Line6 M5. Stomp box modeler. The best thing they have made so far!!!! (IMHO!)

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Taking a very in depth look at the Line6 M5 Stompbox modeler. I’ve had one of these on every pedalboard I’ve had since they came out more than 10 years ago.
It’s vast array of effects combined with its simplicity of using one of those effects at a time makes it a must for any pedalboard. Especially at €120 off the shelf!!
Combine it with a loop switcher with midi and it can replace a huge number of pedals on any board.
This is a 20 min long video so here are some time stamps in case you don't want to watch the whole thing:
The M5 in a track: 2:47
4 great things about the M5: 4:36
How the M5 works: 11:27
The M5 on a MIDI enabled pedalboard: 15:35
I really can't recommend this little pedal highly enough. For what it can do the price is an absolute steal.
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@jazzydog 2 года назад

Very good & interesting pedal sound with great playing & review!! Thank You 👍👍

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. Yeah it really is a phenomenal pedal. So useful.

@AndrewMooreLearningLicks 2 года назад

Great video Rob. It's a fantastic pedal I had one years ago and found it useful especially the filters on Bass were great 👍🏼

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Cheers Andrew. I particularly love it for the mod effects.

@beauruutz Год назад

Totally agree, such a great sounding & versatile stomp box. I had the M13 years ago and I regret selling it... the M5 is going back on my board!

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Beau. Thx so much for the comment. This really is an indispensable tool for any pedalboard. If you like line6 effects you really should check out the HX effects. It’s unbelievable. Almost flawless and incredibly capable. I’ve a good few videos on it

@nicolasmaurin182 5 месяцев назад

Excellent review!

@TheGuitarEffect 5 месяцев назад

Hey. Thx so much for the kind words. Really glad you found it useful.

@pippatee Год назад

Based on your advice, I Just picked one up today for €30, it was broken (the grounding issue you mentioned) but I managed to fix it by grinding the paint off the case at the screws! It's 100% now and I'm loving it, Thanks Rob

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Philip. €30! That’s amazing mate fair play!!!! Enjoy it. It’s a cracking pedal.

@thenuttyprocessor 2 года назад

Tasteful playing! Diggin it 🙂

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Thx Tim👍

@liametoh Год назад

Very nice and useful review.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Thx Eduardo. I appreciate the comment!

@smokeybrown6866 2 года назад

Everything you'd want from line 6, without anything you don't want. Just picked one up. Good shout.

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Cheers Smokey. We’ll put! It’s a great unit.

@albertplaysguitar 2 года назад

Just got one today. Endless tinkering!

@mlnem2k Год назад

I occasionally use mine as a Volume Pedal with an added Expression pedal. Love the Reverb and Delays. You are able to assign the expression pedal to any effect and have it control the depths and speeds and mixes and such. An incredibly versatile pedal with great sounding modulation and time based effects. I found the od and distortion effects to be a bit noisey, but that could be a "me" issue. M9 allows for more than one effect. That would be handy.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Lou. Thx for the comment man. Yeah it does open up endless possibilities using the expression pedal. I have owned the M9 before it’s outstanding

@pabcrane Год назад

Thanks for the clear and concise video. I bought one on Reverb today and before it arrives I thought I'd check RU-vid for any review or instructional videos, whence I stumbled upon this one. I thought the unit would be particularly useful for recording - to be able to bring in various effects when needed. I also thought it might be handy for coming up with new sonic ideas in writing and demos. I've always thought that Line 6 effects were pretty good. I must say though that I'm now a little disconcerted about the longevity and build quality issues which you mentioned!

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Paul. Thx for the comment. It’s an absolutely indispensable pedal. For both live and recording use. The effects totally stand up. As far as the reliability goes to be honest they can have issues. (Seems to be luck if the draw) but to be honest they are so cheap for what they are I really think it’s OK.

@AndyCooper761 2 года назад

I’ve had one on my board for a couple of years, with Boss ES5 doing the midi patch changes. Worth emphasising that you can only use one effect sound at a time, and if you don’t use midi your patch changes will be slow and clunky if using live. However, the sounds are really good. Mine is mainly set up to do line 6 versions of fuzz face/big muff/tone bender/tube driver etc for a Floyd tribute. Wasn’t aware of any of the reliability issues - thanks for the heads up. 👍🏻

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Hey Andy. Thanks for the comment. I did mention once or twice in the video that it’s only one effect at a time. The patch change without midi the not too bad if you use the he pedal in a single loop switch pedal. But you would have to plan your patch changes in the order you’d need them In your set. I think it’s really cool that you are using it for fuzz. I’ve always thought the fuzz sounds were surprisingly useable.

