Product ReviewsLine 6 6 M5 STOMPBOX MODELER Multi-Effects Guitar Effect Pedal

Almost perfect

This pedal is perfect for anyone who is running their complex delay/reverb/ambience stuff in an effects loop, but needs a 'swiss army knife' pedal for effects that need to go in front of the amp (distortion, wah, phaser, etc.). I was playing in the pit for our local HS musical last fall (they haven't had any electric guitarists...or bassists or drummers for that matter... in the student population for the last 7-8 years...I blame vocalist-centric reality TV shows....but I digress). The show was "Sister Act" and, unlike the R&B tinged '92 movie, the (2006) stage musical is all late 70's disco style. Needless to say, I needed a wah-wah pedal. Instead of shelling out the same amount for a decent 'one-trick-pony' wah pedal, I opted for this unit, as I have been looking for a multi-function 'in-front-of-the-amp' pedal for a while, and I already had an expression pedal for my keyboard. My expression pedal was the dirt cheap M-Audio plastic one that, according to Line6's own website, shouldn't work with this unit...except it did. Yes, even when toggling the "M-Audio/Other" switch on the underside of the pedal, at first It either didn't work at all, or worked backwards. But then, I discovered the genius programming built into this little gem. If you rock the EXP pedal either full up or full down, you can manually set the heel/toe values for ANY of the 5 adjustable parameters in a given effect. SO.......In the tube/tape delay effect, for example, I have it set so the repeats, drive/gain, and "wow/flutter" all increase (each by individually set amounts) when I rock the EXP pedal from heel to toe. Add to that the fact that this is a dual stomp switch pedal with a dedicated tap-tempo switch, and you have an ultra-controlable delay unit. My only niggle is in the auto-wah/'tron' department. While they have a few dynamics-based filter effects models, only one is a dedicated Mu-Tron/envelope-filter type effect. What's more, since they only have the one model, and only 5 adjustable parameters, they decided to allot some of those 5 precious parameter knobs to things like "high-/low-/band-pass filter" and left out the crucial "sensitivity" setting. My rig is old-school; vintage non-master-volume amp + tube screamer + THD Hotplate. All my gain/distortion is controlled via my guitar's volume knob. The problem is, with no 'sensitivity' setting on the 'Tron' effect model, you only get decent results if your guitar volume is full up on or near 10. Unfortunately, most of the situations where you want to use this type of effect are with a relatively clean tone. But, since I can only get said cleaner tone by rolling back my guitar's volume, I don't have enough signal to trigger the wah effect. Instead of including some of the 'cool-but-of-limited-usefulness' models like "Comet Trails" in this section of the pedal, I wish Line6 would have had multiple 'Tron' models (high-/low-/band-pass) with sensitivity parameter adjustments all 'round.
Full disclosure; what with my fore mentioned rig, I have not at all explored the distortion section of this pedal, and thus cannot comment on it's quality or lack thereof. I have at least dabbled in the modulation section, and done extensive exploration in the filter, delay, and Reverb sections, and found them all adequate to superior in tone and 'controlability' (OK, maybe not a real word...yet). And, c'mon, for $130? You really can't beat this!Read full review...

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Clean sounding and and one heck of a value

This is an awesome pedal! I have used MANY other multi-effect pedals, many of which have NOISE or are hard to switch back and forth or are not user-friendly. This pedal has none of that! It sounds incredible and is very easy to use. It sounds clean and is very intuitive and each sound is very customizable!Read full review...

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Easy to use and all famous pedals are represented

Biggest pro is all the effects are easy to adjust with knobs for each parameter, no menu diving. I love my ZoomG1Xon but I got so tired of pressing buttons to get to parameter i wanted to adjust. This is so much easier. Great pedal to start with, it is like an introduction to effects pedals.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: bluesky2020

Great features, affordable

I really enjoy my M5 a lot. It does everything that that needed it to do, namely modulations - chorus, tremolo, etc. The effects are very high quality, it's no surprise that this has been on pedal boards of many pros. I did have a hard time hitting both buttons to change presets and got a small midi foot controller to solve that problem. There's also the issue with the screen being small, if you have poor eyesight like me it will be difficult to read the whats on the little screen. All in all I recommend this device it's sized correctly, the on board tuner is a definite plus tooRead full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: gator-mike

Save the cost of acquiring several boxes with this one fantastic unit!

Great asset for creating new sound textures. Rather than buying a half dozen different boxes this one unit has many great effects. There's lots of useless sounds here but enough really good ones to make the Line 6 M5 Stomp box a good investment.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: gelatinfish

Very dependable.

The most dependable and usefull pedal ever. Offer too much for it cost. I use it as a modulation and delay pedal. You can place it in the chain and will work great, except for distortions, didn like them at all. Otherwise, filters, mods, revs and delays are awesome.Read full review...

This M5 is awesome, so many choices, great sound, easy to use.

Go out of your mind with great sounds and so easy to use.
Enjoy this M5 forever, no need for anything else.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: geartree

Perfect!

Perfect for musicians on the go! This Modeler is a Swiss Knife for effects... I use mine with a AMT SS11 Tube Preamp and never looked back! Signal Chain is: Guitar TS 9 AMT SS11 M6 Stereo Left - Right Output!

For Those who appreciate Stereo Delay, Rotary Speaker and other Stereo Effects is Tonal Bliss. Purchase mine for a simple solution to not carry heavy amplifiers to decent tone...Buy a Tube Preamp and a M6 and distribute Stereo for the House and you are in!Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: sweetwatersound

Sweet little multi-effects unit, perfect if you use only one at a time

Bought this to replace an M9 I was using with my Hohner Pianet T when I realized I was only ever using one effect at a time (the M9 can chain three effects; the M13, four). Particularly impressed with the delays and echos (that reverse is to die for, IMHO), but the phasers and fuzzes shine as well. Be sure to get an expression pedal to go with it. This adds a total new dimension to your effects processing. Highly recommended.Read full review...

Jack of all trades

Good product. Works as you would expect. I have it on my pedalboard and it fills in when I need an effect pedal that I don’t already own. It also lets me try effects to see if I may want to get a dedicated pedal for a specific sound.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: crmaxson