The sounds of velcro separating are familiar to me and more so perhaps to those that know me. Like many musicians, effects pedals and processors have crept into my setup at a steady pace and as a result I have spent a good chunk of time adding, rearranging and removing them from my pedalboard, tearing them from their once semi secured spot of adhesion. It’s not that I’m indecisive but more often than not, my needs change. Enter the Line 6 M5. The M5 stomp box modeler from Line 6  is small but shoehorned into the stout 6.5″ square all metal box are over one hundred effect models. Available here is a laundry list of delay, modulation, drive, compression, eq, filter and reverb effects that would easily fill a two car garage. If it’s a modern boutique tremolo pedal or a vintage overdrive you are searching for,  chances are the M5 can provide an option. Unlike most other multi effects units, the M5 lets the user edit their sounds with a group of external knobs just like traditional effects. Once you have a setting you want to keep simply save the patch to one of 24 recallable presets which are available […]... Click on the title for more