@donaldpruitt6787 2 года назад

Great demo I love mine 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️💯🎸🇺🇸

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Thx Donald. Glad you enjoyed it! It’s a great pedal.

@alexmontenegro218 2 года назад

Tube screamer sounds fantastic!

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Hey Alex. Thx for your comment. Yeah I was pretty impressed with the tube screamer actually

@albertplaysguitar 2 года назад

@@TheGuitarEffect agreed! Endless tube screamer variations out there, yet the M5 model solves with its 3 band EQ what most analog pedals try to fix in some way, shape or form. More bottom end, more clarity, etc. Not bad for being digital!

@frankfrank7921 10 месяцев назад

Hey Rob! I just bought one used for $90 US and went looking for videos about it and found yours. Excellent video as always. I recognize the sounds of course from Helix Legacy effects (I have Native, sold my LT). I'm not thrilled with the drive presets so far but the delay/reverb/modulations are all great. I've got it hooked up to my Nux Amp Academy and use it for quick jamming or testing out song ideas.

@TheGuitarEffect 10 месяцев назад

Hey Frank. So the drive sounds are not all very useable. digital overdrive is only something that has been mastered to a useable extent in the last 5 years really in my opinion. But the tube driver is great and I quite like the fuzz face. But the rest of the effects are excellent

@ke6igz Год назад

I already have a pedal board full of my favorite pedals. This one is nice for the effects that you might want to add occasionally. Effects that you don't use enough to have a separate pedal for.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey David. Thx for the comment. I must say this is one of my favorite pedals for that exact reason! I really love well designed and thought out pedals. This is one of the absolute best ever from that perspective for me. The BOSS MS3 is another.

@TheDmonet 11 месяцев назад

I've used zoom g2 for exactly that when I gigged. One son needed a tremendous, one needed a harmony, another a second delay, etc. I had it in a true bypass looper. no reliability issues and great sounding effects.

@BudgetPedalChap 2 года назад

I've got one kicking about in a box somewhere, I have never given it the use of deserves but I have never got rid because I understand it's potential.

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

If you have a switcher on your board it’s a must. Just can do sooooooo much

@edocamera 2 года назад

Good one

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Cheers Michael

@marcosavila8215 Год назад

beautiful guitar sequence, totally my style as a guitar player..remind me of queens of the stone age

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Thx so much man. I really appreciate that. It’s a song by my band Kampala. I’m the singer and guitar player. I’d really love if you went and checked us out. Listen to our stuff and if you like it subscribe. That’s ultimately the reason o do all this stuff. RU-vid.com/@bamdkaampala

@Only1Feckitt 2 года назад

thanks bro

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

You are very welcome Stratjammer.

@jezzer1969 2 года назад

I’ve used one since 2011. Now if you don’t use midi. You can get away with only using a 300 milliamp 9 volt adaptor. I’ve been using mine for years like that. Only issues I ever had was with MIDI with a Boss MS3. But otherwise I’ve had it on the 300ma socket on a Cioks DC5 for years with no issues.

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Ah that’s interesting. I’ve always thought it needed 500ma. Thanks for the comment jezzer

@davidrjbrown8808 Год назад

I have two. One of them is used as my default delay. Cheaper and smaller than a DL4. The other can be anything.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey David. Thx for the comment. I’ve considered doing exactly that many times.

@JohnChamberlain-ef4ro 4 месяца назад

I got mine foe £60 in the box! As you can only use one of the 100+ effects at a time have a Boss RV-6 reverb on all the time and then my M5 with a midi controller so I can switch effects on the go!

@TheGuitarEffect 4 месяца назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. £60 is fantastic. Congrats. It’s such a brilliant little thing. Especially with MIDI

@ALAN67107 Год назад

hi!! brilliant demo , intend to buy that pedal to get space in my pedals!!!

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey! Thx for the comment and really glad you found the demo useful.

@ALAN67107 Год назад

@@TheGuitarEffect how do you recall the effect rapidly when playing live ,for example a delay for a solo???

