Uh oh....Greg done found him a sweet deal on a Plexi for sale......
The trigger has been pulled. Initiate launch sequence.....cover your ears.....
Fuck dude, you're killin' me......congrats, I'm gonna hop in my Jeep & drive to fuckin' Texas....Be sure to post some pics & clips (I know you will, but just sayin'....)....Wow man, congrats, what the fuck are you gonna do, have a model of every Marshall ever made????
On my X3L, it ain't that bad really, I can set it up to have the stomp/od's in front, with the time based stuff in the amp's loop (or in front too), plus, the X3L's got it's own fx loop....Just to be honest, I haven't really scratched the surface of what it's really capable of doing, 'cause I'm a lazy bastard you know??? I like using the X3L with the DSL a lot better than the Egnater though, I think where the T15's loop is tube, it sucks the tone a lot more, IIRC, the DSL's loop is solid state, but there's definitely a difference when I use it with either of 'em....
Here's the skinny on the X3L's fx:
Gate: always in "front"
Wah: always before the od/distortion, can't change where it's at in the chain...
Od/distortion: always in front, there's about 35-36 different models, but only a handful are anything I'd ever use...There's ring modulation shit, auto-wah, & other stuff I'd never use really...
Amps/cab simulation: This thing's got a shitload of amps & quite a few cabs, but I always turn 'em off/bypass 'em....
Compressor: Always before the eq, & can't move it in the chain...has threshold & gain controls, could be used a boost for leads
4-Band eq: this is always after the "front" fx, but before the loop, I can use it to brighten up the power section of my amp via the fx loop)
Modulation: in "front" or in the loop, you can choose where you want this effect, some of 'em are actually decent...32 of 'em
Delay: same as the modulation, with 15 different delays including analog, digital, ping-pong, stereo, reverse, tube, tape etc....
Reverb: same as the modulation/delay, can be put in the "front" of the chain or in the loop...
Volume: Can be used in front or in the loop....
This thing's got a mic input, midi in/out, spdif out, variax in, fx loop/send return, aux input, direct/xlr outs (L & R), 1/4" outs (L & R), extra 1/4" input for an expression pedal, headphone out, & mp3/cd input...Again, I've really not scratched the surface of what this thing's really capable of doing, like the dual tone/stereo out thing (I could set up 2 completely different fx chains & send 'em to both my amps), so I guess I'm just gonna hang onto it, & learn more shit I can do with my amps using it....For what I do, it's plenty really, & if I want some different kind of effect, I can always use something in the daw (which works pretty good too, with some tweaking)....
I would like to have some good od/distortion pedals though, like the Bogner Red or Blue, or a Carl Martin Plexitone because the X3L's od's are ok, but I know they're not up to par with pedals like these, my cheap SD-1 makes my X3L's od's sound like ass when comparing 'em....
My current mission is a fuckin' Les Paul....36 more hours, & I'm gonna pull the trigger on one....