Whats the ultimate guitar stomp box

just to clarify a bit, I mean multieffects, amp modelling etc, something like a line 6 Pod XT or Boss GT6. I don't really want to spend more than $500, so it might not be the ultimate ultimate. Whats the ultimate for this kind of money? and I want to connect it to the computer for recording, not to an amplifier.

Big Muff.

for amp modeling all in one type of things im a big fan of the johnson j-station. i think this company may be out of buisness though so you'd probaly be able to pick one up used pretty cheap

personally though my favorite pedal(s) would be the boss gigadelay going into an electro-harmonix memory man...mmm lots of tasty delay

Originally posted by midwinter
Big Muff.

got one sitting right next to me, definitely one of the best distortion boxes out there.

Originally posted by Wrong Robot
got one sitting right next to me, definitely one of the best distortion boxes out there.

I love mine. Had it since Sovtek re-issued it in the early 90s. My next major piece of gear will be a memory-man delay.

Originally posted by trick fall
I love my Maestro Phaser and Roland Space Echo, but could really use a new overdrive pedal. Anyway, I've had the original Pod since the day it came out and love it, but I've heard the new one is miles ahead of it. Would also like to check out the Vox Tonelab if I get the cash to upgrade.

Something I rather like about NI Guitar rig is the split channel function, where you can rig up 2 or more different amp/speaker/mic simulations on the Left and Right Channel to give some awesome stereo effects. I've been wondering if the Hardware boxes, like the Pod or Boss can do this?

BTW I used to have a Danelectro Fab Tone which was just Fucking Rude Awesome if youre looking for a new overdrive/fuzz

Originally posted by trick fall
That's one trick I don't think the pod has. I know mine doesn't, but mine is two generations old so they may have implemented it in the latest version. Two amps do sound nice. My big rig consists of a Fender Deluxe with all my effects and Marshall JCM 800. Sounds freaking huge!

Also thanks for the recommendation, I'm thinking more along the lines of a Crowther Hot Cake or a Ibanez Tube Screamer though. I need more of a true overdrive to help my strat push the Marshall. I can get enough distortion out of the Marshall with my humbucker equipped guitars, but the strat doesn't have enough output on it's own to really get it to sing.

Perhaps one of these might be the answer if its just a level problem.

http://www.behringer.com/GI100/index.cfm?lang=ENG

Originally posted by midwinter
Big Muff.

Damned right. (http://www.electroharmonix.co.jp/eh/img/bmusa.jpg)

My old guitarist's electroharmonix died years ago, so he bought the Russian made one.

We called it the Big Muffski.

(Hey we were 22 at the time--livin' the rusted Econoline dream...)

Originally posted by scottiB
Damned right. (http://www.electroharmonix.co.jp/eh/img/bmusa.jpg)

My old guitarist's electroharmonix died years ago, so he bought the Russian made one.

We called it the Big Muffski.

(Hey we were 22 at the time--livin' the rusted Econoline dream...)

Heh. I just use the muff as a complement to the tube distortion on my amp, which has a tendency to be a little crunchy. I really just needed a versatile fuzz, and the muff is certainly that.