awesome tube sounds, sound great when you run direct into the soundboard. cant get the deep thick new metal sounds, the drop d setting is about the best new metal sound you will get.

love the loop function for my other effect pedals. wish it had a usb midi port to hook up to the computer.

dont have to spin all day just trying to get the levels set on each program.

heavy duty. but I wish someone will make a gig bag or case that will fit this vox pedal.

for classic rock and country with a tube sound, the vox is worth every penny.

the vox people can be reach in the usa and they speak good english.

great live and in the studio...

guitarist, live and recording engineer

rock, worship

I wanted a way to record electric guitar without needing to mic an amp. I tried the M-Audio BlackBox and sent it back - too thin and sterile. My main amp is a Mesa Boogie MK III and I love the tube tone. This is no Boogie, but it has some warmth in it and works well enough for recording and practice. Plugged into my Roland keyboard amp - which has absolutely no warmth or coloration - it at least sounded like an old Fender tube amp. I also tried the Podxt and like the VOX better as it sounds warmer. The effects are quite good, the amp models are passable, and the programmability is there.

Nice set of effects, fairly easy to work with once you read the manual. I'm not a big effects guy, preferring to get my tone from my amp - this fits the bill and covers the basics (chorus, flange, wah, compression) and then some (decent leslie emulation, sub octave doubler, triggered filters/envelope following, pitch shifting).

Presets are mostly decent and generally musical - unlike the BlackBox where they were all designed to be weird and were not musical at all. I think I can do better doing my own tweaking and the UI is decent here.

It seems to be made mostly out of metal - nice solid old school feel to it.

It is priced competitively with other effects boards - plus you get a decent tube pre-amp.

Haven't needed it. The manual is quite good apart from their unwillingness to name the products they are emulating. Instead they give you hints and, if you've been at this long enough and know your gear, you can guess what they mean. I found that a little annoying.

The styling is kind of retro and cool. Chrome knobs rather than plastic. Metal face. White LCD screen with amber back light is reminiscent of analog VU meters of old. It has a little tube pre-amp and has a bit of that lovely tube warmth. It sounds good right out of the box.

Active Musician/Home Recordist

Rock, Pop, Alternative, Film Scoring

NICE TONES, ESP. DISTORTION SETTINGS AND AMP MODELS CHORUS, WELL, I'VE HEARD BETTER. THE DELAY SETTINGS ARE AWESOME! VERY CLEAN GOOD S/N LEVELS

NICE FOOTSWITCHES GOOD QUALITY SOLID CONSTRUCTION

EASY TO SET UP TAKES TIME TO LEARN THE EDITING SYSTEM

EASY TO READ DISPLAY, WELL CONFIGURED LAYOUT. HEAVY THOUGH! ONLY THING I DISLIKE, IS THE POWER CORD RECEPTACLE SEEMS RATHER FLIMSY AND EASY TO BREAK OFF IF HIT AT AN ANGLE

OH YEAH, WELL WORTH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT

NEVER NEEDED THEM HOPE I DON'T

LOOKS HOT

ACTIVE MUSICIAN

GOSPEL JAZZ FREESTYLE

A lot of different things you can do and since I'm a novice who doesn't like to read it's a bit harder for me but a person who knows what they are doing it's probably easy.

Built solid with metal not cheaply made.

Worth the money compared to whats out there .

Haven't had any problem use it daily.

Novice

all types

This is only my second effects processor ever but I've played through several over the years. Most of them sound very thin and too much overdrive gives them a very weedeater kind of sound. The LE, however, sounds great and full (for recording). I bought mine mostly for the studio and I get some great sounds recording direct. I have used it in a live setting--straight into the system and with an amp. It sounds ok through the system--not so great with my amp--1973 Fender Twin Reverb. I'm a purist in live settings, and to me most processors can't cut through the mix very well. This one does better than most. It does have great sounding effects---modulation, reverbs, delays---they all sound great. I think as far as the overdrives, amps and so forth this pedal outdoes them all.

It has pretty much everything you'd need and it's easy to work. Needs a better gig bag than the one I got for free with it (as some kind of promo thing)

If you've owned an amp or a pedal of any kind you can work this processor. It's layed out like a regular amp/pedal with the knobs and all. I've never used the LE sound editor software (I have downloaded it though) but I think it would make editing your patches even easier than it already is.

This is where I have to give a lower score because when you pay 400 dollars for something that will be sitting in the floor and you will be putting the weight of your foot on it, it should be built like a tank. The housing is sturdy and I feel like the swithces are ok, but the knobs are plastic and the buttons for selecting your effects and so forth are kinda flimsy. If you take good care of your stuff like I do, I wouldn't let it stop me from buying this pedal, but it is something to consider. The amp button on mine got pushed in and stuck somehow and screwed up the whole thing, but when I was able to get it unstuck (which was not easy) it worked fine. I think VOX needs to make a heavier duty case for this thing or I wouldn't recommend hauling it with other equipment. It might be too easy to damage it. I had a ZOOM 3030 processor 10 or 11 years ago that I used in live settings. The sucker was made out of plastic and I never had any trouble with it. All I'm saying is that VOX needs to have a better case and make this pedal a little more road worthy.

I think the price is good but would be better if they would beef this thing up a little. Make it so that you have to work at it to tear it up. I would buy it again in a heart beat though, because I have never gotten such good guitar sounds for recording. I feel like this pedal is the best for that--mainly because the guitar sounds you get don't sound processed. I used to record with a Line 6 POD and I hated every guitar sound I got out of that thing. I love the recorded sounds of the LE.

Nuetral--never had to deal with them.

The pedal has good looks and all, but I'm a more practical person. If I couldn't use it for anything I'd sell it. But it serves it's purpose well.

active musician, hobbyist

rock, worship