Behringer FX600 Multi Effects Pedal

...but i have discovered the Behringer range of pedals which offer great quality at very fair prices. The FX600 is a multi-effects pedal which means that instead of doing just one thing, like a Wah Wah pedal, this one has a large range of settings, allowing a huge range of different sounds to be played.

The different effect settings are: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Delay (Echo), Tremolo and pitch shifter.

The Chorus effect is ...
...and adds a little highlight, higher and lower than the original tone. With adjustment you can make sounds like those used by Dave Gilmour on Dark Side of the Moon and Pink Floyd live at Pompeii.

The Flanger is another modulating effect that adds a swirling effect. Hard to describe in words but very psychedelic.

The Delay is an echo effect, with a wide range of delay periods, reiterations and depth.

Phaser ... more

When you get bored of hearing your guitar making ordinary noises it is time to plug in an effects pedal. An effects pedal is a foot operated gizmo that you plug into the line between an instrument (usually a guitar) and the amplifier. Its purpose is to modify the signal from the instrument.

There is a huge range of pedals available, back in the 1970s I had two that are now considered to be classics, the Dunlop Crybaby Wah wah pedal and, I kid you not, a distortion pedal that gloried in the unlikely and slightly pervy name of The Big Muff Fuzz Box. Later on more advanced effects were available, with octavers, phase shifter and chorus heralding a range of modulating effects.

These range hugely in price but i have discovered the Behringer range of pedals which offer great quality at very fair prices. The FX600 is a multi-effects pedal which means that instead of doing just one thing, like a Wah Wah pedal, this one has a large range of settings, allowing a huge range of different sounds to be played.

The different effect settings are: Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Delay (Echo), Tremolo and pitch shifter.

The Chorus effect is a nice sounding one, it takes the basic note played and adds a little highlight, higher and lower than the original tone. With adjustment you can make sounds like those used by Dave Gilmour on Dark Side of the Moon and Pink Floyd live at Pompeii.

The Flanger is another modulating effect that adds a swirling effect. Hard to describe in words but very psychedelic.

The Delay is an echo effect, with a wide range of delay periods, reiterations and depth.

Phaser effect is a great 70s effect, just clicking onto this one took me back to my youth and the likes of ELP and King Crimson.

The Tremolo effect causes the sound to lower and gain in pitch, the Paramter knobs allow you to alter the depth and speed of the effect.

The pitch shifter is a great one, it splits the note played, you get the natural note and you can choose to have the pitch lowered or raised so that it sounds like two instruments playing together. The range of the shift is from one octave below the original note to one octave above it. it can sound like you are being accompanied by either a Bass guitar or a violin, depending on the setting.

There are four knobs, the one on the far right is the selector for the different effects.

One the far left is the level control, which controls the intensity of the selected effect. The two remaining controls are parameter 1 and parameter 2, which have a different function, depending on the effect chosen.

At the top of the pedal is an LED which lights when the pedal is activated by pressing the foot switch.

Jeff's Hot Tip No. 1
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On my pedal the blue LED light looks cool in daylight but in a darker room it is a bit dazzling, making it hard to see the markings on the control knobs. I dealt with this problem by 'borrowing' Mrs JFP's red nail varnish and carefully dabbing a little onto the LED. I now have a softer purple LED which indicates that the the unit is one but doesn't dazzle. 

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