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

We’ll have f you set it to the delay you need you just turn it on when you need it. Not sure I’m understanding your question though.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Sorry loads of typos. What I meant to say was: if you have it set to the delay you want to use just turn it on. If you want to be able to toggle between effects hit both switches and you’ll be able to scroll up and down between presets.

@TomaszSalachna Год назад

I have a question about Line6 M5, is it possible to keep the settings in M5 of individual effects (not presets mode!) such as equalizer or tone in overdrive. In setup I have auto preservation settings, but still when I change and go/return the settings remain firm. Maybe I am misunderstanding, but shouldn't the change of settings be saved according to the user and setup?

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Tomasz. So do you mean you are on a drive model and you use the left right knob to change to mod or delay etc and when you go back to drive with the top left knob the settings you had in drive have changed?

@kenpowilliamson Год назад

I use the M13 with two expression pedals and a Rocktron Midi Mate. Easy stage setup and it takes less space than my stomp box pedal board setup.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Never actually owned an M13 but they seem like great units.I use a HX effects now and it’s absolutely amazing.

@fastacesus8499 Год назад

This is such a great pedal. I use it for all the stuff that I use occasionally but don't want to buy a permanent pedal. £99 is all I paid...

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. Yeah it’s amazing. I think that’s what most people exactly what most people use it for.

@captain6198 2 месяца назад

So, can we activate multiple effects in a single patch simultaneously like delay + reverb + modulation i.e ?

@TheGuitarEffect 2 месяца назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. No you can’t. This is one effect at a time only. If you want more than one you’d use an m9

@jameslwashington1 4 месяца назад

THANK YOU AND GOD'S BLESSINGS.

@TheGuitarEffect 4 месяца назад

Thx.

@bingobongo2383 Год назад

Hi, can you demonstrate lead sound for Van Halen works?

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Bingo Bongo. Thx for the comment. Unfortunately I’m not a Van Halen fan. If you check out Pete Thorn’s YT channel he is a big EVH fan.

@fargoflagrant7796 Год назад

the M9 is pretty good, too

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey thx for the comment. Yeah I e had the M9 twice before it’s a brilliant unit. I only moved it n cause I got the HX effects.

@weaponistgaming Год назад

can you go back and forth with the previous preset you choose? for example, the stanza is clean then on chorus you go overdrive then you go back to clean again?

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. So that’s an interesting question. If you want to go from clean to dirty you’d just select a dirt pedal and turn it on when you want dirt and off when you want clean. But say you wanted a compressor on your clean and then a tube screamer for dirty. Just make them presets 1 and two and use the preset up no don function to witch between them

@weaponistgaming Год назад

@@TheGuitarEffect aaah that's good to know that you can switch to different effects. last question, you can combine the drive and delay in one preset?

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

@@weaponistgaming Hey. No you can't It's strictly one effect at a time.

@azarlane9553 2 года назад

Nice video. I’m torn between buying this, the NUX mg300 and the Classic Pod 2.0 for home studio use.

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Hi Azar. Hx for the comment. So for moms studio use in isolation this would not be a good fit compared to the other two you mentioned. This is effects only you would need a separate pedal or plug-in for your amplifier core tone. I’d you want to run one effect at a time as part of a larger rig this is a good choice.

@oliverchapman51177 Год назад

M5 all day

@musicmore5169 2 года назад

I wish I knew about this earlier, but I would use the brown aka 5150, It woud go infront of my M5, into my Boss Katana MK2 100, 1.12, with(green) chorus very low almost not on but there, then (green) delay at 1:00, oh amp gain 25%, then reverb at 11:00 an (red) ( ) preset color on the katana. Last the M5 because of the brown distortion I would use maybe a boost or wah.

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Hey man do you mean the Mosky Brown Distortion?

@begforrit7731 Год назад

I'd love to heat the Line6 M5 stomp box modeler through my vintage Vox AC30 amp If I'm not too late to be included in the prize giveaway. Loving the channel and the content.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Beg Foritt. So thx from r the comment. The M5 was never available in a competition i’m afraid and the competition I did run finished about a year ago. Sorry about that.

@philf4086 2 года назад

I'm trying to evaluate M5 vs. M9. Right now I'm leaning to the M9, since is looks like a 3-bay version of the M5. Comments?

