Axe-fx Ii, Pod Hd 500, Eleven Rack, Looking for a good effects, modeling device, for fun. Options

[Dave Sterling]

I'm considering getting the new AXE-FX II that is to be released this month, I had ordered the new POD HD500 Bean, but canceled the order to wait on the FX II, I'm wondering what people here at GMC think of the devices.

I'm wondering if its worth spending the extra for the AXE-FX II as compared to the POD HD500, the price for the AXE II is more then 4 times that of the POD HD500 Bean?

I've only been playing for a few months and I'm not anywhere near a professional, but I used to have the POD X3 and I enjoyed messing around with all the settings and decided to sell it knowing that the POD HD500 Bean is coming out in a couple of days. I've seen a lot of good comments online about the AXE-FX and I'm seriously considering getting one.

All comments are welcome.

Thank you,
DSterling

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[Saoirse O'Shea]

Also maybe the H&K ZenTera here not easy to find but worth a look if you can Dave.

If I remember rightly Allan Holdsworth has/had one and used it quite a bit a while back - given how much he´s in to tone any use by him seems like a major endorsement.

That´s all assuming you want some sort of amp modelling/emulation. If it´s digital effects etc rather than modelling then the pro end rack effects from Eventide, Lexicon and Yamaha are also worth looking at.

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