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Some amps may be more versatile, some amps may have a particular sound you want or open new opportunities. If you like the sound you are getting and it is loud enough for your current needs, then you don't need a better amp. You might want a better amp, but that is something that never goes away, no matter how much you spend or how fancy your amp is. If ...

Probably the best place to start is the Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9 or TS808 (there's also the cheaper, but discontinued TS7). The TubeScreamer is a classic and many, many guitarists still use it (or a clone of it) today, including some of the payers of the bands you listed. It is characterized by a mid-boost which makes the guitar stand out a little more in ...

Try editing your patches to turn off the amplifier emulation without changing the rest of your patch settings. You didn't mention what multi effects box you use. We have a digitech and it is very easy to turn off one of the effects settings.

I bought my 10 year old son a digitech RP355 multi effects pedal to use. It's cheap and simple to edit patches for different sounds and you can download patches to get the sound used in some popular songs but the thing I like best about it is the amplifier emulation. After using it for a while my son found he liked the sound of Vox amps so we bought a AC4 ...

Multi-Effects (Multi-FX or MFX unit) A multi-effects unit can offer a broad range of effects in one unit, including Amp emulation and speaker simulation. These effects are usually produced by digitizing the audio signal and using digital processing of the original effects produced by a Digital Signal Processor or DSP. Generally several effects can be ...

Pitch Pedal / Whammy Pedal Although this might fit in the octaver pedal, it deserves a category of its own. This pedal raises or lowers the pitch of the incoming sound. Most models and emulation go from one octave below to two octave above. Lowering the pitch by an octave enables you to simulate dive-bombing without a floating tremolo for example. The ...

Amp Simulator Although it is not really an effect in the sense it changes the sound before it enters the speaker, it is found more and more by digital guitar effect units. An amp simulator does what it says: it simulates a guitar amplifier, mimicing mostly famous guitar amps by adding a combination of effects mentioned earlier (like boost, distortion). ...

There's no reason not to try an effect if you want to. Sure, some kind of effect might mask some bad habits (reverb and delay might sort off mess your timing), but distortion for example is almost like playing another instrument, and if you're into punk/rock, the sooner you try it the better. You will have to figure out ways to mute the strings and reduce ...