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

The M9 is great had it twice before. If you are looking at a stand-alone unit The m9 is the right choice. However if you are planning on using a MIDI switching system I think an M5 or even 2 M5s would be a better choice. But that’s just down to switching capabilities

@5eba Год назад

Id go for the M9 ecery time, the amount of options that open up being able to have several fx at the same time and being able to affect parameters in all of them simultaneously with an expression pedal is absurd. Plus the looper is excellent fot composing,playing alone, sampling live, etc.

@davehanson7668 2 года назад

I'm pretty sure they would sell a ton if they used a similar format with the HX family effects. Like a "Mini HX Effects"...?

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Hey Dave. Thx for the comment. Couldn’t agree more. I’d pay €250 for a compact HX effects all day. Also could never understand why TC ELECTRONIC don’t make a plethora X2?

@mattflickinger8151 2 года назад

Trey Anastasio put 2 in his Rig in Summer 2021, and eventually did a Rig Rundown, and Reverb was cleared out of these!

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

I’m not familiar with him or Phish. But I can totally see how you could use 2 of them in loads for f different ways

@mattflickinger8151 2 года назад

@@TheGuitarEffect He is only using the Synth sounds I believe, cool….Check out Phish!

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Will do👍

@yani_0730 10 месяцев назад

Does it have Dotted Eight Delay Setting on it?

@TheGuitarEffect 10 месяцев назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. Yes. It has multiple types of delay and they can all be set to dotted eight sub divisions of the tap tempo.

@guitarelic Год назад

The manual and the parameter guide doesnt mention this! Is it 16, 24 or 32 bit? we need to know that.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. Honestly I’ve no idea. Are you saying it matters from an audio quality standpoint! It’s a very old unit at this stage so I’d say it’s more jam likely 16 bit. But I really don’t know.

@guitarelic Год назад

@@TheGuitarEffect I thought so too, thank you 🙏🏻

@jamesdickinson4186 Год назад

I would like to use the Super Rat with my Strat going into my BadCat Hot Cat amplifier

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey James. Thx for the comment. I think you may be trying to enter the competition I ran a while back. If so it’s actually over and all the pedals were won. If not that would be a nice rig!!!!!

@FrankJamesMusic 11 дней назад

are the drum beats included?

@TheGuitarEffect 11 дней назад

Hey. Thx for the comment. No. There are no drum patterns on it.

@MuzzzoT Год назад

hey man did you get this to work with the NUX Cerberus?

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Shane. Work how exactly? Like, you can plug it into the effects loop and it’ll work great. Also on f you connect them via midi it’ll pull up the corresponding number when you change patches on the Cerberus. IE patch one on the Cerberus will bring up patch one on the M5 and so on.

@MuzzzoT Год назад

@@TheGuitarEffect thanks bro I am using a cerberus for reggea gigs and I want to expand my dud sound with more space and fidelity but i want to only add one fx to my board that can trun off/on sound when i change a preset on my Cerberus. Big thanks...

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Shane. Yeah this is a great choice for one pedal that can add nice flavor at specific times.

@marcosavila8215 Год назад

i bought 2 and they cost me 123 euros(both) i use it in the loop of my amp and in the front i use my boss gt100 i have the perfect set i have to say, i have a soldano SLO-30 amp and after a life of tweaking pedals and sound i think i achieve "perfection", obviously i always tweak one more value here and there, my live sound is on point and the M5 is responsible for that as well(mostly reverbs-delays and some drivers that sound like U2 in the amp loop) i have a loop switch for this pedal tho, even knowing they say it is true by pass, for me its easier because i choose the effect that i want and in the correct part of the song i just click on the loop switch

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey. Thx for the comment Marco. They always seem to be available for super cheap. I’ve heard great things about the SLO30. Apparently the clean channel is very surprising. You can’t go wrong with a BOSS gr100. I presume you know if you put the preamp of the SLO in the effects loop of the GT100 you can switch between your SLO preamp and a digital preamp from the GT? On a preset be preset basis. Pretty cool.

