Pasingit lang mga sir,
I've been using analogs for my fender american standard strats for years, pero medyo nahaselan lang din ako sa pagsesetup kasi minsan nagloloose yung cables, pag may problema yung isang pedal apektado na yung rig ko, mabigat, kailangang imaintain isa-isa, kaya I opted to using a Boss GT-6 instead, since majority of my stomps are Boss din naman.
Tinry ko lang, kasi importante sa kin bukod sa tone ko e yung convenience so I could focus more on the playing and hindi sa stomp boxes.
At first medyo nanibago ako sa GT-6 kasi mejo toy-yee(tunog laruan) yung tunog ng mga patches (like most of the multi's I've tried before) pero kailangan lang palang upuuan at talagang timpalahin. I find the Manual mode very handy ( you can assign the GT-6's pedals as individual stomp boxes) parang manual din less the hassle of taking care of patch cables and dc chains. Hindi naman ganun katindi yung lag in between patches. Pero mas ok din talaga if you use the manual mode, it works like a dream. Kailangan lang tutukan mo at intindihing maigi bawat button and function ng GT-6 para maextract mo ang full potential nito, I've got friends who switched to a GT-6, they still have their analogs pero majority of their gigs e GT-6 na.
I've played in an orchestra way back in my college days, i've got several bands with different genres (a rock/blues band, a pop cover band, a jazz standards band) ok naman ang tunog ko IMO. Yun lang, sa tingin ko kasi kung di man katunong ng analog ang mga bagong Multieffects pedals ngayon, they're getting a little bit closer plus the convenience.
I'm an avid fan of classics, I still am very much in love with my Fender Stratocasters and still drool over analog pedals pero open din ako sa mga technological innovations na nandiyan to make our lives and playing easier kagaya ng sinabi ko kanina so we could focus more on the playing, sabi nga din ng isa kong kaibigan na narinig niya sa kaibigan nya, "The real heavenly tone is in your hands, it's in your fingers".
It's a good thing to blend innovations with the classics, it works for me. IMO.
Ika nga ni Mark Lapid, "Saging lang ang may puso"
