’ while the Tweez controls the ‘drive’. If change it to Ping Pong, Tweak controls ‘delay time offset’ and Tweez controls ‘Stereo Spread’.

With these settings, you can then model popular delay pedals by adjusting settings to recommend values in the manual. You can model  Maestro EP-1, Maestro EP-3 , Roland RE-101 Space Echo, Boss DM-2 and Deluxe Memoryman.

The pedal allows you to have 3 stored presets (that you programmed) and the 4th stwitch is for tap/tempo. You can also attach a expression pedal to control some of the settings (I have not played with this).

The Good – The pedal sounds great and works great. It’s well built and the options are very diverse. The modeling is very accurate to my opinion.
The Bad – I’m not too psyched on the programming side of it. Maybe it’s my brain, but it seems slightly awkward to me, and you need to make sure you keep the manual with you (in my case any way).

With that said, I would buy this pedal all over again if I had to. No questions asked there.

Here is the official factory description:

Line 6 DL4 Delay Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

• 16 vintage delay and echo effects including Tube Echoplex, Space Echo, Deluxe Memory Man, and more
• Provides for 3 programmable presets
• Tap tempo control
• 14 seconds of sample-loop memory
• True bypass switching
• Expression pedal input
• Stereo inputs and outputs

The Line 6 DL4 Delay Stompbox Modeler is the first stompbox to give you digitally modeled effects. Includes 16 vintage delay and echo effects including Tube Echoplex, Space Echo, Deluxe Memory Man, Analog Delay, Reverse, and many more. It also provides for 3 programmable presets and an onboard Tap Tempo control, 14 seconds of sample-loop memory, true bypass switching, an expression-pedal input for realtime control of all effects settings, and stereo inputs and outputs.

Here is a good video demo of the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler:

You can purchase the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler for $249.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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So, today’s Stupid Deal of the Day at Musician’s Friend is the Line 6 ToneCore Crunchtone Overdrive Pedal. It normally lists for $49.99, but is on sale today for only $29.99!

Here is the official description of the pedal from Musician’s Friend:

The Line 6 ToneCore Crunchtone effects pedal features 3 warm, full-bodied overdrive models including Blues, Pop, and Crunch—all based on award-winning Line 6 tones. Simple yet versatile tone control for easy tweaking.ToneCore pedals consist of a ToneDock base-in stereo or mono-and interchangeable effects modules that snap in and out, allowing you to change effects without rearranging your pedalboard. The ToneDock is powered by a 9V battery or optional DC-1 adapter.

I wasn’t familiar with this pedal ( I do own the the Line 6 Delay Modeler), so I headed over to my friend… YouTube, and found this good demo describing the different ‘voicings’ this pedal is capable of.. pretty cool, and the price is right.

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