@davidmurray9193 2 года назад

Have enough pedals to make three pedal boards (🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣). I'm looking at putting my M5 (which I bought middle of last year but not used yet) on my board with my bluguitar mercury amp and remote 1, a cheap looper pedal bluguitar speaker emulator, a Digitech whammy DT, tuner and my Shark wireless. Sadly having to take out my bluguitar looper kit and it's basically defunct with this set up, but will put in the box until I do need it. Wiring on the delivery of a angled midi cable and I can start putting it together gives me time to work out best layout

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Ha I feel ya man. I’m making my fourth one now!!! 5 if you count the Headrush Gigboard! That bluguitar Mercury thing looks great. Sounds like a nice rig. A boss MS3 would be a great controller for that rig!

@davidmurray9193 2 года назад

@@TheGuitarEffect I will have a look at the M3 thanks, I have a set of biyang pedals for one board and my third one will have my tube screamer/booster, empress heavy, revv red, and a couple of other pedals. One board at a time though lol

@dr.gregoryweisswassernd7251 Год назад

I use the Amp1 ME and am trying to decide what effects to add to it like the m9. I have tried the Headrush MX5 but the feel just isn’t right. Best in parallel used with with wet effects. I’m considering the M9 or the HX effects from line 6. Love my amp 1 with my classic pedals into the front. Mostly use the clean channel as a pedal platform. Great love amp in the mix. Good luck on your tone search. If you want to hear my live setup check out MAJIK BAND on RU-vid. All the recent live shows are amp 1.

@thierrygoli4271 11 месяцев назад

Bought one but did not keep it, because does not match with my needs. Imo worth the money for delays, some filters and verbs. Mods are medium quality (especially rotary and univibe). + It's too big for on an average pedalboard. In live situation, if you play rock, you will not need it (you just need 1 drive pedal, 1 boost; 1 phaser, a dly pedal and the spring reverb from your amp) . I admit that it's perfect as a stand alone mutieffect in the backpack for some occasion, if you play ambient music.

@TheGuitarEffect 11 месяцев назад

Hey Thierry thx for the comment. I think it’s a brilliant addition for any pedalboard myself. Interesting choice for your rock effects. Why a phaser specifically? Is it a EVH thing?

@thierrygoli4271 11 месяцев назад

@@TheGuitarEffect to tell you the truth, i own a boss MD200 and not a phaser. This is the main mod type I use on this MD200 (+ sometimes chorus/flange/rotary, which are better imo than on the Line 6. But MD200 has no dly or verbs). I tried a Nux Atlantic just to find out that the nuances of reverb and delay were most of the time lost in the mix. So I ended up with the verb from the amp (I play classic and garage rock... not very subtle)

@TheGuitarEffect 11 месяцев назад

Hey Thierry. The 200 series from Boss are fantastic I use the OD200 and the IR200. I’ve never tried the MM200 manly because I use the M5. But I just got the TC Plethora X3 and it’s goi g to replace the M5, flashbackx4 and HOF recerb on my board. I must say I’m very impressed with it

@micahgerdis1008 Год назад

Trey from Phish uses 2 of them. One pre power tubes and one post amp. They really are great. Nearly any player is going to find something they really kike that it offers

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Micah. You are actually the second person to point that out about Trey. Yeah it’s a brilliant unit.

@giantiri Год назад

Didn t know Russell Crow plays guitar !!!

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey. Actually Russel Crowe does play guitar and tours (or at least toured once) with a band! I get that a lot and I’ll absolutely take it! Thx

@Tiler-ju9zl Год назад

But only a tube drive .where all the other distortions

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Tiler. There are some other good distortions in it like the muff is useable and the rat. For me thoygh the Tube driver has a where I go to most.

@user-xj5dj5lp3y 3 месяца назад

But carnt u only use one effect at a time .

@TheGuitarEffect 3 месяца назад

Indeed you can.

@BAND-MAID-USA Год назад

Imagine if it could do 2 effects at once…. That’d be a minimum for me.

@TheGuitarEffect Год назад

Hey Anthony. Thx for the comment. I think there is one setting where it does delay and reverb together. But otherwise you could just use 2 of them!

@CashCatz Год назад

Check out the M9

@mattgilbert7347 2 года назад

Sure, when they work! Most unreliable effects unit ever

@TheGuitarEffect 2 года назад

Hey Mark. Thx for the comment. Yeah I do address that in the video. They are very prone to Certain issues. However they are so easy to find and easy and affordable to replace I can live with it.

@user-xj5dj5lp3y 3 месяца назад

Stop talking and demi the pedal

@TheGuitarEffect 3 месяца назад

Stop commenting and watch me talk.